Country band Cornfield Mafia performed Friday evening, May 25, to start off the Northern Indiana Lakes Festival.

WARSAW — The Northern Indiana Lakes Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this Memorial Day weekend at Center Lake Park, 117 E. Canal St., Warsaw.

The Lakes Games has partnered with the Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams to bring new events to this year’s Lakes Festival.

Festivities began today, Friday, May 25, and will come to an end Sunday, May 27, with an afternoon performance by Lake City Skiers. Friday evening’s entertainment was provided by Cornfield Mafia, a country band from Danville. The first ever Lakes Festival parade will start at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, May 26, and will go down Center and Indiana streets.

Below is the schedule for Saturday, May 26, and Sunday, May 27: 

Saturday, May 26

• 9 a.m. Rain barrel workshop 1 (stage 2)
• 10 a.m. Rain barrel workshop 2 
• 10 a.m. Kayak & canoe races
• 10:15 a.m. Lakes Festival Parade
• 11 a.m. Bounce houses and Art Around the Lakes open  
• 11 a.m. Education, commercial and food vendors open
• 11 a.m. Kayaks for kids
• 11 a.m. The Gypsy face painter
• 11 a.m. Indiana Barnyard Hullabaloo petting farm
• 11:30 a.m. DNR family fishing event
• 12 p.m.  Human hamster balls
• 12:30 p.m. Prize drawings begin
• 1 p.m. Minnetrista Clarity play (stage 2)
• 2  p.m. Silly Safari with Coyote Chris
• 2  p.m. Spikeball roundnet tournament
• 2  p.m. Pipsqueak and Clarabellc the Clowns
• 2  p.m. Center Lake Conservation Association Eco tour
• 2:30 p.m. Caffeinated Canvas
• 3  p.m. Silly Safari with Coyote Chris
• 5:30 p.m. Zach Day & Full Throttle and others perform live
• 8:30 p.m. Beat the Sun 5K
• Sunset Fireworks presented by Zimmer Biomet

Sunday, May 27

• 11 a.m. Food vendors open 
• 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Bounce houses
• 12 p.m. Lake education & commercial vendors open
• 12-4:30 p.m.  Art Around the Lakes: craft activities
• 1 p.m.  Memorial Day ceremony, including a 21-gun salute
• 1:30 p.m. Prize drawings begin
• 1:45 p.m. Art contest awards ceremony
• 2 p.m.  Murph Crossfit Hero WOD competition, lake games event
• 2 p.m.  Pipsqueak and Clarabellethe clowns
• 2:30 p.m.  Lake City Skiers