THINGS TO DO //
FRI 01 Family Night Hikes Bring the whole family along for a night of exploration with a resident naturalist. You'll hit the trails to observe the nighttime bird songs, wildlife movement and maybe even hear an owl call. • Location: Central Park, Time: 6:30-8 pm, carmelclayparks.com
SAT 02 Buddy Walk
A familyfriendly event open to all children and adults with Down syndrome, their families, friends and local supporters. • Location: Celebration Plaza in White River State Park, Time: 9 am-Noon, dsindiana.org/ buddywalk FREE *SN
Garfield Park Oktoberfest Celebrate this annual German festival and enjoy live music, German dance performances from die Fledermäuschen Tanzgruppe, art activities, games, German food and more! • Location: Garfield Park Sunken Gardens, Time: 4-8 pm, gpacarts.org FREE
Monument Circle Art Fair This family-friendly public event showcases the work of regional artists, plus music, food and more. • Location: Monument Circle, Time: 10 am-5 pm, monumentcircleart.org FREE
Potter’s Bridge Fall Festival Enjoy autumn at this family-friendly festival! Listen to live music, visit 90+ art and food booths, watch your little ones play in the KidZone, or simply take in the natural beauty of the most scenic park on the White River Greenway trail. • Location: Potter’s
OCTOBER 2021
Shen Yun A production that takes you on a journey through 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, featuring one of the world’s oldest art forms: classical Chinese dance. • Location: Clowes
SUN 03 Kids Eat Free Sunday @
SAT 02‒SUN 03 35th Annual
MON 04 Movies at Midtown:
Memorial Hall, Time: 2 & 7 pm, butlerartscenter.org
Heartland Apple Festival Celebrate the fall harvest with farm family fun and games, including a corn maze, hayrides, pony rides, u-pick pumpkins, live music, craft vendors and more. Occurring again on Oct. 9-10. • Location: Beasley’s
Indianapolis Indians Children 14 and under receive a hot dog, bag of chips and bottle of water with the price of admission. • Location:
Victory Field, Time: 1:35 pm, milb.com/indianapolis
The Aadams Family Enjoy an outdoor movie shown on the big video screen in Midtown Plaza. • Location: Midtown Plaza Carmel, Times: Noon, 3, 5 & 7 pm, midtownplazacarmel.com
Orchard, 9 am-6 pm, beasleys-orchard.com
TUES 05 Small Wonders: Brickworld Indy See more than 65,000 square feet of spectacular creations all built from LEGO bricks by local LEGO enthusiasts. Enjoy interactive activities, LEGO and DUPLO play brick areas, seek and finds, fighting robots, buy your favorite LEGO sets, and more. • Location: Indiana State Fairgrounds, brickworld.com/ brickworld-indianapolis
Pumpkin Express Take a 20 minute ride down the tracks to the Cicero pumpkin patch and enjoy fall games, hay rides, a straw maze, obstacle course, face painting and more. Pumpkins are available for purchase at the patch. After spending 45 minutes at the patch, the train will take you back to Noblesville. • Location: Forest Park in Noblesville, Time: 11 am, 1 & 3 pm, nickelplateexpress.com/pumpkin
Spooky Science Participate in pumpkin art projects, ghostly sensory play and become a spooky scientist as we do hands-on experiments. • Location: Indiana State Museum, Time: 10-11 am, indianamuseum.org
WED 06 Beastly Brunch Get an
up-close look at Holliday Park’s animal ambassadors and experience a live feeding. Ages 2+ with their adult. • Location: Holliday Park Nature Center, Time: 11-11:30 am, hollidaypark.org FREE
Storytime at Cool Creek Nature Center Enjoy a nature inspired story, sing songs, do a craft, and go outside to discover. •
Location: Cool Creek Nature Center, Time: 10:30-11:30 am, hamiltoncounty.in.gov/296/Parks-andRecreation FREE
Bridge Park, Time: 11 am-4 pm, facebook.com/ PottersBridgeFallFestival
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FREE / free for families!
*ONGOING /a recurring event
*SN / special needs friendly
/ an Indy's Child favorite!
