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.
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Visit Our 10 Festival Locations
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.
1/1/22 Courtney Cook 1/1/22 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. Courtney Cook 1/1/22 Courtney Cook 1/1/22
Bellmore is located on US 36 and SR 59. Pumpkins, mums, primitives and family yard sales. A little bit of everything. Courtney Cook 1/1/22 Courtney Cook 1/1/22 These picturesque grounds are home to three covered bridges, several historic buildings, General Store and schoolhouse. Handmade crafts, shopping and festival food. Courtney Cook 1/1/22 Courtney Cook 1/1/22 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.
Courtney Cook 1/1/22 Courtney Cook 1/1/22 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. Courtney Cook 1/1/22
Courtney Cook 1/1/22 Mansfield Village is bustling daily with hundreds of vendors offering an array of goods and festival food. Home to the Historic Mansfield Roller Mill. Courtney Cook 1/1/22 Courtney Cook 1/1/22 Mecca Schoolhouse/Mecca Covered Bridge. Handmade, homemade, local crafts nestled alongside the Covered
Bridge and a one-room schoolhouse. Courtney Cook
1/1/22 Courtney Cook 1/1/22 Downtown. Wabash and Erie Canal tours. Famous roast hog. Crullers, iron pot ham and beans. Antiques, homemade crafts and demonstrations. Courtney Cook 1/1/22 Courtney Cook 1/1/22
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. Courtney Cook 1/1/22 Courtney Cook
1/1/22 Tangier serves “world famous” buried beef and is home to the Sandlady’s Gourd Farm. Three covered bridges nearby. Rockville
Bellmore
Billie Creek
Village
Bloomingdale
Bridgeton
Mansfield
Mecca
Montezuma
Rosedale
Tangier
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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.