An outdoor concert series in a 62-acre midtown park, holding up to 5,000. It began as a two-night pilot in August 2025 and has since become the second home of the Rock the Ruins series, which now runs across both Holliday Park and Broad Ripple Park.
Quick Facts
- Where: Broad Ripple Park, 1426 Broad Ripple Avenue, Indianapolis
- Music: Touring acts across rock, indie, Americana and hip-hop
- Live music: Seasonal — outdoor series, seated and general admission
- Website: forty5.com
What to Expect
A park show with real capacity behind it, in a neighbourhood that already has The Vogue and Turntable within walking distance. Configuration varies by event between seated and general admission, so check what you have bought before planning the evening. The stage goes in the open field on the north side of the park.
The park has history worth knowing: established in 1822, it spent the early 1900s as White City Amusement Park — Indianapolis’s answer to Coney Island — and hosted the Olympic swimming trials in both 1924 and 1952. Around 275,000 people visit each year. Broad Ripple parking is its own subject; arrive early or arrange a drop-off rather than circling. The 2026 lineup had not been announced at the time of writing — check broadripplepark.com.
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