Save the date! LIGHT UP MUNCIE on Thursday, December 4, 2025!
Enjoy festive performances and food trucks, shop at the Holiday Makers Market, and witness the magical lighting of the animated community tree at Canan Commons.
NEW this year, Lighted Parade and kids fun zone! Bring your family and friends for a magical night in Downtown!
Want to be in the PARADE?: Sign-up sheet and info
Nervous about visiting campus? Take a look at the Office of Community Engagement’s handy Getting to Campus resource for parking/public transit information!
Click the links for more information. Some events may be off-campus or have registration requirements.
- Mindfulness in the Museum – 12 p.m.
- EB Ball Holiday Open House – 5 p.m.
- Jr. Recital: Sophie Buselli, violin – 5:30 p.m.
- “The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
- Jr. Recital: Nina Vivo, violin – 7:30 p.m.
- Ball State Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony – 7:30 p.m.
- Emens: Orchestra Indiana: Christmas Celebration – 12 a.m.
- Museum Docent Tour – 2:30 p.m.
- “Magic Treehouse: Space Mission” Planetarium Show – 3:30 p.m.
- “The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 5 p.m.
- EB Ball Holiday Open House – 5 p.m.
- Holiday Arts and Culture Night – 5 p.m.
- Holiday in Bloom – 6 p.m.
- “The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
- Oboe Marathon – 12 p.m.
- Tuba Christmas – 1 p.m.
- Emens: Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland – 6 p.m.
- Singers Holiday Choral Festival – 7 p.m.
- Cello Studio Recital – 8:30 p.m.
- Trombone Choir Concert – 5:30 p.m.
- DA Recital: Soojin Lee, voice – 7:30 p.m.
- MTNA Recital – 5:30 p.m.
- Faculty Artist Series: Cara Chowning and Kevin Gwinn – 7:30 p.m.
- Jocelyn Bolin Sabbatical Lecture – 3 p.m.
- String Chamber Music Recital – 5 p.m.
- Morgy Craig Memorial Concert by Ball State Jazz Ensembles – 7:30 p.m.
- AD Recital: Gozde Parlaktuna, violin – 7:30 p.m.
- The Little Prince – 7:30 p.m.
- Entrepreneurial Experience Lecture with John Merriweather – 11 a.m.
- Student Recital: Sarah Smith, euphonium – 5:30 p.m.
- The Little Prince – 7:30 p.m.
- TAP! – 7:30 p.m.
- Tea, Cookies, & Not Your Grandmother’s Needlepoint – 2 p.m.
- Student Recital: Ashton Shelley, tuba – 5:30 p.m.
- Student Recital: Scott Carter, tenor – 5:30 p.m.
- “The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
- Student Recital: Sadie Baxter, voice – 7:30 p.m.
- The Little Prince – 7:30 p.m.
- TAP! – 7:30 p.m.
- Harp Studio Recital – 10 a.m.
- DA Lecture Recital: Patricia Burton, cello – 1 p.m.
- The Little Prince – 2:30 p.m.
- “Magic Treehouse: Space Mission” Planetarium Show – 3:30 p.m.
- “The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 5 p.m.
- “The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
- The Little Prince – 7:30 p.m.
- TAP! – 7:30 p.m.
- The Little Prince – 2:30 p.m.
- TAP! – 2:30 p.m.
- Holiday Choral Concert (Afternoon) – 3 p.m.
- Holiday Choral Concert (Evening) – 6 p.m.
- Student Recital: Josh Garwood, clarinet – 7:30 p.m.
- DA Recital: Qiaohui Wu, voice – 7:30 p.m.
- Voctave – It Feels Like Christmas – 12 a.m.
- ALL OUT FOR CHRISTMAS: A SHOWBIZ RADIO FABLE – 7:30 p.m.
- Piano Studio Recital – 11 a.m.
The University is closed from 12/16/23 into the new year.
Nervous about visiting campus? Take a look at the Office of Community Engagement’s handy Getting to Campus resource for parking/public transit information!
Click the links for more information. Some events may be off-campus or have registration requirements.
- MFA 2nd Year Show Opening Reception – 4 p.m.
- EB Ball: History of Breaking Bread at the White House – FULL – 6:30 p.m.
- Candlelight Vigil for Peace – 7 p.m.
- Percussion Ensemble Recital – 7:30 p.m.
- Guest Lecture: Dr. Charlene Fletcher on “For Whose Protection?: Black Women & Confinement in the Late-19th Century” – 3 p.m.
- Ball State Symphony Orchestra – 7:30 p.m.
- Pruis Hall – Las Cafeteras – 7:30 p.m.
- Mindfulness in the Museum – 12 p.m.
- IN ASTA Orchestra Invitational – 3 p.m.
- Theatre and Dance: The Prom – 7:30 p.m.
