Events

The International Center aims to promote events in Indiana that highlight and celebrate cultural diversity and international relations. Whether you like to engage in international diplomacy, eat Chinese food, dance to Russian music, celebrate a French holiday, or participate in Scottish games, we hope you’ll find a way to celebrate and participate in our global city.

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Chinese Lantern Festival

Indiana State Fairgrounds 1200 East 38th Street, Indianpolis, IN, United States

Produced by Tianyu Arts and Culture, Inc., the Lantern Festival will illuminate the Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center with 33 sets of larger-than-life lantern displays and more than 1000 LED light components. Each display is handmade and custom built by dozens of Chinese artisans who travel the world to keep this centuries-old tradition alive. […]

St. Nikolaus Festival

The Athenaeum 401 East Michigan Street , Indianpolis, IN, United States

All are welcome to enjoy this nostalgic visit with Christmas past. With a focus on family fun and making lasting memories, the Athenaeum Foundation brings traditional holiday favorites to ring in the season of joy. Since 1985, the Sankt Nikolaus book of names has kept the name and age of every child who has visited with St. […]

20th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Festival

Christian Theological Seminary 1000 W. 42nd St., Indianapolis, IN, United States

A community festival to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year’s theme “celebrating black excellences features the Black Farmers Market, a Black Business Bazaar put on by Don’t Sleep, and much more. Enjoy music, art-making, poetry, peace games, family yoga and the presenting of the Power of Peace award!

Nigeria on My Mind. Again.

The Harrison Center 1505 N Delaware St, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Writer and photographer John Sherman of Indianapolis, a former board member of the International Center and the author of New Faces at the Crossroads (Indiana University Press, 2007), a book on recent immigration to central Indiana, sponsored by the International Center, will have an exhibition of historic and recent interactions with Nigeria. Sherman was a […]

World Fair

Fishers High School 13000 Promise Rd, Fishers, IN, United States

The YMCA Annual World Fair is an event where our attendees get to travel from booth to both exploring and learning about different countries. At each booth, attendees get their "passport" stamped, taste food from that country and make a craft. Throughout the day, attendees will get to watch performances by the countries that include: […]

IUPUI International Festival

IUPUI Campus Center 420 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN, United States

You are invited to eat, explore, and engage in IUPUI’s global community at the International Festival Part of IUPUI International Week February, 11-17, 2018! Eat FREE FOOD from around the world Wednesday, February 14, 2018 10:30am to 2:30pm IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd. Explore international opportunities on campus and in the community Wear international fashions in the Best Dressed Contest and use #GlobalJags on […]

Chin National Day

2524 E Stop 11 Rd 2524 E Stop 11 Rd, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Event is opened to all and free

Chinese New Year Spectacular

The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts 355 City Center Dr, Carmel, IN, United States

Support the Rohinga

Indiana Interchurch Center 1100 West 42nd Street, Indianapolis, IN, United States

More than 650,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh from Burma, to escape genocide and persecution, since August 2017. Headquartered in Indianapolis, OBAT is one of the humanitarian organizations that are actively working on the ground in the Kutupalong Refugee camp- the largest refugee camp in the world which now altogether houses more than a million Rohingya […]

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