Parke County covered Bridge festival - Wikipedia Parke County covered Bridge festival This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2011 ) The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is a fall festival which takes place in nine communities in Parke County, Indiana, United States. It celebrates the county 's 31 covered bridges, and is attended by more than 2 million people each year. It begins on the 2nd Friday in October and lasts 10 days. The festival began in 1957, when a group of local women decided to hold a three - day festival to accommodate the many interested tourists looking for information about the bridges. The first festival was rather small and occurred only in Rockville. See also Parke County Covered Bridges External links Official website This Indiana - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parke_County_Covered_Bridge_Festival&oldid=804311535 '' Categories : Covered bridges in Parke County, Indiana Festivals in Indiana Tourist attractions in Parke County, Indiana Wooden bridges in Indiana Indiana stubs Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from July 2011 All articles lacking sources Indiana articles missing geocoordinate data All articles needing coordinates All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 8 October 2017, at 04 : 09. About Wikipedia

Question: when is the covered bridge festival in parke county indiana
Answer: begins on the 2nd Friday in October and lasts 10 days