Fall Festivals in Elkhart County

Throw on a sweatshirt - you don’t want to miss these kid-friendly, mouth-watering, and fun-filled fall festivals!

Middlebury Fall Festival: September 5 - 6,  2025
Nappanee Apple Festival: September, 17 - 20, 2026
Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale: September, 2025
Michiana Pottery Tour: September 27 - 28, 2025
Goshen First Friday: October 3, 2025

Nappanee Apple Festival

Pumpkins and apples seem to be everywhere – decorating homes and main streets as well as flavoring pies and other fresh-from-the-oven baked goods. Speaking of apples. We’ve got the largest apple pie in the world to help satisfy fall cravings! Weighing in at 600 pounds, this pie is an annual tradition at the Nappanee Apple Festival.

The four-day festival also features an incredible assortment of apple goodies, pie-eating contents, live music and fun and games for the whole family.You can eat apples in every form, shop apple-themed artwork and mingle with local crafters and artists - it’s a perfect celebration of fall. September, 18 - 21, 2025

Middlebury Fall Festival

The Middlebury Fall Festival is small-town charm at its finest. Eat your way through the festival grounds with home-cooked favorites, settle in for wholesome entertainment, and turn the kids loose on the bounce houses, games and other fun activities. Make sure to stay till the fireworks Friday night! The second weekend in September, annually. September 5 - 6,  2025

Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale

These heirloom quilts will knock your socks off. Enter the bidding or just gorge on doughnuts, funnel cakes or pie as auctioneers wrangle sales for quilts, antiques, toys and other wares. Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale.
September 26 - 27, 2025

Michiana Pottery Tour

The Michiana Pottery Tour includes more than 30 artists at multiple locations across northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan.

The two day tour takes place on the final Saturday and Sunday of September every year. September 27- 28, 2025