Welcome to Bass Lake Festival, Indiana
Every year, we all look forward to the BIG WEEKEND at the end of July; our very own Bass Lake Festival! This year's festival is quickly coming together with a lot of people getting involved. Sponsors continue to take on many of our traditional events, and we look forward to even more. If you have an idea for an event, would like to sponsor an event, or just volunteer a few hours, please let us know!
The festival was officially formed in the 70's, but many of the events were formed long before then. This is one of many Bass Lake tales where many of the details are known by some of our long time residents and visitors. Dig for more details on this on some of those late summer night sitting around the fire!
The Bass Lake Festival is a long tradition that solely relies on monies generated from fundraisers, corporate sponsors and community support!! Your financial support allows us to offer a festival full of events for all ages. Therefore, we need your help and support to keep this tradition going! If you are interested in donating, go to our CONTACT US page for our address.
The festival was officially formed in the 70's, but many of the events were formed long before then. This is one of many Bass Lake tales where many of the details are known by some of our long time residents and visitors. Dig for more details on this on some of those late summer night sitting around the fire!
The Bass Lake Festival is a long tradition that solely relies on monies generated from fundraisers, corporate sponsors and community support!! Your financial support allows us to offer a festival full of events for all ages. Therefore, we need your help and support to keep this tradition going! If you are interested in donating, go to our CONTACT US page for our address.
Grand Marshal - larry wiserGrand Marshal of Festival Parade— The 2021 Bass Lake Festival Grand Marshal is Larry Wiser. For those of you who do not know him, which are few. Larry Wiser, owner of Larry’s Marine, has been coming to Bass Lake since the 50’s. His Aunt had a cottage here and he has always loved the lake and boats. His original boat was a row boat, which he has upgraded a little over the years.
He has been married for 48 years to Connie, has two daughters, Jennie and Tammi, and three grandchildren Colton, Cooper and Alyssa with a great grandbaby on the way. Larry and his family would be on the lake every weekend to boat and ski. He has always been involved with things around the lake. In the early years he would spend time with Bill Mills when Bill had a marina on the lake. He worked a lot out of his garage on his own time with his girls helping him or at least beating nails in his work bench. He always went out of his way to help people when they had boat problems. He still today puts others first before his own fun. When asked why he would spend his time off helping others his response was he hated to see people not being able to use the lake. Larry has always had a passion for boats and has gone above and beyond to make sure people can enjoy boating. Over the years people pull up to his pier, and he would get his tools out to help so they could enjoy the lake. This is how Larry’s Marine started; when he decided to take the chance and follow his dream back in 1992. Originally Larry’s Marine was Larry and Tammi and today involves the whole family even the grandkids. His oldest grandson as many of you know has been around Larry’s Marine since he was 2. In the early years of Colton’s career, he could be seen backing up trailers and hauling things around the shop. Colton, AKA Little Larry, has been grandpa’s sidekick and helping him for years now. It has always been Larry’s dream for Colton to take over the business one day, proving all these dreams do come true. Today he can still be seen and heard on the lake in one of his two race boats, that he still loves and enjoys. He loves to go to The Lake of the Ozarks and race his boat as he has for the past 20 years. Larry has come a long way from that small row boat of the 50’s to being a respected mechanic, boat racer and enthusiast. Family and friends have always been important to Larry. He has always gone above and beyond in trying to help everyone enjoy Bass Lake boating. Give Larry a big round of applause in the parade festival! |
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Get happy @ bass lake
Bass Lake......it makes us happy. Thank you Abriella Caravette for putting this video together!
