Community Wide Yard Sale

get your list of participants at the Chamber office during normal business hours or click for LISTINGS.

EMS Day:

High School lot on 12th Street. Area EMS agencies display equipment and vihicles

Mini-Miss, little Miss & Junior Miss Persinnon Pageants.

High School Auditorium. Preliminary judging and interviews. Open to the public. $2 ticket price

Candlelight Tour. Spring Mill State Park

Sponsored by Tri-Kappa Sorority. Gate fees will be charged. Annual park passes are accepted.

Horseshoe Tournament: City Park.

Sponsored by Mitchell Horseshoe League.

Community Vesper Service: High School auditorium.

Sponsored by the Mitchell Ministerial Association.

Community Vespar service at the High School Auditorium

Sponsored by the Mitchell Ministerial Association. Youth service will start with dinner to follow.

Dinner will follow, Anthony Thompson will speak

Lasagna Dinner, Seventh Street Food Tent.

Sponsored by Mitchell Church of the Nazarene.

Persimmon Festival Queen Pageant.

High School Auditorium. Preliminary judging: open to the public. $2 ticket price

Pork Dinner, Seventh Street Food Tent.

Sponsored by Marion Township Volunteer Fire Department

Carnival resumes.

Main Street. The unlimited, three-night armbands can be purchased beginning tonight, and used through Thursday night.

The cost is $20 per armbands.

WUME Lip Sync.

Main Street Stage. Rgister for the program beginning at 5pm Categories based on ages. Prizes awarded to winners. Sponsored by WUME in Paoli.

Italian Lunch and Dinner. Main Food Tent

Sponsored by St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Senior Citizen's Afternoon. Main Street Stage area.

American Red Cross Blood Drive. Main Street,

Church of Christ until 6 pm

Ham, Bean, & Cornbread. Main Food Tent.

Sponsored by the Basketball Booster Club

Cattleman's Steak. Main Food Tent.

Sponsored by the Mitchell Presbyterian Church.

Pancake Breakfast. Masonic Lodge, 9th and Brook Streets.

Sponsored by the Masonic Lodge.

Persimmon 5K, One Mile Fun Run, Persimmon 5K Walk.

Mitchell High School lobby for registration.

Tri - County Antique Tractor and Equipment Association

Behind Hoosier Hills Uplands, between 5th and Sixth streets in downtown Mitchell.

Kid's Day. A magician, face-painting, gifts. Main Street Stage.

Sponsored by Bedford and Mitchell Lions Clubs.

Chicken Barbecue Dinner. Main Food Tent.

Sponsored by the Mitchell Lions Club.

Veterans program. Local veterans will be honored. Main Street stage.

Pre-Parade Introductions. main Street Stage. Attend the posting of the colors and the patriotic ceremony which opens the annual parade. We also introduce the grand marshal, mayor and other dignitaries.

Grand Parade. Rain or Shine. One of Indiana's largest parades forms at Lehigh Field, the parade moves West on Main Street to Seventh Street, North on Warren, West to Eight and ends at MHS. Grand Marshals Donna Sweigart and Betsy Mundy invite you to come out and watch the many special attractions in this year's parade.

Persimmon Festival Awards. Main Street Stage. Main Street Stage. The awards will include those for the Persimmon Pudding and Novelty Dessert Contest.

Rylie Nicole Brown. Main Street Stage. Brown is from Less Summit, Mo. She is 14 years old and sings pop, country and a variety of other songs. She will perform during the parade before she takes the Main Street Stage for her Persimmon Festival debut. More information on Brown, looking her up on Facebook and YouTube.

KROSS. Main Street Stage. KROSS was a popular Bedford corver band in the 1980s and includes members Steve Byers, Tom Barrett, Jay Wilson and Jerry Spradlin. For information, visit KROSS on Facebook. The band made its Persimmon Festival debut in 2010.