Festivals

[Marvin the Martian]

Every Indiana community has a festival, what are festivals we need to go to?

I have been to the Covered Bridge festival, liked it but not enough to go back. The Blueberry Festival in Portage which I really liked and was amazed how crowded it was, the Lotus here in Bloomington that we attend every year, and Rendezvous in Vincennes that I like most. We have been 3 times but other times we would have gone but the weather was bad. Since Sunday is race day, we are only able to go on Saturday.

What festivals do we need to go to?

 

[mcmurtry66]

Every Indiana community has a festival, what are festivals we need to go to?

I have been to the Covered Bridge festival, liked it but not enough to go back. The Blueberry Festival in Portage which I really liked and was amazed how crowded it was, the Lotus here in Bloomington that we attend every year, and Rendezvous in Vincennes that I like most. We have been 3 times but other times we would have gone but the weather was bad. Since Sunday is race day, we are only able to go on Saturday.

What festivals do we need to go to?

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[mrhighlife]

Every Indiana community has a festival, what are festivals we need to go to?

I have been to the Covered Bridge festival, liked it but not enough to go back. The Blueberry Festival in Portage which I really liked and was amazed how crowded it was, the Lotus here in Bloomington that we attend every year, and Rendezvous in Vincennes that I like most. We have been 3 times but other times we would have gone but the weather was bad. Since Sunday is race day, we are only able to go on Saturday.

What festivals do we need to go to?

Blueberry fest is in Plymouth.

Popcorn Fest in Valpo is ok. Pierogi Fest in Whiting is maybe the best if you like food and beer.

 

[MyTeamIsOnTheFloor]

Mitchell has The Persimmon Festival

 

[mcmurtry66]

Mitchell has The Persimmon Festival

All the fun festivals that my minion would love are on the opposite side of the state in kc. Livestock shit. State fair. Sucks

 

[UncleMark]

Every Indiana community has a festival, what are festivals we need to go to?

Is the Vevay Wine Festival still a thing? Back in my youth that was a pretty crazy event.

 

[StollCpaGoat]

Every Indiana community has a festival, what are festivals we need to go to?

I have been to the Covered Bridge festival, liked it but not enough to go back. The Blueberry Festival in Portage which I really liked and was amazed how crowded it was, the Lotus here in Bloomington that we attend every year, and Rendezvous in Vincennes that I like most. We have been 3 times but other times we would have gone but the weather was bad. Since Sunday is race day, we are only able to go on Saturday.

What festivals do we need to go to?

The West Side Nut Club in Evansville puts on a great Octoberfest every year.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

If you like pickles...

Pickle Festival | Town of St. Joe, Indiana

Famous Pickle Festival July 14th - 15th & 16th. Feature events, food, bands, event schedule

www.stjoeindiana.org

It's about all St. Joe has in there small town.

 

[Lucy01]

If you like pickles...

Pickle Festival | Town of St. Joe, Indiana

Famous Pickle Festival July 14th - 15th & 16th. Feature events, food, bands, event schedule

www.stjoeindiana.org

It's about all St. Joe has in there small town.

That’s Mayor Pete’s kind of festival.

 

[StollCpaGoat]

That’s Mayor Pete’s kind of festival.

Ole Mayor Pete grew him a Duck Dynasty Beard. 🧔‍♀️ I couldn’t remember if he was the man or women so I picked the woman emoji. 😂

 

[Joe_Hoopsier]

Ole Mayor Pete grew him a Duck Dynasty Beard. 🧔‍♀️ I couldn’t remember if he was the man or women so I picked the woman emoji. 😂

Does he not trim it like a Brazilian?

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

Does he not trim it like a Brazilian?

You asked the right poster.

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

If you like pickles...

Pickle Festival | Town of St. Joe, Indiana

Famous Pickle Festival July 14th - 15th & 16th. Feature events, food, bands, event schedule

www.stjoeindiana.org

It's about all St. Joe has in there small town.

How in the hell do you have a Pickle Festival, and not have a Pickleball Tournament???
#missedopportunity

 

[Standard Issue]

If you like pickles...

Pickle Festival | Town of St. Joe, Indiana

Famous Pickle Festival July 14th - 15th & 16th. Feature events, food, bands, event schedule

www.stjoeindiana.org

It's about all St. Joe has in there small town.

I grew up about 4-5 miles from St. Joe and graduated with one of the Sechler kids. A lot of guys I knew worked moving pickles from brine tank to brine tank. The festival started after I'd moved to Chicago.

 

[All4You]

Canal Days Festival in Cambridge City is pretty good in September and we get out there every year. Decent food for me and antiques for the wife. Fayette County Apple Dumpling Days Festival is also in September and while we don't make a point of annual attendance it's decent as well. Both are on the smaller side, but are worth checking out.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

How in the hell do you have a Pickle Festival, and not have a Pickleball Tournament???
#missedopportunity

It's a town of about 500. I doubt they have a court in which pickleball could be played.

 

[VanPastorMan]

Blueberry fest is in Plymouth.

Popcorn Fest in Valpo is ok. Pierogi Fest in Whiting is maybe the best if you like food and beer.

My youngest son went to the blueberry festival with his buddy one year and brought back blueberry donuts. Those things were awesome.

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

It's a town of about 500. I doubt they have a court in which pickleball could be played.

Hey, they have enough people for a talent show. Just saying.

If they had a pickleball tournament (there are portable nets available) the population would swell to over 550.

(Also, what's up with the ban on pets on "festival grounds"?)

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

Every Indiana community has a festival, what are festivals we need to go to?

