Calendar

Join us for the 5th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Main Street .1K Q106.7 and Friends of Downtown! This is the (non) endurance race you have been waiting for! Enjoy a flat, fast course on historic Main Street in Downtown Lafayette! The race will be chip timed and include a commemorative tech shirt, custom event medal, a free beer and a ton of fun! Proceeds from the event will benefit the Almost Home Humane Society.

Registration is just $30 here: https://stpatricksdaybash.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=15022

Special Prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place podium finishers. The 106th finisher will be declared the winner, and stand on top of the Halsema Custom Crafts Winners Podium! (107 and 108 will be 2nd & 3rd)

Collectively, more than $9 million has been raised through 72 different 100 Cooks Who Care events across multiple Old National regions to benefit local organizations.

What makes the event so special? Imagine 100 of Greater Lafayette’s most notable people (bankers, attorneys, physicians, educators, and business leaders from every endeavor, or anyone who is well known to the public) retreating into their respective kitchens to concoct their favorite dish. After a careful and loving preparation, the chef creatively decorates his serving station, dons his favorite costume in an effort to entice the crowd of friends, family, and fellow community members to take a nibble of their specialty cuisine. The prize: The Culinary Chef Jacket and bragging rights for the next year!

The Culinary Chef Jacket award is really based on who raises the most money for the beneficiary through “tips” collected, or any other fundraising efforts the chefs can dream up. Did I mention bragging rights?

For the $65 per person admission price, guests at 100 Cooks Who Care will be treated to a open bar, a chance to bid on and possibly win a variety of live auction items, and all the usual offerings of a non-profit fundraiser in a much more relaxed, carefree atmosphere. At this event they will also have 100 different food options for their tasting pleasure, all while enjoying one of the most extraordinary social events of the year!

Proceeds from 100 Cooks Who Care will benefit the Lyn Treece Boys & Girls Club of Tippecanoe County.

Mosey Down Main Street is a series of street celebrations brought to you by the local artistic community.  Volunteers, downtown business owners, artists and musicians come together once a month from May through September to offer a free family friendly event that takes place right down the center of Main Street

With three stages of music, outdoor food, beer, and wine sales as well as street performers, sidewalk chalk and hand made Hula hoops, Drum circles and DJ’s, belly dancers, and balloon animals.

If the time is right, consider visiting the Get Involved page to donate your time, money, or tangible items to help keep us moving forward!

The ever-popular Gallery Walk is returning to downtown Lafayette thanks to the support of Artists’ Own Gallery, other galleries, and businesses downtown. It will be held on the third Friday of May, July, and September from 6-9 p.m. Some galleries will have refreshments and there may be artists doing demonstrations and selling their work. Stroll down Main Street and to other locations for an exciting evening. Maps will be provided at participating galleries, restaurants, and other businesses.

On the Saturday of every Memorial Day Weekend, the City of Lafayette and the ‘Round the Fountain Art Fair Committee welcome you to the ‘Round the Fountain Art Fair, an annual destination location that features up to 100 artists from around the nation, showcasing their talent and works in a variety of pieces and media.

The ‘Round the Fountain Art Fair committee awards participating artists purchase awards, awards of excellence and merit awards. Each year, a piece of art is purchased by the committee to continue the permanent collection exhibited in the halls of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse, which is a work of art in itself.

Proceeds from the fair support fine arts education in the six area public schools, after-hours arts programs, courthouse restoration projects, the restoration of the Marquis de Lafayette Fountain, outside lighting and seating, landscaping, and public art projects and installation.

Since our humble beginnings in 1974, the ‘Round the Fountain Art Fair in Lafayette, Indiana has grown to become known as one of the premier juried fine art fairs in the Midwest. For over three decades, artists and art lovers alike gather for this one-day community fine art fair on the grounds of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse.

The fair is held in the spring on the Saturday before Memorial Day; and despite occasional bad weather, enthusiastic crowds attend because they appreciate — like the art fair’s committee members and local sponsors — the value of the arts in all our lives.

Mosey Down Main Street is a series of street celebrations brought to you by the local artistic community.  Volunteers, downtown business owners, artists and musicians come together once a month from May through September to offer a free family friendly event that takes place right down the center of Main Street

With three stages of music, outdoor food, beer, and wine sales as well as street performers, sidewalk chalk and hand made Hula hoops, Drum circles and DJ’s, belly dancers, and balloon animals.

If the time is right, consider visiting the Get Involved page to donate your time, money, or tangible items to help keep us moving forward!