Kids Day At The Market, Josh Kaufman At Cool Creek, Flix ‘N’ Float, Chicago Tribute Among Weekend Things To Do

By: Betsy Reason

Shop Kids Day vendors at the Noblesville Farmers Market, watch an Agatha Christie murder-mystery, float at the pool while watching a “Cars” movie, enjoy a Beatles tribute, Here Come the Mummies and Josh Kaufman with Nauti Yachtys at Cool Creek Park. Here’s a list of 25 things to do this weekend and beyond:

1. Cool Creek Park Concert Series features the final concert of the season at 7 p.m. today with the Nauti Yachtys featuring Josh Kaufman, with gates opening at 6 p.m. for picnicking, with tickets at myhamiltoncountyparks.com or at the gate at Cool Creek Park in Westfield.
2. Carmel Community Players presents the Agatha Christie “Murder on the Orient Express,” adapted by Ken Ludwig, a comedy-mystery whodunit, at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at The Cat in Carmel, directed by Lori Raffel. Visit www.carmelplayers.org.
3. Travel to the countryside to hear live music with Jamie Owens tonight, The Juan Douglas Trio on Aug. 18 and Jennifer Mlott on Aug. 19 at Spencer Farm Winery in Noblesville. Visit spencerfarmwinery.com
4. Grab your lawn chairs and blankets and pack a picnic for Conner Prairie’s Symphony on the Prairie, which continues every weekend through the summer. This weekend features The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute, tonight; Here Come the Mummies with Rock E. Bassoon (featuring musicians of the ISO), Saturday; Marshall Tucker Band, Aug. 18; Unforgettable Fire: U2 Tribute Show, Aug. 19; One Night of Queen with Gary Mullen and the Works, Aug. 25-26, with tickets at indianapolissymphony.org. Earlier in the day, head to the 1836 Prairietown as the outdoor areas are open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, during the 2023 season at Conner Prairie in Fishers.
5. The Indiana State Fair continues through Aug. 20 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
6. Shop Kids Day at the Noblesville Farmers Market from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday at Federal Hill Commons in Noblesville. Fishers Farmers Market is open 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays through the summer at Nickel Plate District Amphitheater in Fishers.
7. Central Indiana Vintage Vehicles car club invites car buffs to show off their vintage vehicles on the Courthouse Square during the weekly Saturday night Cruise-in. Lawn chairs and old-car conversations invited.
8. Check out the comedians at The Brick Room Comedy Club, featuring Thomas Gerson, Jakob Kendall, Brian Smiley, Evan Frenz and headliner Maria Davison with special guest Joe Fernandez, at 8 p.m. today; and show.
9. A traveling Bicentennial Exhibit will be at Clarksville Christian Church, 16600 Lehr St., Noblesville, on Aug. 12-18 and at Hamilton East Public Library Aug. 26-Sept. 1. Learn about five of the Bicentennial themes. For more Hamilton County Bicentennial events, visit www.hamcoturns200.com.
10. Grab a float and watch a flick during Movie Nights at Forest Park Aquatic Center’s 2023 Flix and Floats evenings on the giant LED video board, with the next movie at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, “Cars,” Rated G; 8:15 p.m. Aug. 19, “Remember the Titans,” Rated PG; 7:15 p.m. Sept. 4, “Back to the Future,” Rated PG, admission charged, but free to members, visit forestparkaquaticcenter.com. Pool is open through Labor Day with $8 daily admission.
11. Enjoy live music featuring Andy Schomburg tonight, The Dead Squirrels on Saturday, Hill and Oaks on Aug. 18, Sam King on Aug. 19 and Sept. 2, Tay Brons on Aug. 25, Donny Coyle on Aug. 26, Oktoberfest on Sept. 8-9, Jason Salyers on Sept. 15, Celtic Rain on Sept. 22 at Primeval Brewing in downtown Noblesville.
12. Celebrate the Second Saturday in August at Nickel Plate Arts with the focus on Fiber Arts, featuring Color Me Happy Fiber Arts Studio demonstration, arts activity based on sewing and fabric of Gio Swaby of the Art Institute of ChIcago.
