Wabash Founders Festival

09/14/2024

09/14/2024

Curious about where everything will be today? Here's a map of today's events to help! 📍

🏕️ Paradise Spring events will be going on today from 9am - 5pm
🍧The Kids Zone (sponsored by LaFontaine Christian Church this year) will be in the museum parking lot.
🚲There will also be bike races that begin at 2:00, sponsored by Alley Cat Outfitters , with a booth for helmet and bike decorating going on today also!

📢 A BIG Thank You to our Parade Sponsor Crossroads Bank, our other Festival Sponsor Ford Meter Box Foundation, and all the other great sponsors that made today possible!
Modoc's Market
J.M. Reynolds

Benson & Son
Downtown Wabash, Inc.
Halderman Farm Management
Elks Lodge #471
Eads Excavating
City of Wabash Indiana
Wabash Tri Kappa

09/13/2024

Day 1 of the Wabash Founders Festival is here!!

4:30 | Registration opens for Cruise-In vehicles
6:00 - 9:00 PM | Food Trucks, Karaoke, Scavenger Hunt, Bounce House & more!

09/12/2024

2024 Wabash Founders Festival Committee

Thank you to Becca Pritchett, Deanna Unger, Stephanie Rigney, Patty Meagher, Bev Vanderpool, Kim Osborne, Lizzy Makin, Chris Benson, and Andy Baucco (not pictured, Ethel Eib) for all your work getting the 2024 Wabash Founders Festival put together this year!

If you're having trouble finding something during the Festival tomorrow & Saturday, look for one of these lovely faces in their Wabash Founders Festival shirts, and they'd be happy to help anyway they can!

09/11/2024

Kick off the Festival weekend with the first Founders Festival Cruise-In!

🏆 First 25 Registered Vehicles will receive a dash plaque
📍 Register on the corner of Market & Huntington
🏍️ Motorcycles welcome!

📢 Huge shoutout to Kim Osborne for all your help getting this put together!

09/08/2024

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09/08/2024

If your business wants to be part of the parade this year, please make sure to get registered ASAP!

You can e-mail Bev Vanderpool at [email protected] to register

09/06/2024

Get ready for the Wabash Founders Festival 🎉! Join us for a fun-filled weekend of food, games, and history at Paradise Spring Historic Park on Sept 13-14! 📅

Check out the event for more details on what's happening next weekend!

08/27/2024

You don't want to miss being a part of the parade fun this year at the 2024 Founders Festival Parade!

To claim your spot, please e-mail Bev Vanderpool at [email protected] as soon as possible.

Only 2 weeks left to save your spot in the parade this year!

Parade beings at 3:00 PM on September 14th

08/24/2024

The festival committee is pleased to announce Dave Phillips as the Parade Grand Marshall.

Dave Phillips and his wife Debbie have been a part of the Wabash Community for almost 50 years. Dave served as a senior pastor at Wabash Friends Church from 1975-2010, part-time from 2010-2023 from which the Access, Life Center, 85 HOPE, and Friends Counseling Center were started. He also served as a Chaplain for various groups.

Dave served on various committees in the Wabash Community, coached Little League and Babe Ruth Baseball, and was named the 2004 Distinguished Citizen Wabash County.

Please join us in celebrating Dave Phillips!

The parade will be held on September 14th in Downtown Wabash at 3:00 pm.