What county is the Covered Bridge Festival in?

 Indiana’s Largest Festival

October 13-22, 2023

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. Each community has a speciality, plan your trip here. Questions? Read our FAQ for answers.

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What county is the Covered Bridge Festival in?

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Our county has 10 Festival locations that we encourage visitors to stop by.
Each Parke County community has a speciality, learn more about them below.

What county is the Covered Bridge Festival in?

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Rockville

The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival Headquarters. Community organizations and vendors offer crafts, food, and unique items. Experience unique wood carving demonstrations, antique stores, Art Gallery, colorful restaurants and the Historic Ritz Theater.

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Bellmore

Bellmore is located on US 36 and SR 59. Pumpkins, mums, primitives and family yard sales. A little bit of everything.

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Billie Creek Village

These picturesque grounds are home to three covered bridges, several historic buildings, General Store and schoolhouse. Handmade crafts, shopping and festival food.

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Bloomingdale

Bloomingdale offers chicken and noodle dinners, ham and beans, barbecue and vegetables at the Friends Meeting house (Quaker Church). Some of the best apple butter is made and sold here.

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Bridgeton

Bridgeton has an array of handmade crafts, vendors and a food court. Its scenic historic district includes the Bridgeton Mill and Covered Bridge, Collom’s General Store, the 1878 House, Case Log Cabin, and Bridgeton School.

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Mansfield

Mansfield Village is bustling daily with hundreds of vendors offering an array of goods and festival food. Home to the Historic Mansfield Roller Mill.

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Mecca

Mecca Schoolhouse/Mecca Covered Bridge. Handmade, homemade, local crafts nestled alongside the Covered Bridge and a one-room schoolhouse.

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Montezuma

Downtown. Wabash and Erie Canal tours. Famous roast hog. Crullers, iron pot ham and beans. Antiques, homemade crafts and demonstrations.

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Rosedale

The Rosedale Civic Center is the activity hub with a wide variety of items, including local crafts and a quilt sale. A large Country Market of Homemade items, Ice Cream, Quilters, Homemade Bread and cookies, and Chicken Noodles.

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Tangier

Tangier serves “world famous” buried beef and is home to the Sandlady’s Gourd Farm. Three covered bridges nearby.

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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.

What county is the Covered Bridge Festival in?

What county has the most covered bridges?

The covered bridges of Parke County are well-known tourist attractions in Parke County, Indiana, United States, which touts itself as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World". The county claims to have more covered bridges than any other county in the United States.

Where is the Covered Bridge Festival held in Indiana?

Headquartered on the courthouse lawn in Rockville, Indiana, since 1957, you will find food, crafters, vendors and more open daily from 9 am to 6pm. Tickets are NOT required, please be aware of scammers "selling" tickets and DO NOT send them money.

When's the Covered Bridge Festival in Indiana?

October 13-22, 2023 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.

How many covered bridge festivals are there in Indiana?

The festival runs Oct. 14-23. There are 10 festival locations throughout the county.