North Region

Fort Wayne – The 27th annual fest features award-winning BBQ teams from across the country, live music, family activities and more.

Lafayette – For more than 40 forty years, the Taste has been downtown Lafayette’s largest annual street festival celebrating the area’s best local food, music and art.

Logansport – KCBS backyard BBQ competition, tastings, food trucks, kid activities, live music and more.

Fort Wayne – Authentic Greek cuisine including gyros, roasted lamb, moussaka, souvlaki, flaming cheese, baklava and more plus live music and traditional dancing.

Valparaiso – The second-annual festival features a lineup of impressive blues artists and BBQ from some of northwest Indiana’s top restaurants and vendors.

Leesburg – Tippy Creek Winery hosts this pairing event featuring four wine samples paired with four varieties of cake pops.

Fort Wayne – One of the festival’s largest and most anticipated attractions with local and national food vendors with fried treats, elephant ears, popcorn, BBQ and more.

Wolf Lake – Soak up the small-town festival vibes at this fest that features an onion recipe contest, onion judging, cake walk, games, car show, garden tractor pull, live music and more.

Shipshewana – Enjoy craft beer, amazing burger creations, full-service bar, live music, and more as local grill teams compete for the title of “2024 Grill Master.”

Valparaiso – Annual corn roast festival features live music, Northwest Indiana-grown sweet corn roasted on the spot, adult beverage tent, kid games and more.

Griffith – A three-day fest featuring 17 bands with national and internationally known artists and some of the best BBQ and food vendors around. Free admission.

East Chicago – Celebrate the city’s Polish heritage at the annual Kielbasa Fest featuring Polish entertainment, food vendors and beer garden, plus live music.