2008 |
Dates |
Event(s) |
| April |
12th-13th |
Spring Fest. Bug Bowl, Mother's Wknd, Gala
Wknd |
| |
19th |
Grand Prix |
| |
24th-27th |
Women's Tennis Big Ten Championships |
| May |
9th-11th |
Purdue Commencement |
| |
24th |
Round the Fountain Art Fair |
| |
28th - 31st |
Men's NCAA Golf Championships |
| |
25th |
Indy 500 |
| June |
21st |
Taste of Tippecanoe, Riehle Plaza and Tapawingo Park |
| |
27th-29th |
Indiana Fiddler's Gathering |
| July |
4th |
Stars and Stripes Celebration |
| |
12th |
Riverfest |
| |
19th |
Dancing in the Streets, Rielhle Plaza and Tapawingo Park |
| |
19th-26th |
Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair |
| |
25th-27th |
Tippecanoe Steam and Gas Power Show |
| |
27th |
Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis |
| August |
2nd |
Purdue Commencement |
| |
6th-13th |
Colt World Series |
| |
|
Purdue Orientation and Boiler Gold Rush |
| |
23rd |
Uptown Jazz and Blues Festival |
| |
25th |
Purdue Fall Semester begins |
| |
30th |
Global Fest, Morton Community Center |
| September |
6th |
Purdue Football vs. Northern Colorado |
| |
13th |
Purdue Football vs. Oregon |
| |
14th |
Art on the Wabash (art fair), Tapawingo Park, WL |
| |
14th |
Indianapolis MotoGP race |
| |
20th |
Purdue Football vs. Central Michigan (Band/ Family Day) |
| |
27th-28th |
Feast of the Hunter's Moon |
| October |
4th |
Purdue Football vs. Penn State |
| |
22 - 25th |
National FFA Convention in Indianapolis |
| |
25th |
Purdue Football vs. Minnesota (Homecoming/Varsity P Club Wknd) |
| November |
1st |
Purdue Football vs. Michigan |
| |
15th |
Purdue Cross Country (NCAA bid submitted) |
| |
22nd |
Purdue Football vs. Indiana |
| December |
6th |
Dickens of a Christmas, Riehle Plaza and various downtown shops |
| |
7th |
Christmas Parade, Downtown Lafayette |
| |
12 - 14th |
Purdue Christmas Show |
| |
20th |
End of Semester at Purdue |
| |
21st |
Purdue Commencement |