Community Calendar

Vermillion Dance Theatre presents BEACH, August 28-29 at the Constellation Playhouse. Tickets available now at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater!

BEACH is a dance/theatre production that will transport you to where tides swell, herons wade, gulls prey, and people play. Water meets earth. What transpires and what is abandoned at the precipice of worldly connectivity?

This event is not happening at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater but at Constellation Playhouse located at 107 W 9th St Bloomington, IN 47404.

In the spirit of the 2026 Hoosier Jazz Festival’s theme, “Miles & Trane @ 100,” the Luke Gillespie Trio will perform the music of Red Garland, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, and Tommy Flanagan, pianists whose rhythm sections were all instrumental in the development of the careers of jazz titans Miles Davis and John Coltrane in the 50s and 60s.

Drinks and snacks available for purchase. Limited seating. Tickets on sale 6/23/26 at hoosierjazzinc.org.

The Michael Santos Quartet hosts the 2026 Hoosier Jazz Festival's opening night jam session at Poindexter Bar inside the Graduate Hotel. Bring your chops and sit in or just sit back and enjoy!

The band: Michael Santos, bass; Nick Najera, tenor saxophone; Holland Majors, piano; Charlie Edwards, drums

Celebrating the centenaries of two of jazz music's most seminal figures, Hoosier Jazz Festival: Miles & Trane @ 100 brings an exhilarating lineup of talent from Bloomington, Indianapolis, Louisville, and beyond to South Central Indiana this Labor Day weekend. IU Jazz alumnus, saxophonist Rahsaan Barber headlines the daylong retrospective of Miles Davis and John Coltrane's music.

Swing into the weekend with laidback jazz duos every other Thursday at Poindexter Bar inside the Graduate Hotel in downtown Bloomington. September 10, the Dave Bruker-Paul Kirk duo returns with interpretations of standards and more with Dave on bass and Paul on guitar.

The world premiere of "Always a Little Bit Tipsy" will take place in Bloomington, Indiana this September! Based on the topsy-turvy life of world-champion ballroom dancer and drag artist Tom Slater (a.k.a. Tipsy Teasedale) the all-new original musical, "Always a Little Bit Tipsy", explores survival, masculinity, and the healing power of drag. This is a story about the violence of small shames, the masks we build to survive, and the radical act of becoming whole.

The world premiere of "Always a Little Bit Tipsy" will take place in Bloomington, Indiana this September! Based on the topsy-turvy life of world-champion ballroom dancer and drag artist Tom Slater (a.k.a. Tipsy Teasedale) the all-new original musical, "Always a Little Bit Tipsy", explores survival, masculinity, and the healing power of drag. This is a story about the violence of small shames, the masks we build to survive, and the radical act of becoming whole.

The world premiere of "Always a Little Bit Tipsy" will take place in Bloomington, Indiana this September! Based on the topsy-turvy life of world-champion ballroom dancer and drag artist Tom Slater (a.k.a. Tipsy Teasedale) the all-new original musical, "Always a Little Bit Tipsy", explores survival, masculinity, and the healing power of drag. This is a story about the violence of small shames, the masks we build to survive, and the radical act of becoming whole.

The world premiere of "Always a Little Bit Tipsy" will take place in Bloomington, Indiana this September! Based on the topsy-turvy life of world-champion ballroom dancer and drag artist Tom Slater (a.k.a. Tipsy Teasedale) the all-new original musical, "Always a Little Bit Tipsy", explores survival, masculinity, and the healing power of drag. This is a story about the violence of small shames, the masks we build to survive, and the radical act of becoming whole.

Swing into the weekend with laidback jazz duos every other Thursday at Poindexter Bar inside the Graduate Hotel in downtown Bloomington. September 24th, it's bassist Michael Santos!