Valparaiso Events

Valparaiso Events Valparaiso Events is a non-profit organization that offers a series of events throughout the year
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Happy Holidays from Valparaiso Events! ✨❄What a fun year 2025 has been! Thank you to every attendee, sponsor, volunteer,...
12/23/2025

Happy Holidays from Valparaiso Events! ✨❄

What a fun year 2025 has been! Thank you to every attendee, sponsor, volunteer, VE member, and vendor that made all we do possible this year. 🫶

We can't wait for all the fun we have in store for our 2026 event season, stay tuned for our full events calendar to be released in early 2026! 🥳

Say Hello to our newest Business Member of 2025, Chicago Street Theatre! 👋Chicago Street Theatre Thank you for your memb...
12/19/2025

Say Hello to our newest Business Member of 2025, Chicago Street Theatre! 👋

Chicago Street Theatre

Thank you for your membership & support in 2025! We couldn't do all that we do without you! 🩷🥳

The continual support from these local leaders and community members allows us to keep growing - and we are so thankful! 👏 🎉



Interested in becoming a member? Check out our website or the link in our bio!

📬🎅 Last call for letters to Santa! Drop yours at these Downtown Valpo mailboxes before THIS Sunday, December 14th:📬 Valp...
12/12/2025

📬🎅 Last call for letters to Santa! Drop yours at these Downtown Valpo mailboxes before THIS Sunday, December 14th:

📬 Valparaiso Events office
📬 Designer Desserts-Valparaiso
📬 Pickles Kids
📬 Locks of Fun
📬 Rocket Fizz Valparaiso, Indiana
📬 Six Cypress Boutique
📬 Indie Indie Bang Bang
📬 Scented Science Valparaiso
📬 Lifestyles

✨ Don’t forget your return address if you’d like a reply from Santa!

Say Hello to our newest Executive & Community Members of 2025! 👋Assisted Independence, LLC. | James & Tracy RitcheyThank...
12/12/2025

Say Hello to our newest Executive & Community Members of 2025! 👋

Assisted Independence, LLC. | James & Tracy Ritchey

Thank you for your membership & support in 2025! We couldn't do all that we do without you! 🩷🥳

The continual support from these local leaders and community members allows us to keep growing - and we are so thankful! 👏 🎉



Interested in becoming a member? Check out our website or the link in our bio!

❄️🛍️ It’s your last weekend to join the ✨Jingle Around Downtown!✨ holiday shopping promotion and score a chance to WIN a...
12/11/2025

❄️🛍️ It’s your last weekend to join the ✨Jingle Around Downtown!✨ holiday shopping promotion and score a chance to WIN a festive prize! Promotion ends this Sunday, December 14! 🛍️❄️

✨ HOW TO PARTICIPATE ✨

❄ Spend $20+ at any participating business to get your stamp card and your first stamp.

❄ Collect at least 6 stamps (every extra stamp = an extra raffle entry!).

❄ Return your completed card to the Valparaiso Events Office (150 W. Lincolnway, Suite 1006) by December 15 to be entered to win.

Wrap up your holiday shopping, explore downtown, and get those last stamps in before Sunday! ❄️🎄

✨❄️ Holly Days is TODAY, Saturday, December 6! ❄️✨Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year in Downtown Valpo from 3...
12/06/2025

✨❄️ Holly Days is TODAY, Saturday, December 6! ❄️✨

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year in Downtown Valpo from 3:00–6:00 p.m. with flurries of festive fun you won’t want to miss! 🎄

🎶 Live holiday entertainment
🧊 Ice sculptures
🎅 Free photos with Santa
🚂 Free Holiday Express train rides
☕ Free hot cocoa
🍩 Food & sweets vendors
🐑 Live Nativity at Grace Chapel
🎄 Festive photo ops
🛍️ Downtown open houses & promotions
…and more!

Kick off the season with holiday shopping, cozy treats, and cheerful memories with your loved ones. Bundle up and get merry with us! ❄️❤️

📮 Don’t forget: Write & mail your letters to Santa by Dec. 14 at participating Santa’s Mailbox locations or at the Valpo Events tent in Central Park Plaza at Holly Days!

🛍️❄️ Jingle Around Downtown is happening now through Dec. 14—shop participating businesses, collect stamps, and enter to WIN a holiday prize!

✨ HOW IT WORKS:
• Spend $20+ at a participating business to receive a stamp card + your first stamp
• Collect 6+ stamps (each extra stamp = 1 extra raffle entry!)
• Return your completed card to the Valparaiso Events Office by Dec. 15

A holly jolly thank you to our 2025 Holly Days sponsors, your support makes this festive magic possible! 🎄❄️

🎄 PLATINUM 🎄
Currie Motors Ford of Valpo | Currie Motors Buick GMC

✨ GOLD ✨
Smith Ready Mix Inc

❄️ SILVER ❄️
Glacial Sands Oral, Facial, Implant Surgery
Indiana Army National Guard

🎁 BRONZE 🎁
Central Midwest Carpenters
Centier Bank
Terry's Discount Windows & More, LLC
Urschel Laboratories, Inc.

