Annual events

• Brickyard 400
• Coca-Cola Circle City Classic
  Coca-Cola Circle City Classic
  The Circle City Classic is an annual American football game featuring two historically black colleges/universities that play at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. The game was held from 1983 to 2007 in the RCA Dome, and was moved to the new Lucas Oil Stadium for the 2008 game. The event was...
  
  
• Gen Con
  Gen Con
  Gen Con is one of the largest and most prominent annual gaming conventions in North America. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card-style games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, board games, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, non-collectible...
  
  
• Heartland Film Festival
  Heartland Film Festival
  The Heartland Film Festival is a film festival held each October in Indianapolis, Indiana. First held in 1992, its goal is to "recognize and honor filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life."In May 2007, Heartland...
  
  
• InConJunction
  InConJunction
  InConJunction is a fan-run, not-for-profit science fiction convention held every July 4 weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana. Past guests include Catherine Asaro, Michael Z. Williamson, George R.R. Martin, Jerry Pournelle, Glen Cook, Mike Resnick, Timothy Zahn, and David Drake. The convention focuses...
  
  
• Indiana Black Expo
  Indiana Black Expo
  Indiana Black Expo is a non for-profit organization headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana that is responsible for overseeing the state's two largest cultural events: the Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration, and the Circle City Classic....
  
  
• Indiana State Fair
  Indiana State Fair
  The Indiana State Fair is an annual fair held in Indianapolis, Indiana, usually in the month of August. The first fair was held in 1881 and the 2009 fair had the highest number of attendees at 973,902....
  
  
• Indianapolis 500
  Indianapolis 500
  The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...
  
  
• Indianapolis International Film Festival
  Indianapolis International Film Festival
  -Mission & General Information:Founded in 2004, the Indianapolis International Film Festival seeks to create a shared experience by championing films that entertain, challenge and expand perspectives in Indianapolis and beyond...
  
  
• Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival
  Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival
  The Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival, nicknamed "IndyFringe," is a 10-day showcase of traditional and non-traditional theatre, dance, music, improvisation and a wide range of other performance and visual arts, performed and created by local, national and international artists...
  
  
• Indy Irish Festival
• Indy Jazz Fest
  Indy Jazz Fest
  The Indy Jazz Fest is an annual jazz festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. It first took place on June 17, 1999. It was created by a consortium of Downtown Indianapolis hospitality, civic and business interests as a way to spotlight Indianapolis' rich jazz heritage through an annual event...
  
  
• Indy Pride
  Indy Pride
  Circle City IN Pride is the annual LGBT pride event in Indianapolis. The event is organized by LGBT organization Indy Pride, and has been held for over a decade. In recent years, more than 30,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and heterosexual people have attended Indy Pride, and in 2011 the...
  
  
• Italian Street Festival
• Midwest Music Summit
  Midwest Music Summit
  Midwest Music Summit is an annual music festival held in Indianapolis, Indiana which showcases musicians from the Midwest. The festival also includes music business seminars, covering topics such as A&R, promotion, artist development and copyright issues...
  
  
• Middle Eastern Festival of Indianapolis
• NESCO Feast of Lanterns - Indianapolis, IN
• OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon
  OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon
  The OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, which takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the largest half-marathon in the United States, and the seventh-largest running event in America. As of the 35th running in 2011, it had sold out the entire running field of 35,000 for nine consecutive years...
  
  
• U.S. National Hot Rod Association Drag Racing Championship

Event facilities

• Chase Tower (Indianapolis)
  Chase Tower (Indianapolis)
  Opened in 1990 near Monument Circle in Indianapolis, the Chase Tower is the tallest building in Indianapolis. It surpassed the AUL Tower in Indianapolis for the distinction...
  
  
• G. C. Murphy Building
  G. C. Murphy Building
  The G.C. Murphy Building, better known as "The Murphy" or "The Murphy Building" was built in 1884 and is located at 1043 Virginia Avenue in the historic Fountain Square District of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. The G.C...
  
