Easter Egg Hunt, Train Ride, Live Music, Conner Prairie, More

There are plenty of things to do this weekend and beyond. Here’s our Times’ list of 35 things to do.

1. Hamilton County Passion Play “Behold the Lamb” will be on stage today and Saturday at Noblesville High School Auditorium. Sold out. Info at https://www.beholdthelamb.com/

2. Enjoy live music with Craig Thurston tonight at Primeval Brewing in downtown Noblesville.

3. Enjoy live music by the 78’s at 7 p.m. today and April 6 at Boathouse Kitchen & Swan Dive in Cicero.

4. See work of artist Marc “Mozzy” Love’s exhibit, “Welcome to the Boomtown,” open noon to 5 p.m. today, closing today, in the Stephenson House. Bobbi K. Samples’ work is currently on display in the Meyer Najem 2nd Floor Gallery.

5. Head to the 1836 Prairietown as the outdoor areas opened for the 2023 season on Thursday at Conner Prairie in Fishers.

6.Westfield Winter Farmers Market has its final market for the season at 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at West Fork Westfield Event Center on East 191st Street.

7. Second Ward Vintage Market is Saturday in the Lacey Arts Building in downtown Noblesville.’

8. Put on your running shoes and head for Forest Park for the return of the free Easter Egg Hunt activities that begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, with the hunt at 11 a.m., sponsored by Noblesville Parks and Recreation Department and Hare Chevrolet. Activities at Shelter 5 include bounce houses, a DJ, and vehicle tours from the Noblesville Fire Department and Noblesville Police Department. The Easter Bunny also will make a special appearance. The egg hunt includes three age groups for ages 3-10 (3-4, 5-6 and 7-10). Children ages 2 and younger are invited to stop by the Parks and Recreation tent, where toddler-related activity bags will be handed out to the first 50 kids. Noblesville Kiwanis Sunrisers will host a pancake breakfast in conjunction with the egg hunt at Forest Park Inn 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. April 1, featuring pancakes, sausage, juice, coffee and milk, for $5 with proceeds to go to a local charity.

9. You get to ride a train for this Easter happening. Board the Nickel Plate Express for an Egg-citing Easter train ride with the Easter bunny on Saturday and Sunday and April 2 and 8, leaving Hobbs Station at Forest Park Depot in Noblesville.

10. If you’re 21 and older, enjoy an Adults Only Easter Egg Hunt from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Urban Vines Winery in Westfield. A $40 ticket includes a sandwich, Mimosa samples, live music with The Neighbors Band, find the Golden Eggs, then get your photo taken with the Urban Vines Bunnies.

11. Bring your precious pup to Egg-Paw-Looza!, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Asa Bales Park in Westfield. For three dog egg hunts, professional pet portraits with the Easter Bunny, activities, pet vendors, food and beverage vendors. A portion of ticket sales will benefit the Indiana Canine Assistance Network (ICAN).

12. Enjoy a night of painting and see baby animals 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at Kiln Creations in downtown Noblesville. Silly Safari will bring a menagerie of Easter bunnies and chicks to pet, then paint some Easter-themed pottery (which will be ready for pickup in a week after kiln drying) for your $25 ticket. Painters under age 13 require supervision.

13. Legacy Keepers Music’s new 2023 Classical Guitar series, a part of the Bicentennial Celebration, kicks off at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Historic Courtroom at the Hamilton County Courthouse in downtown Noblesville. NHS 2021 graduate, guitarist Santiago Baptista, will take the stand to give his own musical testimony before the featured artist, Joseph Jones, a 2020 Butler University Masters Guitar program graduate. The series continues May 6 with Brett Terrell and Friends, Nov. 4 with Nolan Winters and Dec. 2 with John Alvarado. Tickets are $20 each or $60 for season tickets for the four concerts, a savings of $20.

14.  Enjoy live music at Grindstone Public House in Noblesville, featuring Disagreeable on Saturday, Craig Thurston on April 6, John Gilmore on April 8.

15. Experience the live music of Ciara Haskett at 7 p.m. Saturday, Brian Goins on April 8, Anneliese & Ali on April 14, Benjamin Watson on April 15, at Spencer Farm Winery in Noblesville.

