Your weekend plans: Tiana's Joyful Celebration, Easel by Penrod, 500 Festival 6-Miler and more
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Disney's touring love letter to New Orleans debuts this weekend in the Circle City.
Why it matters: Tiana's Bayou Adventure, the second-most popular ride at Walt Disney World, is the inspiration for the kid-friendly exhibit on display at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis for the next 10 months.
Driving the news: Tiana's Joyful Celebration puts attendees in the shoes of someone helping the Disney princess prepare for a Mardi Gras season parade.
- Decorating floats, designing costumes, rehearsing musical numbers with Tiana's critter friends and learning how to make authentic New Orleans gumbo are part of the experience.
- The exhibit ends with a gazebo where children can sing and dance with Mama Odie.
If you go: Tiana's Joyful Celebration opens at the museum Saturday and runs through Jan. 3.
- Weekend museum admission is 36$ for adults and $32 for kids.
More weekend picks:
🎸 See four local bands duke it out for the top spot during the final round of The Mousetrap Battle of the Bands, 7pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $10.
🖼️ Experience a high-end evening of arts and education as Penrod and the Stutz Artists Association present the second annual Easel by Penrod, 6:30 Saturday at The Stutz.
- Tickets start at $75.
🏍️ Satisfy your need for speed during the Monster Energy AMA Supercross at Lucas Oil Stadium, 6:30pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $32.
🏆 Hear award-winning trumpeter and vocalist Bria Skonberg in action at The Jazz Kitchen, 7pm and 9:30pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $20.
🏒 Celebrate Barbie Game Day with the Indy Fuel when they take on the Wichita Thunder at Fishers Event Center, 7pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $34.
🎺 Groove with living trumpet legend Chris Botti when he plays Carmel's Payne & Mencias Palladium, 8pm Friday. DM://Isn't it The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts
- Tickets start at $26.
🏃 Continue your 500 Festival Mini-Marathon training when the 500 Festival 6-Miler race starts and ends at Fowling Warehouse Indianapolis.
- Doors open at 7:30am Saturday, and the race starts at 9am.
- Registration starts at $35.
🏐 See the Indy Ignite continue their run as Major League Volleyball's top team when they host the Grand Rapids Rise at 6 p.m. Sunday at Fishers Event Center.
- Tickets start at $37.
🍻 Take an adults-only tour of The Athenaeum, guided by Indiana Landmarks, featuring traditional German beer. 2pm Sunday.
- Tickets start at $40.
🎭 Witness the history of folk-rock icons as an immersive concert-style theater show when The Simon & Garfunkel Story hits Old National Centre, 7pm Sunday.
Tickets start at $40.