Friends of Downtown is proud to present the 2025 Beers and More Across the Wabash.
Get ready for an even bigger celebration on Saturday, August 23, 2025, when we host the 13th Annual Beers and More Across the Wabash on the scenic John T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge!
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This year, we’re raising the bar by adding premium distilled spirits to our fantastic roster of Indiana’s finest craft beers, wines, cider and mead so you can sip, swirl, and savor across every category.
What to Expect
Expanded Tasting Lineup: Sample handcrafted beers, exceptional wines, crisp ciders, smooth meads—and for the first time, a curated selection of distilled spirits from top small-batch Indiana distillers!
General Admission: Opens at 2 PM,
Last pour at 4:45 PM and the festival wrapping up by 5 PM.
Live Entertainment & Fun: Enjoy local band, classic beer games, and delicious bites available from area food trucks.
Giving Back
We’re proud to partner once again with Food Finders Food Bank to help combat food insecurity. Since 2017, this festival has provided over 238,000 meals to our neighbors in need. Learn more at www.food-finders.org.
Tickets & Pricing
Advance General Admission: $45
Day-of Tickets (if still available): $50
Health & Safety
We’ll be following all guidelines issued by the local Health Department. As well as all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Attendees are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with these laws at all times during the event. To ensure a fun, safe afternoon for everyone.
Don’t miss out on the newest—and boldest—lineup yet! Secure your spot today and raise a glass to craft beverages, community, and a great cause.
Join us at the Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair, Friday, July 18th through Saturday, July 26th.Fun family entertainment for all since 1930. Great entertainment, quality music, buildings of crafts and fine handiworks, all phases of agriculture, a wide variety of youth activities, carnival rides and games and of course, mouthwatering fair food!
Mac will be at the fair all week with daily reports on-air from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds
1406 Teal Road, Lafayette, IN 47905
Thank you for joining Lafayette Media Group in becoming Hope Heroes during our 2025 Riley Radiothon!
With your pledge, we raised $71,737 for Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana’s only comprehensive and nationally ranked children’s hospital! Your donation supports mental health care, Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy Program, pediatric drug research & development, life-changing heart research, and so much more! Plus, no family is turned away regardless of their ability to pay.
Text RILEY to 51555 to donate using credit card, Apple Pay, PayPal & Venmo.
Our Lafayette Local Hero for May 2025 is Brandon Oliver, paramedic with Warren County EMS & T.E.A.S. https://youtu.be/zfx3639wx4M?si=_j6NhO5zq6zsDsz5
To nominate a local hero, submit your nomination to Bryan McGarvey at mac@wask.com and include…
– Local Hero’s First & Last Name – Local Hero’s Occupation – Local Hero’s Phone Number – Why They Should Be Honored – Your First & Last Name – Your Phone Number
Our Lafayette Local Hero for April 2025 is Joe Remaly of Burrows-Liberty Volunteer Fire Department.
To nominate a local hero, submit your nomination to Bryan McGarvey at mac@wask.com and include…
– Local Hero’s First & Last Name
– Local Hero’s Occupation
– Local Hero’s Phone Number
– Why They Should Be Honored
– Your First & Last Name
– Your Phone Number
Our Lafayette Local Hero for March 2025 is Alana Mellady Benton of County EMS and Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department. Public service runs in her blood. Alana is always striving to better herself and be the best first responder for our community.
To nominate a local hero, submit your nomination to Bryan McGarvey and include…
– Local Hero’s First & Last Name
– Local Hero’s Occupation
– Local Hero’s Phone Number
– Why They Should Be Honored
– Your First & Last Name
– Your Phone Number
Join us for the 17th annual 5k Challenge, benefiting the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research. It’s coming up Saturday, April 12 with the 5k starting & ending at the France A. Córdova Recreational Sports Center, beginning at 7:30pm.
Since 2008, the Challenge has generated more than $1 million in advance lifesaving science at the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research!
Sign up today to run or walk the 5k Challenge and help us Finish Cancer!
Nominate your favorite local businesses today for a chance to make them the Best of the Wabash!
Nominations Begin – Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 pm
Nominations End – Wednesday, February 19th at 05:00 pm
Voting Begins – Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 pm
Voting Ends – Wednesday, March 12th at 05:00 pm
Congratulations to our Golden Spork Award Winners: Harrison High School, East Tipp Middle School, and Dayton Elementary School. They’re the Classroom Superstars who raised the most meals during our Feed The Need Day. See the award presentations here–plus each school got $1,000 from Primient!
We’d like to introduce you to our Lafayette Local Hero for January 2025: Captain Robert Hickman with the Monon Police Department and SRO with North White School Corp, as well as a former fireman. His mission in life is to keep our children safe.
