The Annual Monrovia Festival takes place each year in September and features a variety of fun events, great food, vendor booths and more! This year's event will be September 11-13 in downtown Monrovia.. Organized by the Monrovia Festival & Community Association, this annual event brings together family, friends, community and visitors for three days of small town fun with over 130 vendor booths, live music each night, a car and tractor show, cow patty bingo (yes, really!) a kids' zone, art show, a wide variety of food booths, and of course a parade.
Festival events are centered around Main Street and Walnut Street near the Monrovia Community Building. Check out the highlights of this year's schedule below, then mark your calendar and get ready to spend a day of fall festival fun in Monrovia, Indiana!
2026 Monrovia Festival Schedule
Friday, Sept. 11
| Ongoing | Citizen's Bank Kids' Zone | by Post Office |
| Ongoing | Petting Zoo | Henderson Farm Store |
| Ongoing | Carriage Rides | Main Street |
| 4-8pm | Alma Smock Arts & Crafts Show Open | Festival Building |
| 4-9pm | Vendor Booths Open | Vendor Tent & Street |
| 4pm | Indiana Spirit of '45 Program | Pavilion |
| 5pm | Minute to Win It Kids | Pavilion |
| 6pm | Minute to Win It Adults | Pavilion |
| 7pm | Bloomington Classical Guitar Ensemble | Pavilion |
| 7-9pm | Team Trivia | Main Stage |
| 7:30pm | Cow Patty Bingo, Game #1 | Walnut & Main Streets |
Saturday, Sept. 12
| Ongoing | Citizen's Bank Kids' Zone | by Post Office |
| Ongoing | Petting Zoo | Henderson Farm Store |
| Ongoing | Carriage Rides | Main Street |
| 9am-3pm | Masonic Lodge Car Show | Sherrill's Drywall |
| 10am-8pm | Alma Smock Arts & Crafts Show | Festival Building |
| 10am-9pm | Vendor Booths Open | Vendor Tent & Streets |
| 10:15-11:30am | Pie Baking Competition | Main Stage |
| 10:30am-11:30am | Dog Show | Pavilion |
| 11am | Free Drift Event | Spider Graphix |
| 11-11:45am | Husband Calling Contest | Main Stage |
| 11:45am-12:30pm | Husband's Reply to Wife Contest | Main Stage |
| 12pm | Mountain Dulcimer Group | Pavilion |
| 12pm | Steam Engine & Model T | Bruce |
| 12:45pm | Tractor Ticket #450 Drawing | Main Stage |
| 1pm | Tractor Raffle Drawing | Main Stage |
| 2pm | Corky The Clown Magic Show | Pavilion |
| 3pm | Pie Eating Contest | Main Stage |
| 4-5:15pm | Love & Marriage Game Show | Main Stage |
| 3pm | Cow Patty Bingo Game #2 | Walnut & Main Streets |
| 3-4pm | Rhythm Chasers Clogging | Pavilion |
| 4pm | Jean Everett Memorial Kids Pedal Tractor Pull | Sherrill's Drywall |
| 5-7pm | Power Wheels Demolition Derby | Ball Fields |
| 6-8pm | Chase Morgan Music | Pavilion |
| 7:30pm | Cow Patty Bingo Game #3 | Walnut & Main Streets |
| 7-10pm | Neon/Glow Theme Dance | Main Stage |
Sunday, Sept. 13
| Ongoing | Citizen's Bank Kids' Zone | by Post Office |
| Ongoing | Petting Zoo | Henderson Farm Store |
| Ongoing | Carriage Rides | Main Street |
| 9am | Fellowship | Main Stage |
| 9:30am | Community Worship Service | Main Stage |
| 10am-3pm | Vendor Booths Open | Vendor Tent & Streets |
| 12-2pm | Art Show Entry Pick Up | Festival Building |
| 12:30pm | Parade Lineup Begins | enter school gate #3 |
| 3pm | Parade Begins | |
| 3pm | Pedal Tractor Raffle | Parade Grandstand |
