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MUSIC IN TRANSIT VIDEO SERIES FEATURES PERFORMANCES ON INDYGO BUSES Writer / Seth Johnson Photographer / Michael Durr

globally renowned soul band that first started out in Bloomington, Indiana.

It’s one thing to record a live music session in a studio. It’s something completely different to record one on a bus. Herein lies the magic of Indy’s much-loved Music In Transit video series.

“The most memorable one we’ve done is the Durand Jones one because they’re just so awesome live,” Huber says. “From what I remember, a bunch of people gathered on the Virginia Avenue sidewalk for it too, so I thought that was amazing.”

Started in 2019 by esteemed Indianapolis videographer Jake Huber and Square Cat Vinyl Co-owner Mike Angel, Music In Transit is a live music session series featuring Indiana’s top musical acts performing on IndyGo rapid-transit buses. Initially launched hand-in-hand with the IndyGo Red Line to promote the bus line’s visibility, Music In Transit is now in its fourth season, with a new episode dropping via YouTube every Sunday starting on June 26. This season, featured artists include Cloakroom, J. Elliot, Native Sun, Parris LaDame, Pat and the Pissers, Skypp, The Palace, and Wife Patrol.

Looking back on the origins of Music In Transit, Huber says he and Angel initially wanted to record the sessions on a moving bus, but IndyGo had other ideas.

“Ideally we wanted to do it while the bus was moving, to make it crazy,” Huber says. “But due to insurance purposes, [IndyGo] was like, ‘We can do it but the bus has to be parked.’ So we were just like, ‘We’ll just park the bus on Virginia Avenue, fill it up with cameras, let people come on and off the bus, and just let it be an experience.’ ” Angel and Huber went big in their first year, booking a lineup of sessions headlined by Durand Jones & The Indications. Slated to open for Jack Johnson at Ruoff Music Center this July, the group is now a

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Despite dealing with health and safety protocols, Huber was still able to record Season 2 of Music In Transit in 2020. As a matter of fact, Huber himself caught COVID-19 on the first day of filming Season 2 and had to direct the remainder of the season from his car, which was parked behind the bus on Virginia Avenue.

“We had to hire a COVID compliance officer who had people fill out surveys, took temperatures and used a fogging sanitizer to fog down the bus,” Huber says.

When preparing to film a Music In Transit session, Huber explains that he and his crew go through a multistep process with each artist to ensure things go over smoothly.

“Once we book an artist I find out if they want to be full band or stripped down,” Huber says. “From there I ask for their set list and what instruments they’re bringing. My audio team consists of two sound recordists and then one live audio guy, and they rig the bus up to the band’s liking. The band shows up and chooses where they want to sit or stand, and then we work around them.”

WATCH NOW Through the years Music In Transit has featured all sorts of Indiana acts, from funk to punk to hip-hop, which Huber says is intentional.

“I like to keep it diverse and have every act be relatively different, just so each episode is different,” he says. Season 4, for example, includes the modern trap sounds of Parris LaDame along with the dense rock sounds of Cloakroom.

While every artist brings their own musical style to the series, Huber says the acts all interact with the setting of the bus in different ways too.

“This year the lead singer of The Palace literally ran across Woodlawn Avenue, stopped a couple walking with their baby in a stroller and sang to them,” Huber says. “I like bringing that element of breaking the fourth wall into the video series.”

Having now filmed four seasons, Huber says the Music In Transit experience is something he and his team look forward to every year.

“We just have such a fun time,” he says. “A lot of us camera guys work together on freelance jobs or on HGTV, and we get bored of what we do instantly, whether it’s talking-head interviews or stuff we don’t want to shoot. So shooting live music is always just refreshing and fun. It’s almost like a mini vacation for us.”

Looking ahead, Angel and Huber hope to continue bringing the Music In Transit sessions to the masses, with the help of IndyGo and their partners.

“Mike and I want to continue to do this project as long as possible,” Huber says. “We were excited to partner with GANGGANG this year, and if they were happy with it, we’d love to continue doing it with them. Anything IndyGo wants to do with Music In Transit, we’re for it.”

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This month we’re celebrating Rock the Ruins, north Indy’s newest outdoor concert series that takes place in Holliday Park. This summer’s lineup includes Bruce Hornsby, Old Crow Medicine Show, Masego, Counting Crows, Dashboard Confessional and many more.

