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The City of Lakes Festival begins Friday at noon with activities scheduled at Center Lake, including a fun area for the kids and craft and food vendors.
This three-day festival theme is "Come, Celebrate Family." While most of the activities are confined to the Central Park area, there will also be events at the Warsaw Municipal Airport, Winona Lake and the Biblical Gardens.
Tommy James and the Shondells headline this year's Classic Rock Concert on the main stage in Central Park. Tommy James starts at 8 p.m., with opening band The Guitar Woodies playing at 6 p.m.
Be sure to bring lawn chairs or blankets early as the lawn and bleachers are expected to be packed.
During the festival Canal Street will be closed. Indiana Street will be closed Saturday morning until about 2 p.m. Fort Wayne Street will be closed at 5 p.m. from Indiana Street to McDonald's Restaurant until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Friday afternoon a cheerleading mini-camp will be conducted from 1 to 5 p.m. in Bixler Park, and from 1 to 4 p.m. the Indianapolis Colts Caravan will visit Central Park.
The watermelon feast begins at 5 p.m.
Saturday -
The annual airport fly-in and drive-in with a pancake and sausage breakfast begins at 7 a.m. through 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
In Winona Lake the adult triathlon begins at 8 a.m., while the Cub Scouts' mobile race starts on Indiana Street at the same time.
A three-on-three basketball tournament will be held in the west Zimmer parking lot beginning at 9 a.m.
The parade begins at 11 a.m. in Boggs Industrial Park, proceeds down Center Street and turns north on Indiana. The review stand is across from the Old Jail Museum in the Zimmer parking lot. The parade ends in Central Park.
The Warsaw Fire Department station 1 hog roast begins on Main Street at 11 a.m.
In the afternoon, BMX activities will be held in Hire Park; the big wheel race starts on Canal Street at 2 p.m.
Biblical Garden tours will be at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Lake City Skiers will perform on Hidden Lake at 3 and 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. and 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday.
First Presbyterian Church is sponsoring a Geoff Moore concert with opening band Downhere starting at 7 p.m.
Sunday -
At 9 a.m. Sunday there will be a mountain bike race on Winona Lake Trails.
New Life Christian Church sponsors a "sonrise" service at 9:30 a.m. in Central Park. Craft and food vendors will be set up in the park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Registration for the 5K begins at 1 p.m. Sunday with the run at 2 p.m.
There will be family entertainment in the Center Lake pavilion from 1 to 4 p.m. and children's clog dancers performing at 2 p.m.
The festival ends with an All Church Singspiration hosted by New Life Christian Church, Winona Lake Free Methodist Church, Warsaw Wesleyan and First Presbyterian Church at 7 p.m. on the Central Park Main Stage.
An information station will be open the entire weekend of the festival on the northwest side of Central Park on Canal Street.
For more information, call the Warsaw Community Development Corp., 267-6419, or the Warsaw Parks Department, 372-9554.
