130 Past Events at Canan Commons

The Muncie Makers Market is teaming up with the Muncie Downtown Development Partnership to bring our Holiday Gift Market to Light Up DWNTWN! 

Come see Santa Claus and Charlie Cardinal go up on the big Muncie Fire Department firetruck ladder to light up Downtown Muncie in the Community Tree Lighting ceremony and SHOP LOCAL in our HEATED TENT. Unique and wonderful gifts for all will be for sale by local artisans and makers in the Holiday Gift Market. Fresh food, art, handmade crafts, all by the local vendors of the Muncie Makers Market. Live entertainment with the Muncie Community School Choirs, the Kiddie Express train, fire pits and s’mores, and Brian Blair’s holiday sculptures will all be at Canan Commons too. Don’t miss this Muncie holiday tradition, fun for your whole family!

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Muncie Downtown Development Partnership and the Muncie Parks Department will host Foodie Fridays, at Canan Commons on Fridays from 11:00am-1:00pm. 

Attendees are invited to spend their lunch time relaxing in the park with friends and family, enjoying the new park and weekly entertainment. Bring your own lunch, purchase a lunch from our on-site vendors or get lunch to go from one of our DWNTWN eateries. Some seating will be available. We will also have shady spots on the lawn for guests who would like to bring blankets or lawn chairs. 

In addition to live music entertainment each week, a children’s activity will be provided.

Canan Commons is located in the 500 block of south Walnut Street near the roundabout and across the street from the YMCA and Muncie Music Center. Street parking is available and public parking lots are located throughout DWNTWN.

Food vendors, musicians and community groups who would like to join the summer rotation can contact Cheryl Crowder at cheryl@downtownmuncie.org.

June 15

Music: Steve Robert and the Jazzmanian Devils

Kids Activities Sponsored by: YMCA and MSO Instrument Petting Zoo

Vendors: Grill't

Join us for Moonlight Movies, featuring The Lion King on June 16th at Canan Commons - sponsored by Wealth Strategies and produced by Sight and Sound. 

Bring the entire family to experience a live symphony orchestra concert FREE with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, 6:30 p.m., at Canan Commons, just before “Moonlight Movies” at 8:00pm. Enjoy pieces from around the world in addition to selections from “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Lion King”. And a surprise finish you won’t want to miss! After the concert, the MSO Instrument Petting Zoo will be available for children and adults to play an instrument. Stop by the MSO booth to try a violin, trombone, clarinet and more!

Themed family activities will be provided before the movies each month. Canan Commons is located in the 500 block of South Walnut Street near the roundabout. Parking is available on the street or in the new parking garage just to the West of the Courtyard Marriot.

Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs and bug spray. Vendors will be on-site with light snacks. Moonlight Movies is a weather-permitting event.

Coming up!

July 21st - Beauty and the Beast

August 4th - Wonder Woman

September 8th - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Muncie Downtown Development Partnership and the Muncie Parks Department will host Foodie Fridays, at Canan Commons on Fridays from 11:00am-1:00pm. 

Attendees are invited to spend their lunch time relaxing in the park with friends and family, enjoying the new park and weekly entertainment. Bring your own lunch, purchase a lunch from our on-site vendors or get lunch to go from one of our DWNTWN eateries. Some seating will be available. We will also have shady spots on the lawn for guests who would like to bring blankets or lawn chairs. 

In addition to live music entertainment each week, a children’s activity will be provided.

Canan Commons is located in the 500 block of south Walnut Street near the roundabout and across the street from the YMCA and Muncie Music Center. Street parking is available and public parking lots are located throughout DWNTWN.

Food vendors, musicians and community groups who would like to join the summer rotation can contact Cheryl Crowder at cheryl@downtownmuncie.org.

Music: Brigantine

Kids Activities Sponsored by: ARF - cleaning supplies including paper towels, bleach, laundry detergent disinfecting wipes, strong trash bags as well as non-clumping (clay) kitty litter will be collected. 

Vendors: Tastes Good on a Bun / Pit Masters

“Rockin’ the Oldies“

Rescheduled from rainy June 21 for tonight, June 28, 6:30 pm, with NO Stormy Weather on the program. 

AHB & Reminisce Band are great together - get downtown and enjoy this musical time travel event

All Free for you, Muncie

Muncie Downtown Development Partnership and the Muncie Parks Department will host Foodie Fridays, at Canan Commons on Fridays from 11:00am-1:00pm. 

Attendees are invited to spend their lunch time relaxing in the park with friends and family, enjoying the new park and weekly entertainment. Bring your own lunch, purchase a lunch from our on-site vendors or get lunch to go from one of our DWNTWN eateries. Some seating will be available. We will also have shady spots on the lawn for guests who would like to bring blankets or lawn chairs. 

