Black Circle will kick off spooky season with Stay Strange Music·Comedy·Spooky Fest on Saturday, October 3. The evening brings 11 performing acts to the Indianapolis venue in support of Kat’s Stay Strange Scholarship for Girls Rock! Indianapolis. Doors open at 5 p.m., and admission is at the door.
The lineup includes Pork & Beans Brass Band, Village Elder, The Brothers Footman, Luana & the Iguanas, Wid Da Q and Idobelus. Jennasen will perform songs by manners, please., while Gwen Sunkel, Duncan Kissinger and Dyke Michaels bring comedy to the bill. A Girls Rock! Indianapolis showcase rounds out the evening.
Guests can also browse a silent auction benefiting the scholarship, with support from North Mass Boulder, Indy String Theory, Goldleaf, Indy CD & Vinyl, US Ghost Adventures, ComedySportz, HI-FI Indy and The Quarter. Halloween costumes are encouraged, and a contest winner will receive a prize.
The scholarship honors Kat Bolyard and helps Girls Rock! Indianapolis cover the cost of its youth music camp. For attendees, Stay Strange offers a chance to hear local performers, celebrate Kat’s memory and support the next generation of Indianapolis musicians.
Stay Strange Music·Comedy·Spooky Fest takes place Saturday, October 3, 2026, at Black Circle Music Bar, 2201 E. 46th St. Doors open at 5 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door.
