Your weekend plans: Daptoberfest, comedy, concerts and more
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Daptoberfest returns Saturday with an evening of Black-owned businesses, food, music and community at Warren Central High School.
Why it matters: The festival is designed to give Black entrepreneurs, including those without storefronts or established online businesses, a platform to meet customers and build connections.
- It also celebrates some of the artists and community organizations that help make Indianapolis unique.
Zoom in: Attendees should expect a marketplace of vendors, food trucks and entertainment on the Black Onyx Management SoundStage.
- The lineup also includes an HBCU-style drumline battle featuring BRAVE INC. and Sounds of Legacy, plus a homecoming court presentation and crowning.
If you go: 4-10pm Saturday.
- Admission is free and open to the public.
More weekend picks:
🚓 See some old cop cars pick up serious speed at Indianapolis Speedrome during the Inaugural Indiana Crown Vic State Championship.
- Spectator gates open at 4pm Friday and 12pm Saturday.
- Entry fee is $50 in advance and $75 at the race.
🥂 Dress for an evening of Parisian-inspired festivities at the Indiana Children's Choir's "Midnight in Paris" gala, 6-10pm Friday at Scottish Rite Cathedral.
- Tickets start at $125.
🏒 Hit the ice with the Indy Fuel as they host three games at Fishers Event Center.
- They play the Toledo Walleye at 7:15pm Friday. Tickets start at $30.
- They play the Fort Wayne Komets at 7:30pm Friday. Tickets start at $26.
- They play the Cincinnati Cyclones at 4pm Sunday. Tickets start at $27.
🌷 Sing along with Audrey II when "Little Shop of Horrors" starts its run at The Studio Theater in Carmel. 7:30pm Friday and Saturday, and 2pm Sunday.
- Tickets start at $65.
🤘 Rock out with music icon Sting at Old National Centre, 8pm Friday.
- Tickets start at around $147.
🪄 Enjoy a night of tricks and laughs when magician and comedian Michael Carbonaro brings his "Wonderboy" show to the Payne & Mencias Palladium, 8pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $36.
📚 Dig into family roots and Indiana history at the Indiana State Library during the Genealogy and Local History Fair, 10:30am-3:30pm Saturday.
- Register for free.
🎙️ Catch stand-up comedian Ali Siddiq when he brings his storytelling-driven style to Clowes Memorial Hall, 5pm and 8pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $75.
🎭 Witness what happens when Halloween-themed burlesque meets improv during Improv-a-Tease at White Rabbit Cabaret, 9pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $20.
- 21 and up.
🔎 Listen to explorer and TV host Josh Gates share adventure stories at Clowes Memorial Hall at 7pm Sunday.
- Tickets start at $45.