Contact

Email us at info@talbottstreet.com (send mail from outlook)
317-931-1343

Reservations to Legends

You may now request a reservation online for the hottest show in the midwest! If your request is accepted you will receive a confirmation email.

Please keep in mind-

• Reserved seating is available for the 9:30 shows only.
• Shows often fill up quickly (especially on Saturdays) so please make yours weeks in advance!
• Submitting a request does not guarantee a reservation.
• Your reservation will be released if you do not arrive by 9:30p.
• If you have a reservation and need to cancel it email reservations@talbottstreet.com

 

Super Bowl Venue Rental

Talbott Street is available for private venue and event rentals during the Super Bowl, including an entire buyout.

See the Super Bowl venue rental options

 

Address & Map

2145 N Talbott Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202

The History of Talbott Street

The Talbott Street Theatre opened as a movie house in 1920.  However, the building and four blocks of Talbott Street would become far better known in other ways during the decades to come.  During the mid-1950’s the art festival that would become one of the city’s oldest, the Talbott Street Art Fair, was established.  It began modestly in an alley as a way for students at the nearby John Herron School of Art to sell their creations During the 1960’s, the Talbott area became associated with peace activists and bohemians, as well as artists.

By then, the movie house had become the Black Curtain Dinner Theatre.  Along with  the adjacent Hummingbird Café, the dinner theatre was popular through much of the 1970’s.  Today the Talbott Street building is an alternative entertainment venue that opened in the former theatre at 2145 N. Talbott Street in 2002.  However, the area has been known as a welcoming one for the gay community since the early 1980’s.  The current nightclub, which has a Studio 54 style of dance floor, replaced the other gay clubs at the same site.

Over the past two decades the Talbott Street Art Fair has exploded in popularity.  Today hundreds of painters, potters, and other artists sell everything from ceramics to macramé wall hangings at the June festival that invariably draws elbow-to-elbow crowds.  Four blocks of Talbott Street are closed to traffic for the annual fair, which is now one of the largest in the city.  And, yes, the Talbott area is still considered a bit bohemian.

Taken, in part, from Indianapolis Then and Now by Nelson Price

 

TNT - Talbott's Nights of Talent

Entertainers showcase their talent for the chance to win a paid booking- voted on by the audience. Check Sunday Events to see when the next TNT will be- typically every third Sunday of the month.

The winner will be the guest entertainer at the next TNT Sunday (paid booking)!

To participate: please read and complete the TNT application.

-All performers must be 21 years of age.
-Judging will be by audience applause, determined by staff.
-See application for other policies.

 

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