Visit Noble County

10/07/2026

WOW! What a great event! 🐦🦉🐦‍⬛

We're partnering again with Indiana Audubon and Indiana Land Protection Alliance - ILPA for an hike at Lloyd W. Bender Memorial Forest on Saturday, Oct. 10.

Spend the morning birding and helping document migrating birds as a group.

Registration is $5 per person: https://obd2026.eventbrite.com/

10/07/2026

🦉🎃 Whooo’s ready for some Halloween fun?!

Owl-oween is coming to the Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site in the Town of Rome City! It's one Halloween adventure the whole family will love! 🌲🍬

Grab your flashlight and head into Wildflower Woods for an evening of discovering the amazing creatures that call the forest home!

🦉 Meet real animals with our friends at Soarin’ Hawk and Black Pine Animal Sanctuary
🦇 Learn about bats, owls & other creatures of the night
🎃 Play games along the trail
🍬 Collect plenty of treats
🔦 Explore Wildflower Woods with your flashlight
👻 Come dressed in your favorite Halloween costume!

It’s fun for all ages and designed to be a family-friendly Halloween adventure—no scares required! 💚

📅 October 10, 2026
⏰ 4:00–6:30 PM
📍 Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site

🌧️ Rain or shine! If the weather doesn’t cooperate, all activity stations will be under shelter. Grab the family, your costumes, and a flashlight, and get ready for an evening of nature, animals, games, and treats! 🦉🎃🌲

10/06/2026

🍁 Thank you, Cindi Myers, for sharing this beautiful photo from the Hemingway Wetlands Restoration Area at Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site!

And we couldn’t agree more—you said it perfectly:

“A beautiful, relaxing morning in Noble County! I could have stayed here all day! ”

There’s just something about a quiet morning surrounded by nature that makes you want to slow down, breathe deep, and stay awhile. 💚

Welcome to Noble County: Where Nature is always in season. 🌿🍂

10/06/2026

🩸🎃 FRIGHT NIGHT IS COMING… 🎃🩸
📅 October 10 | Historic Downtown Kendallville

Ready for a night of music, mayhem, monsters & mischief? 👻

Brought to you by Arkham City Oddities

🎸 4 live bands on the main stage
🚗 Spook-tastic Car Show
👻 Haunts
🛍️ 90+ vendors
🌮 Food trucks
🎭 Costume contest
🧛 Vampire Pageant
🪓 Axe throwing
🍺 B**r tent for those 21+, featuring Guesswork Brewing Co. made at the Albion Ale House

And if that’s not enough… 🎬🩸
STRAND THEATRE - KENDALLVILLE will host a FREE screening of the 1985 classic Fright Night!

🎃 Dress up. Bring your crew. Enter if you dare.
📍 Historic Downtown Kendallville
🗓️ October 10
✨ FREE admission!

Something wicked this way comes… 👀🕸️

10/06/2026

💄🛍️ Ladies Night Out is BACK! 🥂✨
📅 October 9 | 5–7:30 PM | Historic Downtown Albion, IN

Grab your girlfriends and make a night of it! 💕 Join Albion’s women-owned businesses and guest vendors for an evening of shopping, cocktails, mingling, and FUN!

Brought to you by The Strand, Albion Ale House, Butterfly Alley Gifts, & more!

🛍️ Shop local boutiques & businesses
🥂 Sip & socialize
👯‍♀️ Bring your besties
✨ Discover guest vendors & local finds

Businesses will be staying open late from 5–7:30 PM for this annual tradition!

So grab the girls, grab your shopping bag, and meet us downtown for Ladies Night Out! 💕🛍️🥂

10/05/2026

🍴 Noble County has a food story worth sharing! 🍴

We’re excited to announce a new partnership between Visit Noble County and the Indiana Foodways Alliance to celebrate the local restaurants, breweries, coffee shops, bakeries, ice cream shops, and culinary experiences that make Noble County special.

Through this partnership, Visit Noble County covers the Indiana Foodways Alliance membership and marketing fees for 15 local food businesses, helping put their stories in front of food-loving travelers across Indiana.

And this summer, we welcomed five new members to the Indiana Foodways Alliance family:

🍗 Dock's Landing
🍨 LaMichoacana Ice Cream
☕ Lickity Splitz Ice Cream & Coffee LLC
🍦 Sundaes on Sylvan
🍽️ The Fox Den

Together, these 15 businesses showcase just how diverse and delicious Noble County’s food scene is:

📍 Albion Ale House
📍 Dock’s Landing
📍 Grounded Coffee House
📍 Harry Stuff Brewing Co.
📍 Jen’s Bistro
📍 Kimmel House Inn
📍 LaMichoacana Ice Cream
📍 LaOtto Brewing
📍 Lickity Splitz Ice Cream & Coffee
📍 One10 West Main
📍 St James Restaurant
📍 Sundaes on Sylvan
📍 Sylvan Cellars Event Center & Tasting Room
📍 The Fox Den
📍 Whatchamacakes

The Indiana Foodways Alliance connects Indiana’s food producers, restaurants, chefs, markets, breweries, and other culinary businesses through a statewide network celebrating Indiana food and traditions.

For us, this partnership is about more than food. It’s about telling the stories behind the places, supporting local businesses, and giving visitors another reason to explore Noble County.

Because when you eat local, you’re not just having a meal—you’re experiencing a little piece of Naturally Noble. ❤️

10/04/2026

🍎✨ 40 YEARS OF EVERYTHING APPLE! ✨🍎

What a weekend! The 2026 Apple Festival of Kendallville truly filled Kendallville with perfect fall weather, amazing food, unique experiences, hands-on education, entertainment, games, shopping, and SO much more! ❤️

For 40 years, this beloved festival has brought people together to celebrate all things apple—and this year was one to remember! 🍏🎶🎡

A BIG thank you to Noble County content creators Sagarika Bontrager & Caleb for putting this fun video together and capturing the spirit of the weekend so beautifully! 🎥🍎 We absolutely LOVE working with local creatives and giving them opportunities to showcase the people, places, and experiences that make Noble County special. 🫶

Thank you to everyone who came out, participated, volunteered, created, cooked, performed, shopped, and helped make Apple Festival 2026 so special at the Noble County Community Fairgrounds - Kendallville, IN!

Here’s a little look back at an unforgettable weekend in Kendallville, Indiana! 🍎🍂

10/04/2026

🍂😄Another fantastic morning at the 2026 Apple Festival of Kendallville! Celebrate 40 years of tradition, food, education, entertainment, shopping, and more! We're here all day with plenty to explore! You won't want to miss it! Make sure to explore the Noble County Community Fairgrounds - Kendallville, IN today!!! 🍎🍁

10/03/2026

🍎Day 1 of the Apple Festival is DONE!🎉

What a fun first day! Thank you to Jim Williams, who provided this amazing picture, showcasing the iconic cannon kickoff to the event! 🍂 Now it’s time to rest, recharge, and get ready because Day 2 is coming in hot--SUNDAY 🍏✨

If you missed us today, don’t worry — there’s still plenty of Apple Festival of Kendallville fun waiting for you tomorrow at the Noble County Community Fairgrounds - Kendallville, IN! ❤️

Let’s do it all again! 🍎🎡🍂