Community Calendar

Tree Lafayette 2026 Arbor Day
WHO: Tree Lafayette
WHAT: Tree Planting Event (No experience necessary!)
WHEN: Saturday, May 2, 2026
Check in: 8:30 – 9:00 AM
Planting: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
WHERE: Corner of Commanche Trail & Chaucer Dr. in Pipers Glen Neighborhood, Lafayette
WHY? Make Lafayette a better community to live in!
HOW: Pre-register at www.treelafayette.org/arbor-day
For more details visit TreeLafayette.org or email info@treelafayette.org

Happiness blooms before your eyes and in your heart at Johnson County’s Garden Celebration May 2 at the fairgrounds in Franklin. Gates open at 9 a.m., and festivities continue until 3 p.m. Buy annuals, perennials and vegetables, popular and unique plants, garden art, and cottage-farm products. Pick up some free seeds and tree seedlings while supplies last. Adults and children alike will be wowed with an up-close-and-personal, live wildlife rehabilitation presentation. More than 85 vendors plus Master Gardeners, Purdue Extension Service, food trucks and more. Still just $2 per person (CASH admission only, children 12 and under free) with free parking. Get your bloom on with a day of family fun!

A free event offering repair services and advice. Don't replace it, repair it! At the Northend Community Center. Bring your broken items and get instant help. Appliances, bikes, electronics, tools, lawn and garden equipment, furniture, and toys, are just a few of the items we can help repair. Before you throw it away, bring it to us! First Saturday of every month, 10am-noon.

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

Everybody is welcome at Bethel AME

Come join us for Sunday services at Bethel AME Church

Bethel AME Church

820 Ferry Street Lafayette, IN 47901

Sunday School starts at 10:00 AM

Services start at 11:00 A.M.

Annual Jazz Concert

Jazz standards and original compositions celebrate one of America’s great musical art-forms.

General Admission $20
College Student Admission is FREE
K-12 Admission is FREE

Join us at People's Brewing Co. Tuesday May 5th for music, dancing, food, and local craft brew!
Lafayette's Clave Caribe returns to play us 2 sets of Cumbia, Merengue, Salsa, and more! It's always a party when Clave comes to play the taproom! Don't miss out!
Doors 6pm / Music 7pm / 21+ / $12ADV / $15DOS
A Mom&Pop Production

The Lafayette Dulcimer Gathering will play at Cumberland Park every Tuesday evening from 7pm to 8:30pm in June, July and August
All acoustic instrument musicians are welcome to join the jam and play along or, just bring a lawn chair and enjoy the music! Song sheets will be available.

Nine Irish Brothers Traditional Irish Pub hosts a community trad session Wednesday evenings at seven pm. Trad sessions--short for traditional Irish sessions, are a community-led participatory event in which local musicians bring their instruments and play traditional Irish music. Musicians who play Irish instruments or who are striving to learn are welcome to join in, and all members of the community are welcome to enjoy the music and ambiance.

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

Everybody is welcome at Bethel AME

Come join us for Sunday services at Bethel AME Church

Bethel AME Church

820 Ferry Street Lafayette, IN 47901

Sunday School starts at 10:00 AM

Services start at 11:00 A.M.

Mom&Pop Productions is very proud to present the return of The Slackers to Lafayette, IN on Sunday May 10th, 2026!
The Operators will be opening up!
Doors 6pm / Music 7pm / All ages / $25 ADV

Beer and wine will be available for those of age. We will also have so snacks available for purchase at the bar.
Since 1991, the Slackers have released fifteen albums and countless singles, while their 1000s of live performances feed their fans with energetic sets of ecstatic music.

The Slackers have been called ‘the Sound of New York’ by the New York Times. They were described by Brooklyn Vegan as a“ clean mix of Ska, Reggae, and Soul that gets dirtied up by Vic Ruggiero’s tough New York accent.’
In April 2022, The Slackers released a new album, “Don’t Let The Sunlight Fool Ya” (Pirates Press) which quickly shot to the top of the US Billboard charts. The first time that a Slackers’ album has charted! Ironically after 30 years as a band, they qualified as a Billboard ‘new artist!’ The Washington Post noted that the Slackers “remain at the top of their game.”
The chart topping sales of “Don’t Let The Sunlight Fool Ya” capped a 2 year comeback of the Slackers. When Covid stopped live shows in 2020, the Slackers pivoted to livestreams and made5 full band concerts that were broadcast internationally to an audience of thousands. After the streams, they stayed in the studio and recorded the tunes that became ‘Don’t Let the Sunlight Fool Ya.’
The Slackers capped this come back with a series of frenetic tours in 2022 and 2023. They played everything from clubs to festivals in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Brazil.
In 2024, they are currently booking 90 shows. They are also currently working on a 20th anniversary reissue of their classic album, ‘Close My Eyes’ for September and on a new single of original music for October.