Northeast Indiana Hospitality Association

🎃🍂 Looking for some fall fun close to home? Check out Cedar Creek Produce in Leo-Cedarville!
NEIHA is excited to highlight Cedar Creek Produce, where you can shop fresh, local produce while enjoying plenty of seasonal favorites. Pick out the perfect pumpkin or mum, grab a c***r slushie or freshly baked muffin, and make a day of it with the kids in the Fun Zone! 🌽🛝
🎟️ Fun Zone: $10 per person
👶 Ages 3 & under: FREE
🕙 Market & Fun Zone: Open daily, 10 AM–5 PM
☀️ Fun Zone is weather permitting
📍 9626 Cedar St., Leo-Cedarville
Come for the local produce and stay for all the fall fun! Supporting local growers and businesses like Cedar Creek Produce is a great way to celebrate the season right here in Northeast Indiana. 🧡

🚂🍂 All aboard for an unforgettable fall adventure!
Experience the beauty of autumn aboard the Indiana Rail Experience Fall Colors Steam Special, featuring historic Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive No. 765!
📅 October 16–18, 2026
📍 Pleasant Lake, Indiana → Hillsdale, Michigan
🚂 Steam-powered, all-day excursion
Enjoy a scenic ride through the colorful Indiana and Michigan countryside, spend a 2.5-hour layover exploring Hillsdale, and experience a special photo runby on the return trip. Choose from Deluxe Coach, open-air, First Class, and premium private accommodations.
🎟️ This event is almost sold out, so check availability soon or join the notification list for ticket updates.
Your ticket also helps support the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s rail preservation and community enrichment efforts.

A huge thank you to Sarah Kuehnert at Kuehnert Dairy Farm for welcoming us and giving us such a wonderful tour of the farm this morning! 🐮🥛

We had an amazing time learning about dairy farming, meeting the cows, and seeing everything that goes into running a dairy farm. Thank you again for having us and making our morning so special! 🐄❤️

🌽 The 119th Annual LaGrange County Corn School is almost here! 🎡
Join October 6–10, 2026 for five days of community fun as we celebrate “250 Years of Freedom!”
Enjoy parades, contests, farm and flower exhibits, midway rides, live music, FREE art activities, and plenty of family-friendly fun throughout the week.
📅 October 6–10, 2026
📍 Downtown LaGrange, Indiana
🎟️ Wristbands available Wednesday–Saturday
Check out the full schedule above and make plans to join us for this longtime LaGrange County tradition! 🌽🎠🎶

🍏Mark your calendar for the Kendallville Apple Festival-40th Anniversary 🍎

📅October 3 & 4, 2026
🕑9 am - 6pm Sat. and 9am - 5pm Sun.

Presented By:
Noble County Community Fairgrounds

📍Noble County Community Fairgrounds
902 Dowling Street, Kendallville, IN 46755

🦇Encounter something unusually spooky during the return of the 17th annual Fright Night, on Saturday, October 17, 2026.

🧟‍♀️Come dressed in your best zombie costume and makeup to enjoy various activities throughout Downtown Fort Wayne from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Street parking is free on Saturday. For more parking information, check out the Downtown Public Parking map.

Fright Night is a free, family-friendly event with fun activities for everyone. 🕸️🕸️🕸️

2026 Art This Way Fest 🎨

10/2/2026, 10/3/2026

📍Broadway Arts District
1126 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN 46802

🏢In 2026, Art This Way, a program of Downtown Fort Wayne, proudly celebrates a decade of transforming Downtown through vibrant public art. Since its inception, Art This Way has enlivened a 99-block district, attracting visitors, supporting local businesses, enhancing safety, and strengthening the city’s cultural fabric.

With Downtown Fort Wayne’s recent expansion to include the Wells Street and Broadway corridor, this year’s milestone celebration will take place along Broadway from Jefferson Boulevard to Swinney Avenue. Join us for Art This Way Fest, a lively two-day festival on October 2 and 3, featuring murals, music, art, and community celebration.

The Fort Wayne Arts Festival, a beloved annual art fair formerly held at Jefferson Pointe, will move to Broadway for this special occasion. The festival will take place on Friday, October 2, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., coinciding with First Fridays, and Saturday, October 3, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Broadway will be fully closed between Jefferson Boulevard and Swinney Avenue during the event, with convenient parking available at the Electric Works Parking Garage.

Have a blast at the DeKalb County Free Fall Fair! 🎡

📅 September 28, 2026 - October 3, 2026

Experience our exhilarating fair featuring national performers, delicious fair food and parades, and free concerts. 🍔

Enjoy Fall on the Farm at the Kuehnert Dairy Fall Festival 🍂

🐄🐮The Kuehnert Dairy Farm is a 6th-generation dairy farm off of Cook Road in Fort Wayne. The dairy farm is run by the family management team of the Kuehnert Family, as well as a group of dedicated employees. The family opened Kuehnert Dairy Farm to share their passion for their farm, family, and the cows that they raise. They do this by showing what life is like as a dairy farmer, how they care for their cows, and how they manage the land. They are also extremely dedicated to educating visitors and consumers on the importance of the farm system and milk to a healthy diet. 🥛

🍎 Johnny Appleseed Festival 2026 🏕️

We hope you’ll come out and enjoy a wonderful family festival event at the largest festival in Fort Wayne. Step back in time to Johnny’s day around 1842 and smell, see and enjoy all the sights and sounds that could have been around during Johnny’s lifetime. There is no entrance fee to get into this family friendly festival. There is no alcohol sold at the festival and we ask that you leave your family pet at home – for their comfort and safety. 🍖

Our over 200 vendors come from all around and for hundreds of miles just be participate and share what they have to offer. Most of our food vendors are Not-For-Profit organizations all using our festival as their own biggest fundraiser for themselves. Help support our local schools, churches and organizations!

Saturday Sept. 19th & Sunday Sept. 20th, 2026
FAMILY FESTIVAL HOURS: SATURDAY 10AM – 6PM SUNDAY 10AM – 5PM

📍Johnny Appleseed Park
1500 East Coliseum Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN 46805