Expect increased traffic this concert season

Concert season at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center starts this weekend with a large concert featuring Jason Aldean scheduled for Saturday, May 19. More than 20,000 fans attend some of the more popular concerts creating a rapid, short-lived influx of traffic. Motorists traveling in the area of the concert venue should expect increased traffic, generally beginning about two hours before concert time. Evening concerts usually end between 10:30 and 11 p.m., creating another brief period of traffic congestion. Access to Hamilton Town Center and other businesses and restaurants as well as traffic at Exit 210 (Campus Parkway) of Interstate 69 may be affected by concert traffic.

Law enforcement officers are stationed around the music center on concert days to facilitate traffic flow through the area. Please plan to leave early, especially during larger concerts, and practice patience and courtesy during potential traffic congestion. Traffic from the north is encouraged to use State Road 38 and Olio Road or Boden Road.

In addition to deputies and officers assisting with traffic around Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, the Hamilton County Traffic Safety Partnership regularly patrols the area to promote traffic safety, especially compliance with Indiana’s seatbelt and impaired driving laws. Please remember to buckle up and if drinking alcohol, do so responsibly. The Traffic Safety Partnership is composed of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Carmel Police, Cicero Police, Fishers Police, Noblesville Police and Westfield Police along with assistance from the Indiana State Police and the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office.

2018 Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center Schedule

Sat, May 19, 7:30 p.m.: Jason Aldean, Luke Combs and Lauren Alaina

Thu, May 24, 8 p.m.: Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band

Thu, May 31, 7:30 p.m.: Kenny Chesney and Old Dominion

Wed, June 6, 7 p.m.: Dead and Company

Thu, June 7, 7 p.m.: Poison and Cheap Trick

Fri, June 8, 7:30 p.m.: The Killers

Wed, June 13, 7 p.m.: John Fogerty and ZZ Top

Thu, June 14, 7:30 p.m.: Jack Johnson

Fri, June 15, 7:30 p.m.: Steve Miller Band and Peter Frampton

Sat, June 16, 7:30 p.m.: Keith Urban and Kelsea Ballerini

Fri, June 22, 7 p.m.: Imagine Dragons

Sat, June 23, 6 p.m.: Outlaw Music Festival: Willie Nelson, Sturgill Simpson, The Head and The Heart, Old Crow Medicine Show and JD McPherson

Sun, June 24, 7:30 p.m.: Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers

Sun, July 1, 7 p.m.: Logic, NF and Kyle

Tue, July 3, 7 p.m.: Journey and Def Leppard

Fri, July 6, 8 p.m.: Dave Matthews Band

Sat, July 7, 8 p.m.: Dave Matthews Band

Sun, July 8, 7:30 p.m.: Weezer, Pixies and The Wombats

Wed, July 11, 7 p.m.: Styx, Joan Jett, The Blackhearts and Tesla

Thu, July 12, 7 p.m.: Lindsey Stirling and Evanescence

Fri, July 13, 7 p.m.: Foreigner and Whitesnake

Sat, July 14, 7 p.m.: Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town

Wed, July 18, 7 p.m.: Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson

Thu, July 19, 7 p.m.: Kesha and Macklemore

Fri, July 20, 6:30 p.m.: The Cult, Stone Temple Pilots and Bush

Sat, July 21, 7 p.m.: Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne and LANCO

Tue, July 24, 11 a.m.: Vans Warped Tour

Thu, July 26, 8 p.m.: Foo Fighters

Fri, July 27, 6:30 p.m.: Chris Brown

Sat, July 28, 7 p.m.: Shinedown and Godsmack

Fri, Aug. 3, 7 p.m.: Zac Brown Band

Sat, Aug. 4, 7 p.m.: Lynyrd Skynyrd, .38 Special and Marshall Tucker Band

Sun, Aug. 5, 7:30 p.m.: Charlie Puth and Hailee Steinfeld

Thu, Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m.: Rascal Flatts, Dan and Shay and Carly Pearce

Fri, Aug. 10, 7 p.m.: Jeff Beck, Paul Rodgers and Ann Wilson

Sat, Aug. 11, 7:30 p.m.: Chicago and REO Speedwagon

Sun, Aug. 12, 5:30 p.m.: End of the World Tour: Avenged Sevenfold, Prophets of Rage and Three Days Grace

Fri, Aug. 17, 6:30 p.m.: G-Eazy, Ty Dolla Sign and Lil Uzi Vert

Sat, Aug. 18, 7:30 p.m.: Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper

Thu, Aug. 23, 7 p.m.: Gov’t Mule and The Avett Brothers

Fri, Aug. 24, 7 p.m.: Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi and Morgan Wallen

Sun, Aug. 26, 2018: 7 p.m.: Niall Horan and Maren Morris

Fri, Aug. 31, 7 p.m.: Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, Nothing More and Bad Wolves

Thu, Sept. 6, 6:30 p.m.: Counting Crows and Live – Band

Sat, Sept. 8, 8 p.m.: Pentatonix

Fri, Sept. 14, 7 p.m.: Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker and Russell Dickerson

Fri, Sept. 21, 6:30 p.m.: Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert and Wheeler Walker Jr.

Sun, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m.: Ozzy Osbourne and Stone Sour

Fri, Oct. 5, 7 p.m.: Chris Stapleton, Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb