Planes, trains and automobiles? This weekend's got ’em — military aircraft, the Underground Railroad and vintage autos all celebrated and exhibited. Bulls, too. But transportation's not the only theme for the weekend: The Krasl Art Fair also celebrates 60 years in St. Joseph. 

From easy to challenging outdoor activities, check out Joseph Dits' suggestions here.

For more happenings, visit The Tribune's events calendar.

SHIPSHEWANA — The Professional Bull Riders organization presents the PBR Bull Bash at 7 p.m. July 8 and 9 at the Michiana Event Center, 455 E. Farver St.

In addition to the bull riding, the event includes and After Event Party with The Hubie Ashcraft Band on July 8,  Cornwell’s Bucking Bulls, Bob the Longhorn Bull, intermission entertainment, concessions and more.

This is the fifth time the event has been held at the MEC. Now a top-tier event for the organization’s Challenger Series, the 2022 iteration of the Hoosier State tour stop will again offer the largest payout in event history.

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Riders include 2020 winner Dakota Louis, Middlebury resident Marcus Mast and three-time PBR World Champion Silvano Alves, among many others.

In addition to the riders, the PBR Bull Bash showcases some of the PBR’s top bovine athletes, many of whom call nearby Lima, Ohio, home.

For this event, PBR is partnering with The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Indiana to collect food, beverages and household items for family members of hospital patients ages 21 or younger at Fort Wayne’s Parkview Regional Medical Center. Visit michianaevents.com/event/pbr-bull-fest for a list of requested items.

Tickets are $89.95-$29.95; free for ages 3 and younger so long as the child sits on an adult’s lap and there is no more than one adult and one child per seat.

Tickets to the After Event Party are included with Friday’s admission, or tickets also can be purchased separately at the door for $10.

For more information, call 260-768-3310 or visit michianaevents.com.

SOUTH BEND — The 2022 Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 9 at 808 W. Washington St.

This year’s event celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Studebaker Avanti and will feature the first and last produced Avanti vehicles.

Avanti Chassis No. 1001 will be exhibited by LeMay—America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Wash. The last Studebaker Avanti, Chassis No. 5643, will be exhibited courtesy of the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum of Cleveland, Ohio.

This will be the first time these two cars have ever been displayed together. Both cars were sold into private hands when new before becoming part of the museums’ respective collections.

The Concurs also will showcase a stainless steel-bodied 1936 Ford Deluxe Tudor Touring Sedan, courtesy of the Early Ford V-8 Museum in Auburn, Ind. This car is one of six stainless steel-bodied 1936 Fords built by Allegheny Steel to promote the many uses of stainless steel. The six stainless Fords were distributed to Ford sales executives in each of its six U.S. regions. Of the six, just four are known to survive today.

Other classes on display include The American Motors Corporation: 1958 and later American Motors Corporation and Rambler-branded automobiles; Studebaker Commanders & Dictators of all years; Independent Thinking: Hudson & Nash; Only In A Jeep; Personal Luxury: Two-door “personal luxury” vehicles from the 1950s through the 1980s; Stablemates: The American Pony Car — Mustangs, Cougars, Camaros, Firebirds, Javelins and Challengers; Teutonic Transportation: German automobiles; Ultimate Luxury: Packard, Pierce-Arrow and Peerless; and Walter’s Chryslers: Chrysler-branded automobiles from 1924-1942.

Automotive scholar and historian Matt Short serves as the Chief Judge. Judging will be French Traditional.

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The awards ceremony will be narrated by noted automotive raconteur Bill Rothermel.

Special guest at this year’s Concours will be automotive journalist and historian Dave Kinney. Kinney is the founder and publisher of the Hagerty Price Guide as well as a senior member of the American Society of Appraisers.

The Pass-in Review and Awards ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m. 

Tickets are $16; $6 for Studebaker National Museum, History Museum or campus members; and free for ages 12 and younger.

For more information, call 574-235-9714 or visit concoursatcopshaholm.org.

GOSHEN — After a two-year break due to the pandemic, America’s Freedom Fest returns to the Goshen Municipal Airport, 17229 County Road 42, at noon July 9.

The event features static airplane displays, an airshow and fireworks.

The United States Air Force (USAF) A-10 Demonstration Team headlines the event and will stage their operations at the Goshen Airport in a first for the airport being able to provide ground support services for a USAF military fighter jet.

The Air Combat Command A-10 Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team, stationed out of Davis-Montham Air Force Base, Arizona, brings the aircraft to air shows across the country to showcase the unique combat capabilities of the A-10 “Warthog.”

Spectators at the show will be able to get up close to the A-10, which is the Air Force’s premier close air support aircraft, providing protection to troops on the ground.

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Piloted by Major Haden “Gator” Fullam of the 355th Fighter Wing, the A-10 will perform a full tactical demonstration with live pyrotechnics. He also will fly formations with historical aircraft in the presentation of the Air Force Heritage Flight.

In addition to his role as the A-10 demonstration Team Pilot, Fullam has accumulated more than 1,800 flying hours, including 541 combat hours in missions over Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan in support of Operations Inherent Resolve, Freedom Sentinel and Resolute Support.

The event also includes Randy Ball & the Mig-17, Red Bull Helicopter Air shows, RAD Aerosports Jet Waco, Susan Dacy Barnstorming America in the super Stearman Biplane, Michael Vakin in the Extra 300, Bob Richards in “Machaira,” Rotors N Ribs helicopter performers and more.

Gates open at noon, the airshow begins at 6 p.m., and fireworks begin at approximately 10 p.m.

Admission at the gate is cash-only and costs $20-$10; free for ages 5 and younger and veterans valid military ID.

For more information, visit americasfreedomfest.net.

ST. JOSEPH — The 60th Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 9 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 10 at Lake Bluff Park.

The event features 172 juried artists from across the country. Media include painting, sculpture, digital art, clay, metal, functional 3-D, mixed media 3-D, printmaking, glass, photography, jewelry, drawing and fibers.

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The weekend begins with a 60th birthday celebration block party from 5 to 10 p.m. July 8 at the Krasl, 707 Lake Blvd. The event includes a cash bar, food trucks and the opportunity to meet exhibiting artists. Saxsquatch & Bridge Band, The Lasso DJ and the Jordan Hamilton Trio perform. Admission is $5-$3; free for ages 2 and younger.

Daily admission to the art fair is $5-$3; free for ages 2 and younger. Same-day re-entry allowed.

For more information, call 269-983-0271or visit krasl.org.

VANDALIA — The Underground Railroad Society of Cass County (URSCC) and the Village of Vandalia present Underground Railroad Days from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 9 and 10.

This annual festival celebrates the legacy of the Underground Railroad in Cass County, particularly the area around Vandalia — Calvin, Porter and Penn Townships, known as “Youngs Prairie” at the time.

The UGRR existed in this area from 1830 to 1860 and it is estimated about 1,500 fugitive slaves (called freedom seekers now) passed through this area on their way to Canada. Many stayed for a time and worked on Quaker farms. They were targets of the infamous 1847 Kentucky Slave Raid.

The Village of Vandalia sponsors arts and crafts booths and a community church service on Sunday morning on the Village grounds.

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URSCC activities include guided tours of Kentucky Raid sites, UGRR-related displays and presentations at 1 and 3 p.m. in the Vandalia Youth Center, a living history encampment of the Civil War presented by the 102nd US Colored Troops, and all-day music at the Ramptown Cabin in Milo Barnes Park.

Three historic sites related to the Underground Railroad will be open for tours: The James E. Bonine House, the Bonine Carriage House and the Stephen and Hannah Bogue House.

For more information, visit urscc.org.