Here, we archive and bask in the nostalgia of Granfalloons past. Granfalloon started in 2018 and has grown significantly since then, adding events, partners, and attendees every year. Like most public events, we took a brief hiatus in 2020 and 2021, before making our comeback in 2022. We have been going strong ever since and plan on making more Granfalloonery in the years to come!
Our Granfalloon Memory Book
Granfalloon 2023
- The Flaming Lips
- Son Lux
- Langhorne Slim
- MICHELLE
- KAINA
- Mark Bingham
- Daniel Villarreal
- 81355
- Salo Pallini
- Pat Kearns Duo
- Girls Rock Bloomington
- Jordan Munson
- David T. James
- DJ Angst
- Billy Pilgrim and the Earthlings
- Ted Chiang keynote reading + discussion at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater
- Christina Jarvis talk + discussion at the Gayle Karch Cook Center
- IU Writers' Conference at the Gayle Karch Cook Center
- This year's conference included a class on Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano
- Books on Tap discussion on Exhalation: Stories hosted by Monroe County Public Library
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club discussion on Stories of Your Life and Others hosted by Morgenstern's Books
- Books, Booze & Brains discussions on Player Piano hosted in partnership with Indiana Humanities in Bloomington and Indianapolis
- Player Piano - Kurt Vonnegut (1952)
- Exhalation: Stories - Ted Chiang (2008)
- Lucky Mud & Other Foma: A Field Guide to Kurt Vonnegut's Environmentalism and Planetary Citizenship - Christina Jarvis (2022)
- Gramophone, Film, Typewriter - Friedrich Kittler (1986)
- In the Swarm: Digital Prospects - Byung-Chul Han (2013)
- Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation - David Noble (1984)
- The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media - John Durham Peters (2015)
- Sage: Poems - Marilyn Chin (2023)
- Voices of the Fish: A Lyric Essay - Lars Horn (2022)
- The Women Could Fly - Megan Giddings (2022)
- Children of the New World - Alexander Weinstein (2016)
- Inheritance - Taylor Johnson (2020)
- dying in the scarecrow's arms - Mitchell L.H. Douglas (2018)
- After Yang @ Backspace Gallery w/Cicada Cinema and IU Writers' Conference
- Included a talk with Alexander Weinstein, author of the story that inspired the film
- Arrival @ IU Cinema
- Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes @ The Bishop Bar w/Cicada Cinema
- Everything Everywhere All at Once @ IU Cinema
- Included a talk with Ryan Lott of Son Lux
- The Iron Giant @ IU Cinema
- Metropolis (2001) @ Hopscotch Coffee Roastery w/Cicada Cinema
- On The Line: A College Football Story theatrical performance at the Ted Jones Playhouse
- Page to Stage: A Reading of Vonnegut's Screenplay Player Piano produced by Constellation and hosted at the Waldron Arts Center
- "The DIY Project & The Lost Hoagy Carmichael" hosted by WFHB and IU Platform at the Monroe County Public Library
- Creativity in the Age of AI exhibit at the Gayle Karch Cook Center
- The Making of Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano exhibit hosted in partnership with the Lilly Library and the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library at the Gayle Karch Cook Center
- Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit at the Gayle Karch Cook Center
- Bloomington Handmade Market on Kirkwood Ave
- Public discussion with Son Lux at the FAR Center
- The Bunny Hoover Review at the Back Door
- The Secret Circus Society Walking Tour at various location around downtown Bloomington
- The Bloomington Fantastic cirque performance on Kirkwood Avenue
- WonderLab After Hours: Player Piano
- Fix-It Fair at Monroe County Public Library
- Main Stage Afterparty with DJ Angst at The Back Door
Granfalloon 2022
- Japanese Breakfast
- Car Seat Headrest
- Tune-Yards
- Slow Pulp
- NNAMDÏ
- Divino Niño
- Lung
- Busman's Holiday
- Oreo Jones
- Full Sun
- Nate Porter
- Michelle Zauner keynote reading + discussion at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater
- Ashley C. Ford keynote reading + discussion at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater
- Michael Martone reading + discussion at the Orbit Room
- IU Writers' Conference at the Gayle Karch Cook Center
- Indiana Author Awards reading + discussion at the Monroe County Public Library featuring:
