Indianapolis weekend events: Art & Soul, Art in Bloom, PAW Patrol Live! and more
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The 29th Annual Art & Soul Celebration returns this weekend with a kickoff event headlined by two of this year's featured artists.
What's happening: Art & Soul Sundays starts at the Indianapolis Artsgarden at 3pm Sunday.
- The vibes will be provided by recording artist Akili Ni Mali and visual artist/illustrator Kierra Ready.
- Free tickets can be claimed at this link.
Zoom in: Art & Soul has been highlighting the work of local Black artists since 1996. This year, the program expanded from a Black History Month event to a year-round celebration.
- Mali and Ready join musician Brandon Lott and wearable artist/costume designer Monique Burts as the featured artists for 2025.
- Mali is an independent artist with a sound that blends R&B, soul, jazz and pop.
- Ready is a multidisciplinary artist with a passion for storytelling through visual media whose work is deeply rooted in community and culture.
Here are the rest of our picks for the weekend:
🎨 Step into spring during the fifth annual Art in Bloom event at Newfields, open 11am daily through Sunday.
- Tickets start at $32 for adults, $23 for kids ages 6-17 and $28 for those 55 and up.
- Kids 5 and under get in free.
🌷 Keep feeling the flower power as the Indiana Flower and Patio Show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds rolls on. Doors open at 10am daily through Sunday.
- Tickets start at $15 for adults at the door and $13 online.
- Kids 12 and under get in free.
🏀 Catch all the March Madness action during the free Bottleworks BBall Bash, open 11am daily through Sunday.
🎵 Hear fresh takes on timeless folk-rock classics from the 1960s when Dustbowl Revival plays at The Tarkington in Carmel, 8pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $40.
🏒 Gas up with the Indy Fuel as they host three games this weekend at Fishers Event Center. Tickets start at $24 each day.
- They play the Cincinnati Cyclones 7pm Friday, the Bloomington Bison 7pm Saturday and the Wheeling Nailers 4pm Sunday.
😂 Kick it with comedian Trevor Wallace at Old National Centre, 7pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $38.
🇨🇳 Experience 5,000 years of Chinese culture as Shen Yun returns to Clowes Memorial Hall for three shows Saturday and Sunday.
- Shows start at 2pm and 7:30pm Saturday, and 2pm Sunday.
- Tickets start at $90.
⛹️ See the Pacers solidify their playoff positioning as they host the Brooklyn Nets at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, 5pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $31.
🐶 Party with super-powered pooches when PAW Patrol Live! hits Old National Centre for four shows.
- Shows start at 10am and 2pm Saturday; and 11am and 3pm Sunday.
- Tickets start at $41.
🏆 Spend an evening hearing from Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter at Madam Walker Legacy Center, 6:30pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $15.
🎶 Blow your pipes when bagpipe cover band the Red Hot Chilli Pipers come to The Tarkington in Carmel, 7pm Sunday.
- Tickets start at $45.