13. The Taste of History: Finding your Farming Ancestors” will be presented 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at Hamilton East Public Library in Noblesville. Join the library staff to learn more about the sources available to research your farming ancestors by looking at a local farm family and sampling a small harvest from a local farm.
14. Enjoy live music featuring John Gilmore on Saturday, Craig Thurston on Aug. 17, Disagreeable on Aug. 19 at Grindstone Public House in Noblesville.
15. Shop at Sheridan Farmers & Artisan Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, Aug. 12 and 26, at Biddle Park in Sheridan.
16. Nickel Plate Arts and artisan friends are bringing out their excess and unusual craft supplies for an epic Art Supply Yard Sale 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Nickel Plate campus at Eighth and Maple, Noblesville.
17. Noblesville Main Street’s free Music & All That Jazz series, sponsored by Gordon Insurance, features live music, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with David Hartman Trio, Saturday; Moontown Pickle Stompers, Sept. 9; and Cohen-Rutkowski Project, Oct. 14, on the Courthouse Square in downtown Noblesville.
18. Noblesville Parks and Recreation Department’s free Concerts at the Commons will feature tribute bands 7-10 p.m. Saturdays: Chicago Rewired (Chicago tribute), Saturday; Earth to Mars (Bruno Mars tribute), Aug. 26; American English (Beatles tribute) Sept. 9; Trippin Billies (Dave Matthews Band tribute), Sept. 23; all at Federal Hill Commons in downtown Noblesville.
19. Join lifelong farmers Donald and David Zeller at 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday at Clarksville Christian Church as they explain how farming in Wayne Township has changed over the decades. This will include a show-and-tell of artifacts. Also, in the church, see history displays about Clarksville and surrounding areas. Outside the church, experience the Hamilton Southeastern FFA’s “Touch-A-Truck” event with old tractors, alongside new Reynolds Farm equipment and old Ford trucks and Model T automobiles, alongside new trucks off the Don Hinds Ford dealership lot. Free refreshments will be provided at the church, with Wayne-Fall Lions Club providing food for sale
20. Aviation enthusiasts can see home-built, restored and military aircraft during the Noblesville Chapter 67 of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Pancake Breakfast and Fly-in 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Aug. 19 at Noblesville Airport, with a Young Eagles Day at noon Aug. 20. Admission is free to the fly-in. The pancake breakfast is $8, $5 for ages 10 and younger.
21. Shop at the eighth annual Red Geranium Artisan Market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 19 at the First Presbyterian Church in Noblesville, featuring 50 unique, one-of-a-kind juried booths indoors and outdoors, plus free admission and parking, live music, bake sale, food trucks, pet friendly to benefit local, state and international mission projects supported by the church.
22. Noblesville Cultural Arts Commission’s free Summer Band Concerts on Aug. 20 with New Horizons Band and Aug. 27 with Indianapolis Municipal band at Federal Hill Commons in Noblesville.
23. Tour historic buildings on and around the Square during Noblesville Main Street’s Upstairs Downtown at 5 p.m. Sept. 14. Buy a combo ticket for Upstairs Downtown and the Home Tour at www.preservationhall.org.
24. Noblesville Preservation Alliance’s 36th annual Historic Home Tour is Sept. 15 in Old Town Noblesville, featuring the Noblesville and Hamilton County Bicentennial, homes built during Noblesville’s Gas Boom (1887-1907) on the northwest side of Old Town Noblesville, on Logan and Conner streets, with tickets and tour information at www.preservationhall.org, Buy a combo ticket for Upstairs Downtown and the Home Tour.
25. Grab your lawn chairs and get ready for the Noblesville Porchfest happening 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 26 with 20 bands, 12 porches, plus beer and food, on Logan Street in Old Town Noblesville.

-Betsy Reason writes about people, places and things in Hamilton County. Contact The Times editor Betsy Reason at betsy@thetimes24-7.com. For more Hamilton County Bicentennial events, visit www.hamcoturns200.com