Turtle Days
Turtle Days is the oldest continuously running festival of Indiana held annually in Churubusco (Turtletown USA) celebrating the legend of "Oscar the Turtle" the "Beast of Busco".
The festivities this year took place June 18-21, 2008 with some kick-off events on June 14th.
Next year we will celebrate our 60th anniversary June 17-20, 2009. We will have contests, vendors, concessions, music, and many activities for the whole family. Gather the kids, come visit and enjoy.
Check out our Calendar for current events.
Just the Jist During the short week of the festival we have an opening ceremony, live bands, nightly raffle drawings, karaoke contests for children and adults, a talent show, nightly bingo, car/truck/bike show, merchants, food and craft vendors, amusement rides by Burton Brothers, a trap shoot contest, garden tractor and pony pulls, horseshoe tournament, youth sporting events, beer tent, BBQ cook-off, all-u-can eat fish and tenderloin dinner, pancake and sausage breakfast, chicken BBQ, and more. We also have a day just for the kids, with games and *turtle races. On the final evening the annual Turtle Days Parade features floats, ball players, color guards, cheerleaders, classic cars, trucks, bikes, animals and much much more.
*The Turtle Days board would like to ask that if participating in the turtle race on kids day that you please do not bring any endangered turtles.
We strive to have something for everyone so if there was an event you really enjoyed or an activity you would like to see next year please stop by the information booth and fill out a comment card or...
write us at:
Turtle Days Association
PO Box 187
Churubusco, IN 46723
or e-mail us at:
turtledayscelebrations@turtledays.com
www.turtledays.com will be updated periodically so keep checking back for photos from 2008 and information about next year's events when we celebrate our 60th.
Here are some other sites that feature Turtle Days.
www.churubuscochamber.org/LIFE/oscar.htm
www.knotmag.com/?article=16
www.answerbag.com/q_view/272943
These sites contain some interesting info about our little town and the surrounding community.
Some sites about turtles:
Churubusco, IN
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