Mark your calendars for the 17th annual Independent Music + Art Festival presented by the Harrison Center and Circle City Apartments, a day-long outdoor festival featuring local musicians, visual artists, and other “independents” in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. This annual event honors local musicians and artists who perform original live music and create original work. It provides a unique opportunity for interaction with other local artists and the community. IMAF 2018 is a FREE festival that takes place on Saturday June 16, beginning at 12:00 noon and running until 8:00pm. Bands are featured on two stages in the exterior courtyard of the Harrison Center in conjunction with the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange, a D.I.Y. contemporary craft fair featuring handmade goods ranging from plush toys to bath and body products, from screenprinted rock ‘n’ roll poster art to custom vintage-inspired western wear, from fanciful undergarments to wooden jewelry. While much of the musical entertainment at IMAF happens outdoors, the Handicraft Exchange’s 100+ vendors will be selling their wares outside and throughout the Harrison Center, in the gymnasium and Speck Gallery. Check IMAF’s Facebook page for the latest updates.  Click here for photos and video from past IMAFs.

This year’s band line-up:

Asante Children’s Choir
The Yellow Kites
Mariah Ivey & TribesouL
Dopacetics
Jack Droppers & the Good Intentions
Hex Mundi
Busman’s Holiday
Sarah Grain & the Billions of Stars
Legacy of Triumph
Joshua Powell & the Great Train Robbery

With support from Circle City Apartments, Sun King Brewing, Nottingham Realty, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, the Indiana Arts Commission, Christel DeHaan Family Foundation, Allen Whitehill Clowes Foundation, the Indianapolis Foundation, and Matinee Creative.