The North Judson Mint Festival to Begin in Less Than a Month

By: Anita Goodan, WKVI
Published: May 12th, 2014

The North Judson Mint Festival is June 13-15 and the theme this year is “Mint is Supreme in 2014”.

All of your favorite events are coming back this year: Father/Grandfather of the Year Contest, magic and puppet shows, bingo, lots of vendors, a frog jumping contest, pork chop dinner, car show and swap meet, Pet Fun Walk and Parade, music and the parade.

The Mint Queen pageant will be sponsored by CenturyLink and the last scheduled sign-up is this Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. CT at the North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library. For information on the Mint Festival Queen pageant, call Teresa at (219) 205-2440.

The Mint Idol contest will be Friday, June 13 at 6 p.m. with a site yet to be determined. Applications are available in the Mint Green Paper. The parade will be Sunday, June 15. Beers and Jessop will provide carnival entertainment.

The festival will offer “shade” tents along Lane Street for those attending the event this year.

Mint Headquarters will be located on Lane Street during the Mint Festival where they will have mint oil, mint candy, mint plants and other mint-themed treasures for purchase.

More details will be available as the event gets closer. Plan on spending your Father’s Day weekend in North Judson!