Editing Indigo Girls (section)

== Appearances in other media ==
Ray and Saliers appeared in the 1995 film ''[[Boys on the Side]]'', playing short excerpts from their songs "Joking" and "Southland in the Springtime", as well as singing "Feliz Cumpleaños" ([[Happy Birthday to You|"Happy Birthday"]] in Spanish) with the gathered group of friends during the birthday cake scene, and standing on the far side of several shots over the next few scenes. Neither had spoken lines. The duo also appear in the 2006 documentary ''[[Wordplay (film)|Wordplay]]'', where they discuss their reaction to appearing in a ''[[New York Times]]'' [[crossword puzzle]] and then begin to solve one together.

They performed onstage in the 1994 revival of ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' in [[Atlanta]], titled ''Jesus Christ Superstar: A Resurrection''. Ray starred as Jesus with Saliers as [[Mary Magdalene]].<ref name="Larkin"/> They later reprised their roles in stagings in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], at the [[South by Southwest]] (SXSW) festival, and in [[Seattle]].

Ray and Saliers made several [[cameo appearance]]s on the sitcom ''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]''; in the episode "Womyn Fest", Ellen and her friends attend a feminist music festival and catch the end of a performance by the Indigo Girls.

The girls are mentioned multiple times in [[Stephen King]]'s 1995 novel [[Rose Madder (novel)|''Rose Madder'']], and [[Curtis Sittenfeld]]'s 2023 novel ''Romantic Comedy'', as well as being name-dropped in various TV shows ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Will and Grace]]'', ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[30 Rock]]'', ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'', ''[[Squidbillies]]'', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'' and ''[[Nip/Tuck|Nip\Tuck]]''.

Their posters are seen on the British soap ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'' and the 1996 slasher film ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]''.

The duo appeared onstage alongside standup comedian [[Tig Notaro]] during Notaro's 2018 show "Happy to be Here" at The Heights in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], as a closing bit, performing one song.

In the 2023 film ''[[Barbie (2023 film)|Barbie]]'', [[Barbie]] sings along to "Closer to Fine." The song appears three times in the film, as well as in its trailer.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Mary Louise |date=July 25, 2023 |title=The Indigo Girls find themselves in a Barbie world |work=NPR News |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/07/25/1190066375/the-indigo-girls-find-themselves-in-a-barbie-world |access-date=2023-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bendix |first=Trish |date=July 24, 2023 |title=How the Indigo Girls Brought Barbie 'Closer to Fine' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/24/arts/music/barbie-indigo-girls-closer-to-fine.html |access-date=2023-07-25 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

A collection of Indigo Girls' songs is used in the [[jukebox musical]] movie ''Glitter and Doom'', which has been touring movie festivals across North America. The film has no confirmed release date.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2023/09/28/indigo-girls-jukebox-musical-glitter-doom-premieres-at-out-on-film-festival/ |title=Indigo Girls jukebox musical 'Glitter & Doom' plays at Out on Film festival |website=roughdraftatlanta.com |date=2023-09-28 |access-date=2023-10-16}}</ref>

Indigo Girls are featured in "Foreword: A Conversation with the Indigo Girls, Kathy Mattea, and Lyle Lovett" in Brian T. Atkinson's ''Love at the Five and Dime: The Songwriting Legacy of Nanci Griffith'' (Texas A&M University Press, 2024).