✨❄️Join us TOMORROW, Saturday December 6 for Holly Days to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year in Downtown Val...
12/05/2025

✨❄️Join us TOMORROW, Saturday December 6 for Holly Days to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year in Downtown Valpo! ❄️✨

There will be flurries of festive fun for the whole family from 3:00–6:00 p.m. in the heart of Downtown Valpo, Central Park Plaza, & the Courthouse Lawn and you won't want to miss it! 🎄❄️

🎶 Live holiday entertainment
🧊 Dazzling ice sculptures
🎅 Free photos with Santa
🚂 Free Holiday Express train rides
☕ Free hot cocoa
🍩 Food & sweets vendors
🐑 Live Nativity hosted by Grace Chapel
🎄Festive photo ops
🛍️ Downtown retail open houses & special promotions
…and so much more!

Whether you’re checking off your holiday shopping list or simply soaking in the festive spirit, Holly Days is the perfect way to kick off the season in Downtown Valpo. Bundle up, grab your loved ones, and get merry with us! 🎄❄️

Don't forget to write & mail your letters to Santa by December 14th at one of the participating Santa's Mailbox locations around Downtown Valpo! 🎅🏻📮

❄️🛍️ Participate in our “Jingle Around Downtown!” holiday promotion from now until December 14th for a chance to WIN a holiday prize! 🛍️❄️

✨HOW TO PARTICIPATE✨

❄ Make a purchase of $20+ at any participating business and receive a stamp card AND your first stamp! Take this card with you on your holiday shopping spree and receive a stamp at each participating business you spend $20+ at!

❄Collect a minimum of 6 stamps from participating downtown businesses to complete your card! (Each additional stamp over 6 = 1 additional raffle entry!)

❄ Return your completed card to the Valparaiso Events Office (150 W. Lincolnway, Suite 1006) between now and December 15th for a chance to win a holiday prize!

A holly jolly thank you to our 2025 Holly Days sponsors, all of this festive fun wouldn't be possible without them! 🎄❄️🫶

🎄 PLATINUM 🎄
Currie Motors Ford of Valpo | Currie Motors Buick GMC

✨ GOLD ✨
Smith Ready Mix Inc

❄️ SILVER ❄️
Glacial Sands Oral, Facial, Implant Surgery
Indiana Army National Guard

🎁 BRONZE 🎁
Central Midwest Carpenters
Centier Bank
Terry's Discount Windows & More, LLC
Urschel Laboratories, Inc.

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12/05/2025

Looking for a trusted family dentist? Restoration Dental Studio makes dental care comfortable, stress-free, and personalized for patients of all ages.

Visit www.restorationdentalstudio.com or call (219) 476-3100 to book your appointment today! ✨🦷

Restoration Dental Studio

Say Hello to our newest Executive, Business, & Community Members of 2025! 👋Noaks Popcorn | Firehouse Subs Valparaiso | L...
12/05/2025

Say Hello to our newest Executive, Business, & Community Members of 2025! 👋

Noaks Popcorn | Firehouse Subs Valparaiso | Lifestyles | Tom & Deb Rowland

Thank you for your membership & support in 2025! We couldn't do all that we do without you! 🩷🥳

The continual support from these local leaders and community members allows us to keep growing - and we are so thankful! 👏 🎉



Interested in becoming a member? Check out our website or the link in our bio!

✨🎄 Holiday Open Houses are THIS WEEKEND in Downtown Valpo! 🎄✨Join participating businesses Friday, Dec. 5 – Sunday, Dec....
12/04/2025

✨🎄 Holiday Open Houses are THIS WEEKEND in Downtown Valpo! 🎄✨

Join participating businesses Friday, Dec. 5 – Sunday, Dec. 7 for festive specials, treats, pop-ups & holiday fun leading into Holly Days on Saturday!

Check out the weekend specials below & swipe for each business’s Holiday Open House schedule:

🎁 Pikk's Tavern — $10 holiday cocktail; 10% off brunch/lunch
🎁 Lifestyles — Holiday scratch-off coupons
🎁 Blackbird Café
🎁 Six Cypress Boutique
🎁 Scented Science — 10% off scent products $20+; swag bag w/ $40+; chocolates w/ all purchases (while supplies last)
🎁 Rocket Fizz — 10% off $25+ all weekend; swag bag w/ $40+; product samples Saturday
🎁 Designer Desserts — Seasonal cupcakes
🎁 Journeyman Distillery — Hot Chocolate Kit $19.99; home goods up to 50% off
🎁 Ivy Boutique — All regularly priced merchandise BOGO Free (includes TokyoMilk, Lollia, Sweet Grace)
🎁 Hungry Hound — Light refreshments & surprise sales!
🎁 FLUID Coffee Roasters | Lincolnway— The Ritual of Pour-Over Pop-Up: demo, tasting & roasting display
🎁 Market 102 — Sales, snacks, sips & raffle (Sat 11–8; Sun 11–5)
🎁 Silcott Shoes — 10% off storewide (excludes Uggs, Birkenstock, work boots)
🎁 E & A Jewelers — Up to 50% off; Holiday Open House & Trunk Show
• 12/5: 10–8 • 12/6: 10–7 • 12/7: 11–4
🎁 Pretty Little Parties — 11–6; $5 off balloon orders; DIY Ornament Bar
🎁 Bangles — 20% off all purchases
🎁 Don Quijote Imports — 12–4 Open House; wine cases up to 75% off; clothing 50% off; all purchases 25% off
🎁 Pieces of Jayde — Krampus Christmas specials; free snowflake obsidian w/ $10+; Fri–Sat 11–6, Sun 11–4
🎁 The Press — Ornament-making event; holiday raffle; 10% off holiday children’s books
🎁 Edie Boutique — Surprise specials
🎁 ELLA JAYMS — Bliss Braid Bar 11–4; Stocking Stuffers Buy 2 Get 1 50% Off; CLOTHESgiving donation with each clothing item sold.

