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2017 INDIANA - JUNE 2017
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
(see also: 2016  -   2014  -  2012)

June 1-3, 2017
Mentone Egg Festival
Mentone, Indiana
The three-day event features entertainment, games, food, a parade in the downtown area, a play area for kids, and a huge car, truck, motorcycle & tractor show. All entertainment events are free. Flea markets and crafters line the main street in our downtown.

June 2-4, 2017  Rosedale Strawberry Festival - Rosedale, Indiana
A literal ton of scrumptious home-baked shortcakes plus free concerts daily. Contests, crafters, kid zone, dinners and more.

June 3, 2017  Monon Food Fest - Monon, Indiana
A wide variety of food vendors, live acts, pony and train rides, town-wide yard sales, and a huge car show.

June 3, 2017  Vintage Indiana - Indianapolis, Indiana
18th Annual Vintage Indiana Wine & Food Festival.  A festival of wine, food and fun. Celebrate with the Indiana wineries as they offer samples of more than 200 award-winning wines. Enjoy delicious food from some of the state's top culinary experts, live music, artists' booths and kids' zone.

June 3-4, 2017  Annual Strawberry Daze - Metamora, Indiana
Enjoy fresh strawberry shortcake with all the trimmings, live music, and a car show.

June 8, 2017  Annual Strawberry Festival - Indianapolis, Indiana
Taking place in front of Christ Church Cathedral on Monument Circle in Downtown Indianapolis, the popular event serves an estimated six tons of strawberries and 18,000 homemade shortcakes. Entertainment begins at 10:00 AM.  Annual on 2nd Thursday in June.

June 9-10, 2017
Sunman Firemen’s Festival 2017
Sunman, Indiana
This event is the combination of annual Sunman Fireman’s Festival and the Sunman Wine Festival. We are proud to be a part of Sunman Fire’s annual event and look forward to combining our strongest festival ideas into one fantastic festival for the greater Sunman Area. Of course, festival goers will enjoy our same individual festival draws such as great music and great meals both evenings, Sunman Idol, Wooden Bat Tournament, wine tasting and sales, Homemade Wine Contest, and beer garden to name a few.

June 9-11, 2017 - The Strawberry Festival - Crawfordsville, Indiana
You bring the lawn chair and we'll provide the fun!  Each year in June, Crawfordsville and Montgomery County residents come together to create the largest local event of the year, the Strawberry Festival.  For 3 days, the grounds of the historic Lane Place is transformed into a strawberry themed festival featuring food, fun, arts & crafts and top notch entertainment for all ages.  It’s truly a family friendly atmosphere designed to bring back those fond memories of a time when the pace of life was slower and families were able to spend time relaxing together.

June 10-11, 2017  Indiana Prepare to Survive Expo 2017
Valparaiso, Indiana
The "Prepare to Survive Expo" is an action-packed weekend that features a hands-on exploration into prepping, self-reliance, and disaster preparedness. More than 200 million people are affected by disasters each year. Protect yourself and your family by taking steps to be prepared. Prepping and homesteading are lifestyles of self-sufficiency and you will always have something else that you can learn and something else to do. Both urban and rural people can benefit from simple self-sufficient activities. Don't just learn about being prepared...experience it.

June 12-18, 2017  Indy Burger Week - Indianapolis, Indiana
Indy Burger Week is a week-long celebration of the glorious creation known as ‘the hamburger’. NUVO invited the local restaurants and chefs who craft central Indiana’s most mouthwatering burgers to join us in creating one week of pure hamburger heaven. And at $5 a burger, you’ll have plenty of cash left for a fried side and a beer (or three).  Indy Burger Week is also a fundraiser for Second Helpings. Because, while gourmet burgers are great, everyone deserves to eat.

June 15-18, 2017  20th Annual BBQ RibFest - Fort Wayne, Indiana
It's 4 days of unbelievably delicious, mouth watering barbecue--slow smoked just the way you like them by national award winning cooking teams as well as some of Ft. Wayne's favorites. The RibFest has developed into one of the finest BBQ & Blues Festivals in the nation.

