The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival

Aug 31

A Festival for all things Fall

The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival™. For all things fall, visit Indiana’s largest festival, The Covered Bridge Festival. This 10 day festival always starts on the 2nd Friday in October. The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival – showcases the county’s 31 historic covered bridges and features authentic arts and crafts, fantastic food, and beautiful fall foliage.

Fantastic Food

Fall favorites such as pumpkin ice-cream, ham and beans, noodles, pumpkin rolls, crullers, persimmon cookies and much more await you at the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival. Other festival classics such as turkey legs, baked potatoes and more will be available. With 10 full days, you will have plenty of food options to choose from!

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Fall Foliage

Taking place in early October, the festival is the perfect time to see the beautiful fall foliage of the midwest. As the leaves change, visit our 31 Historic Covered Bridges.

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10 Festival Locations

Parke County has 10 Festival locations that we encourage visitors to stop by. Each festival location has it’s own specialty making it worthy of stopping by. Learn more about all 10 locations here.

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Arts & Crafts

Hand-makers and craftspeople line the streets of the festival. Take home products from woodworkers, potters, quilters, painters, and much more. Follow along in our facebook group to see about vendors and their locations.