Harvest Festival | October First Fridays

Event Highlights

• 5 – 8 p.m.
  Free pumpkin decorating at Fables Books sponsored by Interra Credit Union from 5 – 8 p.m. or while supplies last.
• 5 – 8 p.m.
  Petting zoo and pony rides! Savage Riding Academy is offering $5 pony rides for children of all ages. There will also be a few farm animal cuties to play with.
• 5 – 8 p.m.
  Masterbrand is treating you to s’mores throughout the evening. Stop by their booth on the 100 block of South Main to get your supplies and enjoy roasting your marshmallow over the fire! While supplies last.
• 6:30 p.m.
  Fall Fashion Show on the First Fridays stage featuring I M She, Jules Boutique, Rose Lee Boutique, Twisted Britches Boutique, and Woldruff’s Apparel.
• 7 – 8:30 p.m.
  Free live music from folk rock band McLane & Company on the First Fridays stage.
• 5 – 7:30 p.m.
  Test drive an electric car in the City Hall Parking Lot (202 South 5th) during the National Drive Electric Week Celebration, presented by Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG).
• 5 – 9 p.m.
  Outdoor Food and Drink
  • Biebs and Ash pop-up trailer
  • Rulli’s Pizza truck
  • Golden Star Kettle Corn
  • First Fridays Beer Tent

October First Fridays Promotions

Join us for our annual chili cook-off during First Fridays. Help us choose the best chili – the winner gets bragging rights for the next year. Pastor Terry thinks he has this! We’ll be serving from 5 – 7:30 p.m., or until we run out.

Join us at our tent set up downtown with family fun!

• s’mores making for all ages
• new coffee flavors from our fall menu
• free apple cinnamon donuts while supplies last

Music, food, and coffee equals a perfect night!

Meet the authors! We’re excited to have two amazing local authors signing their books during First Fridays.

Susannah Larry, an assistant professor of biblical studies at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, leads fellow survivors and those who care for them in a journey toward reclaiming the Bible amid the trauma of sexualized violence. Leaving Silence: Sexualized Violence, the Bible, and Standing with Survivors is an unflinching examination of sexualized violence in the Bible and the God who stands steadfastly with survivors. Larry addresses biblical experiences of coercion, familial betrayal, and self-blame while also illuminating God’s constant care and concern.

Fantasy romance readers, fall in love with Kira Metzger’s A Luna’s Dark Past. Artemis believed she was just a normal teenager with simple problems. But one terrifying night her whole world turned around. She went from being a normal teenage girl to something she never believed existed.

For the lovers of historical fiction, Evie Miller Yoder, a graduate of Goshen College will be signing her new trilogy Scruples on the Line: A Fictional Series Set During the American Civil War.

Found has their first-ever Midcentury Sale: 10% off a curated collection of Midcentury Modern furniture, lamps, art, and artifacts

Stop by and check out all the Fall new arrivals! Make sure to enter our drawing for a Fall Giveaway.

Billy Gillman with special guest Euphrase.

ALL AGES | Doors 7 p.m. | Show 7:30 p.m. | Meet and Greet 6:30 / $30 RES Seats, $40 Front Row & Loft, $20 GEN (standing), $40; Add on Meet and Greet – Tickets here or at the door.

Stop by and create a fall hedgehog magnet. Please note that masks will be required for ages 2 and up to participate in the craft activity. Only one adult will be allowed to accompany each child. Limited number of participants in the workshop space at one time.

LIVE DEMO! Dutch Waffle Company making their famous stroopwafels live, inside our store. Waffles will be available to purchase, and freshly-made, chocolate-dipped waffles sold, as well! (Vegan options available in chocolate-dipped stroopwafels)

Soapy Gnome has seasonal apple cider and pumpkin spice soap available. They are the perfect addition to your fall decor. You will also find a Fall Harvest Gift Box loaded with all your fall favorites.

Celebrate Fair Trade Month by winning some chocolate! Join us for First Fridays, and if you can correctly guess what a product is made of, you’ll win a chocolate! Take a quiz to enter into a drawing for a mug!

Make sure you stop in after the fashion show to snag all the greatest new pieces! Open 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. 

Thank you Harvest Festival Sponsors!