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Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast
574.235.9660
Annual breakfast celebration takes place in January in downtown South Bend and features a keynote address and the presentation of the annual “Drum Major” community service awards.
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Downtown South Bend St. Paddy’s Day Pub and Tent Party
Various locations in downtown South Bend.
574.282.1110
Web site: www.paddyparty.com
Annual event takes place in March in downtown South Bend and features festive food, music and drink. Must be 21 years and older to gain admittance into tent party.
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Dyngus Day/Solidarity Day Celebrations
Various locations in South Bend and Mishawaka
574.234.0051 ext.345
Web site: www.exploresouthbend.org
Event takes place the Monday after Easter and features festival food, music and drink to celebrate the end of the Lenten season.
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Blue Gold Spring Football Festival
Football Stadium
University of Notre Dame Campus
Notre Dame, IN 46556
574.631.7356
The Notre Dame Blue-Gold Spring Football Festival takes place in April and provides a first glimpse of the Irish football team.
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Key Bank Gridiron Legends Luncheon Series
College Football Hall of Fame
111 South St. Joseph Street
South Bend, IN 46601
800.440.FAME
Web site: www.collegefootball.org
Six luncheons take place from April through August and consist of a discussion or question and answer session with a featured speaker and a video presentation. Attendees have the opportunity to win various prizes and will receive a unique commemorative gift.
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Taste of Michiana
Century Center
120 South St. Joseph Street
South Bend, IN 46601
574.232.9986
The Taste of Michiana takes place each May and showcases menu items from some of the best restaurants and wineries in the area. There are also door prizes and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit the Food Bank of Northern Indiana.
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Meet Me on the Island
Island Park behind Century Center
120 South St. Joseph Street
South Bend, IN 46601
574.235.9102
Web site: www.sbrma.org
An exciting slate of musicians, great artwork and the cool breezes off of the St. Joseph River makes the South Bend Regional Museum of Art’s Meet Me on the Island the place to be on a Friday night during the summertime (June through September) in downtown South Bend. Call for event dates and performing artists.
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Fridays by the Fountain
Morris Performing Arts Center
211 North Michigan Street
South Bend, IN 46601
574.235.9190
Web site: www.morriscenter.org
Enjoy live music at the Jon R. Hunt Plaza in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center. The fun begins at 12 p.m. on Friday from June through August. Food is available to purchase.
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Greek Festival
St. Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Church
52455 North Ironwood Road
South Bend, IN 46635
574.277.4868
Web site: www.orthodoxchurchofstandrew.org
This three-day festival takes place in June and features traditional Greek food, music and fun!
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TGIF: Music in the Garden
Northern Indiana Center for History
808 West Washington Street
South Bend, IN 46601
574.235.9664
Web site: www.centerforhistory.org
Live music, food and drink in the historic Oliver Gardens make this event a summertime favorite! Call for event dates and performing artists.
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Leeper Park Art Fair
Leeper Park
837 North Lafayette Boulevard
South Bend, IN 46617
574.272.8598
This two-day juried fine arts fair takes place in June and is rated as one of the top 50 art fairs in the country by Sunshine Artists and features more than 100 from around the country.
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Mishawka Summerfest
Merrifield Park
1000 East Mishawaka Avenue
Mishawaka, IN 46544
574.258.1664
Web site: www.mishawakacity.com
“A Day in the Park” along the St. Joseph River takes place each June and features food, music, crafts and a free evening concert.
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Sunburst Races
574.647.3394
Web site: www.sunburstraces.org
Takes place each June and features a marathon, half marathon, 10k and 5k run, 5k fun walk and a family walk. All events start at the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown South Bend and finish on the 50-yard line at the Notre Dame Football Stadium on the University of Notre Dame campus.
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Kamm Island Festival
On the Island behind the 100 Center
Mishawaka, IN 46544
574.259.1833
Web site: www.mishawakabusiness.org
Presented by the Mishawaka Business Association, this evening for adults takes place in July. Features food, music and art – a “Taste of Mishawaka” with food stations from Mishawaka restaurants and the Kamm Island Art Exhibit.
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Zoofari Friday
Potawatomi Zoo
500 South Greenlawn Avenue
South Bend, IN 46615
574.235.9800
Web site: www.potawatomizoo.org
An evening of great evening of great music, good food and fun takes place in July at the Potawatomi Zoo.
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The College Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival
College Football Hall of Fame
111 South St. Joseph Street
South Bend, IN 46601
800.440.FAME
Web site: www.collegefootball.org
College football’s greats are immortalized in the heart of college football country each August. This spectacular event-packed two-day festival features a celebrity golf tournament, a parade, a fan fest, which includes a youth clinic, celebrity flag football game and autograph session, Enshrinement Reception, Banquet and Ceremony.
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Osceola Bluegrass Festival
Fern Hunsberger Park
One block North of Lincolnway East/ 933 between LaPorte and Erie Streets
Osceola, IN 46561
574.674.0015
Web site: www.osba.us
This free three-day festival takes place the third weekend in August and features food, crafts and bluegrass music.
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Pops! At the Cove
Coveleski Regional Stadium
501 West South Street
South Bend, IN 46601
574.235.9898
Web site: www.silverhawks.com
Listen to South Bend's finest musicians perform in August at Coveleski Regional Baseball Stadium as the South Bend Symphony performs. The evening concludes with fireworks.
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Art Beat
Various locations in downtown South Bend.
574.282.1110
Web site: www.artbeatsouthbend.org
Art in the heart of South Bend takes place in September. A free, downtown South Bend evening stroll featuring the work of local artists and organizations/businesses involved in the visual, performing and culinary arts. The mission of Art Beat is to showcase South Bend and its surrounding community's variety of local performing, visual and culinary artists and create awareness for the roles that downtown organizations and businesses play in the artisans, promotion and success. Downtown will serve as a venue for local artisans to display or perform their work and as a destination to showcase the local businesses that work to promote the various art forms every day.
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Football Weekends in South Bend
800.828.7881
Web site: www.ndfootballweekends.org
Enjoy the pomp and pageantry of the University of Notre Dame home football game weekends. Begin your Fighting Irish football weekend with the Notre Dame Kickoff Luncheon, the Friday Night Pep Rally, the Football Fridays Tent Party with live music, tailgate food and drink and find your favorite player enshrined at the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Zoo Boo
Potawatomi Zoo
500 South Greenlawn Avenue
South Bend, IN 46615
574.235.9800
Web site: www.potawatomizoo.org
Enjoy trick or treating throughout the zoo in October during this annual “Spooky” celebration. |