I have been to the Covered Bridge festival, liked it but not enough to go back. The Blueberry Festival in Portage which I really liked and was amazed how crowded it was, the Lotus here in Bloomington that we attend every year, and Rendezvous in Vincennes that I like most. We have been 3 times but other times we would have gone but the weather was bad. Since Sunday is race day, we are only able to go on Saturday.

What festivals do we need to go to?

Indianapolis Holy Rosary Italian Street Festival.

 

[mcmurtry66]

When I was a kid I had a tournament in Illinois. Right next to an apple butter festival. It’s possible that it was the prairie state games. I cant remember. There’s only one thing on earth my mom loves more than an apple butter festival. And that’s Native Americans.

This was the Super Bowl. Native Americans in full dress doing a rain dance in the middle of an apple butter festival right next to my game.

Well it worked. The skies opened and dumped the hardest rain I’ve ever felt in my life. Everyone at the festival and tournament scrambled under this massive pavilion. Dry as a bone.

My dad put his hand on my shoulder and pointed and said look over there. Instead of running under the pavilion all the Indians ran for the skinniest looking tree I’ve ever seen. They were huddled together under it just getting soaked. Poured on.

To this day I can see it perfectly in my mind’s eye and hear my dad mumble: ain’t that somethin. There’s a lesson there 🤣

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

When I was a kid I had a tournament in Illinois. Right next to an apple butter festival. It’s possible that it was the prairie state games. I cant remember. There’s only one thing on earth my mom loves more than an apple butter festival. And that’s Native Americans.

This was the Super Bowl. Native Americans in full dress doing a rain dance in the middle of an apple butter festival right next to my game.

Well it worked. The skies opened and dumped the hardest rain I’ve ever felt in my life. Everyone at the festival and tournament scrambled under this massive pavilion. Dry as a bone.

My dad put his hand on my shoulder and pointed and said look over there. Instead of running under the pavilion all the Indians ran for the skinniest looking tree I’ve ever seen. They were huddled together under it just getting soaked. Poured on.

To this day I can see it perfectly in my mind’s eye and hear my dad mumble: ain’t that somethin. There’s a lesson there 🤣

Yeah…don’t let palefaces play their ghey English sport near our festival.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Yeah…don’t let palefaces play their ghey English sport near our festival.

At that same time this was a ride at our six flags

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

At that same time this was a ride at our six flags

I rode on that several times as a kid.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I rode on that several times as a kid.

In stl???? It was the best

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

In stl???? It was the best

Of course. MoMo Monster, the Screamin' Eagle, etc.

 

[mrhighlife]

My youngest son went to the blueberry festival with his buddy one year and brought back blueberry donuts. Those things were awesome.

Those donuts are literally the only reason I go. The kids like the fair rides, the wife likes all the garbage people are selling and calling "crafts", and I like the blueberry donuts. I'd say it's a win for everyone, but the donuts only cost like $12 for a bucket of them. Yet I still somehow spend several hundreds of dollars. 😂

 

[mcmurtry66]

Of course. MoMo Monster, the Screamin' Eagle, etc.

That’s Missouri’s Bigfoot. Amazing. Good memory! Six flags was amazing then. Clean. Fantastic. I took my minion last year. Rode the log flume over and over. Looked like it was twenty years behind on scheduled maintenance. Place was awful. He didn’t know any better.

Hoos will come along and throw a fit and yell at me but I know, I KNOW, our gen had it better. Six flags was magic

*I’ve never been on the screaming eagle. Deathly afraid of heights

 

[mcmurtry66]

At that same time this was a ride at our six flags

@Bulk VanderHuge look how this dad is dressed. Falling down Oxford. Slacks and loafers. Crazy.

 

[hookyIU1990]

@Bulk VanderHuge look how this dad is dressed. Falling down Oxford. Slacks and loafers. Crazy.

If you're going to take the family to see Injun Joe's cup, you're not going dressed like a slob.

 

[Joe_Hoopsier]

It's a town of about 500. I doubt they have a court in which pickleball could be played.

We played on dirt, back in my pickleball days, before everyone turned pussy.

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

@Bulk VanderHuge look how this dad is dressed. Falling down Oxford. Slacks and loafers. Crazy.

That little blue shirt kid is you, right?

 

[StollCpaGoat]

We played on dirt, back in my pickleball days, before everyone turned pussy.

My brother and I made a tennis court in our front yard and pretended we were playing Wimbledon. 😂

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

We played on dirt, back in my pickleball days, before everyone turned pussy.

 

[HurryingHoosiers]

where's the festivus for the restivus?

 

[BradStevens]

Every Indiana community has a festival, what are festivals we need to go to?

I have been to the Covered Bridge festival, liked it but not enough to go back. The Blueberry Festival in Portage which I really liked and was amazed how crowded it was, the Lotus here in Bloomington that we attend every year, and Rendezvous in Vincennes that I like most. We have been 3 times but other times we would have gone but the weather was bad. Since Sunday is race day, we are only able to go on Saturday.

What festivals do we need to go to?

I believe Kokomo has a festival every night at the legendary Hip Hugger.

 

[All4You]

I believe Kokomo has a festival every night at the legendary Hip Hugger.

My wife and her aunt both took tap dance as a kid from a family friend in the 70's who had a studio on East 10th Street in Indy. When my daughter was old enough, she also took tap from the same studio and instructor. The irony of it was the location, literally a couple doors down from The Dungeon Lounge...one of the seediest titty bars in Indy heh. Needless to say, none of them thought my jokes about graduating from tap to pole, work/study or internship programs were funny.