Indianapolis weekend events: SausageFest, Colts preseason, Goo Goo Dolls and more
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It's time for Indy's biggest sausage fest of the summer.
Driving the news: The 21st annual St. Thomas Aquinas SausageFest is back for two days of food, fun and fundraising.
Zoom in: Along with plenty of sausages from L.E. Kincaid and Sons meat market, plan for a menu that includes pizza, gourmet sliders and other snacks.
- Nickel pitch, a dunk tank, a bouncy house, face painting, hair color spraying and other games will entertain the kids.
- A teen zone featuring music from DJ Jesse West will be open 7-10pm each night.
- A beer and wine garden will wrangle the adults.
Plus: Listen to live music.
- Friday's local band lineup is The Fabulous Sausagekings, Doghouse Grove, Starlite Lounge, The Downstairs Dads and Hazzardous Meat.
- Saturday will feature Nuclear Hitchhikers, Whiskey Ninjas, Half the Neighborhood and Streaker.
If you go: 5:30pm-midnight Friday and Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 4600 Illinois St.
- Free.
Here are the rest of our picks for the weekend:
📽️ Spend the weekend watching documentaries that inspire socially conscious cultural discourse during the 6th Indianapolis Black Documentary Film Festival, Friday-Sunday at Indy Art Center and Kan-Kan Cinema.
- Opening night tickets start at $30. Day passes for Saturday and Sunday start at $25.
- See the full schedule here.
🤘 Party with the Brotherhood of Rock when Styx, Kevin Cronin and Don Felder play Ruoff Music Center, 6:45pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $49.
🎷 Experience the sounds of Tony nominee Ann Hampton Callaway at The Jazz Kitchen, 7pm and 9:30pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $24.
🎵 Go ga-ga for the Goo Goo Dolls and Dashboard Confessional in concert at Everwise Amphitheater, 7:30pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $130.
🏀 Catch the Fever at Gainbridge when they host the Washington Mystics, 7:30pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $13.
🏈 See the Colts' quarterback battle continue when the Green Bay Packers come to Lucas Oil for a preseason game, 1pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $51.
🎤 Hang with country music superstars Little Big Town at Ruoff, 7pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $27.
🎸 Celebrate the legacy of one of the world's most influential bands during two Beatles tributes.
- Emmy Award-winning tribute band Fab Four will perform 8pm Saturday at Conner Prairie. Tickets start at $12.
- Liverpool Legends, a tribute act curated by the sister of the late George Harrison, will perform at The Tobias Theatre at Newfields at 8pm Sunday. Tickets start at $55.
😂 Blend laughter with activism and support transgender comedians during the "Here to Pee" tour, 7:30pm Sunday at White Rabbit Cabaret.
- Tickets start at $23.