  
• Indianapolis Baptist Temple
  Indianapolis Baptist Temple
  The Indianapolis Baptist Temple is an Independent Baptist church based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The church's building was seized by the U.S. federal government after the church refused to withhold taxes from employees' paychecks for 16 years....
  
  
• Indiana Convention Center
  Indiana Convention Center
  The Indiana Convention Center is a convention center located in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It contains over of open exhibit space and almost of group meeting space. It was finished in late 1983 along with the Hoosier Dome , which it was connected to prior the Dome's deconstruction in 2008....
  
  
• Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is a major American orchestra based in Indianapolis, Indiana.Annually, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performs 200 concerts for over 350,000 people. It is the largest performing arts organization in Indiana. The ISO is currently one of only 18 American...
  
  
• Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library
  Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library
  The Indianapolis Public Library is the public library system that serves the citizens of Marion County, Indiana, United States and its largest city, Indianapolis...
  
  
• Madame Walker Theatre Center
  Madame Walker Theatre Center
  The historic Madame C.J. Walker Building, which houses the Madame Walker Theatre Center, has long symbolized the spirit of creativity and community pride in the City of Indianapolis. Named after America’s first self-made female millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker, the site represents the achievements,...
  
  
• Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis)
  Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis)
  The Phoenix Theatre is a professional non-profit theatre located in downtown Indianapolis, on Park Avenue near Massachusetts Avenue. It was founded by Bryan D. Fonseca in 1983, initially to perform the three-part science fiction play, Warp!...
  
  
• Slippery Noodle Inn
  Slippery Noodle Inn
  The Slippery Noodle Inn is a large blues bar and restaurant with two performance stages in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It also has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating bar in the state of Indiana, having opened in 1850 as the Tremont House.The Inn served as a stop on the...
  
  
• The Emerson Theater
  The Emerson Theater
  The Emerson Theater is an all age music venue located at 4634 E. 10th Street in the Little Flower neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Emerson Theater hosts original local music Friday and Saturday nights every week and also hosts some regional/national acts. The Emerson Theater used to be an...
  
  
• The House of Blue Lights
  The House of Blue Lights
  The House Of Blue Lights was the name given to a house on the far northeast side of Indianapolis. Decorated year round with blue Christmas lights, it was actually the home of eccentric Indianapolis millionaire Skiles Edward Test...
  
  
• Union Station
  Union Station (Indianapolis)
  The Indianapolis Union Station was the first union station in the world, opening on September 20, 1853, by the Indianapolis Union Railway within the Wholesale District of Indianapolis, Indiana at 39 Jackson Place...
  
  

Historic Homes

• Benjamin Harrison Home
  Benjamin Harrison Home
  The Benjamin Harrison Home, in the Old Northside Historic District of Indianapolis, Indiana, was the home of the Twenty-third President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison. Benjamin Harrison had the house built in the 1870s of red brick, and it had sixteen rooms...
  
  
• James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home
  Lockerbie Square Historic District
  Lockerbie Square Historic District is a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places within Indianapolis, Indiana, listed on February 23, 1973, with a boundary increase on July 28, 1987. It is noted for its Federal, Italianate, and Queen Anne style architecture...
  
  
• Morris-Butler House
  Morris-Butler House
  The Morris-Butler House is a Second Empire-style house built in 1864-65 in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is part of Old Northside Historic District of Indianapolis. It is preserved as a museum home by Indiana Landmarks...
  
  
• Oldfields-Lilly House & Gardens
  Indianapolis Museum of Art
  The Indianapolis Museum of Art is an encyclopedic art museum located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The museum, which underwent a $74 million expansion in 2005, is located on a campus on the near northwest area outside downtown Indianapolis, northwest of Crown Hill Cemetery.The...
  
  

Miscellaneous

• Indiana Statehouse
• Indiana State Library
• Indiana World War Memorial
• Scottish Rite Cathedral
  Scottish Rite Cathedral (Indianapolis, Indiana)
  The Scottish Rite Cathedral is a historic building designed by architect George F. Schreiber, located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is owned by the Valley of Indianapolis Scottish Rite, an affiliated body of Freemasonry. It was built between 1927 and 1929 at the cost of...
  
