Porter County Health Department Presents | Kick-Off to Summer Health Fair
Free admission, giveaways, health screenings & more!
Free admission, giveaways, health screenings & more!
Presented by:
Indiana Avenue - Napoleon St. - Uncle Menny’s Original Greek’s Pizzeria
Lafayette St. - Indiana Ave. - Monroe St.
Get ready to wave your checkered flags, enjoy some delicious food at the Food Truck Rally, admire cool rides at the Popcorn Festival Automotive Showcase, & snap a photo at our Popcorn Pit Stop photo op as you get set for the most poppin’ weekend in Valpo!
Bring your own Hot Wheels Ride or purchase on-site for $2
Enter to race for $1 / car
All entry proceeds donated to Porter County Suicide Prevention Task Force.
Thank you to our generous festival sponsors for their support:
Platinum: Purdue University Northwest
Gold: US Federal Credit Union
Silver: Indiana Beverage
Bronze: Meijer
Friends of Popcorn Festival: RB SMITH | Valpo Velvet
Platinum:
Presented by: Meijer | NILEA | Level 10 Coatings | Valparaiso University Athletics
Bring your own Hot Wheels Ride or purchase on-site for $2
Enter to race for $1 / car
All entry proceeds donated to Porter County Suicide Prevention Task Force.
Chick-fil-A
The Dogg House
Lunch Box
The Popcorn Baron
Valpo Velvet
Indiana Avenue - Napoleon St. - Uncle Menny’s Original Greek’s Pizzeria
Lafayette St. - Indiana Ave. - Monroe St.
Get ready to wave your checkered flags, enjoy some delicious food at the Food Truck Rally, admire cool rides at the Popcorn Festival Automotive Showcase, & snap a photo at our Popcorn Pit Stop photo op as you get set for the most poppin’ weekend in Valpo!
Thank you to our generous festival sponsors for their support:
Platinum: Purdue University Northwest
Gold: Journeyman Distillery | Indiana Army National Guard
Silver: Chick-fil-A | Ignite Medical Resorts | Indiana Beverage | IVY Tech Community College | Lerner & Rowe | Strack & Van Til | Team Chevy Valpo
Bronze: Ameristar Casino & Hotel | Horizon Bank | Indiana University Northwest | Leaf Guard | Level 10 Coatings | Lori K Bath | Meijer | Nilea | Valparaiso University Athletics
Friends of Popcorn Festival: ALDI | Central Midwest Carpenters Union | CertaPro Painters of NWI | Ozinga | Urschel Laboratories
World Cultural Festival 2025
Brewski Fest 2025
VNA Hospice of NWI’s Stroll for Hospice celebrates and supports the VNA Hospice program that has provided compassionate end of life care to over 15,000 patients and their families in our community. Every year hundreds of individuals participate in this memorial stroll through downtown Valparaiso to help ensure that the compassion and support of VNA Hospice is there for our families, friends and neighbors when they most need it, regardless of their financial situation.
Registration is open! Register today for our ice skating lessons at Central Park Plaza Ice Rink. We offer Tots classes for ages 3 to 5 and Beginners classes for ages 6 to 17 to help young skaters feel comfortable on the ice.
Interested in working on your audition skill set? Ready to take your skills to the next level? Come join us for Audition Bootcamp! Theatre professionals with a history of casting productions will work with you on singing audition prep, perfecting monologues, and learning dance calls with grace and attention to detail.
First Skate Fundraiser is an extraordinary way to experience the ice rink at Central Park Plaza - no long lines or crowded ice rink. NEW FOR 2024 we'll offer 2 sessions of skating! Be first on the ice for the season!
At the Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, we’re fighting for a different future. For families facing the disease today. For more time. For more treatments. We’re closer than ever to stopping Alzheimer’s, but to get there, we need you. Join us for the world’s largest fundraiser to fight the disease! Register today!
Save the date for OUR 10TH annual Woofstock. same location. more information to come.
Bring all your friends out to Central Park Plaza for the best party in the neighborhood!
Block Party in the Park has something for everyone. Whether you're the life of the party or a wallflower, you won't want to miss this new variation of your favorite Valpo Parks Foundation fundraiser. Kick back and relax with a cold beverage, chat with your friends and neighbors, play yard games, dance to the music, or keep to yourself and just take it all in!
Across the nation, the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's® is full of flowers, each carried by someone committed to ending this disease. Because like flowers, our participants don't stop when something's in their way. They keep raising funds and awareness for a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer's and all other dementia.
Bring your own Hot Wheels Ride - or purchase on site for $ 1 per entry.
All entry proceeds donated to charity.
Thank you to our generous festival sponsors for their support:
We would like to invite those affected by Autism or developmental disabilities (young adults & older) to join is for an enjoyable time on Tuesday evenings in June. Our intention is to foster a sense of community and fun-filled experiences.
This FREE interactive vendor fair encourages kids to 'get involved and be active.' Local businesses and organizations will showcase the amazing opportunities they have available for kids of all ages. See demonstrations of kid-centric activities and even register on-site for youth sports, lessons, camps, clinics and more.
Save the date! Tickets on sale May 6, 2022 at NOON!
Join us for the 1st Annual Backyard Bbq and Fish Fry with Home Team Valpo. Featured Chefs - McGowan & Sons Seafood Market, Garner Tullis and Our Greater Good Fish Fry, Smoked Meats & Craft Brews. Tunes provided by Angelo Cicco.
Grab your bike helmets, the Valparaiso BikeShare program is back!! Join us downtown at Central Park Plaza on Friday, April 22nd at 4:30pm for the official re-launch ribbon cutting and a first look at these awesome stations!