By KELLY McVEY
Indiana Peony Festival
Hey Peony Lovers, I have some special announcements to make!
First and foremost, we’d like to make a special shoutout to our dear friends with Smith’s Jewelers on the Square for being this year’s Premier Indiana Peony Festival sponsor. Smith’s Jewelers has been a great partner of ours since the festival began, and we couldn’t be more appreciative of all the support they pour into our organization and community. This year, they’ll offer some incredible raffle opportunities, which will be announced with more details soon.
Attention VIPPs! (Very Important Peony People)
It’s time to begin thinking about your favorite peony dress or your best floral tie!
Tickets are now available for this year’s Peonies in the Park VIPP event. Join us the evening before the Festival from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 17 for our third annual Indiana Peony Festival fundraiser.
This year’s event has an exciting, elevated twist. We are partnering with James Beard Semifinalist Chef Samir Mohammad and his wife Rachel Firestone Mohammad from 9th Street Bistro to provide a chef-inspired evening. This year, your ticket provides you with a night in the beautifully decorated Seminary Park with some of the most revered chefs in the Indianapolis area, including, but not limited to, Samir Mohammad (9th Street Bistro), Tyler Shortt (Tinker Street), Michael Conley (KanKan), Youssef Boudarine (J’adore/Bluebeard), and Ross Katz (RHB Resources). More info to come, but get your ticket now at this link.
This year’s event is made possible by our 2024 Peonies in the Park sponsor Church Church Hittle & Antrim. CCHA has been in our community for over 100 years and can be thanked for helping make Noblesville the special place that it is through their continual support of community and non-profit organizations such as ours.
Click here to purchase your ticket today.
Don’t miss Brunch & Blooms
For the fourth year in a row, the peony fun doesn’t stop at Seminary Park.
Plan to spend your entire day in downtown Noblesville – roughly 30 walkable merchant locations will offer additional peony-inspired food, drink, products, and promotions that you can take part in via the annual Brunch & Blooms event. The alleys will be filled with floral installations and live music, the shops will have peony decorated windows, and the local small businesses on the square will be ready for you with all things peony. Grab a commemorative Brunch & Blooms map at the Indiana Peony Festival tent on the courthouse lawn and get your map stamped at 15 or more locations for a chance to win special peony prizes.
Thank you to our friends and neighbors with Godby Home Furnishings for sponsoring this year’s Brunch & Blooms event. Godby Home Furnishings is celebrating being in business in Hamilton County for 50 years, and what better way to give back to the community than to be an integral part of our downtown event? We appreciate you!
Big News
We are overwhelmed with gratitude at the increasing rate of our peony-loving festivalgoers.
Thanks to the City of Noblesville, this year we are expanding our footprint beyond Seminary Park. On Festival Day, Saturday, May 18, 10th Street will be closed and lined with vendors from Mulberry Street to Cherry Street. This is to help leave the park more open for attendees to see and experience the beautiful floral displays and to help provide more space for walking, shopping, and lines.
The festival is growing, and that mean more space in needed! This year, the event goes beyond Seminary Park and pours onto 10th Street. (Photo illustration provided)
We are working hard to accommodate the growing crowds by offering 35 public bathrooms, doubling our food and floral vendors, and providing more artists, makers, and small businesses for shopping. This will also help bridge the gap between Seminary Park and our Brunch & Blooms event on the square.
More updates will be announced as Festival Weekend nears. Follow along on Facebook and Instagram.