Saturday, Aug 9, 2025 at 8:00am
The DeMotte Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual Touch of Dutch Festival on the second Saturday in August at Spencer Park in DeMotte, Indiana. This family-fun event boasts 8,000-10,000 visitors and features a parade, a car show, free live entertainment, craft and food vendors, kid’s entertainment, giveaways, beer garden, fireworks and so much more!
Schedule
6:00 am
Car Show Registration
Located south of the baseball field
Show Car Registration – 6am-9am
8:00 am
44th Annual Rotary Ramble 5K Run or Run/Walk
The Rotary Ramble is sponsored by the DeMotte KV Rotary, which is a chapter of Rotary International
The race starting line is just North of the DeMotte Public Library, which is located just behind the DeMotte Elementary School.
Event and pre-registration located HERE.
9:00 am
Festival Begins
Free admission, free parking, free shuttle to and from Spencer Park
Food, crafters, beer garden, family fun all day long!
Thank you to our sponsors and so many others you will see on our event sponsor banners, t-shirts and our official Facebook page! Your support means so much to our community!
9:00 am
Car Show Open for Spectators
Free admission to spectators – 9am-2pm
9:15 am
Halleck Street Closes
Street closes at 9:15 am
10:00 am
Parade Begins
Starts at Ace Hardware on Halleck Street (SR 231)
Moves south to DeMotte Elementary School
Judges stand is at 9th Street in front of the DeMotte Post Office
Noon
Opening Ceremony
Opening ceremonies begin at the band shell.
Noon
Dutch Dancers Perform
Indiana Ballet Theater will perform a traditional Dutch Dance at the 4-way sidewalk intersection near Tents 13 and 14 in the southwest corner of the park.
Noon
3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
3-on-3 basketball tournament
Located at the courts east of the band shell
Organized by The Connection Center.
12:15 pm
Lindsay Lowe
Free concert at the band shell
2:00 pm
Dutch Dancers Perform
Indiana Ballet Theater will perform a traditional Dutch Dance at the 4-way sidewalk intersection near tents 13 and 14 in the southwest corner of the park.
2:00 pm
Parade Awards
At the band shell
2:00 pm
Car Show Awards
Announced at the Car Show Trailer.
2:00 pm
The Crawpuppies
Free concert at the band shell
4:30 pm
Totally Taylor (Taylor Swift Tribute Band)
Free concert at the band shell
7:00 pm
Party Foul
Free concert at the band shell
9:00 pm
Fireworks
