Festival Schedule

September 8 - 10, 2023: 52nd Annual Dan Patch Days Community Festival – Rommel Park, 205 Park St, Oxford, IN. FREE admission. Annual festival held in the birthplace of Dan Patch, celebrating the legacy of the undefeated record-setting pacer whose name still has great meaning in horse racing today. Hosting events and activities for all ages:

Town-wide yard sales, food & vendors, Dan Patch Barn tours and museum, silent auction, quilt raffle, men’s softball tournament, Little Miss/Mr contest, kiddie tractor pull, bingo, kids' challenge course, tractor show, car show, parade, and more!

It just keeps getting better! We are very excited to share that we have contracted with 3-J for the 2023 Dan Patch Days Rodeo. Get your tickets HERE! Owners Mike and Marcia Johnson brought home IPRA Stock Contractor of the Year as well as the Mid States Rodeo Association (MSRA) Stock Contractor of the Year, Bareback Horse of the Year, Saddle Bronc of the Year, Bullfighter of the Year, and Pick-up Man of the Year in 2022. We’ve invited back our favorite horseback announcer and MRSA Announcer of the Year, Matt McGee, and added prize money to attract the Midwest’s finest cowboys and cowgirls. 2023 promises to be our best year yet! 

Also be sure to come show your support for these local organizations: Benton Community Food & Service Co-Op bingo, Life Teen chicken dinner, BC Football biscuit & gravy / pancake & sausage breakfasts, Oxford Community Baseball & Softball concessions, and our very own Oxford Lions Club fish fry.

Send questions to danpatchcommunityfest@gmail.com.