This was originally posted on the website of Big Car Collaborative, which partners with Arte Mexicano en Indiana and others to bring Indianapolis this event series. Click here for details about each month’s concert.
After a very successful seven-week series in 2024, Big Car Collaborative, Arte Mexicano en Indiana are excited to, once again, be part of a national program of the Los Angeles-based Levitt Foundation!
This time, we’ll bring FREE, family-friendly, live concerts to the Tube Factory campus in 2025 — and as part of the new Levitt VIBE Indianapolis series!
When: Noon to 3 pm on the second Sunday of each month from April to October.
Where: Join us outdoors on our Tube Factory campus in Terri Sisson Park located at 1125 Cruft Street. Concerts will be moved inside Tube Factory artspace in the case of bad weather (rain, storms, extreme heat). We’ll announce this change on the morning of the concert. But the shows will always happen — just outside or in.
What: Free multi-genre outdoor concerts and creative community gatherings April through October.
Why: To bring additional liveliness to our neighborhood with free outdoor music experiences and fun, and creative social gatherings.
Who: Big Car Collaborative and Arte Mexicano produce the series and 2025 series with Levitt Foundation as lead sponsor and Lumina Foundation, MIBOR REALTOR Association, Eskenazi Health, Penrod Society, and Rundell Ernstberger Associates as additional sponsors.
Coming this spring: Levitt VIBE Indianapolis Season 2!
After a very successful seven-week series in 2024, Big Car Collaborative, Arte Mexicano en Indiana are excited to, once again, be part of a national program of the Los Angeles-based Levitt Foundation!
This time, we’ll bring FREE, family-friendly, live concerts to the Tube Factory campus in 2025 — and as part of the new Levitt VIBE Indianapolis series!
When: Noon to 3 pm on the second Sunday of each month through October of 2025. Upcoming dates are Sept. 14 + Oct. 12.
Where: Join us outdoors on our Tube Factory campus in Terri Sisson Park located at 1125 Cruft Street. Concerts will be moved inside Tube Factory artspace in the case of bad weather (rain, storms, extreme heat). We’ll announce this change on the morning of the concert. But the shows will always happen — just outside or in.
What:Free multi-genre outdoor concerts and creative community gatherings April through October.
Why: To bring additional liveliness to our neighborhood with free outdoor music experiences and fun, and creative social gatherings.
Who: Big Car Collaborative and Arte Mexicano produce the series and 2025 series with Levitt Foundation as lead sponsor and Lumina Foundation, MIBOR REALTOR Association, Eskenazi Health, Penrod Society, and Rundell Ernstberger Associates as additional sponsors.
Genres represented
- Jazz, Latin, ambient, soul, pop and rock, folk and old-style country, and more
These free events also include:
- Haiku and and poetry activities for audience members
- Postcard coloring and other creative activities — including interactive art making
- A food truck and select local vendors. Let us know if you’d like to join as an artist vendor here.
- Open picnicking (people can bring their own food and drink)
- Some provided seating (attendees encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets)
What else will be happening? We’re excited to continue sharing opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds (kids, adults and families) to get creative, learn about art and nature, and connect with others. This will happen through activities we’ll offer at all events designed and facilitated by artists (visual, music, dance); writers; and teachers. These activities may be linked to the public art in the park on our campus where VIBE happens. Some of these sculptures are functional and nature-based like the Indianapolis Bee Sanctuary, our Chicken Palace chicken coop, and Sam Van Aken’s Tree of 40 Fruit. Other projects in the park explore cultural aspects of humanity and nature like shrines, myth, haiku, and the history of utopian experiments. Get ready to have fun, make a poem and some art, move a little, make some music, and learn along the way.
Want to help? We’re seeking volunteers. Reach out to us via this Google form. And we’re seeking additional sponsors to help meet our match from The Levitt Foundation! Check out our sponsorship info here.
Want to support Levitt VIBE Indianapolis with a donation? Click here to donate and select “Levitt VIBE 2025” as the cause!
Event partners and organization information
Arte Mexicano en Indiana: Nonprofit partner & co-producer
- Mission: Arte Mexicano en Indiana (AMI) is a non-profit organization that encourages and promotes Mexican art, music and culture in Indiana through collaborations and by organizing and promoting public events.
Big Car Collaborative: Nonprofit partner & co-producer
- Mission: We bring art to people and people to art, sparking creativity in lives to support communities.
WQRT FM: Art and community radio station found at 99.1 FM in Indianapolis and streaming here.
Levitt Foundation: Funder & Partner (provides match dollars)
- Mission: The Levitt Foundation exists to strengthen the social fabric of America. We partner with communities to activate underused outdoor spaces, creating welcoming, inclusive destinations where the power of free, live music brings people together of all ages and backgrounds and invigorates community life.
- Location: Headquartered in Los Angeles; Projects across the U.S.
And, thank you to Musical Family Tree and Girls Rock! Indianapolis for their role as promotional partners!
Thanks to the Levitt Foundation, Efroymson Family Fund, Lumina Foundation, MIBOR REALTOR Association, Eskenazi Health, Penrod Society, and Rundell Ernstberger Associates for their generous support of Levitt VIBE Indianapolis!
Featured image: VIBE concert series logo. Credit: Big Car Collabrative.