Your weekend plans: Professional bull riding, '80s hair metal, '90s hip-hop
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It's time to grab the weekend by the horns.
Driving the news: The Professional Championship Bull Riders Tour is making a stop at Fishers Event Center this weekend for two days of high-octane rodeo action.
Zoom in: Along with the bull riding competition that dares cowboys to endure eight seconds of brutal bucking, the all-ages event features barrel racing, photo-ops and rider meet-and-greets.
If you go: Shows start at 7pm Saturday and 2pm Sunday.
- Tickets start at $37.
The rest of our picks for the weekend:
📚 Find out how you can support adult literacy in Central Indiana during Indy Reads' free volunteer info session, noon Friday.
🎨 Commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States by contributing to a collaborative art project.
- 2pm Friday at Indianapolis Public Library's Eagle Branch.
🎸 Experience the power of '80s hair metal when Hairbanger's Ball hits the Vogue, 7pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $17.
🕺 Swivel your hips over to Old National Centre for The Elvis Tribute Artist Spectacular, 7:30pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $26.
💃🏾 Swing dance 'til you drop at Fountain Square Theatre, 7:30pm Friday.
- Dance lessons start at 7:30pm for $3.
- A live swing band will start playing at 8:30pm with a $12 cover.
🎻 Check out one of the world's premier visionary violinists when Dixon's Violin plays HI-FI, 8pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $30.
😂 Laugh the night away with comedian and voice-over actor Kyle Kinane at Helium.
- Shows start at 7pm and 9:15pm Friday; and 7pm and 9:30pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $34.
🎤 See if you remember all the words to "Ice, Ice Baby" when the "I Love the 90s Tour" stops at The Arena at Innovation Mile in Noblesville, 7pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $42.
🏀 Will the Pacers to a win when they host the Miami Heat at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, 7pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $29.
🗣️ Hear local storytellers spin a yarn during Storytelling Arts of Indiana's Indy Story Slam at the Indiana Historical Society, 4pm Sunday.
- Tickets start at $20.