Shipshewana Ice Festival and Chili Cookoff

January 20 - January 21, 2023

This is the 15th year for the Shipshewana Ice Festival! Ice carvers will be drilling and shaving blocks of ice all over town. The creations they design are submitted by the sponsor or the carver’s choice. These professional carver’s enjoy the challenge of creating! Please stop in Shipshewana to see them work…or play.   To see more of the carving process, come Friday at 10AM (Jan 20) and stay until Saturday (Jan 21) to see the finished results!

Bring your tastebuds and your appetite to the Shipshewana Chili Cook-Off that is scheduled to take place during the Ice Festival at 11AM on Saturday. Experience a variety of chili’s, talk to our cooks, confer with your fellow judges, and cast your vote for the best Chili. The cook-off will take place downtown at the Smokehouse Grill & Supply store located on Morton Street.

JANUARY 20TH

10am Friday

ICE CARVING LOCATIONS

Ice Burg

• Blue Gate Restaurant

Featured Ice

• E&S Sales
• Davis Mercantile
• Shipshewana Carousel
• Yoder’s Meat & Cheese
• Yoder’s Red Barn Shoppes
• Yoder’s Shopping Center

Business Plus Ice

• Cariloha
• Ole Tin Rooster
• Farmstead Inn
• Head Over Heels
• LaGrange CVB
• Glow Bookstore
• Der Ruhe Blatz
• Red Wagon
• Aunt Millie’s Nut and Candy Shop
• Simple Sounds
• Smokehouse Grills & Supply

Business Ice

• 2 Chicks and a Chair
• Lasting Impressions
• Flagstar Bank
• Bretheren Retreat at Shipshewana Lake
• Puzzles Plus
• Truly Yours

JANUARY 21ST

ICE COMPETITION

11am Saturday

• Howe LaGrange Insurance Agency
• D Bar D Trucking
• SRMA
• Blue Gate Restaurant
• Davis Mercantile
• Edward Jones

CHILI COOK-OFF

11am – Until Sold Out

• Smokehouse Grills & Supply
• E&S Sales 1
• E&S Sales 2
• Kathryn Martin
• Essenhaus
• El Zorrito
• Chris Johnson