Don’t miss the Nappanee Apple Festival this weekend!

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Contests, Family Fun, Festival, Food, Fun, Music, Nappanee, Nappanee Apple Festival, Nappanee Chamber of Commerce, Rides

The Nappanee Apple Festival is proud of their family-friendly atmosphere and Midwestern hospitality that attracted over 85,000 people in 2012.

The festival has begun! Come to Nappanee and check out all the crafts, commercial exhibits and enjoy some great food! Today, Mike Hemmelgarn, comedy juggler and ventriloquist is on the Martin’s Entertainment Stage from 11:30-12:30 p.m. and Billy Dee (variety music) is on the CenturyLink Stage from 11:30-12:30 p.m. Senior Bingo starts at 1:00 p.m. in the Martin’s Super Market stage and Silly Safaris has a live animal show on the CenturyLink stage from 1:00-2:30 p.m.

Joe Knapp, from Goshen, IN on a downtown Nappanee sidewalk is about to play “Stairway to Heaven” at my husband’s request. There is so much going on in Nappanee today! Join in on the fun!

The Nappanee Apple Festival also features Indiana’s largest 7 foot baked apple pie. We serve approximately 750 slices of pie and many people travel across the United States to savor their annual piece of this pie. Other activities include a variety of entertainment on two stages, 100 craft vendors, 60 commercial vendors, carnival rides, parade with signature military aircraft fly-over, scholarship queen pageant, corn hole tournament, apple baking contest, garden tractor pull, kids and adult pedal pull contests, wings and wheels show at airport, apple peeling contest, 5K road run and half-marathon and a pie-eating contest.

In the spirit of the celebration, you will find crates of fresh apples dotting the downtown sidewalks and more than 25 food vendors including many local non-profit organizations serving all your favorites. There will be plenty of your favorite fresh apple products like apple pie, apple fritters, apple dumplings, apple turnovers, apple fry pies, apple bread, applesauce, apple cider and apple butter to enjoy during the festival or to take home to enjoy later.

The Nappanee Chamber of Commerce invites you to experience a truly unique hometown festival. After the fun and entertainment, you’ll be sure to mark your calendar to return for next year’s festival!

Click HERE for a schedule of events.

Roundabout Meeting: Wednesday, August 21

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Elkhart County, Indiana, Labor Day, Meeting, Nappanee, Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce, News, Northwood High School, Public Information Meeting, Roundabout

The Public Information Meeting for the proposed roundabout at the intersections of SR 19 and SR 119 is scheduled for tonight at 6:00 pm at NorthWood High School.  The doors will open at 5:30 pm.

Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce offices will be closed, Sept. 2 for Labor Day.

302 West Market Street

Nappanee, IN 46550

574.773.7812  Office

574.773.4691  Fax

51st Annual Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival

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Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival, Amish Exhibits, Art, Crafts, Educational Exhibits, Elkhart County, Family Fun, Indiana, Local Craftsmen, Nappanee

Nappanee, IN – Amish Acres Historic Farm & Heritage Resort will host the 51st annual Arts & Crafts Festival August 1 through August 4, 2013. For the fifth time, Amish Acres has been selected by the American Bus Association (ABA)as a TOP 100 event in North America solidifying the festival’s standing in the top echelon of America’s festivals dedicated to the creative arts. In addition, the Arts and Crafts Festival was recognized for the first time as a top ten event in the state of Indiana by AmericaTheBeautiful.com and Top Events USA.

The event’s 2014 “Proud as a Peacock’s Plumage: The Colorful World of Art” theme is derived from the new “It’s A-Peeling” apple art, an Interactive outdoor art exhibit placing four foot high fiberglass apples designed and painted by local artists around Nappanee and funded through individual and corporate sponsorships. Amish Acres apple features a peacock in full plumage promoting Amish Acres historic Kuhn’s Apple Cider Mill, ranked one of the Top 10 Cider Mills in America.

Over 300 artists and crafter’s from 35 States, surround Amish Acres pond to ply their trade and sell their wares. The event brings to this northern Indiana historic farm a marketplace filled with the creations of artists and artisans from every corner of the country. Nearly 60,000 visitors, many representing third generations, descend on the farm annually for the celebration that includes live strolling musicians and entertainment on four stages throughout the day, festive food from apple pie to zucchini bread, and $5,000 in cash prizes awarded by professional judges from 900 entries in the competition tent.