June 17, 2017  Taste of Tippecanoe - Lafayette, Indiana
A one day, multi-stage festival that draws more than 50,000 people and features a smorgasbord of local restaurants, live music, and ends with a spectacular fireworks show for kids of all ages. The Taste of Tippecanoe is the major fund raising event for the Tippecanoe Arts Federation.  Attendance: 50,000.

June 24, 2017  Fermentation Celebration - North Vernon, Indiana
The 2nd Annual Fermentation Celebration, hosted by Old Vernon Liquors, is a beer and wine charity tasting event located at the beautiful Muscatatuck Park & Campgrounds in North Vernon, Indiana. This one of kind tasting will be featuring 40+ (and still counting) national and local breweries and wineries. The tasting will be from 2pm - 6pm and will include: food, live music, a charity swag raffle, games & activities. And yes, camping will be included. At the conclusion of the tasting there will be an evening concert with a beer garden - this is set to start at 7pm and last until 12am.

June 24-25, 2017  Annual Indian Market and Festival
Indianapolis, Indiana
The Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market and Festival brings Native artists from across the country to Indianapolis to sell their art. The market and festival includes performances from some of today's premiere Native American performers including storytellers, dancers and singers. Try unique foods including the crowd favorite, Indian tacos.

June 30-July 4, 2017  Annual Shoals Catfish Festival - Shoals, Indiana
There is literally something for everyone: sporting events, contests, parade, fireworks, fishing contest, cooking contest, and catfish served up piping hot in the food court.
 

2016 INDIANA - JUNE 2016
FOOD FESTIVALS, SHOWS & LOCAL FOOD EVENTS
events waiting for new dates

June 4, 2016  5th Annual Sour+Wild+Funk Fest - Carmel, Indiana
Upland Brewing Company’s 5th Annual Midwest Sour + Wild + Funk Fest. This is the only festival of its kind in the Midwest and the first in Indiana to focus on the niche of sour ales.  Held at Indianapolis’s City Market. Last year’s festival sold out as sour ale lovers were able to sample sour, wild and funky brews from 25 different breweries from across the country. The fest runs from 1-5pm, 1-2pm is VIP admission only with General Admission opening at 2pm.  Ticket sales will launch April 8th at Noon.  VIP $80.  GA $50.  Designated Driver $20.

June 12-13, 2016  Smokin' on the River BBQ, Blues & Brew Festival
Jeffersonville, Indiana
At this time due to budget cuts with the City of Jeffersonville Indiana, there will not be Smokin' On The River 2016.

June 18, 2016  Cook's Bison Ranch Annual Calf Day Celebration
Wolcottville, Indiana
Enjoy a day of family fun where the music's great, the food's delicious and the buffalo still roam. Free wagon rides to see the bison.
 

2014 INDIANA - JUNE 2014
FOOD FESTIVALS, SHOWS & LOCAL FOOD EVENTS
events waiting for new dates

June 13-14, 2014  Smokin' on the River BBQ, Blues & Brew Festival
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Come and be a part of Jeffersonville's annual state BBQ competition. Watch professional BBQ teams vie for the championship trophy and share in a purse of over $8,500. See the amateurs compete in the Backyard division, visit the beer garden, and listen to music as you stroll down the river, smelling the smoke of the BBQ.

June 14, 2014  Indiana Gourd Society Spring Festival
Thorntown, Indiana
NOTE: This is changed from the original Lafayette location.  Membership Meeting with SMALL festival.
 

2012 INDIANA - JUNE 2012
FOOD FESTIVALS, SHOWS & LOCAL FOOD EVENTS
events waiting for new dates

June 2, 2012  Milk Cow Music Festival - Fair Oaks, Indiana
The schedule includes concerts, fireworks, car show, and a Kansas City BBQ Society sanctioned competition.

June 17, 2012  Real Men Cook - South Bend, Indiana
Real Men Cook promotes male involvement, education, outreach and advocacy on food resources, healthy eating, healthcare and public policies on these issues. Takes place each year on Father's Day in cities across the U.S. A national movement-get involved!.