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Looking forward to your favorite Indiana festival? Coronavirus may be changing your plans

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Indianapolis StarView Comments has begun reopening the state from coronavirus restrictions with , but festivals aren't slated to return until the final phase.That means that festivals and other large events in May and June must find a new date or wait to return in 2021. According to the&nbsp;reopening plan, large events such as festivals, parades, conventions and sports events can be held starting July 4.The &nbsp;has been&nbsp;run by in&nbsp;Indianapolis since 1983.The festival committee met Monday night to discuss the future of the event and opted to indefinitely postpone the Italian Street Festival, which was originally slated for 5-11 p.m. June 12-13.In an abundance of caution, the festival organizers are taking a wait-and-see approach and will reconvene in June to discuss rescheduling the event."We are cognizant of (the festival's) size. The safety of anyone coming to the festival and the volunteers helping out is paramount," festival chairperson&nbsp;Mark Bockstahler said."Once we get an idea how life looks (in June), we hope to announce a reschedule date some time later this summer."Here's a look at other&nbsp;Indianapolis-area festivals and events that are canceled or moving to a new date:All 500 Festival events were moved to August to coincide with the move of the Indianapolis 500&nbsp;from May 24 to Aug. 23. The&nbsp;Rev party at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was moved to Aug. 1. The&nbsp;Carb Day performance by REO Speedwagon and Styx,&nbsp;Legends Day performance by Luke Bryan and the Indy 500 Snake Pit concert headlined by Martin Garrix have all been&nbsp;canceled at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Despite the IMS' setbacks, the 500 Festival plans to transfer all of its events including:All Marion County Fair&nbsp;&nbsp;were&nbsp;suspended, and the plan by Holcomb&nbsp;postponed&nbsp;the 90th annual fair featuring a midway and entertainment from the original dates of&nbsp;June 19-28&nbsp;to July 4-12. For a schedule of events, visit&nbsp;.The unique shopping festival held annually at the Boone County Fairgrounds slated for&nbsp;May 2-3 is canceled. The fall edition is still scheduled for Sept. 25-26.The festival celebrating the fictional town of Mayberry scheduled&nbsp;for May 15-17 is canceled.&nbsp;The festival celebrates the small town ideals represented in&nbsp;"The Andy Griffith Show"&nbsp;and was supposed to be , "Mayberry Man," paying tribute to the show&nbsp;in 2020.The Franklin festival featuring live music and strawberry shortcake slated for May 22 is rescheduled for July 31.The annual shopping event offering multiple vendors, music, food and more&nbsp;at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon scheduled for May 29-30 is canceled. The market to return to Lebanon rather than take a chance of rescheduling a&nbsp;second time if another shutdown occurred. The fall&nbsp;market held at the&nbsp;Effingham County Fairgrounds in Altamont, Illinois, is still slated for Sept. 11-12.The event featuring local flavors of area restaurants and wines, live music culminating in a performance by Henry Lee Summer, Silly Safari animal shows, a 5K Inflatable Run and more is postponed from the original&nbsp;June 5 run date. Organizers have moved the festivities to at the Shelby County Fairgrounds.The festival set to celebrate old time artisan skills featuring&nbsp;vendors, workshops, artists, artisans, farmers, animals and more on June 5-6 is canceled.The chance to sample local culinary offerings, shop artisan booths, enjoy live music and taste some of the 300 Indiana wines offered at Military Park was slated for noon to 6 p.m. June 6. Organizers for the fall on Oct. 17.Christ Church Cathedral's 55th annual event was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.&nbsp;June 11. , which serves strawberries, ice cream and homemade shortcakes to raise money for grants awarded throughout the year, for 2020. Organizers hope the Indianapolis community will still consider donating their shortcake funds to benefit the fundraiser&nbsp;by visiting&nbsp;&nbsp;through June 11.The &nbsp;closed to the public March&nbsp;17. Now&nbsp;the zoo's premier fundraising event also is postponed from its original date of June 12. The evening of food, drinks and animals moved to Aug.&nbsp;14.The fan favorite for Italian cuisine, drinks, music, carnival rides and more was originally planned for June 12-13. The&nbsp;2020 event is postponed indefinitely.The event celebrating the&nbsp;LGBTQ community was supposed to begin June 13. The parade, events and festival held at&nbsp;Military Park are postponed while the organization seeks&nbsp;new dates for the activities.&nbsp;Indy Pride is still planning&nbsp;a for Pride Month from 2-10 p.m. June 20. The has moved to Oct. 3. Other activities will be posted on the website at&nbsp;&nbsp;or on when available.The 46th annual event providing free folk music, a petting zoo, food, drinks, workshops and more on June 13 .The event featuring artisans, craftsman, vendors, entertainment and living historians from its original date June 13-14 in Lebanon. Organizers are looking for a date to reschedule in July.