Food, Performance, Fair-Trade Featuring Local Organization And USI Students
The University of Southern Indiana and Historic New Harmony present the 5th annual Global Crossroads Multicultural Festival, highlighting diverse cultures living in southern Indiana. The festival is free and open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, October 27 in New Harmony, Indiana.
Global Crossroads celebrates a diverse mix of cultures through food trucks and booths, fair-trade gifts, children’s activities, live music, dance performances, education and more. The event attracted over 1,000 visitors from all over the Midwest in 2017.
More than 30 vendors, performers and student groups representing African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latino and Middle Eastern cultures will share aspects of their native countries with festival attendees.
In addition to USI student groups, several local organizations including Acropolis Restaurant, Bombay Spice and Grill, Bridges of Hope Fair Trade Market, Miss Moon Food Truck, Evansville African American Museum, the Islamic Center of Evansville, Reclaimed Lives International and more will be in attendance.
A free shuttle will be available for anyone interested in attending the event. Shuttles will depart from the Orr Center on USI’s campus and will arrive at the Ribeyre Gymnasium in New Harmony. Free parking is available on campus. Below are the arrival and departure times.
From Campus to New Harmony:
- 10:30 a.m.
- Noon
- 2:00 p.m.
From New Harmony to Campus:
- 1:00 p.m.
- 2:30 p.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
