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Tag: Festivals

These Two Festivals Are a Must for Summer Fun

By Visit Indiana on Jul. 06, 2017

August is festival time along the Ohio River in Madison and Vevay. These two river towns play host to amazing festivals in August, which feature great food, music and summer fun. Start with Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues, August 18 & 19, 2017 in Madison. Then take a week to recover (or stay for the…

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10 Reasons You Must Experience Mayberry in the Midwest

By Josh Duke on Apr. 17, 2017

Ever wished you could step inside your television and become a resident of the fictional town of Mayberry portrayed on the 1960s hit, The Andy Griffith Show ? The Mayberry in the Midwest Festival will be May 20-21, 2017, in Danville, Ind. That dream is actually more possible than you might think…

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Stomp Your Feet at the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Music Festival

By Visit Indiana on Jun. 07, 2016

Warm weather brings so many opportunities to enjoy being with other people in an outdoor setting. One of my favorite type of events is an outdoor concert. When possible, I try to attend concerts with a lawn setting and the musical performers are on a stage only a few feet away. The Bill Monroe…

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James Dean's Hoosier Hometown

By Visit Indiana on May 26, 2016

You’ve heard of James Dean, the iconic film star of the 1950s who headlined such movies as ‘Giant’, ‘East of Eden’, and ‘Rebel Without a Cause’. Did you know he was born right here in Indiana in the city of Marion in 1931? Few people know much about his earliest years, some of which was marked by…

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Mayberry in the Midwest Festival-- Go-o-o-lly!

By Visit Indiana on May 12, 2016

If there is one event guaranteed to grant smiles among those in attendance, it surely must be the Mayberry in the Midwest Festival held in Danville in Hendricks County on May 20-22. I’m smiling just thinking of the popular 1960s Andy Griffith Show . I have watched every episode of this special show…

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Celebrate Fiber Arts Festival at Salomon Farm

By Visit Indiana on May 05, 2016

I love to see kids experience live farm animals face-to-face like sheep, alpacas, goats, rabbits. Dozens of these furry creatures will be hand at the petting zoo at the annual Salomon Farm Fiber Arts Festival in Fort Wayne on Friday and Saturday, May 13-14. Fort Wayne is in the northeastern part…

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Garden Gate Festival Features Jazz, Art, Wine

By Visit Indiana on Apr. 13, 2016

Finally the weather has cleared and I’m geared to get outside and enjoy life! The Garden Gate Festival in Huntingburg in southwestern Indiana is the perfect opportunity to do that. It takes place on Saturday, April 16. With everything from cool music to food vendors and fantastic art work, it has…

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Sassafras Tea Festival / Civil War Re-Enactment in Jennings County

By Visit Indiana on Apr. 05, 2016

When I read about the Sassafras Tea Festival and Civil War Living History in Jennings County on April 23-24, I had to research. I had never eaten or even seen the plant of sassafras and had no idea it was grown in the Hoosier state. It seems sassafras was imported by early settlers from Europe. It…

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Jay County Fiber Fest Offers Furry How-to's

By Visit Indiana on Mar. 10, 2016

Having been raised on a farm, I am acquainted with cows and horses, but not sheep. We never had one ‘baa’ in our barnyard. Maybe that’s why I find sheep fascinating. References in the Bible about them are not complimentary (‘all we like sheep have gone astray’), but I love to see them with long…

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Have Sweet, Sticky Fun at National Maple Syrup Festival

By Visit Indiana on Feb. 26, 2016

Photo by Shirley Lance, courtesy of Brown County Photography Club My kids never knew this, but our vacations were designed to have an educational element. That was never truer than at the National Maple Syrup Festival in Medora. It was great fun as we watched sap being drawn from maple trees and…

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