After Hours Concert Series


Celebrating our 11th year of  FREE concerts!
Batesville Memorial Public Library  |  131 North Walnut Street  |  Batesville, IN 47006

Upcoming concerts in 2010 by:

About the Series

Welcome to the After Hours Concert Series at the Batesville (IN) Memorial Public Library.

After Hours Concerts are a series of monthly (except for December), free-to-the-public performances by a wide variety of musical artists from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and beyond.  We have enjoyed everything from barbershop to blues; jazz to folk; Celtic to Klezmer; classical to classic rock.  See our Archives page for past performers.

If you are looking for entertainment,  our concerts at the library are, as one performer put it, "like an evening at an intimate club."  After Hours Concerts are family-friendly, usually last about two hours (with a short break) and always free and rain-or-shine.  Please note that some concerts are held at other venues (see Special Concerts, below).

If you are a musician who would like to play in our series, click on Booking at the top to find out more.

If you are from another public library and would like to know more about our series, or are already providing live music at your library and want to share information, please email the director, Mike Kruse.

2010 Concert Calendar

Special Concerts

Actually, we think they're all "special," but the following concerts are in a different venue and/or are part of some special event:

Saturday, July 10 -- After Hours / SummerFest Concert
Held in Batesville's Liberty Park. Rain-or-shine fun in a beautiful setting.

Saturday, August 28 -- Library Ice Cream Social / After Hours Concert
Celebrate the end of summer with our annual Ice Cream Social at the library. Outside if the weather's nice; inside the library if otherwise.

Saturday, September 25 -- After Hours / AppleFest Concert
Batesville's Liberty Park is again the scene for this dinner time concert. Another rain-or-shine event.
 

Batesville (IN) Memorial Public Library

Thanks to

... the BMPL Board of Trustees for their continued support of this series.

... the Friends of Batesville Memorial Public Library for their financial support.

... the many outstanding musical artists who have shared their talents and creativity with us.

... the audience members of all ages, sizes, and musical preferences, who have found out that their public library is a place to enjoy familiar music as well as to expand musical horizons.

... the Ripley County Tourism Bureau for their promotional efforts and support.

... the Columbus Area Arts Council, the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, for their support.

... Adam Kruse for his advice and expertise on the soundboard, and the rest of the Kruse family and all the volunteers for assisting with set-up and tear-down.