16. Partake in the Wayne-Fall Lions Club’s annual Palm Sunday Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the Club on East 191st Street at DeShane Avenue and Victory Chapel Road, in Noblesville, with a menu featuring pancakes, eggs, bacon and sausage for a freewill donation.

17. Hyperion Players is seeking actors to audition for more than two dozen roles in an original play, “Call Me Sister,” set at Christmas 1550, at 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday at Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Noblesville, with actors asked to perform cold reads from the script. Performances June 8-11.

18. Noblesville Jim Dandy’s annual Easter Kids’ Night is 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 5, with face painting, egg coloring and a coloring contest and more.

19. Join a newly organized group of volunteers in making a community garden of fruits, vegetables and herbs near Southside Park in Noblesville, by attending the second of two call-out community meetings, 6:30-8 p.m. April 6 at Mill Top Banquet & Conference Center in Noblesville.

20. Calling all singers, dancers, magicians and other performs for April 7  First Friday in downtown Noblesville, with Noblesville Main Street’s “Noblesville’s Got Talent,” with audition registration at www.noblesvillemainstreet.org

21. Enjoy an Easter breakfast buffet and visit with the Easter Bunny for a photo opportunity from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 8 at Conner Prairie in Fishers. Remember to bring your own camera to capture the memory.  Assigned seating will be arranged in advance for registered guests.

22. The community is invited to an annual Easter Egg Hunt 9 a.m. to noon April 8 at the First Christian Church in Noblesville. Ages 5 and younger with parents at 9 a.m., ages 6-9 at 10 a.m. and ages 10-12 at 11 a.m.

23. Owners can bring their dogs and sniff out thousands of treat-filled Easter “Beggs” with treats, at 11 a.m. April 8 at Hamilton Town Center’s Dog Park behind Express.

24. Families can celebrate Spring at the Hide and Peep Egg Hunt and more 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 8 at Village Green in front of Dick’s Sporting Goods.

25. Join the 11th annual Adult Easter Egg Hunt at noon April 8 at Blackhawk Winery & Vineyard in Sheridan, where the eggs you find will earn special prizes, and where your ticket includes a glass of wine and wine tumbler. For ages 21 and older. Grounds are open until 7 p.m. with music and food, with $25 tickets at eventbrite.com.

26. Add a touch of jazz to your Easter Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 9 at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel with special guest Tom Clark and sounds of Blair Clark, who has captivated audiences through Europe, Canada and all over the U.S.

28. Families can celebrate Spring at the Hide and Peep Egg Hunt and more 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 8 at Village Green in front of Dick’s Sporting Goods.

29. Join the 11th annual Adult Easter Egg Hunt at noon April 8 at Blackhawk Winery & Vineyard in Sheridan, where the eggs you find will earn special prizes, and where your ticket includes a glass of wine and wine tumbler. For ages 21 and older. Grounds are open until 7 p.m. with music and food, with $25 tickets at eventbrite.com.

30. Add a touch of jazz to your Easter Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 9 at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel with special guest Tom Clark and sounds of Blair Clark, who has captivated audiences through Europe, Canada and all over the U.S.

31. Bring Fido and sniff out thousands of treat-filled Easter “Beggs” with treats, at 11 a.m. April 8 at Hamilton Town Center’s Dog Park behind Express.

32. Celebrate Spring at the Hide and Peep Egg Hunt and more 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 8 at Village Green in front of Dick’s Sporting Goods.

33. Main Street Productions and Basile Westfield Playhouse present “Spitfire Grill,” directed by Noblesville’s Brenna Whitaker April 13-27, with tickets at westfieldplayhouse.org.

34. Ages 2-5 can partake 2 to 3 p.m. April 27 for “Wiggling Worms at Work, with dirt pudding, with fee and registration at noblesvilleparks.org or by calling 317-776-6350.

35. Hamilton County Theatre Guild’s The Belfry Theatre presents “Crimes of the Heart,” directed by Jen Otterman of Noblesville, April 28-May 7 at Arts for Lawrence’s Theater at the Fort in Indianapolis, with tickets at 317-773-1085 and on sale soon at www.thebelfrytheatre.com.

-Betsy Reason writes about people, places and things in Hamilton County. Contact Betsy Reason at betsy@thetimes24-7.com.