Many of these performers headline arena shows across the world, so it’s truly amazing to have such legendary acts play right here in Holliday Park. I caught up with Eric Tobias to learn about how Rock the Ruins came to be, his passion for live music, and his mission to make Indy a worldclass city. Rock the Ruins blossomed as an extension of The Vogue, so we started there.

How did you get involved with The Vogue?

One of my partners in the business, Scott Kraege, and I have been friends for a very long time. We were at a show together and said to

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each other, “Wouldn’t it be amazing to own a venue like this?” Fast-forward a couple of years, and we got wind that the longtime owner of The Vogue, Steve Ross, was looking to retire. It all just came together.

We’ve had a lifelong passion of live music and always wanted to help further the scene here in Indy.

What does The Vogue mean to you?

When we first bought it, it meant the ability to have a voice in the music, art and cultural scene of the city. That was really important to me. Now we’ve been there for three years, and surviving the pandemic allowed us to learn even more about what the venue means to the community.

The Vogue is one of a handful of places in our city that touches almost everyone.

Everyone has a story from The Vogue. It is

just amazing how many people will come up to us in the community when they find out we own The Vogue, and tell us their Vogue story. “Oh my gosh, I met my girlfriend there!” or “I saw my favorite band there for the first time!” It just means so much to so many people. It has really become an even bigger mission. This is our chance to be the temporary steward of this thing that is one of the key experiences of Indianapolis.

That’s a beautiful sentiment. It’s funny because my best friend and I got to see one of our favorite bands, BoomBox, for the first time at The Vogue. I also got to see George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic there, which was one of my all-time favorite shows.

What went on to inspire Rock the Ruins?

Coming out of 2020 and the early parts of

2021, we missed live music and all of our supporters. It was very unknown whether musicians would ever want to play indoors again. We always wanted to have an outdoor venue and that was probably three to five years away, but we said, “Let’s figure out how to do this.” We knew some folks at Holliday Park, we knew they had a beautiful space, and it was close to The Vogue. It ended up being 10 shows and nine of them sold out.

We got amazing feedback. The bands loved it. We got great acts out there and this year we wanted to just keep growing.

We were able to return to full capacity, so now we have the ability to host 2,500 fans.

We have 15 shows and amazing bands like Counting Crows who have played 50,000seat stadiums. (Note: Tobias has seen them more than 100 times.)

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Were you involved in music before The Vogue?

No - far, far from it. I’ve been in technology my whole career building tech companies and software companies. At my day job I’m one of the founders at High Alpha where we help start software companies and invest in those companies.

Is there any overlap across your projects or are they completely separate parts of your life?

It’s a different setup, different partners and a different business model, but in many ways it’s the same mission. I see connections between things and I try to utilize my talents to facilitate those connections.

While it feels very different to be involved

in tech during the day and music during the night, those things are actually very aligned.

The mission is the same: How do we create an amazing city? How do you create things that really move the needle and make a really big impact? Those are the things I’ve been drawn to.

When I moved to Indianapolis, Broad Ripple was my reference point for everything. Before I knew my way around the city, I knew Broad Ripple and The Vogue. As a musician myself, I always felt like that marquee sign gave local artists something to strive toward. It is incredible to see how an iconic Indianapolis institution

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has been able to adapt and innovate into something like Rock the Ruins. Be sure to catch them at Holliday Park this summer.

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Neale Johantgen, Theater Manager at the IMAX Theater at the Indiana State Museum with IMAX film projector.

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3, 2, 1…BWWWWAAAAMMMMM! Perhaps that doesn’t translate as well as if you were sitting in the IMAX Theater located in downtown Indianapolis at the Indiana State Museum. Rest assured, the phrase “big sound” is an understatement for what moviegoers experience at the theater.

At six stories tall and 84’ wide, The IMAX Theater is home to the largest movie screen in the state, and it is accompanied by 12,000 watts of digitally separated surround sound. What does that mean? In short, it’s a jaw-dropping experience that immerses watchers in each film.

“Beyond the size of the screen and the clarity of the sound, I think there is a lot of depth to it,” says Neale Johantgen, theater manager. “When you see a movie here, it is a memorable experience.”

As there is one extremely large screen at the IMAX Theater, the films slated to run are specifically designed for the format. Without getting too technical, there are few theaters in the country that compare to what you will find right here in Indy. In addition to the dual digital projection system, the theater is also home to one of the very few IMAX 15/70 millimeter film projectors in the country, and Johantgen says that is something very special.

“This was my theater of choice before I worked here and now I am looking for ways to make the experience even better,” Johantgen says.