&nbsp;Johnson County Antique Machinery Association has canceled the show featuring farming heritage, antique farm machinery and more. The annual&nbsp;Johnson County Recreation Park event was scheduled for June 18-21.The&nbsp;event known as one of the best art fairs&nbsp;in the country featuring more than 200 artists and a variety of food vendors is canceled. The fair was scheduled for June 19-20.The fair showcasing 4-H exhibits, a carnival, food, drinks, a parade, antique tractors, a petting zoo, entertainment and more is postponed from the original June 19-26 run dates. The fair has to take place July 10-17.The Discover Downtown Franklin event was offering pours from multiple local wineries and breweries, live music and food vendors from 5-10 p.m. June 20. The celebration is currently up in the air, with the executive committee meeting to decide the event's fate.The event celebrating creatives of all types offering a platform for artists and artisans to display and sell their work was slated for June 20. Organizers have decided to postpone the event, but have not decided on a future date at this time.This 5K run and festival that highlights music, fitness demonstrations, food, vendor booths and of course, a run with a superhero cape was slated for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 20. Greenfield Main Street is moving to the fall on Oct. 24.One of Indianapolis' favorite ways to sample the city's&nbsp;favorite tacos and margaritas&nbsp;was set for 7-10 p.m. June 19-20 at&nbsp;The Pavilion at Pan Am. The event is in the process of being rescheduled for late summer, with the new dates yet to be determined.The festival was offering&nbsp;participants the chance to explore the sights, sounds and tastes of all the different cultures of Asia through games, performances, food and vendors at the Indiana State Museum on June 21. The Asian American Alliance has for July 26.The family-friendly event was providing&nbsp;a kid zone, vendor booths, beer and wine garden, live music, food trucks, car show, fireworks and more on Main Street in New Palestine on June&nbsp;26-27. Organizers have decided to postpone the event to Aug. 28-29. The Music on Depot events on July 24 and Sept. 25 are still expected to take place as planned.The popular Craig Park event featuring live music, food, local beers and wines, a kids zone,&nbsp;fireworks, a parade and more slated for June 27 has been canceled.The June 27 celebration featuring entertainers, nearly a hundred vendors, activities and fireworks for the community is canceled.The Avon Chamber of Commerce featuring&nbsp;tethered balloon rides, kids activities, food, live entertainment,&nbsp;fireworks&nbsp;and more. The&nbsp;5K&nbsp;Rib Run is moving to July 4. The chamber is also planning&nbsp;a fireworks celebration for July 4.The family-friendly event featuring live blues music, yard games, local beer and barbecue of four scheduled events. The June 27 gathering has been nixed, but events slated for July 25, Aug. 29 and Sept. 26 are currently still expected to take place.The 28th annual art market and cultural festival at the Eiteljorg is canceled and will return in 2021.The association's leaders said they&nbsp;are holding out hope that a miracle may change Holcomb's mind and are waiting until June 1 to see if the fairgrounds open up to host the&nbsp;event on June 27-28. However, Dave Zoeller, association president, admitted the 28th annual event featuring antique tractors, a flea market, food, old cars and trucks, a toy show and more will likely be canceled. There are no plans to reschedule the event.&nbsp; The city's largest recurring Hispanic-cultural festival was expected to take place June 28. The free event featuring&nbsp;Latin foods, music, a beer garden and a kid's area at Military Park is being rescheduled. An official date is still in the works, but organizers are looking at late August or early September.The Shelby County Fair showcasing all the best 4-H work the county has to offer&nbsp;was slated for June 30 through July 4 at the county fairgrounds. The fair for 2020 is canceled, including the midway, demolition derby, tractor pull, fireworks and more.Chris Sims is a digital sports producer at IndyStar. Follow him on Twitter: .View Comments

Indianapolis StarView Comments has begun reopening the state from coronavirus restrictions with , but festivals aren't slated to return until the final phase.That means that festivals and other large events in May and June must find a new date or wait to return in 2021. According to the&nbsp;reopening plan, large events such as festivals, parades, conventions and sports events can be held starting July 4.The &nbsp;has been&nbsp;run by in&nbsp;Indianapolis since 1983.The festival committee met Monday night to discuss the future of the event and opted to indefinitely postpone the Italian...

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