Special Events & Festivals

Samantha Atkinson was crowned queen and Aaron Amick was crowned king of the 2023 Huntington County 4-H. The pair received the crown during a ceremony Friday, July 14. Carter Zezula was named first runner-up in the king contest. In the queen contest, Kelsie Ludemann was named the first runner-up, and Kylee Burnau was named second runner-up. The royalty will reign this week during the Huntington County 4-H Fair. The fair continues through Saturday, July 29, at the fairgrounds.

The Alley Kats (top photo) perform a dance routine as part of the entertainment during the 18th annual Senior Expo on Thursday at Huntington North High School. 

Residents turned out in large amounts to celebrate the City of Huntington’s demisemiseptcentennial from June 14-18 during Heritage Days. Large crowds could be found at all events, from the naming of the new chief of the Flint Springs Tribe to the hot air balloon festival and everything in between. “I think the weekend’s been really good,” said Steve Kimmel, Huntington County Chamber of Commerce executive director. “The weather has been perfect. We’ve been totally blessed. “We’ve had record crowds from the ice cream social on Thursday night. The car show Friday night was totally packed.

Heritage Days will kick off on Wednesday and continue through Sunday, June 18. The festival, sponsored by Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group, has a two-part celebration for the City of Huntington – the demisemispetcentennial. That means it is celebrating both the city’s 175th and 150th anniversaries. Huntington was incorporated as a town in February 1848 (175 years ago) and reached city status in September 1873 (150 years ago). The celebration begins on Wednesday, June 14, with the Little Miss Heritage Days and the Junior Miss Heritage Days pageants. The pageants begin at 7 p.m.

Huntington at 175 years will be the theme of Heritage Days 2023, Wednesday, June 14 through Sunday, June 18. Many activities will take place throughout the celebration. For the complete list, visit huntington-chamber.com/blog/category/heritage-days/. The official sponsor is Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group, and the colors: navy blue, gold, red. Official buttons commemorating Heritage Days 2023 and Huntington’s incorporation as a city are available at the Chamber of Commerce office, 40 E. Franklin Street, Suite 121 for $2.

Huntington at 175 years will be the theme of Heritage Days 2023, Wednesday, June 14 through Sunday, June 18.

Huntington County girls are invited to become contestants for the Little Miss and Junior Miss Heritage Days Pageant to be held Wednesday, June 14 at 7 p.m.

The location will be announced at a later date.

The pageant is open to girls ages five to 12 and is part of Huntington’s Heritage Days celebration.

Two divisions will be judged including Little Miss Heritage Days for girls, ages five to eight, and Junior Miss Heritage Days, ages nine to 12.

The objective is for girls to learn about stage presence and gain self-confidence.

The King of Rock and Roll’s enduring music comes to the Honeywell Center when Dean Z, named the World’s Greatest Elvis Tribute performer by Elvis Presley Enterprises, performs at Ford Theater at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21.

After missing several years due to the COVID pandemic, the German School Christmas program will once again return to the Old German School at the St. Paul’s County Line Church on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 6:30 p.m.

The 2023 Taste of Warren is going to be an amazing event filled with great food, fine spirits, entertaining music, a memorable magic show and fun raffle.  Mark your calendars because you won’t

The Historic Forks of the Wabash Museum and Educational Park will host its annual “Christmas at the Forks” event on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10-11.

Even though this is his busy time of the year, Santa will be visiting the Huntington County Fairgrounds on Dec. 10, at 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Santa will be posing for pictures with the kids young and old, free of charge. Also available will be crafts to make, cookies to decorate, mini golf, and Santa’s wife, Mrs.

Looking for tips and tricks to make your cast iron cooking a success? You won’t want to miss the Cast Iron Cooking Workshop to be held Dec. 17, 11 a.m., at service building located at Mississinewa Lake’s Miami SRA property office.

The Huntington First Brethren Church, located at 245 S. Marion Road, Huntington, will host its first ever Winter Craft Fair on Dec. 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.