The fourth generation of the founding family is now involved in the festival’s

The cider mill stood in two locations before being moved to the Amish Acre location in the early 1900s. It was used each fall to press cider from the orchands of neighboring Amish farmers. The press has a listed capacity of 3,000 gallons per day. It was powered by a steam engine. The stone grist mill was added by Amish Acres.

planning and production. Richard Pletcher, founder of the festival and Amish Acres, remains CEO and Jennifer Pletcher Wysong is the festival director. The event started as a clothes line show in downtown Nappanee during sidewalk days in 1962. Amish Acres was created and grew out of the demand from the early festival’s visitors for Amish related experiences and products.

Over $250,000 in cash prizes have been awarded over the last five decades. The Best of Show collection is on permanent display in the new Arts & Crafts Best of Show Museum located in the Barn Loft Wine Room of Amish Acres Restaurant.

Festival hours & Admission Prices are:

• Thursday-Saturday (August 1-3) 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday (August 4) from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Admission price is $7.00 for adults, $6.00 for seniors (60 & older), active military, and students 12 – 17 and free for children under age 12.
• Round Barn Theater Curtain Times 7:30pm
• Parking is free with several parking areas and six entrances for visitors’ convenience.

Amish Acres is located on U.S. Highway 6, one mile west of downtown Nappanee.  Pre-event tickets and four-day passes can be purchased online. More information on Amish Acres, the Arts and Crafts Festival, and The Round Barn Theatre can be obtained online at AmishAcres.com

Free School Supplies for Wa-Nee Students

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August 10, Free School Supplies, Nappanee, Nappanee Library

August 10, 2013, at the Nappanee Library, free school supplies will be made available for Wa-Nee Students.

Come to the Table: Dinner/Auction Event

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Amish, Auction, Chef, Civic Engagement, Civic Minded, Civic Servic, Clothing Assistance, Dinner, Donors, Food Pantry, Friends, Fundraiser, Medical Assistance, Mediication, Nappanee, Nappanee Indiana, Neighbors, Northern Indiana, People helping People, Philanthropic, Silent Auction, Utility Assistance, Well Baby Care

C O M E   T O   T H E  T A B L E

D I N N E R / A U C T I O N  E V E N T 

A UNIQUE CULINARY EXPERIENCE YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS!    \

SATURDAY AUGUST 11, 2012

6 to 10 p.m. at the newly renovated Coppes Commons

Upper Room Event facility – 401 E. Market St., Nappanee, IN

Featuring locally grown food prepared by some of Northern Indiana’s most noted Chefs, including…

Kevin Crouch of Charlie’s Butcher Block and Deli Stephanie Hapner of Crazy Day

Gourmet Steve Helmuth of Rocket Science Ice Cream

Emily Hershberger of Veni’s Sweet Shop

Chase Hinton of Cerulean

Andrew Jones of Viand Chef Services

Pat Knott of Classic Catering / The Old Train Depot

Zach Lucchese of Lucchese’s Renee Lyles of Table 52, The Brown Trout, Chicago, IL

Dustin Mattern of Mattern’s Butcher Shop and Corner Deli

Amy Maurer of Elegance in Thyme (Nelson’s) Karla Miller of Teapot & More

Marcus Miller of Main Street Coffee

Margaret Potuck of Happy Dance Cupcakes

Loren Shaum, Local Chef and Cookbook Author Scott Woods of Noa Noa

Local Farms & Food Providers…

Clay Bottom Farm

Four Rail Farm

Goldwood Gardens

Grass is Greener Meats & Produce

John’s Butcher Shop

Maple Leaf Farms

Martin’s Super Markets

Olive Branch Rentown

Amish Country Store

TICKETS $60 PER PERSON

All proceeds will support Family Christian Development Center which served more than 5,500 families in 2011 through its food pantriy, well-baby programs, clothing ministry and programs in medication and crisis assistance.

Family Christian Development Center
151 South Locke St
Nappanee IN 46550
Phone: (574) 773-2149
Fax: (574) 773-5337
Email: fcdc@fcdcin.org

Office Hours:
Mon-Fri 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm

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