While attending the Fishers Memorial Day observance Monday, noting that it is always a somber ceremony for good reason, the perfect weather brought to mind how people living in this city are looking forward to the season.

After all, the last summer like this was 2019.  We have all been dealing with COVID every summer since.  Last year was much better, but for some reason, the anticipation for summer 2022 is very high.

It should be noted COVID is not over and the Fishers Health Department recently upped the local COVID-19 community level from low to medium.  Fortunately, the Omicron variant version spreading locally is not resulting in serious illnesses overall, based on the last Health Department update.  The high level of local COVID vaccinations may be playing a part in this as well.

With that aside, there is plenty to foresee in this Fishers summer.  There will be free Amphitheater concerts on Tuesdays and some ticketed concerts on Fridays and other times ($20-$25 is a cheap ticket in this day and age).  I expect Fishers parks to be as busy as ever.  The swimming pool in my condo community opened on Memorial Day to a packed crowd.

The Spark Fishers Festival is coming later in June.  The Fishers Parks and Recreation Department (view the calendar of events at this link) has plenty of activities all summer long.

On Sunday, June 19th, join two high school clubs in celebration of Juneteenth at the Nickel Plate Amphitheater.  The Fishers High School’s Future Black Leaders Club joins forces with the Hamilton Southeastern High School’s Black Student Union for an event that will feature food trucks, bounce houses, face painters, entertainment and more.  Join the festivities 2pm-6pm.

By the way, this will be the last summer for the building we know as Fishers City Hall.  The structure is sinking into the ground and engineers have told the city the building cannot be saved and will require a lot of money just to keep it above ground.  Therefore, our City Hall will be subject to the wrecking ball this fall, with a new Arts Center & Municipal Complex to be constructed on that site.

This is just a small sampling of summer in the city for Fishers in 2022.  I will be writing about more as we get closer to the actual events.

We all have been through a lot since early 2020.  COVID-19 has been a stress on all of us.  Let’s give ourselves a break, take some time to enjoy a summer in Fishers with plenty of enjoyable things to do.

Thanks for reading.