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Our Visitors Center is thrilled to assist visitors with itinerary suggestions, directions, brochures, maps, and coupons to help you plan the perfect trip to Fort Wayne! Come visit us at 927 S. Harrison St. in downtown Fort Wayne.

Shop our Visitors Center Store for a great selection of Fort Wayne merchandise — including local art prints, mugs and drinkware, t-shirts and apparel, books, postcards, gifts, and souvenirs! We also offer selections from DeBrand Fine Chocolates and Vera Bradley (in-store only). Check out the online store at VisitFortWayne.com/Store.

 

Merry & Bright: Holiday Windows Outside Downtown

Fort Wayne Social Club invites businesses to share their holiday-inspired storefront displays. Businesses will be competing for a People’s Choice Award. Public voting opens November 24, 2025, and continues through January 3, 2026. Please remember to be courteous and respectful of each display, their…

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Merry & Bright: Downtown Fort Wayne Holiday Windows

The Downtown Holiday Window Decorating Contest, themed “Candy Cane Lane,” invites businesses to create peppermint-inspired storefront displays. Contestants will be judged in three categories: Most Instagrammable, Most Fort Wayne, and the People’s Choice Award. Public voting opens November 24, 2025…

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2025 Best Dazzling Holiday Houses

The holidays are a time of spending more time with your family, and celebrating the season with some new sights and sounds. There is no better year than this to celebrate with a drive around Fort Wayne to discover dazzling holiday houses…

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Happy Birthday America! Celebrating 250 Years

Happy 250th Birthday America! Fort Wayne, Indiana is celebrating our nation's Semiquincentennial with community events leading up to the 4th of July and beyond to commemorate this historic milestone. Read on to be a part of the festivities. Semiquincentennial Events: Learn on PBS November 16 - 21…

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Fort Wayne Holiday Shopping: Markets and Craft Bazaars

This holiday season, find shopping markets and craft bazaars for every style around Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana! Holiday Shopping Events in Fort Wayne, Indiana From massive, two-day markets with hundreds of vendors to charming bazaars at area churches and parks, these events invite you to…

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Best Spooky Halloween Displays

Light up Spooky Season in Fort Wayne! Our annual list of the Best Dazzling Holiday Houses left locals wanting more, so we've expanded this year to add a brand-new list of the best Halloween lights displays. Each of these displays is meant to be all in good fun for scaring up a great time this…

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Family History Month with the Genealogy Center

Family History Month is a time for new discoveries, tips and tricks, and programs designed to help you discover more of your family history with the help of the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The month-long programming may even help you get through your…

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