Carroll County Chamber of Commerce

08/15/2025

The 12th Annual Indiana Bacon Festival schedule is here!🥓

Gates open at 2:30pm and the first band will begin at 3:00pm.

Be on the lookout next week for the event menu!

08/14/2025

Our Executive Director, Madison Kauffman, had the opportunity to talk about the 12th Annual Indiana Bacon Festival on FOX59 News last Friday.

Don't miss all the bacon goodness the festival has to offer. Discounted tickets are still on sale until 8/21/25 ($12 online & $10 with cash at First Financial Bank Delphi branch).

A day full of 19 Food Vendors, Music, BBQ Cookoff, Beer Garden, and Kids Zone. Thank you again to our presenting sponsor, Indiana Kitchen Premium Pork!

Watch the clip online at https://fox59.com/video/a-crispy-celebration-for-the-12th-annual-indiana-bacon-festival-8825/10965246

A Crispy Celebration for the 12th Annual Indiana Bacon Festival - 8/8/25

08/12/2025

✨ Join the Chamber Team! ✨

The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce is seeking a highly organized and self-motivated Part-Time Office Manager to oversee the smooth and efficient operations of our organization. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and enjoys a mix of administrative responsibilities and team support.

If you’re passionate about connecting people and helping our community thrive, we’d love to hear from you!

📩 Apply today by emailing your resume and 2 references to [email protected].

*Job description included in the comments

08/11/2025

Thank you to all our sponsors who make the Indiana Bacon Festival possible! We greatly appreciate your support each and every year.

Don't wait to purchase your tickets to the 12th Annual Indiana Bacon Festival on Saturday, August 23rd from 2:30pm - 11:00pm. Purchase your discounted online tickets at https://tickets.indianabaconfestival.com/tickets !

With just two weeks left until the 12th Annual Indiana Bacon Festival, we have to take a moment to say another HUGE thank you to our incredible sponsors! 🥓🙌

Your support makes it possible for us to fill Delphi with the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of bacon bliss year after year. From the sizzling food to the rockin’ music and all the family fun in between—you make this festival happen.

Let’s hear it for this year’s amazing sponsor lineup. We couldn’t do it without you—and we wouldn’t want to! 🐷❤️

2025 Indiana Bacon Festival Sponsors

🥓Presenting Sponsor:
Indiana Kitchen

🥓Organizing Sponsor:
Carroll County Chamber of Commerce

🥓Big Ham Sponsors:
Industrial Federal Credit Union
Star City News

🥓Pork Chopper Sponsors:
Huston Electric
First Farmers Bank & Trust
Solidarity Community Federal Credit Union
Broadway Broadband
Wise & Wise Farms
WILO
Raeco Realty
Bacon Lover Sponsor
NIPSCO
Hog Slat/TDM Farms
Horizon Bank
Butler, Fairman & Seufert
The Andersons, Inc.
First Financial Bank
Q Graphics, Inc.
Hometown Shirts & Graphix

🥓Slice of Bacon Sponsors:
Duke Energy
Mann Chevrolet-GMC
Blackburn Family Transportation
US Aggregates
AMVC Swine Health Services
Farm Credit Mid-America
HWC Engineering
Bank of Wolcott
Carroll County Ag Association
Carroll White REMC
Purdue Federal Credit Union
Delphi Opera House
Culligan Water Delphi
The Parish House
Shoup’s Country Foods
Steinberger Construction Inc.

08/09/2025

Congratulations to Sweet Salvation Bakery on their ribbon cutting this morning!

Stop by their location at 106 E Main Street, Delphi, IN 46923.

Wanting to place a custom order, email them at [email protected] or call either numbers at (765) 586-2474 and (765) 430-5379.

08/08/2025

Want to purchase Indiana Bacon Festival tickets but not sure how to?🎟🥓
Right now, you’ve got TWO ways to snag your tickets— and both come with sweet savings!

$12 Online – Includes credit card & ticket fees!
Get yours now at indianabaconfestival.com/tickets

$10 Cash In-Person –
Swing by First Financial Bank – Delphi Branch during regular business hours to grab discounted tickets with CASH!
📍215 E. Main St., Delphi, IN 46923

Deadline for Advance Discount: 11:59 PM on 8/20/25
After that, prices go up to $20!

What’s waiting for you at the 12th Annual Indiana Bacon Festival on Saturday August 23rd?
🎶 Live music from 4 bands throughout the day
🍽️ A mouthwatering bacon-filled food lineup
🏆 The Backyard BBQ Cook-Off
🐷 The Bacon Eating Contest (win free bacon for a year - only a few spots remaining!)
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Fun Zone
🥓 Bacon. So much bacon.
…And a full day of unforgettable small-town festival fun!

Don’t wait. Grab your tickets and get ready to Praise the Lard!

08/07/2025

Take the time this week and weekend to enjoy some Carroll County history!

🎉170th Old Settlers Festival
Thursday, August 7 & Friday, August 8 from 5:00 - 10:00pm & Saturday, August 9 from 1:00 - 10:00pm
Enjoy multiple days of fun, food, games, music, carnival, and more!
Delphi Main Street

🚤Freeman Fest - 100 Year Celebration of Lake Freeman
Saturday, August 9 from 12:00 - 9:00pm
Come enjoy a full day of fun, music, and lakeside excitement as we honor 100 years of Lake Freeman.

Thank you to all the organizations and volunteers that have worked so hard to put on the festivals in our community!

08/05/2025

Want the opportunity to try to win FREE bacon for a YEAR from Indiana Kitchen Premium Pork Products?🥓
Enter the 12th Annual Indiana Bacon Festival Bacon Eating contest!👑

Challenge your friends to compete with you for the title of BACON EATING CHAMPION on Saturday, August 23, 2025 in downtown Delphi.
Space is limited to only the first 9 people to register, so don't wait to sign up!

The first person to finish eating 25 STRIPS will be crowned the 2025 Bacon Eating Champion and win $100 cash prize from Bank of Wolcott! In the event of a tie, an ‘eat off’ will be held.

Visit indianabaconfestival.com/baconeatingcontest for more info!

#2025

Do you love bacon??? Here’s your chance to prove it! Enter the 12th Annual Indiana Bacon Festival Bacon Eating contest and we guarantee you won’t walk away hungry! Challenge your friends to compete with you for the title of BACON EATING CHAMPION on Saturday, August 23, 2025 in downtown Delphi.

Space is limited to only the first 9 people to register, so don't wait to sign up!

The first person to finish eating 25 STRIPS will be crowned the 2025 Bacon Eating Champion, will win FREE BACON FOR A YEAR from Indiana Kitchen Premium Pork Products & $100 cash prize from Bank of Wolcott! In the event of a tie, an ‘eat off’ will be held.

Visit indianabaconfestival.com/baconeatingcontest for more info!

08/01/2025

Congratulations to Stone House Restaurant and Bakery for being named the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce Member of the Month for August!

Thank you to Broadway Broadband for being our monthly sponsor!

We appreciate our Chamber Ambassadors and Board Members taking time out of their busy days to come celebrate with us!

📢We want to hear from you! If you would like to nominate a Chamber member to a future Member of the Month winner, submit a nomination at https://forms.gle/6oByMdkhtitnzqsYA.