- Lindsey Alexander
- Maurice Broaddus
- Eugene Gloria
- Kevin McKelvey
- Books Plus discussion on Crying in H Mart hosted by Monroe County Public Library
- Books, Booze & Brains discussions on Galápagos hosted in partnership with Indiana Humanities in Bloomington and Indianapolis
- Head-to-Head Haiku Battle hosted by Antiquated Arts Society on Kirkwood Avenue
- Galápagos - Kurt Vonnegut (1985)
- Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner (2021)
- Somebody's Daughter - Ashley C. Ford (2021)
- The Blue Guide to Indiana - Michael Martone (2021)
- Rodeo in Reverse - Lindsey Alexander (2018)
- Pimp My Airship - Maurice Broaddus (2019)
- Sightseer in This Killing City - Eugene Gloria (2019)
- Dream Wilderness Poems - Kevin McKelvey (2018)
- I Know You Know Who I Am - Peter Kispert (2020)
- Girlhood - Melissa Febos (2021)
- Cannibal - Safiya Sinclair (2016)
- Inter State: Essays from California - José Vadi (2021)
- A House Is a Body - Shruti Swamy (2020)
- The Octopus Game - Nicky Beer (2015)
- More Perfect Places / IN. Character theatrical performance at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater
- Vonnegut @ 100: A Century of Stories exhibit hosted in partnership with the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library at the Gayle Karch Cook Center
- Bloomington Handmade Market on Kirkwood Avenue
- "Granfallooning the Environment: Public Discussions about Ecology, Sustainability, End Times, and How to Avoid Them" talks at the Monroe County Public Library
- "Rippling Effects of Incarceration on Families" panel featuring Ashley C. Ford hosted by IU Political and Civic Engagement at the Monroe County Public Library
- Kurt Vonnegut's Nature Tour of the Century at Kirkwood Avenue and Dunn's Woods
- WonderLab After Hours: The Science of Catastrophe
- World of Tomorrow screenings hosted by Cicada Cinema at the Gayle Karch Cook Center and Hopscotch Coffee Roastery
- Forest Fair in Dunn's Woods
- Fix-It Fair at Monroe County Public Library
- Main Stage Afterparty with DJ MADDOG at The Bishop Bar
Granfalloon 2019
- Neko Case
- Parquet Courts
- Durand Jones & The Indications
- Khruangbin
- Sudan Archives
- Chrome Sparks
- Barrie
- Austin White
- Huckleberry Funk
- DJ Action Jackson
- Vocês Novae
- Dave Eggers (keynote)
- Deborah E. Kennedy (author spotlight)
- Suzanne McConnell (author spotlight)
- Isabel Planton
- Jeremy Justus
- Marc Leeds
- Rai Peterson
- Jim Shimkus
- Roy Scranton
- Jonathan Alfonso
- Adam Barrows
- Lauren Pacheco
- Phyllis Boyd
- Wes Janz
- Sean Starowitz
- Lindsey Badger
- Michelle Brekke
- Frank Brown
- Max Smith
- Stacey Stultz
- Lisa-Marie Napoli
- Josh Simpson
- Amelia Atkinson
- Fran McDonald
- Aaron Jaffe
- Marjorie Washington
- Vonnegut: Requiem performed by Voces Novae at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington
- This performance featured secular humanist lyrics written by Kurt Vonnegut in response to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem.
- Vonnegut On Stage: War, Technology, and Unintended Consequences theatrical performance hosted by Cardinal Stage Company at Ivy Tech Waldron Arts Center
- This production featured theatrical adaptations of stories from Kurt Vonnegut’s iconic short story collection Welcome to the Monkey House.
- Bonnets (How Ladies of Good Breeding are Induced to Murder) by Jen Silverman performed by IU Theatre students at Night and Day
- WonderLab After Dark: The Science of Kurt Vonnegut
Granfalloon 2018
- Father John Misty
- Noname
- Waxahatchee
- Oh Sees
- Damien Jurado
- Kevin Krauter
- Baths
- Sen Morimoto
- Shabazz Palaces
- Amy O
- Rodeola
- Voces Novae
- White Moms
- Robert Tally (keynote)
- Ginger Strand (keynote)
- Dan Wakefield (keynote)
- Jonathan Elmer
- Rebekah Sheldon
- Caleb Weintraub
- Isabel Planton
- Michael Wilkerson
- Eric Waldkoetter
- Jennifer Coggins
- Tassie Gniady
- Josh Simpson
- Kathryn Ingegneri
- John Philip Baker
- Frances McDonald
- Daniel Lukes
- Aaron Jaffe
- Chris Lafave
- The Making of Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time screening and discussion with filmmaker Robert Weide at IU Cinema
- God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater musical production by Cardinal Stage Company at Ivy Tech Waldron Arts Center