  

Museums

• The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
  The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
  The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is the world's largest children's museum. It is located in the United Northwest Area neighborhood on Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums. It is with five floors of exhibit halls...
  
  
• Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum
• Conner Prairie
  Conner Prairie
  Conner Prairie is an Interactive History Park, or living history museum, in Fishers, Indiana, USA, that preserves the William Conner home, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and recreates part of life in Indiana in the 19th century on the White River.-History and...
  
  
• Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art
  Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art
  The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and houses an extensive collection of Native American art, as well as Western American paintings and sculptures collected by buinessman and philanthropist Harrison Eiteljorg...
  
  
• Indiana Historical Society
  Indiana Historical Society
  The Indiana Historical Society is one of the United States' oldest and largest historical societies and describes itself as "Indiana's Storyteller". Housed within the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, it is located at 450 West Ohio St...
  
  
• Indiana Medical History Museum
  Indiana Medical History Museum
  The Indiana Medical History Museum is an Indiana monument to the beginning of psychiatric medical research. It is located on the grounds of what was formerly Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane...
  
  
• Indiana State Museum
  Indiana State Museum
  The Indiana State Museum is a museum located within White River State Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. The museum houses exhibits on the history of Indiana from prehistoric times up to the present day. It has one of the four IMAX theaters in the state of Indiana.-History:The museum was started...
  
  
• Indianapolis Museum of Art
  Indianapolis Museum of Art
  The Indianapolis Museum of Art is an encyclopedic art museum located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The museum, which underwent a $74 million expansion in 2005, is located on a campus on the near northwest area outside downtown Indianapolis, northwest of Crown Hill Cemetery.The...
  
  
• Murphy Art Center
• National Art Museum of Sport
  National Art Museum of Sport
  The National Art Museum of Sport was founded in 1959 by Germain G. Glidden, an artist and sportsman. It has over 800 works of painting and sculpture related to more than 40 sports...
  
  
• NCAA Hall of Champions
  NCAA Hall of Champions
  The NCAA Hall of Champions is a museum, exhibition center, and conference center that is located adjacent to the national office of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in White River State Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States...
  
  
• Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
  Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis)
  The Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a tall neoclassical monument in the center of Indianapolis, Indiana that was designed by German architect Bruno Schmitz and completed in 1901....
  
  

Outdoor attractions

• Medal of Honor Memorial
  Medal of Honor Memorial
  The Medal of Honor Memorial is a monument located in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It is dedicated in honor of all recipients of the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest award for valor...
  
  
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400....
  
  
• Indianapolis Zoo
  Indianapolis Zoo
  The Indianapolis Zoo in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, first opened to the public in 1964. Its current home in White River State Park was opened in 1988 with a size of . The zoo hosts more than a million visitors each year and plays a role in worldwide conservation and research, including...
  
  
• Monon Trail
  Monon Trail
  The Monon Trail is a rail trail in Indiana. It uses a portion of the Chicago-Indianapolis main line of the former Monon Railroad, which was abandoned between Indianapolis and Delphi, Indiana in 1987.The trail serves both bicyclists and pedestrians...
  
  

Parks

• Eagle Creek Park
  Eagle Creek Park
  Eagle Creek Park is the largest park in Indianapolis, and one of the largest municipal parks in the United States. It is located at 7840 W. 56th Street in Indianapolis, Indiana and covers approximately 1,400 acres of a reservoir and 3,900 acres of land. There are about 10 miles of paths within...
  
  
• Fort Harrison State Park
  Fort Harrison State Park
  Fort HarrisonDesignationState ParkLocationIndiana USANearest CitiesLawrence, IndianaCoordinatesArea Date of Establishment1996Governing BodyIndiana DNR...
  
  
• Garfield Park Conservatory and Sunken Gardens
  Garfield Park Conservatory and Sunken Gardens
  Garfield Park is a regional city park in Indianapolis, Indiana. Established in the late 19th century, it is the oldest city park in Indianapolis and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The park is located at the confluence of Pleasant Run and Bean Creeks on the near Southside of...
  
