# Event Details

- **Event Name**: MELI Presents: First Friday HOMELAND
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 02 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat, 03 Oct, 2026 at 02:00 am (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: **MELI FIRST FRIDAY: HOMELAND**

*Represent where you’re from. Celebrate where we’re going.*

Friday, October 2, 2026\
7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

MELI Showroom\
1043 Virginia Ave, Suite 207\
Indianapolis, IN 46203

**WE ALL COME FROM SOMEWHERE**

This October, MELI First Friday becomes HOMELAND, a celebration of the places, people, cultures, stories, and communities that shape who we are.

For some, home is a country. For others, it’s a city, neighborhood, family, ancestry, or community.

HOMELAND is about bringing those stories together.

Come represent where you’re from, learn something about someone else, and celebrate where we’re going together.

We all come from somewhere. We all carry culture. **We all belong here.**

**WHAT TO EXPECT AT FIRST FRIDAY AT THE MELI SHOWROOM**

From 7 to 11 PM, join us at the MELI showroom for an elevated night of culture, fashion, art, music, conversation, and community.

Expect global sounds, interactive experiences, raffle prizes and giveaways, select complimentary drinks, and a room full of people representing the places and experiences they call home.

The energy will be stylish, intimate, expressive, and unmistakably MELI.

**WHAT IS YOUR HOMELAND?**

Throughout the night, we’ll invite guests to answer one question:

**What is your homeland?**

Participants will have the opportunity to take a Polaroid portrait and share the place, culture, or community they call home.

Those portraits will come together as a growing visual map of the MELI community.

**Different origins. One room. Shared humanity.**

**REPRESENT YOUR HOMELAND**

Come representing home in whatever way feels authentic to you.

That might be through your style, colors, jewelry, fabric, family heritage, hometown, or story.

This is not a costume party.

Come expressive. Come elevated. Come as yourself.

**GLOBAL SOUNDS**

The soundtrack will move across cultures and generations.

Expect Afrobeats, Amapiano, Congolese sounds, Dancehall, Hip Hop, R&B, House, Latin sounds, diaspora records, and more.

The goal is simple:

Celebrate how different we are while recognizing how connected we already are.

**BRING YOUR STORY WITH YOU**

Bring your people.\
Bring your culture.\
Bring your personal style.\
Bring your curiosity.\
Bring whatever makes somewhere feel like home.

**We would love to have you in the room.**
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/indianapolis/meli-presents-first-friday-homeland/4600030709234014
- **Event Categories**: first-friday, entertainment, music, dance, art, parties, halloween, costume-parties
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Indianapolis
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: MELI SHOWROOM
- **lat**: 39.7525463
- **long**: -86.1407527
- **full address**: MELI SHOWROOM, 1043 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: MELI Presents: First Friday HOMELAND
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/5ea42740-b29a-11f1-9d46-73732dd8cc4e-rimg-w1024-h1280-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1789651150

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is MELI Presents: First Friday HOMELAND being held?
  - **A:** MELI Presents: First Friday HOMELAND takes place on Fri, 02 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 03 Oct, 2026 at 02:00 am at MELI SHOWROOM, 1043 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, United States.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** MELI Presents: First Friday HOMELAND is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Indianapolis, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If MELI Presents: First Friday HOMELAND sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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