In addition to live music entertainment each week, a children’s activity will be provided.

Canan Commons is located in the 500 block of south Walnut Street near the roundabout and across the street from the YMCA and Muncie Music Center. Street parking is available and public parking lots are located throughout DWNTWN.

Food vendors, musicians and community groups who would like to join the summer rotation can contact Cheryl Crowder at cheryl@downtownmuncie.org.

June 29

Music: Music for All Summer Symposium Orchestra 

Kids Activities Sponsored by: ARF and MSO Instrument Petting Zoo. ARF will be collecting cleaning supplies including paper towels, bleach, laundry detergent disinfecting wipes, strong trash bags as well as non-clumping (clay) kitty litter.

Vendors: Maadi Grill

Muncie Downtown Development Partnership and the Muncie Parks Department will host Foodie Fridays, at Canan Commons on Fridays from 11:00am-1:00pm. 

Attendees are invited to spend their lunch time relaxing in the park with friends and family, enjoying the new park and weekly entertainment. Bring your own lunch, purchase a lunch from our on-site vendors or get lunch to go from one of our DWNTWN eateries. Some seating will be available. We will also have shady spots on the lawn for guests who would like to bring blankets or lawn chairs. 

In addition to live music entertainment each week, a children’s activity will be provided.

Canan Commons is located in the 500 block of south Walnut Street near the roundabout and across the street from the YMCA and Muncie Music Center. Street parking is available and public parking lots are located throughout DWNTWN.

Food vendors, musicians and community groups who would like to join the summer rotation can contact Cheryl Crowder at cheryl@downtownmuncie.org.


Music by: Jansen Duncan

Children's Activities: Muncie Children's Museum and Building Better Neighborhoods

Food Vendors: Pit Master Bluebird and Sons and Speedy Dog

Join us for Moonlight Movies, featuring Beauty and the Beast (2017) on July 21st at Canan Commons - sponsored by Wealth Strategies and produced by Sight and Sound. Family activities will begin at 6pm, and the movie will begin at 8pm on the new digital screen. 

The Directors' Jazz Orchestra from Pendelton, In. will play begining at 6pm. They were formed 17 years ago and have played in numerous venue across Indiana. The organization will bring their Dixieland group to Muncie. They perform regularly for Fountain Square swing dances, at the Jazz Kitchen, school concerts and events, and a top performer in the jazz field each year. Many of the members of the group are Ball State Alumni, there has always been a strong connection to the Muncie Community.

In addition, "Belle" will join us for a meet and greet and photos. Kids are encouraged to costume! Facepainting and other activities will be provided as well. 

Canan Commons is located in the 500 block of South Walnut Street near the roundabout. Parking is available on the street or in the new parking garage just to the West of the Courtyard Marriot.

Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs and bug spray. Vendors will be on-site with light snacks. Moonlight Movies is a weather-permitting event.

Coming up!

August 4th - Wonder Woman

September 8th - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales with performance by Muncie Symphony Orchestra

The Muncie Arts and Culture Council and PlySpace, an artist-in-residence program based in the Emily Kimbrough Historic District in downtown Muncie, Indiana, are excited to announce the second Summer Term Resident Artist, Kacie Lyn Martinez. Martinez is a participatory fiber artist based in Brooklyn, New York whose work generates contemporary weaving projects which combine therapeutic, meditative practice with traditional weaving methods. While in residence at PlySpace throughout the month of August, Martinez will present a public weaving project, ”the hopes we wear on our backs”, at Canan Commons. 

The participatory public art project titled “the hopes we wear on our backs” explores the process of collectively envisioning Muncie’s future. During the month-long project, Muncie residents are invited to write out their hopes for the city on strips of recycled clothing which will then be woven by Martinez and interested participants into a temporary public artwork installed at the Canan Commons grates.  Participants can also submit "hopes" online at www.plyspace.org/munciehopes

The artist will be on site to answer questions about the project and her process, and invites the public to participate by sharing their hopes and dreams for Muncie in person. She will continue the project by facilitating public participation each Saturday throughout the month of August from 11 AM to 2 PM. Martinez will also be on site Saturday, August 4th from 6-8 PM prior to Downtown Development’s Moonlight Movie screening of “Wonder Woman” at Canan Commons. 

Join in and help us spread the word about our hopes for Muncie!

Learn more about the project at www.plyspace.org.

Join us for Moonlight Movies, featuring Wonder Woman on August 4th at Canan Commons - sponsored by Wealth Strategies and produced by Sight and Sound. Family activities will begin at 6pm, and the movie will begin at 8pm on the new digital screen. 

