O que acontece em Indianápolis, Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Circle of Lights, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Circle of Lights (24 Nov – 12 Jan (normalmente))

Tranquilo — um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Lotação máxima — St. Patrick's Day Parade, Spring break em Estados Unidos

• Festival

  St. Patrick's Day Parade

  13–14 MarGrande festivalLotado

  Downtown closes for an Irish-themed parade the Friday nearest March 17, with a canal-lighting event and a shamrock run around it through the weekend. Fonte ↗

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Risco

  Spring storm season

  1 Abr – 30 Jun · normalmente

  Central Indiana's severe weather builds through spring and peaks in May and June: squall lines, hail and tornado warnings that can halt practice at the Speedway. An afternoon lost here and there rather than a washed-out trip. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, Indianapolis 500

• Festival

  500 Festival Mini-Marathon

  1–10 Mai · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentos

  The first Saturday of May, one of the largest half marathons in the country, and the only day of the year 30,000 amateurs get to run a lap of the Speedway oval. Downtown closes for the morning. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Indianapolis 500

  24 MaiFim de semana de automobilismoLotadoReserve cedo

  Memorial Day weekend, the largest single-day sporting crowd anywhere, and the fortnight of practice and qualifying before it. Rooms within twenty miles are booked a year out and priced accordingly. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Spring storm season (1 Abr – 30 Jun (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Indy Pride, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Indy Pride

  13–14 JunLotado

  A morning parade up Massachusetts Avenue and a weekend festival across Military Park and White River State Park, usually on the second weekend of June. Mass Ave's bars carry it on into the night. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Spring storm season (1 Abr – 30 Jun (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Independence Day, Brickyard 400

• Feriado

  Independence Day

  3–5 JulFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Brickyard 400

  15 Jul – 5 Ago · normalmenteFim de semana de automobilismoLotado

  NASCAR's Cup Series race on the oval, back on the oval since 2024 after three years on the road course, and usually run in late July. Smaller than May but it still fills the hotels on the west side and in town. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Gen Con

  30 Jul – 2 AgoGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  Four days at the turn of August that take over the convention centre, the stadium and every downtown hotel for tabletop gaming. Book before Christmas or plan on staying in Carmel. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — Brickyard 400, Gen Con

• Festival

  Indiana State Fair

  7–23 AgoGrande festivalLotado

  Seventeen days on the old fairgrounds north of downtown, closed Mondays and Tuesdays. It is a working agricultural fair before it is anything else, and the livestock barns are the reason to go. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Brickyard 400 (15 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)), Gen Con (30 Jul – 2 Ago)

Movimentado — Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Indy Jazz Fest

  22–26 SetFestival de música

  A week of concerts in the city's clubs, from the Jazz Kitchen to the Vogue, closing with an outdoor finale in Broad Ripple. A reminder that Indiana Avenue once had a jazz scene to rival the big cities. Fonte ↗

Movimentado — um dos melhores meses em clima

• Natureza

  Fall colour

  10 Out – 5 Nov · normalmenteCores do outono

  The canal, Holliday Park and the Central Canal towpath turn through the second half of October. Brown County, an hour south, is the version people drive for and the reason the road there crawls at weekends.

Lotação máxima — Thanksgiving, Circle of Lights

• Feriado

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 NovFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Circle of Lights

  24 Nov – 12 Jan · normalmenteNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  Monument Circle's war memorial is strung with thousands of lights and switched on in front of a crowd the evening after Thanksgiving. The display stays lit into January as the centrepiece of downtown's winter programme. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Fall colour (10 Out – 5 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Circle of Lights, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em dezembro.

Ainda em andamento: Thanksgiving (25–29 Nov), Circle of Lights (24 Nov – 12 Jan (normalmente))