Backyard Adventures

22 Pike Publishing BACKYARD ADVENTURES 2014 Aug. 22 CRuISE-IN & CONCERT Princeton, Gibson County Southern Indiana Car Club Cruise-In & Con- cert, sponsored by Downtown Princeton, Inc. It's held on the Gibson County Courthouse Square, 5:30 to 9 p.m., CDT. Aug. 22-23 BIRDSEyE PICNIC Birdseye, Dubois County Held at the Birdseye Park. Aug. 22-23 BLACk CREEk FESTIVAL Sandborn, Knox County Event held in Sandborn and features food and activities. Aug. 22-24 34TH ANNuAL NEWBuRGH FIDDLER FEST Newburgh, Warrick County Catfish dinners, festival food and music high- light this festival in downtown Newburgh. Aug. 22-24 FROG FOLLIES Evansville, Vanderburgh County The largest pre-1949 street rod event in the world is the Frog Follies, hosted each year by the E'ville Iron Street Rods LTD at the Van- derburgh 4-H Center. Aug. 23 HEAD FOR THE HILLS TRIATHLON (PATOkA LAkE) Jasper, Dubois County 2nd Annual Patoka Lake Triathlon at the beach to raise money for Patoka's Education- al Raptor program. Aug. 24 CELESTINE TRACTOR PuLL Celestine, Dubois County Annual event in Celestine. Aug. 27-Sept. 1 HERITAGE LABOR DAy FESTIVAL Bicknell, Knox County Annual festival features food and events in downtown Bicknell. Aug. 29 HEARTLAND kID FuN RuN & FESTIVAL Jasper, Dubois County New this year will be a Kids Fun Run and Festival on Friday, August 29th. Festivities will include health and wellness booths along with fitness activities highlighted by a 1.1 mile Fun Run, which will complete a 12-week youth challenge. Aug. 29-30 DuBOIS SEPTEMBERFEST Dubois, Dubois County Community Festival held at Dubois Commu- nity Park. Aug. 29-Sept. 1 PIONEER CITy RODEO Palestine, Ill. Annual event features rode and food. Aug. 30 NEW BEGINNINGS CELEBRATION Lyles Station, Gibson County Event features children's activities, music, entertainment, a variety of vendors with BBQ dinners being served. Held at the Lyles Station Historic School & Museum, located about four miles west of Princeton off Indiana 64. Aug. 30 HILLTOPPERS FESTIVAL Bruceville, Knox County The Good Neighbors Club of Bruceville will be holding the 2nd Annual "Hilltoppers Fes- tival." GOLDEN HERITAGE DAYS WINSLOW COMMUNITY FEST SEPT. 19-21 SEPT. 20 Gibson County's rich heritage is on display each fall during the annual "Golden Heritage Days" celebration in downtown Princeton. The three-day arts, crafts and antiques festival runs from Friday, Sep- tember 19, through Sunday, September 21. The festival is located around the Gibson County Courthouse and is spon- sored by the Gibson County Chamber of Commerce. Festival highlights include: kids' activities, entertainment, a motorcycle show, a Little Miss Contest and a re- turning festival favorite, 'Family Feud.' Other highlights are carnival rides, a library book sale, inflatables and a puppet show. In addition, the festival offers a wide range of live music perfor- mances. Heritage Days also features local organizations selling lots of tasty treats. Admission is free. The full schedule of events will be available later this summer online at: www.gibsoncountychamber.org. The Winslow Community Fest packs people into town with a day of fun that is highlighted by their unique night time parade. It is scheduled for Satur- day, September 20. The festival takes part in downtown and at the Riverside Park, where it begins with breakfast by the Winslow Lions Club. New to this year's festival is the com- munity art show. Area artists are being invited to display their artwork in the park. Other activities in the park will include a cornhole tourney and a log splitting contest. The Lions Club will also serve lunch and supper in the park. In the downtown area, there will be a flea market, inflatables for the kids, as well as numerous booths, such as face painting and other kids' activities. The Voice of Winslow Karaoke, and numerous bands and performers will entertain throughout the day. Then