Indianapolis Museum of Art
Performance Spaces
hours vary by programming

Art doesn’t hold still. Art wants to get up and perform, or start a discussion, or find its way to the big screen. Here are some of the spaces for that at Newfields.

Performances in the Tobias Theater

Friday, April 4, 2025

Forty5: Glenn Tilbrook with Special Guest Leon Tilbrook

The Tobias Theater at Newfields
Doors open at 7 PM and show starts at 8 PM

Glenn Tilbrook returns to the stage with his son, Leon Tilbrook, where they’ll play old hits and songs from Tilbrook’s solo album, Happy Ending.

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Cereal Cinema: Night at the Museum

The Tobias Theater at Newfields
10 AM

Prepare for the ultimate after-hours adventure! When Larry Daley starts his new job as the night guard at the Museum of Natural History, he expects a boring shift—until the exhibits come to life!

Performances in the DeBoest Lecture Hall

Friday, April 25, 2025

Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

DeBoest Lecture Hall at Newfields
5:30 Doors Open | 5:45 PM Butler University Performance | 6:30 PM Film Begins

In early 2023, filmmaker Larry Weinstein set out to make a documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity is about music, war, and hope. It follows nine unique individuals including Ukrainian musicians, a deaf com ...

Friday, May 2, 2025

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

DeBoest Lecture Hall at Newfields
6:30 PM

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a documentary about the life and art of Chinese-born, New York-based artist Cai Guo-Qiang who is known for his signature pyrotechnic events. The film culminates with a stunning and literally explosive "painting ...


For half a century, Robert Indiana’s LOVE has been the he(art) of Newfields collection. And there is a whole lot to love.