Need ideas for your weekend plans? Check out what’s happening in Boone County this weekend!
Thursday, July 11
- Calling all Junior Knights and Princesses! You are invited to join in the Medievil Town Treasure Hunt at the Thorntown Public Library. Be sure to keep your swords handy…you might just see a dragon along the way! The quest begins at 2 p.m.
- Bring the family for Brad’s Books Family Board Game Night in Lebanon from 4 – 8 p.m.
- Learn about what it takes to be a fire figther at the Whitestown Fire Fighter Experience at Anson’s Gateway Park in Whitestown. Participate in virtual reality experiences, CPR & Narcan training and more from 5 – 8 p.m.
- Enjoy Live Music on the Bricks at Auberge in Zionsville from 5:30 – 8 p.m.
- Join the Brick Street Poetry crew at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center in Zionsville at 7 p.m. Guest reader Liz Whiteacre, the auhor of “Hit the Ground” is the guest reader of the evening. Be sure to bring a poem to read at the open mic!
Friday, July 12
- Shop your heart out at the Back To School Boutique Crawl at Zionsville’s Brick Street shops. Pick up a flyer at participating boutiques and take it with you to each store to enter to WIN PRIZES! The event runs from July 12-14.
- Grab lunch from the Lebanon Park’s Department Hot Dog Cart and enjoy the sunshine! You can find them at the corner of N. Meridian & Washington St. from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Join in the fun at the Lebanon Public Library’s Gamer’s Guild. Video and board games from 3 – 6 p.m. Free popcorn!
- Show them what you’ve got at the Black Box Open Mic Night in Lebanon! Kids in grades 1 – 12 are invited to take the stage to share poetry, singing, improv, or small acts. The fun begins at 5:30 p.m.
- You don’t want to miss The Laramie Project at Center Stage Community Theatre in Lebanon. Hailed as one of the most captivating pieces of contemporary theatre, the play shocks, challenges, and moves audiences as it reveals both the lowest depths of hatred and the greatest heights of compassion lying within the people in a seemingly average community. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.
- Calling all kids! Bring your family and enjoy Movie Night Under the Stars at Lebanon Memorial Park’s baseball field. The free featured movie is Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse. Gates open at 8 p.m. with the movie starting around 9 p.m.
- Bring your blankets and chairs to Movie Night in the Park at the Town Park in Jamestown. The featured movie, Coco, begins at 8:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served.
Saturday, July 13
- Purchase locally grown produce, plants, foods, coffee and tea, breads and pastries, pasta, peanut butter, eggs and meats at the Zionsville Farmers’ Market from 8 – 11 a.m. in The Friendly parking lot.
- Learn the basics of Fly Fishing at Moving Waters Outfitters in Zionsville. The class begins at 9 a.m.
- Shop local meat, produce, and artisan items at the Whitestown Farmers’ Market from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in front of Whitestown Municipal Complex. Purdue Extension Boone County will provide cooking demonstrations on how to use foods purchased at the market.
- Meet the Merchants of Bender Square in Zionsville for a fun summer day filled with sales, demos, giveaways, tastings and more! Each Merchant will offer specials, activities and drawings from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Purchase fresh produce and other homemade goods at the Jamestown Farmers’ Market from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Rock out to JP Kennedy at That Sports Bar’s Friday Fenzy. The music begins at 6:30 p.m.
- Relax and enjoy the Free Family Movie Night’s showing of “Lego Movie 2” at the Whitestown Municipal Complex beginning at 7 p.m. Snapology of Indianapolis – West will be set up in the gymnasium at 5:30 p.m. for kids to create their own Lego masterpiece.
- You don’t want to miss The Laramie Project at Center Stage Community Theatre in Lebanon. Hailed as one of the most captivating pieces of contemporary theatre, the play shocks, challenges, and moves audiences as it reveals both the lowest depths of hatred and the greatest heights of compassion lying within the people in a seemingly average community. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.
- Calling all kids! Bring your family and enjoy the After Dark Movie in the Park at Tom Johnson Park in Thorntown. Mary Poppins Returns will be shown at 9 p.m.
Sunday, July 14
- Bring the kids for Kids Film Fest all Sunday long at Books & Brews in Zionsville from 12 – 8 p.m.
- You don’t want to miss The Laramie Project at Center Stage Community Theatre in Lebanon. Hailed as one of the most captivating pieces of contemporary theatre, the play shocks, challenges, and moves audiences as it reveals both the lowest depths of hatred and the greatest heights of compassion lying within the people in a seemingly average community. The show begins at 2:30 p.m.
- Revel in Live Music Sunday’s at People’s Revel Room in Lebanon from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
- Invite your friends and enjoy the Boone County Community Band Concert at Lebanon Memorial Park bandstand at 6 p.m.. Be sure to bring your lawn chairs and blankets.
- Be entertained at the Zionsville Community Band’s Concert at Lions Club Park in Zionsville. The 7 p.m. concert will feature a tribute to the Benny Goodman Orchestra.