✨ And while you shop this weekend… Jingle Around Downtown is on!
Pick up your shopping card, collect stamps at participating businesses, and be entered to win one of our holiday prizes. The more you shop, the more chances to win! 🎁✨

Come celebrate the season, support local, and enjoy a joyful weekend in Downtown Valpo! 🎄💖

✨❄️ It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Downtown Valpo! ❄️✨Join us for Holly Days NEXT Saturday, December 6th fr...
11/30/2025

✨❄️ It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Downtown Valpo! ❄️✨

Join us for Holly Days NEXT Saturday, December 6th from 3:00–6:00 p.m. in the heart of Downtown Valparaiso for our annual holiday celebration filled with festive fun for the whole family! 🎄❄️

Wander through Downtown Valpo, Central Park Plaza, and the Courthouse Lawn as they transform into a winter wonderland of twinkling lights, joyful music, and holiday magic!

🎶 Live holiday entertainment
🧊 Dazzling ice sculptures
🎅 Free photos with Santa
🚂 Free Holiday Express train rides
☕ Free hot cocoa
🐑 Live Nativity hosted by Grace Chapel
🎄 Holiday bounce house
🛍️ Downtown retail open houses & special promotions
…and so much more!

Whether you’re checking off your holiday shopping list or simply soaking in the festive spirit, Holly Days is the perfect way to kick off the season in Downtown Valpo. Bundle up, grab your loved ones, and get merry with us! 🛍️❄️

A holly jolly thank you to our 2025 Holly Days sponsors, all of this festive fun wouldn't be possible without them! 🎄❄️🫶

🎄 PLATINUM 🎄
Currie Motors Ford of Valpo | Currie Motors Buick GMC

✨ GOLD ✨
Smith Ready Mix Inc

❄️ SILVER ❄️
Glacial Sands Oral, Facial, Implant Surgery
Indiana Army National Guard

🎁 BRONZE 🎁
Central Midwest Carpenters
Centier Bank
Terry's Discount Windows & More, LLC
Urschel Laboratories, Inc.

📬🎅🏻 The North Pole's post office is ready for mail! Santa's Mailbox will open this Friday, November 28 through Sunday, D...
11/28/2025

📬🎅🏻 The North Pole's post office is ready for mail! Santa's Mailbox will open this Friday, November 28 through Sunday, December 14! 🎅🏻📬

Find a mailbox to drop your letter to Santa in at one of these locations throughout Downtown Valpo:
📬 Valparaiso Events office (closed 11/28)
📬 Designer Desserts-Valparaiso
📬 Pickles Kids
📬 Locks of Fun
📬 Rocket Fizz Valparaiso, Indiana
📬 Six Cypress Boutique
📬 Indie Indie Bang Bang
📬 Scented Science Valparaiso
📬 Lifestyles

❄ You can also drop your letter to Santa at our Holly Days event on Saturday, December 6th from 3:00 - 6:00! The mailbox will be located at the Valpo Events tent in Central Park Plaza. ❄

Mailboxes will be open until December 14th. Please visit each location's website for their hours of operation and be sure to include your return address if you'd like a reply letter from Santa!

🎅🏻✨ Don't just write to Santa, visit him while he's right here in Valpo! Be sure to bring the family out to visit Santa at one (or all!) of the following events he will be a part of: ✨🎅🏻

🎄⛸ Saturday, November 29 - Valpo Parks Winter Fest & Tree Lighting
❄✨ Saturday, December 6 - Holly Days

Address

150 W Lincolnway, Ste 1006
Valparaiso, IN
46383

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm
Friday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

(219) 464-8332

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Our Story

Almost 40 years ago we began under a different name with the Valparaiso Popcorn Festival as the only event. In 2008 we hosted 5 events. In 2018 we will host 13 unique events totaling over 95 days! Our longest running event is also our largest. The Valparaiso Popcorn Festival sees over 60,000 attendees each year in ONE DAY! Our fastest selling ticketed event is focused on chocolate and our second fastest ticketed event is focused on craft beer. Keep in mind that over 90 days of our events are FREE!