By SABRINA LIST Vice President of Marketing and Communication, 500 Festival The 500 Festival, a nonprofit organization committed to enriching the quality of life for Indiana residents and visitors, today announced the organization has been approved for a specialty license plate in Indiana. Available immediately through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Hoosier motorists can …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – The 500 Festival introduced today a new youth fitness initiative for the 2014 season called the 500 Festival KidsFit Program. In an effort to fight childhood obesity, the goal of the program is to encourage Indiana youth to be more active and pursue a healthy lifestyle. The program is modeled from the highly successful …read more.

The 500 Festival will kick-off the month of May and celebrate its 2013 theme, “TurboCharging Indy” with a free concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27, on Monument Circle. The 500 Festival REV Your Engines Concert will feature multi-platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw and Indiana native Jon McLaughlin. The musicians will be introduced by IZOD …read more.

The 500 Festival announced Friday the 2013 Finish Line 500 Festival 5K has sold out with 4,000 entries. This marks the 10th consecutive year that the race has reached capacity. Participants will hit the streets at 7 a.m. Saturday, May 4, prior to the start of the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, which also sold out …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – The 500 Festival announced today the 37th running of the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon sold out with 35,000 entries on March 31. The event is scheduled for May 4. Participants from 48 states and 13 countries (U.S., UK, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Turks and Caicos …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Jon McLaughlin is scheduled to open the stage for Gavin DeGraw at the 500 Festival Rev Your Engines Concert on Saturday, April 27. McLaughlin has sold more than 170,000 albums and more than 1 million digital tracks. McLaughlin released his 2007 debut album Indiana, followed by OK Now in 2008. The albums yielded placements on the TV Series Scrubs and movies …read more.

The 500 Festival announced today that The KIDZ BOP Kids, the face and voice behind KIDZ BOP, the most popular music brand for children ages 5-12 in the country, will headline the Indystar.com Entertainment Stage at the 2013 Chase 500 Festival Kids’ Day on May 11. The KIDZ BOP group consists of five talented children …read more.