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Labor Day Weekend: 3 Things To Do In Indianapolis

Make the last days of summer count in Indianapolis by adding these local events to your calendar!

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — In need of Indianapolis Labor Day activities to rev up your holiday weekend? Check out these events on the Indianapolis Patch Calendar.

Stroll through a free street festival, grab a bite to eat at a food truck serving up local favorites or feast on gourmet fare without blowing your budget.

Make the most of the last days of summer with these excellent local events, and learn how to post your own event to the Patch Calendar.

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Indy LaborFest

Head into Downtown Indianapolis on Labor Day for a lively street festival that's free of charge. LaborFest will have live music, popular Indianapolis food and beverage vendors and a kids' zone, all kicking off at 11 a.m.

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Feed your festive (and hungry) side over Labor Day weekend in downtown Indianapolis. Food Truck Fridays is a caravan of local fare on wheels from your favorite hot spots like Wild Boar BBQ, BoxBurger and High 5 Lunch. The event lasts from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. It's free to attend, but be sure to bring some cash for chow.

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Devour Indy

Celebrate the end of summer by savoring some of Indy's best local fare. This festival includes more than 200 restaurants in the Indianapolis and surrounding areas, all of which are offering a three-course prix fixe meal with a huge discount. You can view a complete list of participating restaurants and make a Labor Day reservation at a spot you've been dying to try.

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Want to post your next neighborhood event on the Patch? We want you to, too! No matter how big or small it may be, if it's local, it has a place on the Patch calendar.


Posting an event is as simple as 1, 2, 3. Here's how to do it:

  1. Create a Patch account and sign up to post your own local content on Patch, totally free. It's probably the easiest thing you'll do all day.
  2. Make a Calendar Event and fill it with all the awesome info that people need to add it to their list of things to do in their neighborhood. Choose a fun image to upload and most importantly - have fun with it! It's your event, and the possibilities are endless.
  3. Post it on Patch! That's it. Get ready for RSVPs.

You can share your event for free to three Patches, or if you really want to get the community's attention, you can pay $20 to feature your event. When an event is featured, it receives priority placement on the local calendar as well as on your Patch's homepage, article pages and in the daily newsletter (if available) the week before the event.

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