Taste of Portage - Aug. 22 & 23, 2025

Taste of Portage Market Fair 2025
Join us in downtown Portage for summer fun!  The event will continue on Cook Street, DeWitt Street and at Market Square.
We will have live music, food, drinks, kid's activities, a classic car & truck show and craft vendors. 

Live Music, Car Show, Food, Drinks, Vendors, Kid's Activities, Sidewalk Sales, Half Marathon & 5K Run/Walk

 

Taste of Portage Market Fair 2025
We are back on Cook Street!  The event will continue at Market Square and include Cook and DeWitt Street this year for the Car Show.  We will have live music, food, drinks, kid's activities, a classic car & truck show, craft vendors and a half marathon with a 5K. 

Events take place at Market Square Parking Lot at the corner of Hwy 33 and Adams Street and along Cook and DeWitt Street on Saturday.

FRIDAY NIGHT - AUGUST 22nd
Activities at Market Square in downtown at the corner of Hwy 33 and Adams Street
- Music with Best Practice starting at 6PM
- Beer Tent 5PM-9PM 
- Food Court 5PM-9PM

SATURDAY - AUGUST 23rd
- Half Marathon and 5K at 7am.  Registration at 112 East Edgewater.
- Walking Tour of Downtown 10AM - Meet at the Chamber office (104 W. Cook St.)
- Food Court 10AM-4PM (at Market Square)
- Beer Tent 10AM-4PM (at Market Square)

LIVE MUSIC at Market Square Lot  
The WhiskeyBelles 10AM-1PM
Smokin' Meerkats 2PM-4PM

LIVE MUSIC at Cook and Dewitt Street 
Music group will be announced soon  11AM-2PM 

CAR SHOW on COOK ST. (All Make/All Models/All Years) Check-in begins at 8am.  Enter the show at the corner of Adams Street and Cook Street.  $10 show registration at the gate. RREGISTRATION FORM 


CRAFT SHOW 10AM-3PM
Held along DeWitt Street 
Click here for the craft application.


KID'S ACTIVITIES 11AM-3PM
Held at the corner of Cook and Marachowsky Place near Market Square
- Funny Faces Balloon Sculpting & Face Painting  
- Inflatable Bouncy House & Slide
- St. John's Child Development Center Kid's Creation Station

SUMMER SIDEWALK SALES & ACTIVITES  11AM
Many of our shops in the downtown area will be having summer sidewalk sales.  Stop out and find those great deals.