June 9-10, 2012
Welcome to the official website for the Northern Indiana Lakes Festival! The Lakes Festival is a celebration of one of our area's most precious natural resources - water! The Lakes Festival increases awareness of and appreciation for our lakes through education, experience, fun and celebration.
Come to this year's Lakes Festival on Saturday and Sunday, June 9-10, 2012 at Center Lake (Warsaw) and Winona Lake!
Free Admission for all days
June 9 at Center Lake (117 E. Canal St. Warsaw, IN) - Parking for June 9th
5:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Metzger Outdoors' Wild Goose Chase Adventure Race--registration
8:15 - 9:15 a.m Center Lake Conservation Association's Warsaw Aqua Mile--registration
11 - 11:30 a.m. Children's Nature and Music Show featuring Chris Rowlands
11 - 3 p.m. WIOE Oldies 98.3 Live Remote Broadcast
11 - 4 p.m. Exhibitor hours, door prizes, water education, swimming, face painting and free water bottles
11 - 4 p.m. Louis Dreyfus Cornhole Tournament--details
11:30 a.m. Wonderful Water Student Art Contest Awards Presentation
12 - 2 p.m. Lakes and Agriculture Forum
12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Children's Nature and Music Show featuring Chris Rowlands
1 - 1:45 p.m. Lake City Skiers Ski Show
1 - 3 p.m. IDNR Kids Go Fishing Station
2 - 2:30 p.m. Children's Nature and Music Show featuring Chris Rowlands
2 - 3 p.m. Water Waddle Fun Run (Toddlers - 14 Year Olds)--registration
2 - 4 p.m. WACF Canoeing
3 - 3:45 p.m. IDNR Electrofishing Demonstration
3 - 4:30 p.m. Habitat for Humanity's Rain on Kosciusko 2012 rain barrel auction--event details
5 - 8 p.m. Evening Concert featuring The Sock Monkeys
Security for the day provided by KEMRAD
June 10 at Winona Lake (1590 Park Ave. Winona Lake, IN) - Parking for June 10th
6 a.m. - 1 p.m. Grace College Bass Club's Grace Classic Fishing Tournament--registration
12 - 4 p.m. Village at Winona Open
12 - 6 p.m. Small Boat Messabout
1:30 p.m. KCV Cycling Club's Mountain Bike Time Trials--registration at 12 p.m. day of event only, event details
2 - 6 p.m. Kid's Build-A-Boat Workshop
2 - 6 p.m. Silveus Insurance Group Volleyball Tournament (Business vs. Business)--register at 574-267-4042
3 p.m. Nautical Bingo
4 p.m. ICDI Run for Orphans 5K--registration
Thank you to our generous sponsors that make the Lakes Festival possible!
Lakes Festival Visionary Sponsors:
Lakes Festival Guardian Sponsors:
CenturyLink, K21 Health Foundation, Louis Dreyfus, Metzger Trucking, Silveus Insurance Group
Lakes Festival Steward Sponsors:
Indiana American Water-Warsaw Operation , IU Health Goshen, Midwest Poultry Services, Splendor Boats, Palmer Trucks Ft. Wayne, Times-Union, Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department, Willie, WRSW
Lakes Festival Advocate Sponsors:
Chore-Time Brock, City of Warsaw, Correct Craft, DePuy, Kosciusko Community Hospital, Kosciusko REMC Operation RoundUp Fund, Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners, Maple Leaf Farms, Medtronic, Tom Farms, Wawasee Boat Company, Winona Lake Preservation Association
Lakes Festival Friend Sponsors:
ABC Industries, Aquatic Control, Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation District, Lake City Bank, OrthoPediatrics, Rabb Water Systems, Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation, Warsaw Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce, Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, Wildman Business Group
Additional Sponsors:
Hand Family Foundation
Add your name to the list--be a 2012 Sponsor
Would you like to have a booth or be a food vendor at the 2012 Northern Indiana Lakes Festival? Apply here
If you have any questions about the Northern Indiana Lakes Festival, please contact the Lakes Festival Coordinator at
574-372-5100, ext. 6446