- IN ASTA Orchestra Invitational – 8 a.m.
- Museum Docent Tour – 2:30 p.m.
- ASTRONOMY SLAM – Registration Required – 6:30 p.m.
- University Choral Union, Cardinal Chorus, and Vox Anima – 7:30 p.m.
- Theater and Dance: The Prom – 7:30 p.m.
- Theater and Dance: The Prom – 2:30 p.m.
- Youth Symphony Orchestra of East Central Indiana – 3 p.m.
- DA Lecture Recital: Alison Moore, soprano – 3 p.m.
- Trumpet Ensemble Recital – 7:30 p.m.
- Woodwind Chamber Music Recital – 5:30 p.m.
- Sr. Recital: Noah Burch, violin – 7:30 p.m.
- Lifelong Learners: She Took Care of the Cat – 1:30 p.m.
- Recital: Jazz Combos – 5:30 p.m.
- Student Composers’ Forum – 7:30 p.m.
- The Redeemer – 7:30 p.m.
- Writing for Young People with Alicia D. Williams – 7:30 p.m.
- Reel Inclusion: Our Story (Abbreviated Version) – 12 p.m.
- Business as a Force for Good: Why Societal Impact Matters – 3 p.m.
- The Japanese Art of Mending with Sashiko – 6 p.m.
- Arts Alive: Trenton Doyle Hancock – 7 p.m.
- Theatre and Dance: The Prom – 7:30 p.m.
- Reel Inclusion: Our Story (Full Version) – 5:30 p.m.
- EB Ball: Holiday Watercolor – 6 p.m.
- Theatre and Dance: The Prom – 7:30 p.m.
- Theatre and Dance: The Redeemer – 7:30 p.m.
- Piano Studio Recital – 7:30 p.m.
- Featured Reading with Alicia D. Williams – 7:30 p.m.
- Holiday Card Workshop – 2 p.m.
- Flute Studio Recital – 5:30 p.m.
- “Destination Mars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
- Viola Studio Recital – 7:30 p.m.
- Theatre and Dance – The Prom – 7:30 p.m.
- Threatre and Dance – The Redeemer – 7:30 p.m.
- Emens – Orchestra Indiana: Classical Mystery Tour – 6 p.m.
- Rinard Orchid Greenhouse – Tropics to Table – 10 a.m.
- Theatre and Dance – The Redeemer – 2:30 p.m.
- “Eclipse: The Sun Revealed” Planetarium Show – 3:30 p.m.
- “Dynamic Earth” Planetarium Show – 5 p.m.
- “Destination Mars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
- Theatre and Dance – The Prom – 7:30 p.m.
- Theatre and Dance – The Redeemer – 7:30 p.m.
- Theatre and Dance – The Redeemer – 2:30 p.m.
- University Singers – 3 p.m.
- Flute Guild Recital – 3 p.m.
- Guest Artist Recital: Fabian Lopez (violin), David Kovac (viola), and Ball State String Faculty – 5:30 p.m.
- Violin Studio Recital – 5:30 p.m.
- Lifelong Learners: Flying for the Navy during the Cold War – 1:30 p.m.
- Recital: Jazz Combos – 5:30 p.m.
- First-Generation Student and Self-Supporting Student Discussion – 6:30 p.m.
- Emens – Mike Super – Magic & Illusion – 7:30 p.m.
- College of Health – Speaker Series November – 1 p.m.
- Campus Band and Campus Orchestra – 7:30 p.m.
- Global Entrepreneurship Week Speaker Jason Riley – 11 a.m.
- Trombone Studio Recital – 5:30 p.m.
- Womens Networking Breakfast – 8 a.m.
- Student Recital: Jackson Martin, saxophone – 5:30 p.m.
- “Destination Mars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
- Student Recital: Connor Granlund, trombone – 7:30 p.m.
- “Eclipse: The Sun Revealed” Planetarium Show – 3:30 p.m.
- “Dynamic Earth” Planetarium Show – 5 p.m.
- “Destination Mars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
- Fall Opera: Copland’s The Tender Land – 7:30 p.m.
- Fall Opera: Copland’s The Tender Land – 3 p.m.
- Faculty Artist Series: James Helton – 5:30 p.m.
- Lifelong Learners: Istanbul Adventures – 1:30 p.m.
- Jr. Recital: Quinton Kriner, viola – 5:30 p.m.
- Lifelong Learners: That Reminds Me of a Story…Therapeutic Storytelling – 1:30 p.m.
- Entrepreneurial Experience Lecture with Marc Lore – 6 p.m.
- Concert: EM | Two – 7:30 p.m.
Jr. Recital: Raul De Mesa, euphonium – 5:30 p.m.
New Music Ensemble – 7:30 p.m.
DA Performance Recital: Nicolas Andrade, wagner tuba – 5:30 p.m.
