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    Festivals · Shipshewana, Indiana

    Shipshewana Ice Festival & Chili Cook-Off

    Saturday 16 January 2027

    Downtown Shipshewana. Photo: Chris Flook, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Professional carvers fill the town with ice sculptures, with live carving and a carving competition, plus a wing contest on Friday evening and a chili contest on Saturday.

    Mid-January, Friday–Saturday.

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    Dates come from the event’s own website or its organisers, last checked October 2026. Check before you go: dates and times change. Something wrong? Tell us.