the day is capped off with the Light up Winslow Parade that starts after dark. The various lighted floats start at the south end of town and go to the Little League fields. august-sePteMber 2014 ■ EVENT CALENDAR CONTINuED ON PAGE 27 CONTINuED FROM PAGE 19 Aug. 30-31 7TH ANNuAL 'SALuTE TO VETERANS OF WWII' Vincennes, Knox County The Indiana Military Museum will be pre- senting the 7th Annual "Salute to the Veter- ans of World War II" living history event dur- ing the two days. sePteMber Sept. 4-7 MONTGOMERy TuRkEy TROT FESTIVAL Montgomery, Daviess County Annual event features local food, vendors and entertainment. Sept. 4-7 WHITE RIVER VALLEy ANTIquE SHOW Elnora, Daviess County Event held at the Daviess County Fairgrounds in Elnora. Events: Working demonstrations of threshing machines, sawmills, sorghum, apple butter and antique machinery. Sept. 6 MuSIC ON THE HILL 2014 Evansville, Vanderburgh County Wesselman Woods Nature Center's Music on the Hill (MOTH) resonates with the mission of biodiversity demonstrated by diversity of musical styles, from noon to 9 p.m. CDT. Sept. 6 STAGEDOOR CANTEEN/uSO SHOW Vincennes, Knox County Held at the Green Activities Ctr. ( V.U. Cam- pus), "Stagedoor Canteen"/USO Show will feature music, comedy acts, dancing, and songs of the W WII era. Sept. 6 ARCHAEOLOGy DAy Jasper, Dubois County Dubois County Museum. http://duboiscoun- tymuseum.org. Sept. 6 100 MEN WHO COOk Huntingburg, Dubois County Old National Bank presents 100 Men Who Cook benefiting the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund., Huntingburg Event Center. Sept. 6 PRESIDENT'S OWN u.S. MARINE BAND Jasper, Dubois County This event will be held at the Jasper High School gym; however Jasper Community Arts will be managing it. Sept. 12-14 HOLLAND COMMuNITy FESTIVAL Holland, Dubois County Event held at Lakeside Park. Sept. 12-14 PAOLI FALL FESTIVAL Paoli, Orange County Enjoy food vendors, music, crafts, parade and fun for the family. Located at Paoli Square. Sept. 13 THE CHANGE – CHRISTIAN CONCERT Princeton, Gibson County Sponsored by Downtown Princeton Inc., con- cert will be held in Gazebo on Gibson County Courthouse Square. Sept. 13 MAIN STREET CAR FEST Petersburg, Pike County This event will be in downtown Petersburg between the Pike County Courhouse and the old Integra building on 8th Street. Sept. 13 24TH ANNuAL kNOx COuNTy CHILI COOk-OFF Vincennes, Knox County The 24th Knox Co. Annual Chili Cook-Off will be held downtown Vincennes on Patrick Henry Drive of the George Rogers Clark Na- tional Historical Park. Sept. 13 ARCHAEOLOGy DAy Vincennes, Knox County Held at the George Rogers Clark National Park. More information: 812-882-1776. Sept. 13 FIDO WALk, ROCk, AND RuN Evansville, Vanderburgh County This year's Fido Walk, Rock & Run will take place at 4:00 pm on Saturday, September 13th. The evening will feature the Fido Walk 1-Mile Pledge walk, 5K run, and Rockin' evening with activities for adults, kids, and dogs alike. Sept. 13-14 VINTAGE BASE BALL West Baden, Orange County Six Midwestern teams will don the vintage uniforms and recreate the language and cus- toms of 19th century baseball while compet- ing in live action games. Sept. 17-20 GASTHOF FALL FESTIVAL Montgomery, Daviess County Gasthof Amish Village. Variety of vendors, gospel music, and carriage rides. Sept. 18-22 THE MOVING WALL – VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL Princeton, Gibson County "The Moving Wall" is the half-size replica of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It will be on display at the Gibson County Fairgrounds in honor of the City of Princeton's 200th anniversary. Sept. 19-21 GIBSON COuNTy'S GOLDEN HERITAGE DAyS Princeton, Gibson County The Gibson County Chamber of Commerce's annual festival is held on the Gibson County Courthouse Square. Festival features local food, vendors, crafts and rides.

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