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PLUS: Summer music lists, state final results, curated events, and more
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Good Tuesday Morning. This is Fishers Digest. The local newsletter that gives you the same feeling as opening your bank account on payday.
Best of April Fools
Where to see cherry blossoms
Fresh music drops
Curated events
This issue is 1,351 words, a 4.5-minute read.
The Digest
End of three eras
Purdue, Notre Dame, and our Fishers Tigers' historic run all came to a heartbreaking end this weekend. Just 1 point and a few seconds separated the Tigers from back-to-back state titles, ending 67-66.
That's basketball sometimes. Great job to the team for an incredible and still historic season. Get the full play-by-play of the game here.
Best of April Fools - locally
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Local Business
$50k donated 💰️
The Fishers Century Club, which meets quarterly to vote on a random charity to receive a donation, chose the INSROA Foundation.
The Foundation covers training costs for school resource officers who work to keep Indiana students safe while building positive relationships. Most officers currently pay their own way — $50 for membership and $150 for the state safety conference.
If you want to learn more about this group, check it out here and join the next meetup in June.
Once a year chance: Yoshino Cherry Trees in full bloom 🌸
The good news: For just one short week, ~50 Yoshino Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom in Indianapolis. Thanks to our friends in Japan who made the donation in 2012.
The bad news: With the storms and rain all week, the blooms may get blown off earlier than usual ☹️
I’d take any chance you get to see them this week. Here is the location downtown and good places to park
👉️ In case you miss the bloom: The City of Carmel is hosting a Cherry Blossom Festival in early May. Details are here.
🎵 Fresh music drop
The NPD Amphitheatre dropped its ticketed summer concert lineup. Not sure what this is? It’s the big, well, amphitheatre in downtown Fishers. The Farmers Market, concerts, annual blues fest, and many other events happen here all summer. It’s worth checking out!
Checkout the lineup here.
Conner Prairie also released its summer lineup for Symphony on the Prairie. Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Jimmy Buffet, and more tributes are set to play. The list is here.
🗺️ Need a spring break idea? Here are curious things to see and do
Have you heard of the Atlas Obscura? It’s the Wikipedia of the most curious places and things to see. With spring break next week (for most of you), it’s a neat tool to discover a new place or two here in Indy or on your travels.
Bonus: Visit Hamilton County also put together a nice list of 25 different ideas.
Curated picks 📆
Inaugural Fishers Freight Home Game 🚂
This Friday, you can see the first home game for the Fishers Freight - our new Indoor Football League team. Never been to or seen an indoor football game? Here are a few fun things to watch:
You can dropkick the football when going for a field goal for more points
Pushing a player into the walls surrounding the field is totally cool and inbounds
4th down you aren’t allowed to punt. Go big or go home.
The field is half the size of a normal football field
You can get tickets to the game here, and check out the highlights from their first win against Northern Arizona last week.
🍄 Morel Hunting
Reports of Morels popping in Indiana are happening. And with this week’s rain, it will very likely kick off the hunting season.
Want to find your own (or buy some from locals)? I recommend joining this Facebook group and learning everything you can. I have never been successful looking in Hamilton County, but there are plenty of people who are.
More events
Stuff happening this week, going into the weekend. Mix of free/paid!
🏎️ IMS Museum Grand Reopening - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Explore the completely transformed racing museum with 40,000 additional square feet, never-before-seen artifacts, and the interactive Qualifying Zone. Details
🏛️ Fishers Government Meetings - Fishers Municipal Center - Three consecutive public meetings: Plat Committee (4pm), Planned Unit Development (5pm), and Plan Commission (6pm). Agendas
🦋 Pollinator Gardening Workshop - HEPL - Learn to attract butterflies and bees by selecting the right plants for your garden. Presented by Hamilton County Master Gardeners. Registration requested. Details
⚾️ Indianapolis Indians - Victory Field - The home opener week for the Indians starts this week. Check out the themed events happening all month long. Tickets
🃏 Pokémon Trading Card Event - Northside Events Center - Massive gathering for Pokémon card enthusiasts with vendors, traders, and collectors. Free general admission at 10am. Details
🐕 Mutt Strut 5K - White River State Park - Fun run/walk benefiting IndyHumane's homeless animals. Includes t-shirt, swag bag, and finisher medal for participants. Tickets
🧚 Fairy-Gnome Home Workshop - HEPL - Create magical miniature homes for garden display. All supplies provided, perfect for families with kids in grades K and up. Details
🎭 Music, Magic and Murder - Fishers Art Center - Solve a murder mystery while enjoying an Irving Berlin musical review performed by this women's barbershop chorus. Emceed by Pete Corey from Chicago's Second City. Tickets
🏍️ Bikes, Blues & BBQ - Harley-Davidson of Indianapolis - Enjoy live blues music from Tres Amigos and City BBQ while checking out motorcycles at this community event. Details
🎓 OneZone Leadership Institute: Customer Experience - Ball State (Fishers location) - Learn how to transform your business by focusing on customer experience. Practical strategies to increase repeat business, drive referrals, and build team engagement. Tickets
Rapid Fire Hits
Quick headlines and things to know from all around 🌐
This YouTube channel will sometimes post highlights of the Indy Ignite games. If you’re curious about what a game looks like. (YouTube)
☕️ Local coffee shops are switching out winter menus for spring menus. Be sure to check out our guide for every Fishers coffee shop, backed by reader votes and Google reviews (Fishers Digest)
Need a summer job? Fishers is hiring over 100 seasonal workers this season. Check out their list of jobs. Many of them look like great opportunities. Me? I’d go for the Planning and Zoning Urban Planning Internship. (Fishers Gov)
The Geist Half Marathon 2025 logo and shirt have been revealed. Check it out here. (Meet your neighbor)
Fishers is delaying the roundabout they planned to build at 116th/Allisonville Road until at least 2026 (Current)
If the Fishers Police Department has your property, you might want to collect it. They plan to destroy anything uncollected by June 23rd. (FPD)
Correction: Fishers’ first-ever sprint triathlon is on May 17th, not May 11th. (Fishers Fast Tigers)
The Slate at Fishers District sold to a new asset management firm. If you’ve been to the Fishers Event Center, these are the homes you see right across the street. They are at 90% capacity after opening last May ‘24. (Thompson Thrift)
Hamilton County is the healthiest county in Indiana, followed by a not-so-close second and third place, Boone + Hendricks Counties. (US News)
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