Lobster Palooza 2025
Supporting Music Education in Our City
July 26, 2025 | 6 PM
The Basile Opera Center
Kicking off our 51st season, on July 26, 2025 at 6 PM, the Opera celebrates the 15th Anniversary of Lobster Palooza “back home again” at the Basile Opera Center, the permanent home of Indianapolis Opera! Join us to celebrate summer, connect with friends, and make new memories in the heart of the historic Meridian-Kessler neighborhood while supporting music education outreach in our city. Featuring live singing, open bars, caricatures, cigar bar, popcorn, salt water taffy, and a delicious lobster, beef tenderloin or surf-n-turf dinner, this fun-filled, boardwalk-inspired summer event will be a night to remember!
$200 per person | $100 of your purchase is tax deductible
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Fund-A-Need!
The Fund-a-Need Initiative launched at Lobster Palooza was created to raise funds to bring educational programming to underserved & underfunded schools free-of-charge. Indianapolis Opera is committed to serving our community through our educational outreach programming.
Every year, the Opera creates an original children's opera to share with the youngest members of our Hoosier community, along with their teachers and families. These operas include a detailed curriculum guide and are a part of our "Sing Me A Story" series, which brings musical opportunities to elementary school children of every culture and background. Often inspired by fairy tales and fables, each children's opera has a relevant moral at the center of its story. In these outreach events, children are not only exposed to the thrill of live opera singing, but they are also given the opportunity to learn about important topics like bullying, acceptance, overcoming fears, and making new friends.
Many schools still face unprecedented challenges and reduced budgets, especially in areas of music education, and with the funds raised, we will be able to bring educational programming to nearly 40 schools free-of-charge, omitting that financial barrier.
Every year, the Opera creates an original children's opera to share with the youngest members of our Hoosier community, along with their teachers and families. These operas include a detailed curriculum guide and are a part of our "Sing Me A Story" series, which brings musical opportunities to elementary school children of every culture and background. Often inspired by fairy tales and fables, each children's opera has a relevant moral at the center of its story. In these outreach events, children are not only exposed to the thrill of live opera singing, but they are also given the opportunity to learn about important topics like bullying, acceptance, overcoming fears, and making new friends.
Many schools still face unprecedented challenges and reduced budgets, especially in areas of music education, and with the funds raised, we will be able to bring educational programming to nearly 40 schools free-of-charge, omitting that financial barrier.
Location: Basile Opera Center
Address: 4011 North Pennsylvania St. Indianapolis, IN 46205
Address: 4011 North Pennsylvania St. Indianapolis, IN 46205
