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June 2022
Swale Music Festival
The Swale Music Festival is an all ages event featuring live local music with over 25 performances fusing a variety of musical skills and genres. Local beer, wine and food available.
Find out more »Friday Night Live: 50s Cruise In
Go back in time with us for an evening full of music, cars, food and fun! We are THRILLED to be kicking off our summer event series with the Friday Night Live: 50s Cruise In! Join us at La Stitch (corner of Lincolnway & Monroe) on June 17. Between classic cars, live music, artisan goods, and amazing food and beer vendors, there’s something fun for the whole family. Come dressed in your best 1950s attire for a chance to win…
Find out more »Tails & Trails 5K
Anytime Fitness LP is hosting its first 5K. They love animals over at Anytime Fitness and choose to donate the proceeds to our shelter. Registration is open now for the Tails & Trails 5K. $30.00 if you register before May 1st, $40.00 after that. Online registration here.
Find out more »7th Anny Bash at Burn Em
Saturday, June 18th will be our 7th Anny Bash! Doors open at 12:30 PM All ages welcome - kids 12 & under free LIVE MUSIC by: BONEHAWK Fresh Hops Baked Shrimp Austin Stirling FOOD by: Bare Bones Gastropub Moe's Food Truck More vendors TBA Beer menu & releases TBA $20/ticket
Find out more »Father’s Day at the Washington Park Zoo
Spend a special day making memories that will last a lifetime. The Washington Park Zoo will offer free admission for all fathers and grandfathers with a paid child admission.
Find out more »August 2022
Brewers Olympics 2022
The Brewers Olympics will feature local breweries competing in beer-themed Olympic style games for charity. PRESENTED BY Burn 'Em Brewing x The Collective PARTICIPATING BREWERIES 18th Street Brewery Bare Hands Brew Burn ‘Em Brewing Misbeehavin’ Meads Seedz Brewery Shoreline Brewery Transient Artisan Ales 2Toms Brewing Watermark Brewing Company Windmill Brewing Zorn Brew Works Co.
Find out more »Summer Symphony Spectacular
The LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra (LCSO) is proud to present “Summer Symphony Spectacular” at Friendship Botanic Gardens on Sunday, August 21st from 7-9pm. LCSO Associate Conductor, Chuck Steck, will be leading the concert. Tickets are $30/person; children ages 12 and under are free. Guests are allowed and encouraged to bring their own food and beverages. There will not be an intermission. Please use our Liberty Trail entrance and park in the Liberty Trail parking lot. Tickets may also be purchased…
Find out more »September 2022
Wanatah Scarecrow Festival
The Annual Wanatah Scarecrow Festival features arts and crafts, rides for children, a pork chop dinner, fish fry and pancake breakfast, a parade, scarecrow sculpting, fun runs for children and adults, music and variety acts, a car show, community merchant drawings, bingo and more!
Find out more »Johnny V Harvest Moon Show
Local favorite Johnny V returns to Friendship Botanic Gardens for his Harvest Moon show on Friday, September 23rd at 7 p.m.! This is the final concert in our Music Under the Stars concert series - you won't want to miss it! Doors open at 6 p.m. Music begins at 7 p.m. Please use our Liberty Trail entrance and park in the Liberty Trail parking lot. Tickets are $20/person; children ages 12 and under are free. Tickets may also be purchased…
Find out more »The Market at La Stitch
Quality food and agriculture are part of everyday life in the City of LaPorte. With several local farms and orchards just minutes from our thriving downtown, The Market at La Stitch offers a wide variety of fresh, locally grown products. Join us on Saturdays from May-October for good food and good times.
Find out more »8th ANNUAL UMW ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW
On Saturday, Sept. 24, the 8th annual UMW Arts & Crafts Show will take place at the LaPorte County Fairgrounds from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CST. Over 100 artists and crafters from Indiana, Illinois and Michigan will be there showcasing their one-of-a-kind handcrafted items. All booths are inside 3 buildings. New this year will be horse-drawn wagon rides that will tour the fairgrounds, and a children's activity tent for kids 3 years and older where parents can leave their…
Find out more »Big Comedy Night
Need a few laughs to help get through summer ending... Don't miss out on one of Chicago's top up and coming comedians Joe Kilgallon as he headlines our "Big Comedy" night at the LaPorte Civic Auditorium. Joining Joe will be another breakthrough comedian from the Chicago area, Victoria Vincent, who recently was named one of Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival's top new faces for 2022. Saturday, September 24th. Doors will open at 6:30pm with show starting at 7:30pm. Tickets are…
Find out more »Mac and Cheese Fest
Mac is Back along with the Block Party! Tickets will go on sale soon.
Find out more »Smrt Community Center “Sun Cycle” Mural Unveiling
Come celebrate the “Sun Cycle” mural unveiling with Lubeznik Center for the Arts and North Central Community Action Agency on Wednesday, September 28 at 1:30 PM! Join us for refreshments and meet the artist, Felix “FLEX” Maldonado Jr., who created the mural at the 2022 Lubeznik Arts Festival in just two days. This mural at Madeline & George Smrt Community Center (301 Grant Avenue, Michigan City, IN) is part of LCA's new mural program, focusing on adding art to neighborhoods…
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