🏡 Welcome to Issue #16 Rising Sun Newsletter
Hello Rising Sun! Here’s what’s happening around town this week as summer events begin across the community.
🎆 Downtown Rising Sun kicks off summer this Saturday with Summer Fest featuring live music, food vendors, family activities, and fireworks to close out the evening. If you're looking for something to do this weekend, this is the place to be.
📅 This Week in Rising Sun
(June 2– June 8, 2026)
Tuesday, June 2
📚 Ohio County Public Library
🧘 Tai Chi with Rosie — 9:30 AM
Wednesday, June 3
📚 Ohio County Public Library
• 9:00 AM – Walking Club
• 9:30 AM – Chair Yoga
• 1:00 PM – Learn to Crochet
Thursday, June 4
🏛️ City Council Meeting 6:00 PM
📍 City Hall Council Chambers
Friday, June 5
📚 Ohio County Public Library
🚶 Walking Club — 9:00 AM
🧘 Chair Yoga — 9:30 AM
🛍️ First Friday Night Market
📍 Rising Sun Market Place, 201 Main St.
🕙 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM 🍦 Extended shopping hours, local treats, and more throughout downtown
Saturday, June 6
🗑️ Dumpster Day
🕖 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM or until full
📍 City of Rising Sun
🎉 Rising Sun Summer Fest
📍 Main & Poplar Streets, Downtown Rising Sun
🕓 4:00 PM – 10:30 PM
🎨 Arts & crafts vendors
🍔 Food vendors
🎈 Kid Zone with inflatables
🎭 Face painting, balloon artist & stilt walker
🎶 Live music featuring Not Johnny and Top This Band
🎧 DJ J.D. Hughes
🎆 Fireworks at 10:00 PM behind the Main Street Pavilion
🪑 Guests are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets.
🎣 Free Fishing Days in Indiana
📍 Any Indiana Public Waters
📅 Saturday & Sunday, June 6–7, 2026
Indiana residents can fish for free during Indiana’s Free Fishing Days on June 6–7. No fishing license or trout/salmon stamp is required on these dates for public waters across the state. Youth ages 17 and under can always fish for free in Indiana.
Learn more at: on.IN.gov/freefish
🎶 Live Music: Vigor
🕓 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Rising Star Casino Resort (Pavilion)
Sunday, June 7
🎣 Free Fishing Days Continue Across Indiana
Monday, June 8
📚 Ohio County Public Library
🚶 Walking Club — 9:00 AM
🧘 Chair Yoga — 9:30 AM
🏛️ City Hall Conference Room
🕟 Revolving Loan Fund Board Meeting — 4:30 PM
🕖 Advisory Plan Commission Meeting — 7:00 PM
💬 Community Corner
If you know of an event or community story, hit reply — I’d love to hear it!
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See you next week,
Peggy