Meltdown Winter Ice Festival
A winter wonderland of ice is about to transform downtown Richmond, Indiana! It’s all part of the Meltdown Winter Ice Festival, a 3-day celebration where visitors can watch award-winning ice carvers create their magnificent, awe-inspiring, works of art from plain blocks of ice using just their chainsaws, artistic skills, creativity, imagination & passion!
It’s a family-friendly event with plenty of winter events activities. Here are the details:
Meltdown Winter Ice Festival
Richmond, Indiana
Thurs., January 28 – Sat. January 30, 2016www.RichmondMeltdown.comLively winter events & activities include:
Dazzling array of stunning Ice sculptures
Ice Carving Work Zone – Watch the carvers turn chunks of ice into flawless creations!
Interactive Ice Park including an ice pong table, a slide, a throne, etc.
Treasure Hunt
Frozen Fairy Trail
Frosty Mug Pub Crawl
Cork and Canvas
Freeze Your Buns Off Fun Run
Family Games
Paint and Take Souvenir
Festival-goers can visit “Hot Spots” (festival warming stations) offering area entertainment, activities and/or piping hot refreshments while also taking in one of the districts’ many unique restaurants, cafés & shopping venues. The festival’s featured event will be the captivating, high-energy, “Ice Fight” carving competitions between two ice sculptors & 1200 lbs. of ice. See these world-class ice carvers battling it out on the main stage. The highly competitive “Ice Fight” challenges will occur on Friday, Jan. 29th and Saturday, January 30th from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm.
All festival activities/events are FREE and open to the public. Ice sculptures will continue to remain on display, weather permitting. Bundle up for some COOL fun, food and festivities!
For a complete schedule of events, visit www.RichmondMeltdown.com or www.facebook.com/RichmondMeltdown.com.