IMPORTANT NOTICE!  CHANGE IN PARKING FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL!

WE ARE UNABLE TO PARK IN THE FIELD EAST OF THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR.  PLEASE FOLLOW THE SIGNS  TO THE EAST ELEMENTARY PARKING LOT AT WATERAND ORKNEY STREETS AND WALK ONE BLOCK NORTH TO THE FESTIVAL.  IF YOU PREFER, YOU MAY RIDE IN A HORSE-DRAWN SHUTTLE WAGON.

The Eighth Annual Heritage Festival, “When Grandpa Farmed-History of Farming in Jay County” will be held October 2 and 3. Volunteers are hard at work this week setting up the stage, the tents, the displays and preparing special treats for the biggest and best festival yet. Come join us for music, games, presentations, demonstrations, classic Jay County Foods and FUN.  Please click on the link below to view the schedule.

Festival Schedule of Events

A print of a painting by American artist Norman Rockwell will be featured at this year’s festival. Following a visit to the Steed farm in southern Jay County, Mr. Rockwell painted a picture which included members of the Steed family and county extension agent, H.K. Rippey. The original art appeared in a 1948 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. the painting now hangs at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.

Thanks to Arts Place and the Indiana Arts Commission for our matching grant to help with the festival.

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