Wear your super hero costumes and meet our own "Woman of Wonder" and have your picture taken with her! Face painting, bounce house and more!

Themed family activities will be provided before the movies each month. Canan Commons is located in the 500 block of South Walnut Street near the roundabout. Parking is available on the street or in the new parking garage just to the West of the Courtyard Marriot.

Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs and bug spray. Vendors will be on-site with light snacks. Moonlight Movies is a weather-permitting event.

Coming up!

September 8th - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

The Muncie Arts and Culture Council and PlySpace, an artist-in-residence program based in the Emily Kimbrough Historic District in downtown Muncie, Indiana, are excited to announce the second Summer Term Resident Artist, Kacie Lyn Martinez. Martinez is a participatory fiber artist based in Brooklyn, New York whose work generates contemporary weaving projects which combine therapeutic, meditative practice with traditional weaving methods. While in residence at PlySpace throughout the month of August, Martinez will present a public weaving project, ”the hopes we wear on our backs”, at Canan Commons. 

The participatory public art project titled “the hopes we wear on our backs” explores the process of collectively envisioning Muncie’s future. During the month-long project, Muncie residents are invited to write out their hopes for the city on strips of recycled clothing which will then be woven by Martinez and interested participants into a temporary public artwork installed at the Canan Commons grates.  Participants can also submit "hopes" online at www.plyspace.org/munciehopes

The artist will be on site to answer questions about the project and her process, and invites the public to participate by sharing their hopes and dreams for Muncie in person. She will continue the project by facilitating public participation each following Saturday throughout the month of August from 11 AM to 2 PM. Martinez will also be on site Saturday, August 4th from 6-8 PM prior to Downtown Development’s Moonlight Movie screening of “Wonder Woman” at Canan Commons. 

Join in and help us spread the word about our hopes for Muncie!

Learn more about the project at www.plyspace.org.

The Muncie Arts and Culture Council and PlySpace, an artist-in-residence program based in the Emily Kimbrough Historic District in downtown Muncie, Indiana, are excited to announce the second Summer Term Resident Artist, Kacie Lyn Martinez. Martinez is a participatory fiber artist based in Brooklyn, New York whose work generates contemporary weaving projects which combine therapeutic, meditative practice with traditional weaving methods. While in residence at PlySpace throughout the month of August, Martinez will present a public weaving project, ”the hopes we wear on our backs”, at Canan Commons. 

The participatory public art project titled “the hopes we wear on our backs” explores the process of collectively envisioning Muncie’s future. During the month-long project, Muncie residents are invited to write out their hopes for the city on strips of recycled clothing which will then be woven by Martinez and interested participants into a temporary public artwork installed at the Canan Commons grates.  Participants can also submit "hopes" online at www.plyspace.org/munciehopes

The artist will be on site to answer questions about the project and her process, and invites the public to participate by sharing their hopes and dreams for Muncie in person. She will continue the project by facilitating public participation each following Saturday throughout the month of August from 11 AM to 2 PM. Martinez will also be on site Saturday, August 4th from 6-8 PM prior to Downtown Development’s Moonlight Movie screening of “Wonder Woman” at Canan Commons. 

Join in and help us spread the word about our hopes for Muncie!

Learn more about the project at www.plyspace.org.

The Muncie Arts and Culture Council and PlySpace, an artist-in-residence program based in the Emily Kimbrough Historic District in downtown Muncie, Indiana, are excited to announce the second Summer Term Resident Artist, Kacie Lyn Martinez. Martinez is a participatory fiber artist based in Brooklyn, New York whose work generates contemporary weaving projects which combine therapeutic, meditative practice with traditional weaving methods. While in residence at PlySpace throughout the month of August, Martinez will present a public weaving project, ”the hopes we wear on our backs”, at Canan Commons. 

The participatory public art project titled “the hopes we wear on our backs” explores the process of collectively envisioning Muncie’s future. During the month-long project, Muncie residents are invited to write out their hopes for the city on strips of recycled clothing which will then be woven by Martinez and interested participants into a temporary public artwork installed at the Canan Commons grates.  Participants can also submit "hopes" online at www.plyspace.org/munciehopes

The artist will be on site to answer questions about the project and her process, and invites the public to participate by sharing their hopes and dreams for Muncie in person. She will continue the project by facilitating public participation each following Saturday throughout the month of August from 11 AM to 2 PM. Martinez will also be on site Saturday, August 4th from 6-8 PM prior to Downtown Development’s Moonlight Movie screening of “Wonder Woman” at Canan Commons. 

Join in and help us spread the word about our hopes for Muncie!

Learn more about the project at www.plyspace.org.