  
• Indiana Central Canal
  Indiana Central Canal
  The Indiana Central Canal was a canal intended to connect the Wabash and Erie Canal to the Ohio River. It was funded by the Mammoth Internal Improvement Act, Indiana's attempt to take part in the canal-building craze, started by the Erie Canal. $3.5 million was allocated for the project, the...
  
  
• White River State Park
  White River State Park
  White River State ParkDesignationState ParkLocationIndianapolis, Indiana USANearest CityIndianapolis, IndianaArea Date of Establishment1979Governing Body...
  
  

Shopping venues

• Castleton Square
  Castleton Square
  Castleton Square Mall is the largest and busiest mall in the state of Indiana. Built by Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr., in 1972, it is located in northeastern Indianapolis and owned by Simon Property Group. The largest stores are Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Macy's, Von Maur and Sears...
  
  
• Circle Centre
  Circle Centre
  Circle Centre is a large indoor shopping mall located in downtown Indianapolis. Plans for a downtown Indianapolis mall had been in development by the Simon Property Group since 1979. Circle Centre was opened to the public on September 8, 1995, adjoining Simon corporate headquarters, and...
  
  
• The Fashion Mall at Keystone
  The Fashion Mall at Keystone
  The Fashion Mall at Keystone, known better as The Fashion Mall, is an upscale shopping center in the northeast section of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The mall is located off I-465 at 86th Street and Keystone. The mall is considered the heart of the district of Keystone...
  
  
• Glendale Town Center
  Glendale Town Center
  Glendale Town Center aka Glendale Mall or Glendale Center Mall is located at 6101 North Keystone Avenue in Indianapolis. The mall was built in 1958 as an open air shopping center and was designed by Victor Gruen and Associates. When the Glendale Shopping Center opened, it was the premier retail...
  
  
• Lafayette Square Mall
  Lafayette Square Mall
  Lafayette Square Mall is a shopping center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Developed in 1968 by Edward J. DeBartolo Sr., the mall is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle and owned by Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. The majority of its anchor stores are vacant; Burlington Coat Factory, Shoppers World, and America's...
  
  
• Washington Square Mall (Indianapolis, Indiana)
  Washington Square Mall (Indianapolis, Indiana)
  Washington Square Mall is a regional shopping mall located on the eastern side of Indianapolis. It opened in 1974 with a renovation/expansion in 1999. Today, there are over 80 stores and, Burlington Coat Factory, Dick's Sporting Goods, Sears, and Target are the major anchor stores, as well as the...
  
  

Sports facilities

• Conseco Fieldhouse
  Conseco Fieldhouse
  Conseco Fieldhouse is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena, it is home to the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association...
  
  
• Hinkle Fieldhouse
  Hinkle Fieldhouse
  Hinkle Fieldhouse is a basketball arena located on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. When it was built in 1928, it was the largest basketball arena in the United States, and it retained that distinction until 1950. It is the sixth-oldest college basketball arena still in...
  
  
• Indiana University Natatorium
  Indiana University Natatorium
  Indiana University Natatorium is a swimming complex on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus in Indianapolis, USA. It also serves as the home of the IUPUI School of Physical Education with its offices on the second level and the Polaris Fitness Center on the first level...
  
  
• Kuntz Stadium
  Kuntz Stadium
  Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium is an outdoor soccer facility located in Indianapolis. It is the location of the IHSAA State Soccer finals. It contains two FIFA-regulated game fields and seats 5,257 people. Various championship games have been played in this facility...
  
  
• Lucas Oil Stadium
  Lucas Oil Stadium
  Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The stadium celebrated its grand opening on August 24, 2008, and its ribbon-cutting ceremony August 16, 2008. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. The stadium was built to...
  
  
• Pepsi Coliseum
  Pepsi Coliseum
  Pepsi Coliseum is an 8,200-seat multi-purpose arena, in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was formerly known as the Indiana State Fair Coliseum. The current arena was built in 1939, replacing a previous coliseum that was built in 1907...
  
  
• Victory Field
  Victory Field
  Victory Field is the name of the current minor league baseball park that is the home of the Indianapolis Indians of the International League. It is located in Indianapolis, Indiana....