Free events in Indianapolis in October 2026

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Cinema

  7 PM

  Free Movie Series: Hocus Pocus

  Schrott Center for the Arts · Butler-Tarkington

  • Cinema

  Free

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Duckwall Artist Series: Butler University Jazz Faculty

  Butler University Recital Halls and Studio Theatre · Butler-Tarkington

  • Music
  • Jazz

  Free

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Music

  6:30 PM

  NIGHTJAR: Kandace Kyere

  Big Car Collaborative (Tube Factory) · Garfield Park

  • Music

  Free

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Music at Butler: Butler University Percussion Ensemble

  Schrott Center for the Arts · Butler-Tarkington

  • Music

  Free

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Music at Butler: Butler University Jazz Ensemble with Erin Benedict

  Schrott Center for the Arts · Butler-Tarkington

  • Music
  • Jazz

  Free

• Other

  7:30 PM

  Woods Lecture Series: Katherine Freese

  Shelton Auditorium · Butler-Tarkington

  Free

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Other

  7:30 PM

  JCA Signature Series Lecture: Heidi Cook, “Race, Literacy, and the Narrative of New Immigration in Croatian Immigrant Churches”

  Butler University Recital Halls and Studio Theatre · Butler-Tarkington

  Free

• Literature

  7:30 PM

  Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series: Patricia Lockwood

  Shelton Auditorium · Butler-Tarkington

  • Literature

  Free

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Music at Butler: Butler University Jazz Combos with special guest, Steve Allee, composer/pianist

  Butler University Recital Halls and Studio Theatre · Butler-Tarkington

  • Music
  • Jazz

  Free

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Music

  until Oct 31

  Music at Butler: Butler Opera Theatre presents Scenes and Arias

  Schrott Center for the Arts · Butler-Tarkington

  • Music
  • Opera

  Free

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