Circus City Festival
Peru, the self-styled Circus Capital of the World, stages the only annually running circus heritage parade in the United States, with 200 local young performers aged 7 to 21 presenting ten full amateur circus shows across a nine-day downtown festival.
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"Home to Indiana's legendary seven-foot baked apple pie, this Elkhart County small-town festival draws more than 80,000 visitors each autumn for rides, shopping, live entertainment, and a signature dessert that has twice been named Indiana's top festival food."
Nappanee Apple Festival
"A three-day autumn heritage celebration in the Fountain County small town of Attica, honouring the community's history with a parade, live entertainment, craft and food vendors, and the warm small-town gathering spirit of the Wabash River valley."
Attica Heritage Days
"A beloved Lawrence County harvest custom devoted entirely to the wild persimmon, with a pudding contest, carnival rides, live entertainment, and the distinctive one-crop small-town festival spirit that has made Mitchell's week-long celebration a southern Indiana autumn institution."
Persimmon Festival
"A nine-day Elkhart County agricultural spectacle featuring midway rides, a rodeo, 4-H livestock and craft exhibits, and nightly concerts that make it one of the largest and most beloved county fairs in northern Indiana."
Elkhart County 4-H Fair
"Held in Oldenburg, a Franciscan village of 700 people whose streets are lined with German Catholic spires, this weekend festival celebrates the town's Bavarian founding heritage with German food, beer, music, and community pride in the village called the Village of Spires."
Oldenburg Freudenfest
"A classic two-day village fair in the Kosciusko County community of Pierceton (population under 600), with a parade, local vendors, live music, and the tight-knit community celebration that keeps small-town Indiana traditions alive."
Pierceton Days Festival
"Billed as the world's oldest and largest old-time music and bluegrass competition, the Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention has gathered mountain musicians at Felts Park since 1935, drawing competitors and campers from across the country."
Old Fiddlers' Convention
"Known as the Teepee Capital of the World, the Crow Fair is one of the largest Native American gatherings in North America, held on the Crow Reservation with powwow dancing, a rodeo, parades, and an encampment of thousands of teepees."
Crow Fair
"An all-day street fair and live music festival filling Main Street in the charming small town of Bristol, Addison County, with local acts, vendors, and community celebration in the shadow of the Green Mountains."
Pocock Rocks Music Festival and Street Fair
"In the tiny Czech hamlet of Praha, founded by Moravian and Bohemian immigrants in the 1850s, Mass is celebrated in a historic Czech-style church on August 15 each year, followed by traditional Czech food and Texas Czech bands playing for outdoor dancing."
Praha Assumption Festival
"An intimate two-day celebration of traditional fiddle and folk music set in the tiny Genesee Valley hamlet of Mumford, drawing acoustic musicians and dancers from across upstate New York."
Fiddle and Folk Festival
"The inaugural successor to the legendary Norsk Hostfest, this new two-day Nordic heritage festival at the Minot Municipal Auditorium carries forward decades of Scandinavian community tradition with two stages of entertainment, food, artisan crafts and educational programming."
Fjord Folk Fest