The Hoosier Hardwood Festival is full of fun, features and entertainment for; not only industry pros & hobbyists, but the whole family! Here's a sneak peek at what you can expect to find. Click any green link for more details about that festival feature!
For Everyone
- All American Lumberjack Show
- Lumberjacks compete in a variety of 10 different skills competitions!
- All American Lumberjack Camps
- Lumberjacks teach log rolling, axe throwing, and X-cut sawing!
- Interactive experience for kids & adults!
- Chainsaw carving artists & auctions
- 20+ artists from around the country carving all day & selling art!
- Silent auction on Friday & Saturday!
- Live auctions on Saturday & Sunday, with buy-now pricing available throughout the weekend!
- Indiana's Best Logger Competition
- Watch the best pros from Indiana showcase their skills in a competition for bragging rights!
- Education Sessions
- Learn about the state's most renewable resource, our forests!
- Woods on Wheels Interactive Exhibit
- Immerse yourself in a virtual forest and learn cool facts!
- Festival Marketplace
- Woodworking demos, artists & crafters and retail shopping!
- Kids Zone
- Fun and interactivites & crafts!
- Petting Zoo & Bird Encounter
- Meet & feed some exotic animals & birds!
- Festival food & beer garden
- Food trucks & beer garden!
- Music & entertainment
- Live music & kids' entertainment!
For Industry Pros / Hobbyists
- Heavy machinery & equipment
- Lumbermen's tools
- Woodworking tools
- Chainsaws
- Safety gear
- Live demos
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Highlighted Features
Lumberjack Show
This action-packed show is full of 10 lumberjack events including Log Rolling, OP Race, Axe Throwing, Spring Board Tree Topping, Single Buck, 2 Man X-cut Sawing, Stock Saw Racing, Hot Saw Racing, Quick Carve & Log Boom Racing!
Lumberjack Camp
Why sit and watch when you can be part of the action? Lumberjack camps are a safe, fun and competitive activity for everyone young & old! Try your hand at axe throwing, log rolling or 2-person saw cuts!
Chainsaw Carving
We will have 20+ chainsaw carving artists showcasing their skills throughout the festival. Their artwork will be available for sale via auction or buy now pricing.
Logger Competition
Professional loggers from around the state will compete for the title of Indiana’s Best Logger!
Education Sessions
Learn from a variety of presentations that will help you better understand forresty in Indiana and how you, as a landowner, could benefit.
Woods on Wheels
Indiana Woods on Wheels is a traveling interactive exhibit that provides information about the Hoosier state’s most renewable resource, our forests.
Live Music
We’ll have live music Friday evening, Saturday afternoon & evening and Sunday afternoon!
Food & Drink
Our festival will feature some of your favorite local festival food & drink vendors!
Event Schedule
If you just want to know what is happening when, check our our complete schedule of events!
