SAVE THE DATE: SEPT 3 :: FREE!! Our annual Friends Nite@ the MAC features SOUTHERN ACCENTS: Assembled from a team of talented ace-musicians from the Nashville studio & touring circuit, Southern Accents recreates the music, style & sound of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers professionally with immaculate precision and enthusiasm. United in their quest to…
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Remember to bookmark this page to see updates and additions to the FOGP 2023 Summer calendar We’ve got Lots goin’ on this Summer! Check out our Fun-Filled Calendar:
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Because we’re Friends, we want to keep you in the know. While we aren’t ready to launch the public facing phase of our Historic Fountain Restoration & Preservation Campaign, we did want to let you, our supporting Friends, know that our Board of Directors has been working tirelessly behind the scenes this year. Above and…
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Circa 1998. The Friends of Garfield Park, Inc was conceived by concerned, business-minded individuals, supported by Indy Parks and Recreation. After incorporating on November 19, 1998, The Friends began developing a model for supplemental financial support for Garfield Park. An endowment, supported by the Indianapolis Foundation was created in order to ensure that resources would…
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Indianapolis Opera kicks off their 49th Artistic Season with their 6th annual Opera in the Park concert at MacAllister Amphitheater at Garfield Park. The evening will showcase an all-Indiana line-up of music celebrities, lead by concert hosts, opera superstar Soprano Angela Brown and Maestro Alfred Savia, alongside musical guests, pianist Joshua “Sock Joplin” Thompson, Grammy-nominated mezzo-soprano Kirsten Gunlogson,…
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What’s Going on With the Fountains? Friends of Garfield Park Report on Fountain and Sunken Garden Restoration Project : : August, 2023 Hello friends of Friends of Garfield Park! Here is a question we have heard from you recently – I thought Friends was renovating the fountains. Why haven’t we seen anything happening? Well, a…
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Coming to the MacAllister Ampitheatre First: It’s SWING SHIFT INDY : : Wed., June 28, 7pmA Professional Big Band for Your Listening or Dancing Pleasure. Swing Shift Indy is a traditional and modern big band. The instrumentation includes saxophones, trombones, trumpets, rhythm section and vocalist(s). The band has been in existence for more than 30…
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Friends of Garfield Park Report on Fountain and Sunken Garden Restoration ProjectJune, 2023 Friends of Garfield Park, Indy Parks and Smock Fansler Corporation (expert fountain and concrete contractor) are working together to renovate the historic Garfield Park fountains and to repair worn hardscape in the Garfield Park Sunken Garden. FOGP has been working with our…
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Southern Indiana’s Own Country Music Star, Hank Ruff is coming to the Garfield Park MacAllister Amphitheater on June 2 at 7 PM. Get Your Tickets Now! Hank’s a graduate of Indiana University and has been building a name for himself—moving up in the charts, bringing his more neo-traditional brand of country music to fans all…
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Lilly Endowment has given an amazing gift to Friends of Garfield Parkfor some much needed improvements. $2,500,000. Yes! That’s $2.5 million (not a typo). “Garfield Park: Established in 1876, Garfield Park is the city’s oldest park and includes unique amenities, such as a conservatory, the Sunken Gardens, and the MacAllister Center for the Performing Arts. $5.5…
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