Fire and Ice Festival | January First Fridays
Friday, January 3, 2025, 5 – 9 p.m.
The annual spectacle of fire and ice returns to Goshen with even more delights. Professional carvers transform 300 lb ice blocks into time-bound art while fire dancers light the night sky. If it gets too cold, downtown stores are ready to warm you up with delicious drinks and post holiday shopping! Children should come royally dressed to sit on the ice throne or sleigh and have their picture taken! And don’t leave without roasting a free marshmallow over the toasty outdoor fires.
See a map of event locations and sponsors!
Entertainment
The Fire and Ice Festival has something delightful for everyone; marvelous works of art, activities and entertainment for the young and young-at-heart, great food and drink options, and specials and promotions with participating downtown businesses and merchants.
- Noon – 2 p.m. | Live carvings at First State Bank, Electric Brew
- 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. | Live carving at ADEC
- 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Live carving at Cressy & Everett
- 5:00 p.m. | Wonderflow Hoop Co.
- 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. | Live carvings at The Nut Shoppe, Goshen Brewing Co., Goshen Theater, Venturi
- 6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. | Clark Lewis Juggling
- 6:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. | Pyroscope Entertainment
Food and Beverage
Participating downtown stores bring the heat during the one-day festival with food and beverage specials. Stop in an warm up with a hot meal or sweet treat before heading back out to see the ice sculptures!
- Warm up at Goshen Theater with hot cocoa and popcorn!
- The Goshen Historical Society offers hot cocoa and cookies throughout the evening.
- Warm up with Maple City Market’s award-winning CHILI! The deli will have both regular and vegan options.
- Feel the heat with Ukrainian Borsch soup at Jo Jo’s Pretzels. Proceeds will go back to Ukrainian refugees.
- Support The Window by joining them for a chili dinner!
- Take a load off at Goshen Brewing Company with a beer and Korean Army Stew!
- Try the new specials at Electric Brew, featuring chili and Spicy Apricot or Cilantro Lime wings.
Kids Activities
Kids! First Fridays invites you to come royally dressed to sit on the Ice Throne on the corner of West Washington and Main, then hop on the Ice Sleigh on the corner of West Jefferson and Main!
And you can roast a free marshmallow over the toasty outdoor fires.
- Create your own bookmark at Fables Books from 5 to 7 p.m.
- Enjoy holiday movies at Garden City Church, alongside complimentary coffee and cocoa.
Downtown Business Promotions
Check out what’s happening in Downtown Goshen during Fire and Ice!
- Meet the Author, Judith Davis, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fables Books!
- Drop by Goshen Theater for a special pop-up with Goshen Floral!
Ice Block Sponsors
- Biebs and Ash
(133 South Main) - Community Foundation of Elkhart County
(@Phoenix Performing Arts, 213 South Main) - Cressy & Everett Real Estate*
(210-A South Main) - Electric Brew*
(118 East Washington) - Elkhart County CVB*
(@SW corner of Main and Washington) - Fables Books
(215 South Main) - First State Bank*
(201 North Main) - City of Goshen* Ice Sleigh
(NW corner of Main and Jefferson)
- Goshen Health
(@The Green Bee, 111 East Washington) - Goshen Brewing Company*
(315 West Washington) - Goshen Chamber of Commerce
(232 South Main) - Goshen Theater*
(216 South Main) - Inn on South Fifth
(320 South 5th) - JoJo’s Pretzels
(136 South Main) - Kruggel Lawton
(220 South Main #150) - Maple City Market
(314 South Main) - Menno Travel
(203 South Main)
- Miller Poultry* Ice Throne
(SW corner of Main and Washington) - The Nut Shoppe*
(204 South Main) - Pumpkinvine Trail Coalition
(@I M SHE, 121 South Main) - Robert Adam Construction
(@Shirley’s Popcorn, 106 North Main) - SURF Internet*
(@ADEC, 114 East Lincoln) - Venturi*
(123 East Lincoln) - Woldruff’s Footwear
(129 South Main) - Yard Shark Lawn Care
(@Common Spirits, 111 East Lincoln) - Yoder, Ainlay, Ulmer & Buckingham
(130 North Main)
*Locations sponsoring Live Carvings
Thank you Fire and Ice Festival Sponsors!
Downtown Goshen Inc. and First Fridays are here to celebrate Goshen and the wonderful arts and community that we share. That means that if you attend an event in downtown Goshen, your image might appear in a future celebration of that event or a promotion of one of our future events. This is because our community is the most essential part of First Fridays! We pride ourselves in being an organization that celebrates everyone and will do our best to present you in the best way possible. We are incredibly proud and happy that you enjoy our events and that you are part of our fantastic community! Thank you for joining us at First Fridays and having fun in downtown Goshen.
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