Since 1989, The Fishers Freedom Festival has been the local community summer celebration.   With the Freedom Festival organization pulling out, the new Spark!Fishers festival is set to launch in 2018.

The new event will be held Friday, June 29th & Saturday, June 30th.  All the details are not available, but a group of over 80 people have formed seven committees to begin work on Spark!Fishers.

The Honorary Chairpersons for the new festival read like a Who’s Who of Fishers.  They include Mayor Scott Fadness, Hamilton Southeastern School Superintendent Allan Bourff, Conner Prairie CEO Norman Burns and recently-retired HSE Sports Executive Director Lynda Carlino.

The new festival will have a 5K run, parade and fireworks display.  Spark!Fishers will also include a June 29th concert featuring a yet-to-be-named an act with a national profile.

On Monday, January 29th, I recorded a podcast with all the honorary co-chairs for Spark!Fishers.