Johantgen and his staff take pride in keeping the 357-seat theater clean and comfortable. He also loves to create special events around screenings, and works with a variety of local businesses to create an immersive experience before customers even enter the theater itself. It is important to him to truly be a part of the local community, and to provide a unique and unforgettable experience for anyone who visits.

Located in the beautiful White River State Park, the theater is easily accessible

and offers free underground parking, validated with admission. Viewers have the option of walking along the canal, taking in amazing views of the Indianapolis skyline before or after the film. There is also a multitude of walkable options for dinner and drinks. However, don’t eat too much beforehand, because you know you will want a bucket of buttery popcorn or other snacks offered at the concession stand.

This month you can look forward to seeing the new release from

Marvel Studios, “Thor: Love and Thunder,” premiering July 8, followed by Jordan Peele’s new film “Nope,” premiering July 22. In addition to these films, moviegoers can look forward to much more coming to the theater, including IMAX live events and special screenings.

The theater is located at 650 West Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis. You can purchase tickets from their website at imaxindy.com, and be sure to follow along on their Instagram page @imaxindy. Specific questions or requests can be directed to Johantgen at njohantgen@imax.com.

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lack Circle Owner Jesse Rice remembers when he first became same month we enamored with the idea of throwing intimate live music opened,” Rice says. events.

“I don’t want to say it was a windfall or “I went to Purdue but my brother went to IU, and Purdue and IU anything, but what are so very different when it comes to how the kids party,” Rice says. happened was all the “At Purdue it’s all frat parties, but at IU it was a lot of house shows shows that had been and house parties. So I started going to see my brother, who’s three scheduled for the next years younger than me, at IU, and there would be bands playing in six months at Fifth basements and stuff. I was like, ‘Dude, this is insane.’ ” Quarter had to go somewhere else. So Upon graduating and moving back to Indianapolis, Rice began we got shows we had throwing house shows of his own at his home in Broad Ripple. no business doing.”

Eventually this led him to start an actual venue, now known as Black Circle.

Having since embraced heavier “The house shows sort of organically evolved over a 10-year period genres of music, Black Jessie Rice - Owner Black Circle where we were making our own beer too,” Rice says. “Finally I was Circle’s booking just like, ‘Let’s just open something up and see if we can do it.’ ” is now handled by Dustin Boltjes, an established Indianapolis drummer best known Located on East 46th Street in south Broad Ripple, Black Circle for playing in bands like Demiricous and Skeletonwitch. opened in 2016 and has organically grown from a humble craft beverage producer to a beacon of Indy’s live entertainment “Fifth Quarter closing made us metal first, and then Dustin community, regularly hosting concerts, drag shows, stand-up coming on and booking the shows definitely made the focus comedy and more. Having greatly expanded from the day they first heavier,” Rice says. opened, Black Circle now features an impressive outdoor event space, where they’ll be hosting two festivals, Wide Eyed Music Festival and Heavy Hell 3, on July 30 and August 13 respectively.

With a name inspired by the physical appearance of a vinyl record, Black Circle received an influx of shows not long after opening, due to the closure of longtime metal-centric music venue Fifth Quarter Lounge.

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Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Circle saw its biggest change to date, with the addition of a large outdoor stage. According to Rice, this move was one of sheer survival.

“I didn’t ever really have ambitions of having music outside - it was the pandemic that forced that,” Rice says. “Basically it was like, ‘Are we going to close, or are we going to make a move to continue to do what we do and try to survive this thing?’ So we fenced in the outside and built that stage.”

While they may be best known for hosting metal concerts, Rice makes sure the Black Circle event calendar includes a diverse array of happenings, in hopes of drawing people of different backgrounds to the space.

“What I see at Black Circle is my team of people putting together entertainment, anywhere from drag and comedy to metal and movie nights, so that there’s something for everybody,” Rice says.

“We get a really diverse crowd of people from all over the city and I’m just really proud of my team for being able to put that stuff together.”

In addition to beer, wine and cocktail offerings, Black Circle guests will soon be able to purchase slices of pizza when they visit the venue as well.

“Unfortunately the Cuban restaurant [once linked to Black Circle] went out of business during the pandemic, so we have partnered with Futuro,” Rice says. “Luke Tobias used to own Kuma’s in Fountain Square. He and his wife opened Futuro, and now they’re opening a second location focusing mostly on New York-style slices.

It’s a little different than Futuro, so they’re calling it Grumps.”

