Parke County Covered Bridge Festival

The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival

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Indiana’s Largest Festival

October 9-18, 2026

The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival™. For all things fall, visit Indiana’s largest festival, The Covered Bridge Festival. This 10-day festival always starts on the 2nd Friday in October. The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival – showcases the county’s 31 historic covered bridges and features authentic arts and crafts, fantastic food, and beautiful fall foliage. Each community has a specialty, plan your trip here. Questions? Read our FAQ for answers.

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Visit Our 9 Festival Locations

Our county has 9 Festival locations that we encourage visitors to stop by. Each Parke County community has a specialty, learn more about them below.

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The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival Headquarters. Community organizations and vendors offer crafts, food, and unique items. Experience unique wood carving demonstrations, antique stores, Art Gallery, colorful restaurants and the Historic Ritz Theater.

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These picturesque grounds are home to three covered bridges, several historic buildings, General Store and schoolhouse. Handmade crafts, shopping and festival food.

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Bloomingdale offers chicken and noodle dinners, ham and beans, barbecue and vegetables at the Friends Meeting house (Quaker Church). Some of the best apple butter is made and sold here.

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Bridgeton has an array of handmade crafts, vendors and a food court. Its scenic historic district includes the Bridgeton Mill and Covered Bridge, Collom’s General Store, the 1878 House, Case Log Cabin, and Bridgeton School.

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Mansfield Village is bustling daily with hundreds of vendors offering an array of goods and festival food. Home to the Historic Mansfield Roller Mill.

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Mecca Schoolhouse/Mecca Covered Bridge. Handmade, homemade, local crafts nestled alongside the Covered Bridge and a one-room schoolhouse. Mecca Tavern famous for their breaded tenderloins nearby.

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Downtown. Wabash and Erie Canal tours. Famous roast hog. Crullers, iron pot ham and beans. Antiques, homemade crafts and demonstrations.

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The Rosedale Civic Center is the activity hub with a wide variety of items, including local crafts and a quilt sale. A large Country Market of Homemade items, Ice Cream, Quilters, Homemade Bread and cookies, and Chicken Noodles.

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World-famous buried beef is served daily, along with a variety of homemade pies. Local crafts are featured, including unique handcrafted brooms. Five covered bridges nearby are available for touring.

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For all things fall, visit Indiana’s largest festival, The Covered Bridge Festival. This 10 day festival always starts on the 2nd Friday in October. The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival – showcases the county’s 31 historic covered bridges and features authentic arts and crafts, fantastic food, and beautiful fall foliage.