Indiana State Fair
Sun, Aug 10
|Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center
Come out for an afternoon of fun pirate and folk tunes in at the Indiana State Fair with shows by Red Rum and our Indy Folk Society friends!
Time & Location
Aug 10, 2025, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center, 1202 E 38th St, Indianapolis, IN 46205, USA
About the event
Join Red Rum Pirate Band in the Big Red Barn at the Pioneer Village section of the fairgrounds (just behind the glass barn and Mac Reynolds barns). We'll be performing our zany brand of comedic, toe-tapping pirate folk music of the High Seas from 1pm-1:30pm. The barn is shaded with plenty of seating and a nice breeze. Pirate hot weather tip: Be sure to grab your cotton candy infused lemon shakeup and fried pickle Oreos early and secure a good shaded seat before the show!
Want to see more folk music? Come even earlier to see our friends:
12noon- Central Indy Folk Music Society's Big Band (fun traditional folk tunes with a kitchen sink of instruments)
1pm-Red Rum band (pirate trio with autoharp, 12 string guitar, mandolin, and various folk instruments)
1:30pm- Crossing Bridges (ladies trio with hammer dulcimers and a fiddle)
2pm- the Mandolindy Orchestra (classical instrumental band with…