Free Gavin DeGraw Show - Pollstar News

Gavin DeGraw is helping 500 Festival with its mission “to advocate and celebrate the spirit, heritage and legacy of the Indianapolis 500” by playing the second annual “500 Festival Rev Your Engines Concert.”

And yes, the headline is correct. The April 27 show at Indianapolis’ Monument Circle is free and open to the public.

“We are very excited to have secured Gavin DeGraw for the second annual 500 Festival Rev Your Engines Concert,” said 500 Festival President & CEO Kirk Hendrix. “We launched this event a year ago to send a flare that the exciting month of May and all its activities are approaching, and to provide the community with free, top-line entertainment.”

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DeGraw’s performance is just one of the events leading up to the big race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 26.

Kids can look forward to the Kids’ Day at Monument Circle as well as the Rookie Run for kids ages 3-12, held in downtown Indianapolis. Both events take place May 11. Kids Day’ is Indiana’s largest outdoor free festival for children.

You’ll get the chance to take a lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in your own vehicle at the May 18 “Breakfast at the Brickyard” and at May 22’s “American Family Insurance 500 Festival Community Day.”

Foreigner headliners the 10th annual “Regions 500 Festival Snakepit Ball” May 25 at Indiana Roof Ballroom in downtown Indianapolis. Tickets, priced at $275, are available by calling (317) 614-6129.

For more information visit 500Festival.com.