4-H Fair, Stone Soup Kids Musical, Street Dance, More

By: Betsy Reason

The Noblesville Street Dance is Saturday afternoon and evening on the Courthouse Square in downtown Noblesville, the Hamilton County 4-H Fair is now through Monday at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville, and Stone Soup Children’s Theater’s “Guys & Dolls” is today and Saturday at Noblesville High School.

Here’s more specifics in our list of things to do:

1. Hamilton County 4-H Fair is now through Monday at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds, with food, 4-H exhibits, livestock competitions, Fashion Revue, live music, antique tractor pull, homemade ice cream contest, pet parade, youth pedal tractor pull, Farmer Olympics, youth talent contest, livestock auction and more. (See Fair schedule in The Times)
2. Stone Soup Children’s Musical Theater presents “Guys & Dolls,” at 7 p.m. today and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday at Noblesville High School Auditorium, directed by Joey Murello with assistant director Daniel Huber, featuring many local children, ages K-Grade 8, singing and dancing in this popular musical, with tickets at $15.
3. 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 Broadway Under the Stars today and Saturday; Face 2 Face: A Tribute to Billy Joel & Elton John on July 28-29; Greatest Love of All: A Tribute to Whitney Houston, Aug. 4; Tusk: The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, Aug. 5; with tickets available 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.
4. Noblesville Farmers Market is open 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays 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.
5. Come join or watch the Homemade Pie Contest sponsored by Hamilton County Extension Homemakers, in celebration of the Bicentennial, on Saturday at the 2023 Hamilton County 4-H Fair. Pie entries will be accepted 1-2 p.m., with judging at 2 p.m. Bring a family pie, an essay of 50-100 words telling your family story about the pie, and the pie recipe handed down from generations. Pies will be judged on appearance, taste and the heartwarming family story. Pies needing refrigeration (such as pumpkin, custard and sugar cream) will not be accepted.
6. The Noblesville Street Dance Bicentennial Celebration is 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday in downtown Noblesville, featuring an ice cream social with re-enactors, Susan B. Anthony at 1 p.m., Frederick Douglas at 1:30 p.m., Theodore Roosevelt at 2 p.m., Harry Truman at 2:30 p.m., organized by the Hamilton County Historical Society on the Street Dance Stage with ice cream and cake near the Historical Society museum in the Old Jail & Sheriff’s Residence on the Square with Q&A and games with the celebrities 2:30-4 p.m. See Noblesville’s Got Talent’s young yodeler Azalia Davidson, runner-up, at 3:15 p.m., and vocalist/guitarist Spenser (Johns), winner, at 3:30 p.m. on the mobile stage. Next up are Moontown Pickle Stompers at 4:15 p.m., Kelli Ray Yates at 5:30 p.m., Ice Cream Eating Contest at 6:30 p.m., Tim Wright & The Steel Pedals at 7 p.m., Dance Contest at 8:30 p.m., and The Bishops (featuring Noblesville High School grad Bryan Bishop) at 9 p.m. Deejay Luke Gardner plays all day long. Also, hands-on mural painting.
7. Travel to the countryside to hear live music with The Juan Douglas Trio tonight, The Midwest Originals on Saturday and Bomar and Ritter on July 29 at Spencer Farm Winery in Noblesville. Visit spencerfarmwinery.com
8. 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.
9. Forest Park Aquatic Center in Noblesville is open for the season, noon to 8 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 6 p.m. Sundays and noon to 7 p.m. weekdays, admission $8 per person, concessions available. Morse Beach also open for the summer through Sept. 4. Pool membership includes movie nights (below), Tiny Tots Swim and Morse Beach admission.
10. Check out the comedians at The Brick Room Comedy Club, featuring Improv Night with Old Saints featuring Rick Dean, Eric Sablan, Thacker, Holly Brooke, Ollenquest Jr, Davison, Bobby Tee, and Mookie Harris at Ninth and Maple in downtown Noblesville, with $10 admission tickets at thebrickroom.cc.
11. Enjoy live music featuring Celtic Rain on Saturday at Primeval Brewing in downtown Noblesville.
12. Noblesville Bicentennial focuses on celebrating 200 years of history in Noblesville, with photography, drawings, paintings, newspaper articles and historical information, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, now through July 28 at Noblesville City Hall, also sponsored by Nickel Plate Arts.
13. Check out the History Faire, part of the Bicentennial Celebration, 1-4 p.m. Saturday at Gal’s Guide Library at Nickel Plate Arts Campus in downtown Noblesville.
14. Come out for live music during Fishers Parks Department’s Free Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in July at Nickel Plate District Amphitheater, featuring the final show, Hank Ruff, July 25. Lawn chairs and blankets welcome. Visit http://www.npdamp.com/
15. Cool Creek Park and Nature Center free Wednesday Campfires at 7 p.m on the northside of Cool Creek Park in Westfield, with the final campfire Really Dangerous Animals on July 26. Lawn chairs and blankets, extra marshmallows and bug spray encouraged.
16. Get your tickets for Hamilton County Theatre Guild’s Belfry Theatre Apprentice Players summer youth production of “Willy Wonka Jr.,” directed by Nancy Lafferty and featuring 60 cast members ages 5-18, at 7:30 p.m. July 27, 28 and 29, and 2 p.m. July 29 and 30 at The Ivy Tech Auditorium in Noblesville.  Visit www.thebelfrytheatre.com.
17. Shop at Sheridan Farmers & Artisan Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, July 29, Aug. 12 and 26, at Biddle Park in Sheridan.
18. Noblesville Schools’ Back to School Bash is 5-8 p.m. July 28 at Beaver Stadium.
19. Main Street Productions presents “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood,” a Rising Star young performers production, July 27-Aug. 6 at Basile Westfield Playhouse. Directed by Nikki Lynch and Becca Bartley, performances will be at 7:30 p.m.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays. VIsit www.westfieldplayhouse.org.
20. Noblesville Preservation Alliance will host the Gibson Guitar and Mandolin Co.’s traveling lecture and exhibition of antique and vintage instruments on July 29.

-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