Freedom Fest Schedule

All events listed are held at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds unless otherwise noted.

Friday – June 5

  • All Day – Nations largest free flying American flag – Midway

  • All Day – Veterans Recognition Wall - Midway

  • 3:00 – 8:00 PM – Vendors & Food Trucks open - Midway

  • 4:00–8:00 PM — Historic Village Open, demonstrations, vendors

  • 5:00–6:00 PM — Log Sawing - Echoes of the Past

  • 5:00–7:00 PM — Tractor Driving for Kids – Echoes of the Past

  • 5:30 PM — Thomas Jefferson & Abigail Adams – Log cabin

  • 6:00 PM — Ice Cream Demonstration – Echoes of the Past

  • 6:30 PM — Drum & Songs Circle Miami Nation – Historical Village

  • 7:00 PM — Thomas Jefferson, Abigail Adams and Frontier Loyalist Presentation Log cabin

  • *7:00–8:30 PM — American Legion Band of Fort Wayne - at Central Park, Warsaw

Saturday – June 6

  • All Day – Nations largest free flying American flag – Midway

  • All Day – Veterans Recognition Wall - Midway

  • 7:00–10:00 AM — Wheels on Fire Community Breakfast - HFA Building north end

  • 7:00 AM — Lite Recovery 5K Registration – HFA Building south end

  • 8:00 AM — Lite Recovery 5K Race

  • 8:00 AM — Parade Lineup Boggs Park, west Center Street

  • 10:00 AM — Freedom Fest Parade – West Center Street, Bronson Street, main fairgrounds main entrance

  • 10:00 AM–5:00 PM — Historic Village Open

  • 11:00 – 8:00 PM – Vendors & food trucks open - Midway

  • 1:30 PM — Veterans Ceremony – Midway

  • 3:00 -5:00 PM – Kids Tractor Driving Experience – Echoes of the Past

  • 3:00 PM — Beard and Mullet Contest

  • 3:00 PM – Log Sawing – Echoes of the Past

  • 3:30 PM – Thomas Jefferson, Abigail Adams and Frontier Loyalist presentation Log Cabin

  • 4:00 PM – homemade ice cream – Echoes of the Past

  • 4:30 PM – Drum and Song circle – Historical Village

  • 8:00 AM–4:00 PM — Car & Jeep Show - Midway

  • 6:30 PM — Grandstand Concert

After Concert – Crazy Joes Fireworks America 250 fireworks display

Sunday – June 7

  • All Day – Nations largest free flying American Flag - Midway

  • 11:00 AM–3:00 PM — Historic Village Open

  • 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM – Vendors & Food Trucks Open

  • 11:30 AM — Thomas Jefferson, Abigail Adams, and Frontier Loyalist presentation Log Cabin

  • 1:00 PM — Homemade ice cream – Echoes of the Past

  • 1:30 PM — Drum & Songs Circle – Historical Village

  • 2:00 PM —Thomas Jefferson, Abigail Adams and Frontier Loyalist Presentation – Log Cabin

Sunday – June 7 at Hidden Lake

  • 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Pancake Breakfast

  • 10:00 AM Morning Worship Service

  • 6:30 PM Lake City Skiers Present: America’s 250th Celebration on Water

Historic Village Demonstrations All Weekend

• Miami Indian Nation of Indiana presenting life skills, native cordage, bow and arrows, reed mats, making fabric, food and cooking

• Stone’s Trace frontier living history: muzzleloaders, gunsmithing, trapping and trading, cooking demonstrations and samples, medical presentation, rope making, wood working, home arts, children’s games including build a miniature log cabin

• Echoes of the Past agricultural equipment and tool display and demonstrations, log sawing, homemade ice cream, kids tractor driving experience, corn pit, gazebo sitting and story telling

•Blacksmith shop demonstrations

• Paradise Pass Shootists: guns and cowboy history of the Midwest with a chuck wagon on display