1. Order the Lafayette-West Lafayette Visitors Guide which includes a map to the area! Click here to order and your guide will be mailed within a week!
2. Book your overnight stay! Big ten sports draw thousands and thousands of fans. The Greater Lafayette area is home to over 30 different hotels to choose from but rooms book up quickly. Make sure to reserve your lodging early to assure a reservation.
3. Ensure you have your Purdue sports tickets! Click here to check out sports schedules and to purchase tickets!
6. Make sure you add Downtown Lafayette-West Lafayette to your itinerary! Stroll the tree lined streets with outdoor public art and beautiful turn of the century architecture. Downtown spans from the Purdue Memorial Union on the edge of Purdue University, down the hill, and over the Wabash River, all the way to 11th Street in Lafayette. It offers hip dining venues, breweries, eclectic shopping, nightlife, plays, museums, galleries, theaters and more!
2024-12-07
2024-12-15
11th Annual Holiday Market at Wea Creek Orchard
<h2 class="wsite-content-title" style="text-align: left;">Join us!</h2>
<div class="paragraph" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">For our 11th Annual Holiday Market at Wea Creek Orchard<br>A curated shopping experience. We transform the historic barn into a holiday shop filled with handmade gifts picked special for you and your loved ones from over 50 makers and artists. <br><br>This is an in person shopping event & we will be offering online sales through <a href="https://lalagallery.com/shop/indiana-makers-market/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LaLaGallery.com</a> too!</span><br><br><span style="font-size: large;">The Shop Online will allow for Curbside Pick Up and Shipping Nationwide.</span></div>
<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Opens Small Business Saturday - November 30th - 10AM-4PM</span></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">LIVE Music</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Food Truck over Lunch</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Artist Demos & Make & Takes</span></div>
<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sunday - December 1st - 10AM-4PM</span></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Artist Demos & Make & Takes</span></div>
<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Second Weekend</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Friday - December 6th - 4PM-7PM</span></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cocktails & Drinks on Us</span></div>
<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Saturday - December 7th - 10AM-4PM</span></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">LIVE Music</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Food Truck over Lunch</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Artist Demos & Make & Takes</span></div>
<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sunday - December 8th - 10AM-4PM</span></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Artist Demos & Make & Takes</span></div>
<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Final Weekend</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Friday - December 13th - 4PM-7PM</span></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cocktails & Drinks on Us</span></div>
<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Saturday - December 14th - 10AM-4PM</span></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">LIVE Music</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Food Truck over Lunch</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Artist Demos & Make & Takes</span></div>
<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sunday - December 15th - 10AM-4PM</span></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Artist Demos & Make & Takes</span></div>
America/Indiana/Winamac
2024-12-07
2024-12-15
Breakfast with Santa
<p>Enjoy the most important meal of the day with Jolly Old St. Nick himself! This event is located in the North and South Ballroom, 9am-12pm. Limit 300 people. Advance ticket purchase preferred. Open to the public. Ticket sales end on Nov. 23. </p>
America/Indiana/Winamac
2024-12-07
2024-12-15
Breakfast With Santa presented by Community Cancer Network
<p>Community Cancer Network will be hosting our Annual Breakfast With Santa. The event will be held at a beautifully decorated Gathering Acres Event Center. This is your chance to come to the first Santa sighting of the year and Santa & Mrs. Claus will be seated up on a stage so the kids can have a chance to see them from a little distance while the enjoy an upscale, delicious breakfast buffet. There will be a professional photographer at the event to capture your little one or your whole family with Santa & Mrs. Claus. The Breakfast will be held on Saturday, December 7.</p>
America/Indiana/Winamac
2024-12-07
2024-12-15
Christmas at the Canal
<p>Tour the pioneer village, shop local vendors, hear live music, and visit with Santa!</p>
America/Indiana/Winamac
2024-12-07
2024-12-15
Christmas at the Canal
<p>Join the fun with our merriest event of the year! Whether you’re shopping for Christmas, making family memories, or engaging with Indiana history, we have something for you!</p>
<ul>
<li>Handcrafted Gifts Bazaar</li>
<li>Photos with Santa in the Pioneer Village</li>
<li>Artisans and demonstrations in the cozy cabins of the Pioneer Village</li>
<li>Food and snacks</li>
<li>Live music</li>
<li>Interactive Canal Museum visits</li>
<li>Reed Case Historic Home tours</li>
</ul>
<p>Get in the holiday spirit at Wabash & Erie Canal Park in Delphi!</p>
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8. Parking at Purdue! Depending on which game you are coming to, you may need a visitor pass. Make sure you visit the Purdue University Parking website to reviews rules, interactive parking maps, etc. Purdue Football Game Day Parking info. can be found here!
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