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As vaccinations drive down COVID-19 rates, the convention industry is starting to return to Indianapolis. The Sweets & Snacks Expo, a major candy tradeshow, kicked off the return of the industry. The city will see a number of popular shows return this year.
While attendance may be lower than in previous years, the trade show and events industry is expected to scale up to its pre-pandemic levels by next year.
Here are eight major events scheduled for 2021 in Indianapolis.
Gen Con
A popular gaming convention, Gen Con
offers ideas and products in board games, card games, role-playing games, video games and strategy games. The event draws gaming fans from across the country in elaborate costumes.
The story might already be familiar, especially for metalheads who follow the odd and macabre. In February, a Florida musician known as Prince Midnight captured headlines with a guitar he d reportedly constructed out of the skeleton of his dead uncle.
Word of the so-called Skelecaster didn t just make the rounds on music websites news outlets as far-flung as CBC/Radio-Canada and The Indian Express even covered the creation. Midnight, who says his real name is Yaago Anax, spoke to Guitar World, HuffPost and other places about the electric guitar that, it seemed, harnessed the legit framework of the dead.
But was the whole thing just a hoax? That same month, per Vice, two local reporters embedded in Midnight s Tampa Bay home base, Christopher Spata of the Tampa Bay Times and Ray Roa of Creative Loafing Tampa, detailed their suspicions that the skeleton guitar maker was an alter ego of either one
WestMACâs wonderful support for Chloeâs Olympic dream West Moreton Anglican College student Chloe Blair is a Queensland Interschool champion. She won bronze in the Grand National Show Horse in March at the Sydney International arena.
Sport 27th May 2021 7:50 PM RISING equestrian star Chloe Blair believes West Moreton Anglican College provides the vital support for her Olympic dream. The Queensland Interschool Show Horse champion, with eight-year-old pony Wyann Safari (Si), will compete in the Hunter Hack Class at the Boonah Show, starting on Friday. Chloe, 7, of Glamorgan Vale, won bronze in Show Horse (6-9 years) at the Grand National Championships at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre in March.
Racing-Spec Harley-Davidson Road Glide Going After King of the Baggers Title 9 Apr 2021, 7:43 UTC ·
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Last year, a modified Indian Challenger managed to fend off a massive pack of Harley-Davidson Road and Street Glides and win the inaugural King of the Baggers race at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. This year, that single race expands to a full series, and Harley is determined to make a stand this time. 1 photo
The American giant announced this week it would get involved in the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers with a factory team. Pro rider Kyle Wyman will be the one sitting on the back of a specially modified, Screamin’ Eagle Milwaukee-Eight 131-engined Road Glide Special.