In addition to a full summer calendar of events at Black Circle, Rice also plans to get the venue more involved with the community, in hopes of quelling any stigmas.

“We’re in Indiana - metal music and alcohol aren’t really lauded,” Rice says. “We’re sort of a taboo business, so we’re just trying to reach out to the community and be like, ‘Listen, we’re just people too and we want to help.’ So our focus this year is community cleanups and involvement with the neighborhood association.”

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From a world-class theater to someone’s backyard, a Sofar Sounds concert could take place anywhere, as long as live performers and a set of attentive ears are present.

A movement that was originally started in 2009 by three Londoners who were tired of attending noisy concert venues full of chitchatting, Sofar Sounds has now grown into a global movement of artists, hosts, fans, travelers and more, putting on hundreds of secret, intimate events per month, across 325 cities around the world. Having now become prevalent in Indy over the past several years, city director Steven Rutherford explains the Sofar way is one built on bringing a city together through music.

“I want people to leave with a special experience that they’ll never have again,” Rutherford says.

“Even if you come to 20 Sofar shows, every single one of them is going to be different. The energy is going to be different. The lineup is going to be different. I want folks to leave feeling like they have community. We have an open heart, open minds, open ears and we’re here for the city.”

Following in the footsteps of former Indy Sofar Sounds director Jeff Nordyke, Rutherford regularly curates concerts for local music lovers to engage with all over town. In keeping with the spirit of Sofar’s mission, Rutherford specifically aims to put together shows where a variety of acts are presented, in the hopes that everyone in the audience might discover something in line with their musical taste.

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“We try to curate lineups that you wouldn’t see out at a regular show,” Rutherford says. “Maybe there’s blues, hip-hop and folk. Maybe there’s some bluegrass. Maybe there’s a band from Austin, Texas who brought some slide

guitar, or maybe there’s some soul.”

With every Sofar show, an element of surprise also exists. When attendees sign up to attend a concert, they are only given the show’s general location, with no specific lineup.

“We don’t announce the lineup, and we don’t announce where it’s going to take place,” Rutherford says. “We’ll just give you a general neighborhood or part of town. Folks purchase tickets. Thirty-six access to those resources. So more than anything, we’re an artist-first hours before the show, they’re emailed the location, but still no platform, and that’s our biggest goal.” artist lineup.”

As Rutherford continues booking Sofar Sounds concerts all around Indianapolis, his hope is that attendees might find their new favorite Upon arrival, the show’s emcee gets the crowd warmed up before artist through a Sofar show. then announcing what acts will perform. In doing things this way, Sofar Sounds subverts the typical concert experience even further.

“My main intention is that we bring folks into a new part of town or a space that they never would’ve expected to see live music in, “We’re able to put together these super diverse lineups, and we introducing them to a community of people that they never would’ve take people to different parts of town,” Rutherford says. “I feel like bumped into,” he says. “[I want to] introduce them to local artists it lets people get out of the normal headspace they’re in when they who could play on any bill or any stage across the world. A lot of walk into a venue. Folks are more open-minded.” these people would give your favorite artist a run for their money.”

While potentially discovering their new favorite artist, Sofar shows also allow Indy music fans to come together in a uniquely communal way.

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“You hang out for about 30 minutes [before the show], mix and mingle,” Rutherford says. “We really create these spaces for people to meet different people from all walks of life and different parts of town.”

To learn about upcoming Sofar Sounds shows in Indianapolis, be sure to visit SofarSounds.com. Artists looking to perform at an upcoming Sofar Sounds concert can also be sure to visit sofarsounds.com/ about/artists.

In addition to bringing music lovers together, Sofar Sounds also aims to empower its artists so that they can succeed on an even grander scale. For example, Sofar Sounds shows are recorded to video, giving artists a professional, visual product that they then have to further promote themselves.

“We’re really just empowering artists and helping them find and create opportunities,” says Rutherford, who’s an artist in his own right. “That comes in the form of shows, but it also comes in the form of making sure they get photo content, video content and all the things you need to start building a professional career in music. A lot of people don’t have those conversations or don’t have

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If you are interested in a free test drive, you can contact us @thisisnorthindy on Instagram.

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Here's to the pursuit.

Here's to life. And to liberty. Here's to the 4th. To cookouts and pool parties. Catching (and releasing) fireflies. Doubleheaders at the ballpark. Here's to long days and warm nights, slow bike rides around the neighborhood, and lazily rocking on the porch.

Here's to pursuing all the little and not-so-little things that make you happy—that make you love where you live. All summer long.

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