Persimmon Festival
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.
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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 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
"A four-day living-history festival on the Pulaski County Fairgrounds beside the Tippecanoe River, where steam engines, hit-and-miss engines, and antique Oliver tractors are brought back to working life by dedicated preservationists celebrating five decades of rural Indiana's agricultural heritage."
Northern Indiana Power From the Past
"A five-day dockside celebration in the small shrimping village of Delcambre where the fleet is blessed, fresh Gulf shrimp is served every style imaginable, and Cajun and zydeco bands play into the bayou night."
Delcambre Shrimp Festival
"The 66th edition of this small-town festival celebrates the Howell cantaloupe -- a variety grown nowhere else on earth -- with arts and crafts vendors, a classic car show, train rides, and the legendary once-a-year Rotary Howell Melon Ice Cream that sells out fast."
Howell Melon Festival
"Marking its 50th anniversary in 2026, this beloved Downeast Maine festival rolls out the blue carpet for the native wild blueberry with a musical, baking and eating contests, food vendors, and public suppers in the small county-seat town of Machias."
Machias Wild Blueberry Festival
"The tiny Bedford County village of Imler gathers its community each August for an old-fashioned whole-ox roast and festival, a vanishingly rare American food custom that draws visitors from across south-central Pennsylvania."
Imler Ox Roast Festival
"Main Street Calumet's beloved celebration of the Cornish pasty -- the hand-crimped pastry that fuelled the Copper Country's immigrant miners -- brings a parade, live music, street food, and a visit from Cousin Jack to the UNESCO-listed mining village downtown."
PastyFest
"The small UP gateway village of Paradise, near Tahquamenon Falls, celebrates the wild blueberries of the eastern Upper Peninsula with a community festival that draws visitors combining berry picking, local food, and access to one of Michigan's most dramatic waterfalls."
Wild Blueberry Festival