• Saturday, April 25, 2020
• White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St Indianapolis, IN 46201 in Indianapolis, IN

Get the kids involved in saving the earth with 140 exhibits and 50 activities in downtown Indianapolis at White River State Park. Arts and crafts projects and scavenger hunts add to the fun, and there is food, food and more food. Live music keeps it hopping on the last Saturday of April every year.

• MAY 16 & 17, 2020
• Indianapolis Art Center 820 East 67th Street Indianapolis, IN 46220 in Indianapolis, IN

This is an important mid-May fund raiser for the Indianapolis Art Center, where the fair is held, and draws 22,000 visitors. This art fair began in 1971 and showcases the work of 225 artists from the US and Canada. Bring the kids; there's a children's creative area and live music on four stages. The gourmet food courts and the beer and wine garden will make many happy, art or not. Proceeds go to the Art Center's efforts to serve 300,000 people per year with studio art classes throughout the year, contemporary art exhibits, outreach to underserved youth and community events.

• Saturday, May 23, 2020 | Festivities Start at 11:45 am
• Downtown Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 46204 in Indianapolis, IN

On the Saturday before the Memorial-Day-weekend race, this giant parade wends through downtown thrilling 300,000 spectators. It's televised and on the level of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena.

• Sunday, May 12-24, 2020
• Indianapolis, Ind. in Indianapolis, IN

Over three weekends and two full weeks, beginning after the first few days of May, there is a lot of racetrack activity, including two nerve-wracking days of qualifications. The 500 Festival Mini Marathon kicks off the 12 days of action on the track, and it all culminates in the Indy 500 at the Indianapolis Speedway on Memorial Day weekend. Almost half a million visitors fill up the stands at the Brickyard Oval for the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing." See all the pageantry of the event and scream your lungs out with the rest of the crowd.

• Memorial Day Weekend
• Indianapolis, IN

From mid-May through Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, events are scheduled leading up to the legendary Indy 500, auto racing's largest purse. Since 1957, this festival has drawn crowds of half a million people, some attending civic events, kids' festival activities and pre-race races. The 1.5 million TV viewers on top of the 450,000 spectators at the race make this over-a-century-old "greatest race in the world." The big parade caps it off, so come on down.

• June 20th & 21st, 2020
• Indianapolis, IN

This juried art fair brings in 270 artists from all over the country for a mid-June weekend. This annual event has run for almost six decades, and showcases fine crafts and fine art in a four-block area along Talbot Street and in the historic Herron-Morton area; it's free to the public.