With plenty of outdoor beauty, year-round festivals and events, recreational activities and local and area attractions, Perry County is a great base for your next outdoor vacation. You’ll enjoy the mighty Ohio River, the grand Hoosier National Forest, two wineries, three museums, river cabins & yurt lodging as well as modern hotels and a big helping of southern Indiana hospitality. Explore our local recreation and local attractions in more detail.

The county's three primary festivals derive their themes from the natural beauty of the forests and hills (the spring Dogwood Festival in April, the Hoosier Heritage Fall Tour in October, and Schweizer Fest - the Swiss festival which honors Tell City's Swiss heritage in the land where the Swiss found beauty that paralleled their homeland). Both the Dogwood Festival and Fall Tour are touring festivals where you enjoy the food and fun along the way as you view the spring flowers and fall colors. The Fall Tour attracts many auto buffs to the car show in Bristow and festival goers enjoy art shows, historic re-enactments, and plenty of food and entertainment in communities around the county as visitors travel the miles of colorful roadways during both the Dogwood Festival and the Fall Tour.

Schweizer Fest is held in early August and is now one of Indiana's longest running festivals. Walking tours, flea markets, carnival rides, entertainment, class reunions, bicycle races, line dancing, and family games and contests fill the City Hall square in downtown Tell City. Farmers markets are held at the Tell City City Hall Park on Saturdays June thorugh October. For more festivals and year round events visit the community calendar.

For local history visit one of our three museums or pick up a walking tour brochure at a local service station, hotel or at the Chamber on the 2nd floor at 645 Main Street in Tell City and take a self-guided walk through time in downtown Cannelton and Tell City.