68 upcoming events with the downtown tag

THIRD THURSDAYS! 🌱 Join our local Growers & Makers of the Muncie Makers Market for a really fun "night market" vibe EVERY MONTH for Third Thursdays at MadJax Maker Force! ALL INDOORS! While you enjoy shopping for our homemade, handmade, and locally grown goods, have a delicious dinner and brews at The Guardian Brewery Co., and explore the HUGE MadJax Maker Force facility! WE are soooo excited to partner with MadJax Maker Force for a NEW NIGHT OUT in Muncie!

The Muncie Makers Market is a retail business incubator presented to the public through a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds! You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market monthly during the First Thursday & Third Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie, and at special annual events like the Magic City Brewfest, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up Muncie throughout our community all year! We develop local small business through education, connections, and events! Please JOIN us on Facebook and Instagram and please SHARE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/  

MadJax Maker Force:

https://www.madjax.org

The Guardian Brewing Co.:

https://guardian.beer

Join MQA for our Trans Day of Remembrance vigil and community gathering. We will begin at City Hall at 5:30 with a vigil for the trans souls we have lost this past year. Afterward, we will walk to MadJax to share food and community. Counselors will be available to those needing extra support. Food will be provided. We will also have a station for writing letters of hope to our trans community members.

The Muncie Makers Market is a retail business incubator presented to the public through a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds. This is our ten year anniversary and we are happy to have had over 600 small businesses work with us. You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market outdoors every First Thursday at Adams & Walnut AND indoors every Third Thursday at MadJax Maker Force. We also set up at special annual events like Magic City Sip & Savor, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up Muncie. We develop local small business through education, connections, and events!  Please join us on Facebook and Instagram and please share us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/ 

#ShopSmall at Muncie’s annual Holiday Gift Market! 🎁 Light Up Muncie will be on Thursday, December 3rd from 5-8p! Follow the Lighted Parade to Canan Commons!  Enjoy Ice Skating, the Community Tree Lighting Ceremony, Performers, Food Trucks, Santa, our Holiday Gift Market, & MORE at Canan Commons in Downtown Muncie!
 

The Muncie Makers Market is a retail business incubator presented to the public through a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds. You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market outdoors every First Thursday at Adams & Walnut AND indoors every Third Thursday at MadJax Maker Force. We also set up at special annual events like Magic City Brewfest, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up Muncie! We develop local small business through education, connections, and events - please JOIN us on Facebook and Instagram!

2026 Amazing Elf Adventure at MCM

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐥𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑–𝟔!
The Amazing Elf Adventure (AEA) is back for another season of holiday fun at Muncie Children’s Museum! Bring the family for a festive scavenger hunt filled with cheerful activities, fun challenges, and elf-worthy tasks. Work together to see if you have what it takes to become one of Santa’s newest helpers! Don’t miss this holiday favorite — open for four days only!

𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧:
MCM Members: $4
Non-Members: $6 for AEA only | $12 for both AEA/MCM
MCM Access for All: $1

𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐂𝐌’𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

Amazing Elf Adventures is presented by Shafer Foundation, with additional support from Thrive Credit Union.

2026 Sundaes with Santa at MCM

Santa is coming to the Muncie Children’s Museum!
Join us on Sunday, December 6th, from 1:00–4:30 pm, for Sundaes with Santa — an afternoon of holiday fun for the whole family!

𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞:
-Visit and take your own photo with Santa
-Enjoy an ice cream sundae and a drink
-Christmas activities and craft
-Festive face painting
-A ticket to the Amazing Elf Adventure (to be used during the event)
-And MORE!

𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬:
Kids: $15 (members) | $20 (non-members) | $8 (MCM Access for All)*
Adults: $5 (members and non-members) | $2 (MCM Access for All)*

𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 TICKETS 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲! Space is limited, and tickets are expected to sell out!

*If purchasing an Access for All ticket, you must email a picture of a qualifying card to krinker@munciemuseum.com BEFORE attending the event.

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: The museum will be closed to general admission on December 6th for this special event

THIRD THURSDAYS! 🌱 Join our local Growers & Makers of the Muncie Makers Market for a really fun "night market" vibe EVERY MONTH for Third Thursdays at MadJax Maker Force! ALL INDOORS! While you enjoy shopping for our homemade, handmade, and locally grown goods, have a delicious dinner and brews at The Guardian Brewery Co., and explore the HUGE MadJax Maker Force facility! WE are soooo excited to partner with MadJax Maker Force for a NEW NIGHT OUT in Muncie!

The Muncie Makers Market is a retail business incubator presented to the public through a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds! You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market monthly during the First Thursday & Third Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie, and at special annual events like the Magic City Brewfest, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up Muncie throughout our community all year! We develop local small business through education, connections, and events! Please JOIN us on Facebook and Instagram and please SHARE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/  

MadJax Maker Force:

https://www.madjax.org

The Guardian Brewing Co.:

https://guardian.beer