The Annual Hooked on Art Festival takes place at Thomas Centennial Park in Chesterton, Indiana on September 17th, 2021 from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. The festival, hosted by The Artistic Recovery non-profit organization. The event brings local communities together to celebrate art in its many forms and promote the message that “family time is prevention time.”
The Festival will be held once again at Thomas Centennial Park from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. In conjunction with the European Market, Hooked on Art features a large-scale live 3D chalk art demonstration, youth and adult chalk art competitions, live street art, interactive craft activities, and live music. Arrive to Hooked on Art hungry! We will offer food dishes that include festival staple foods.
The wide gathering of artists and families for the Hooked on Art Festival serves as a fundraiser for the Porter and La Porte County communities. Proceeds support recovery programs in our community. For more information about Hooked on Art, please email: info@320recovery.com
Indiana Dunes Art Exhibit at Chesterton Art Center
View the dunes as you’ve never seen them before. Enjoy a special art exhibit, “Sense of Place: Works from the Artists-in-Residence of Indiana Dunes National Park.” This art, created in the park, will be displayed from January 17 to March 1, 2023, at the Chesterton Art Center.
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UpsaDaisy Market Comes To Chesterton On Sundays
Upsadaisy Market is a weekly outdoor, curated market specializing in vintage, artisan, and antique wares. It is part festival, part shopping experience with live music, demonstrations and food. Located in picturesque downtown Chesterton, Indiana.
The Upsadaisy Market is a one of a kind shopping experience for pickers, hunters, and treasure seekers.
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Cheryl Keeps Busy at the Chesterton American Legion
Meet Cheryl Bonin, Real Estate Broker-Dealer, UHaul renter, and Storage owner in Chesterton, Indiana. She also does a lot for the community, including book keeping for the American Legion, Post 170, 798 Wabash Ave, Chesterton, Indiana.
Barktoberfest – Lowell Indiana
Barktoberfest is a Dog & family friendly event. Demonstrations and dog costume contest all kinds of vendors. This is a fundraiser for relay for life Freedom Park Bark Park and the Lowell Woman’s Club scholarship fund. Also collecting for tots give away. BARK FOR LIFE EVENT VENDORS (FOR PETS & THEIR OWNERS) Featuring: • DEMONSTRATIONS,…
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Save The Dunes Presents Monarch Music Fest
Save the Dunes celebrates the journey and migration Monarch Butterfly with food and music on Saturday, September 12th at Michigan City’s Brewery Lodge and Supper Club. “The Monarch butterfly is just one of many pollinators responsible for the incredible plant-life that we find in the Indiana dunes,” says Natalie…

Sleepy Hollow – Lowell Indiana
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a popular event that sells out ahead of time. So, The “Tickets On Sale Date” is August 25th, 2021. The 2021 Performance Dates are September 10th and 12th and September 17th and 18th, 2021. Purchase your tickets at Deep River Water park in Hobart.…
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Discover More about Chesterton . . .
Chesterton European Market
Hooked On Art Festival (Fall)
Visit Indiana Dunes
Visit the Chesterton Art Center
Take the Family to Mount Baldy (Summer)
Find Native Plants at the Native Plant Sale (Spring)
Visit the Maple Sugar Festival (Spring)
Attend the Chesterton Art Fair
Visit Dunes Learning Center
Find Fun at the Apple Festival (Fall)
Go to the Beach
Hunter’s Brewing – Chesterton
MORE ABOUT INDIANA DUNES:
Chautauqua in the Dunes
Lake Michigan Beaches
Free Beach Shuttles at Indiana Dunes
Birding Festival (May)
Maple Sugar Time (Spring)
Visit Mount Baldy
Outdoor Adventure Festival (Fall)
Apples Festival (Fall)
Local Family Fun Amusement Parks
Things to do in Valparaiso
Things to do in Portage
LaPorte County Fair, July 10th; – 17th; St George Greek Festival – July 15th; – 18th; Fiesta Italiana, July 15 -17; Park Full of Art, – (Griffith;) July 17th; & 18th;Festival of th;e Lakes – July 14th; – 18th; Beyond th;e Beach – July 17th;Serbfest – July 17th; – 18th;,Pierogi Festival- July 23-25th; Rock th;e Park – July 24th;, LaPorte; Grape Escape – July 24, Schererville Corn Roast – Friday, July 30th;, LaPorte Lakefest – July 30 – Aug 1st; St John Corn Roast – Aug. 7th;Kiwanis Corn Roast – Aug. 7th; Old Car Show – July 17th;, Laporte; Sand Sculpture Contest – July 17th; Porter County Fair – July 22nd – July 31st; New Carlisle Hometown Days – July 23 – 25; Trojan Fest – July 31; Turkeypalooza, – Friday, August 6th; Valpo Corn Roast – Saturday, August 7th; Taste of Michigan City – August 6th; and 7th; Hanna Fest – August 6th;, 7th; and 8th;Chesterton Art Fair- August 7th; & 8th; St. Michael Fun Fest – Raffle Only Online Aug 7th; Leprechaun Hunt – Cancelled Aug 1st; Touch of Dutch – Aug. 13th; – 14th; Rockopelli Music Fest – August 14th; – 15th; Hobart Lakefront Festival – Aug. 19 – 22; Western Days (Carnival ONLY) – Griffith; – Aug 19 -22; Lake Central Food Truck Festival, Aug. 21st; Lubeznik Art Festival – Aug. 21st – 22nd; Kouts Porkfest – Aug. 28th; Valparaiso Car Show & Swap Meet – Aug. 29th; Mill Pond Festival – Cancelled; Rock N Rail Fest – Sept. 2 – 5th; Hesston Steam Show – Sept 3 – 6th; Lowell Labor Day Fest – Sept 4 – 6th; Crown Beer Fest – Sept. 4th; Ike Fest – Sept. 11th; Popcorn Fest – Sept 11th; Monarch Music Fest – Sept. 11th; Garwood Apple Fest – Sept 11th; & 12th; Family Fun Fest – Cedar Lake – Sept 12th; Door Village – Cancelled; Sunflower Fest – Sept. 18th; Country A Fair – Schererville, Sept 18th; Hooked on Art, Chesterton, Sept 18th; Art Blizt, Art Barn, Sept 18th; St. John Oktoberfest – Sept. 24 – 26th; Scarecrow Festival, Wanatah -Sept. 24 – 26th; Valpo Brewfest – SOLD OUT – Sept. 25th;Harvest Fest, Portage Oct. 2nd; Barktoberfest, Lowell – Oct. 2nd; Pumpkin Festival, Westville – Oct. 2nd