Franklin County Indiana has many yearly festivals & special events you don’t want to miss!
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Spring
Swap Meet
Every April. Franklin County Antique Machinery Club will have its Annual Swap Meet at the Franklin County Fairgrounds.
Mandolin Gathering
Metamora Mandolin Gathering is a day of workshops and activities among mandolin players and builders! All ages and music levels Welcome. Come Play and learn or just listen.
Metamora 1838 Day
A full day of traditional craft demonstrations, vendor market, skits that tell the story of Metamora, music, and food!
Derby Day Party
Join us for a fun day of horse racing, live music, good company, and amazing cakes and pies from local bakers. Bourbon and wine tasting offered. Wear your Derby Day attire and celebrate the first official spring event on Brookville’s Main Street!
Franklin County Quilt Show
One of Indiana’s largest quilt shows takes place in Brookville at Farmer’s Mutual Insurance Expo Hall! Featuring over 100 quilts, art & craft vendors, and homemade food such as chicken and noodles, apple dumplings, and pies. Demonstrations, door pr…
An Evening Stroll in Metamora
The second Saturday of each month, May thru October, the shops stay open until 9:00 pm for shopping, dining, and enjoying the local attractions. Live music and train rides. Grab your friends and family and spend a warm summer evening in Metamora!
Metamora Chainsaw Carving Invitational
Numerous chainsaw carvers converge on the village of Metamora every Memorial Day weekend. Carvers complete a project to auction off to the public on Sunday. Bid on one of the large projects or purchase smaller items directly from the carver. Memorial Day Ceremony on the canal takes place at 2:00 on Sunday, immediately followed by auction. Come and stay for the weekend! Over 40 shops, restaurants, and attractions are open. Several Bed & Breakfast , cabin, and hotel options are available in the area.
Metamora Memorial Day Ceremony
Always conducted the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend at 2pm. Honor and remember past and present soldiers.
Happy Valley Bluegrass Festival
This fun-filled weekend of bluegrass music, dancing, camping, friends, and family, is Indiana’s best! Takes place the first weekend in June each year.
Metamora Strawberry Days
Always the first Saturday and Sunday of June. Start the summer with sweet strawberry shortcake, enjoy live music and strawberry themed food and merchandise throughout the village.
Summer
Brookville Main Street – Music on Main
Live music in multiple locations along Main Street’s vibrant historic district and a festival atmosphere create the perfect place for friends, neighbors, and visitors to our beautiful town to gather. Shops and businesses are open late and thanks to our…
Metamora Farmers Market
Every Tuesday evening from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, May thru September. The market is located on the porch and in the parking lot at the Grist Mill
An Evening Stroll in Metamora
The second Saturday of each month, May thru October, the shops stay open until 9:00 pm for shopping, dining, and enjoying the local attractions. Live music and train rides. Grab your friends and family and spend a warm summer evening in Metamora!
America 250 Celebration
A week-long celebration of America’s 250 birthday and Franklin County’s unique part of that history! The party begins Friday, June 26 with live music all over Brookville’s historic Main Street District, a classic car cruise-in, and the unveiling of Fra…
Oldenburg Freudenfest
The biggest little German festival in Indiana! Always the third weekend of July.
Columbia Street Music District, Metamora
Eclectic music venue featuring local, regional & national acts. Food & craft vendors. Located in the historic shopping district of Metamora, Indiana
Metamora Music Festival
Two day celebration of traditional American music along the Whitewater Canal, Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend in Metamora.
Fall
An Evening Stroll in Metamora
The second Saturday of each month, May thru October, the shops stay open until 9:00 pm for shopping, dining, and enjoying the local attractions. Live music and train rides. Grab your friends and family and spend a warm summer evening in Metamora!
Chicken Festival & Fry-Off
Second Saturday in September from 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Enjoy live music, activities for kids, a beer garden, and of course, some of the best fried chicken in the region at Brookville’s Chicken Festival & Fry-Off! Free admission. Sponsored by Brookvil…
Haunted Spirit Walk & Tour
The Haunted Spirit Walk & Tour includes tours of historic buildings and gives access to areas not typically permitted to the general public. Storytellers share the eerie and sometimes tragic tales of local lore and legend, and there are even intera…
Great Pumpkin Roll Gran Fondo
Brookville’s Biggest Annual Ride! Cyclists can take part in routes ranging from 34 to 63 miles that begin and end at Third Place in Brookville. From the fall colors that decorate the region to the historic Village of Spires in Oldenburg, Ertel’s winery…
Haunted Village of Metamora
A frightful night of ghost and ghouls as you wander around the village of Metamora.
Franklin County Antique Machinery Show
Always the last week in September (Thursday through Sunday.) Featuring corn shredding, tractor games, steam engines and much more!
Metamora Canal Days
Canal Days is a three-day festival beginning the first Friday in October. This event is the primary fundraiser for Historic Metamora, Inc.
Winter
Holiday Tour of Historic Homes
Tour starts at the Franklin County Seminary & Museum - 412 E. 5th Street, Brookville Indiana. Tour locations will be revealed at this historic 1830 Federal Style brick schoolhouse
Cookie Crumb Trail
Cookie Crumb Trail Saturday, November 21 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Over 30 Shops and Businesses throughout Brookville, Indiana offer cookies and treats during this ticketed event. $10 for each passport (non-refundable) At The Cutting Edge Salon by Michele…
Holidays Under the Spires
Always the First Saturday in December. For the past 20 years, the town of Oldenburg has come together to celebrate the Holidays Under the Spires. With many of the town’s unique shops open, we encourage you to visit Oldenburg and catch the holiday spiri…
Metamora Christmas Walk 🐶
The Christmas Walk begins the first weekend following Thanksgiving for four consecutive weekends. Lanterns line the canal, luminaries light the pathways and decorations are a plenty throughout the entire village. Fridays & Saturdays until 10:00 p.m., Sundays until 5:00 p.m.
Weaver Christmas Lights 🐶
A Christmas light display that started December, 1966 with one strand of lights now surpasses 100,000! On display every night between Thanksgiving & New Year's Eve from 6 to 10 PM
Winter Wonderland, Brookville
Brookville Town Park has turned into a Winter Wonderland! Drive thru the light display late November thru early January
Reindeer Encounter
Your reindeer encounter includes: interaction and petting of the reindeer. Feeding the real reindeer in their pen, refreshments and outdoor games.
Yearlong Events
Whitewater Valley Railroad
Whitewater Valley Railroad is a volunteer operated historic collection of diesel locomotives, open-air passenger cars, and cabooses. WVRR offers excursions, roundtrip train rides from Connersville to Metamora, and special events throughout their season…
Main Street Brookville, Inc
Brookville Main Street is the place to be on weekends. Newly revitalized with curbs, sidewalks and streetscapes. Once a month this organization has a program to entertain the locals and visitors. Click here for events schedule Click here for Chicken Tr…
IGA Cookouts
May through October. Check out the dates for this year's cookouts at the Brookville IGA!
Metamora Performing Arts Opry Barn
Live entertainment venue at the west end of Metamora, March to November.
