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HERE COMES THE MONARCH FEST!!!!! GET READY FOR A WHOLE NEW MONARCH EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR.
Bring your family and friends on Saturday, September 16 to the sixth annual Festival de la Monarca and help welcome the monarch butterflies as they journey across northwest Indiana on their way to Michoacán. This FREE festival invites you to celebrate the beautiful monarch butterfly with your East Chicago community members by enjoying fun activities, music, art, dance and food. Visit Festival de la Monarca - East Chicago often to get the latest details.

Traigan a su familia y amigos el Sábado, 16 de
Septiembre al sexto Festival de la Monarca y acompáñenos a darle la bienvenida a la mariposa monarca en su recorrido del noreste de Indiana en su camino a Michoacán.Este festival GRATUITO te invita a celebrar a la hermosa mariposa monarca con miembros de tu comunidad de East Chicago con actividades divertidas, música, arte, baile y comida. Visiten nuestra página Festival de la Monarca - East Chicago para saber más detalles.

We have some great vendors and exhibitors lined up this year for the Festival, including:
Food Vendors:
• Bay City Tacos
• Stop The Violence Movement – jerk chicken
• New Lifestyle
Art Vendors:
• Rosary’s By Ivy
• Amelia’s Art
• Scents by Monáe
• Flor Baum – handmade jewelry; face painting
• Maria Villegas – Mexican crafts
• Mayte Muniz – clothing from Mexico & handmade jewelry
• Denise Hunter – Soaps, body oils, body butter, hand dipped incense
Among others!

The Nature Conservancy's partners work hard to help bring this festival to you. Thank you for their participation and be sure to visit their tables during the event!
**Audubon Great Lakes
**Field Museum
**Save the Dunes
**Shirley Heinze Land Trust
**Wild Ones Chapter at Gibson Woods

What to know:
1. Entrance is free to all!
2. Parking is located on the south end of the park, and overflow parking is located less than a block south with transfer by golf cart if necessary, courtesy of the City of East Chicago. (We will do a separate post on that soon.)
3. This is a rain or shine event.
4. We love dogs/pets, but please leave them at home. Dogs and pets are actually not allowed at East Chicago Parks. Last year we had a staff member randomly attacked by a leashed dog.
5. Several of the vendors, especially food vendors, accept cash only.
6. Be sure to get the Bingo Card you will receive at the entrance stamped to participate in some free prize drawings, including a free family membership to the Field Museum, and free train tickets to get you there.