BAREFOOT CHILDREN
IN THE SAND
Parrot
Head Weekend
FUNDRAISER
JAN. 22 - 24, 2027
HOST HOTEL / HOTEL ELKHART
500 S. MAIN ST
ELKHART, INDIANA
574-389-7900
This year's Barefoot Children in the Sand Weekend Fundraiser will be our 14th year of putting on this one-of-a-kind event and you will not want to miss it.
Our Friday night entertainment this year begins in The Corner Bar during dinnertime with local steel pan player and percussionist Kent Arnsbarger.
Our headliner for Friday night will be Florida singer/songwriter and 2017 and 2018 TRMA Song of the Year Award-winner Barefoot Reggie Starrett and his band.
The Saturday Hallway Party once again features the always entertaining Two Dudes in Flip Flops.
Our Saturday night opening act will be the 2025 TRMA Male Vocalist of the Year singer/songwriter Dan Sullivan.
Our Saturday night headlining act is the Godfather of Trop Rock and founder of Meeting of the Minds Jerry Diaz and Hanna's Reef with their own brand of Texas Beach Music.
Rounding out our lineup is local singer Greg Jones, who will be getting the fun started in the hospitality suite after our nightly main events.
This year we will be raising money for the Alzheimer's Association of Northern Indiana and Berrien County, MI.
EARLY BIRD RATE UNTIL 12/31/26
Weekend Event Pass is just $90.00 per person ($105 after 12/31)
All Day Saturday Event Pass is just $65.00 ($75.00 after 12/31)
Friday or Saturday night show only is $30.00 per night
THE
WEEKEND
This weekend event is the joint effort of two local Parrot Head clubs, Blossomland Pirates Parrot Head Club and the Parrot Heads in Michiana. Every year each club selects a charity that they wish to help, and the proceeds from the weekend are split between the charities. This year the two clubs both chose to raise money for their local ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION. Come out, have fun and help raise money for this fantastic cause.
TAKE OVER A HOTEL FOR TWO DAYS
OF PHUN, MUSIC AND PHUNDRAISING
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT PARTIES
Every year we strive to bring the best of Trop Rock entertainment to Barefoot Children along with some talented locals. This year's artists are among the best as Barefoot Reggie Starrett, Dan Sullivan and Jerry Diaz & Hanna's Reef headline Friday and Saturday nights.
This will be the 14th year that we have held this big Barefoot Children weekend since it first started in St. Joe, Michigan. TWO DUDES IN FLIP FLOPS have been the hallway party performers almost every year since we started. It wouldn't be a hallway party without the DUDES!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
The weekend is filled with music, activities, raffles and auctions. From fun and games in the Hospitality Suite to the hallway party to a room crawl to great music in the main venue, you will have plenty of things to keep you busy. The hotel offers two awesome restaurant options as well as many options within an easy walk or drive of the hotel. Other restaurants also offer delivery right to the hotel. Here is a schedule of the weekend's activities.
ROOM CRAWL AND HALLWAY PARTY
This has become a favorite event of our attendees. Decorate your door and enter it in the door decorating contest. Come up with a special drink to let people sample and win a prize if yours is chosen as the best. Everyone roams the halls while listening to great live music from Two Dudes in Flip Flops set up in the hallway outside the hospitality suite. Haul your ironing boards and chairs out in the hallway to "phlock" with your phellow Parrot Heads on our very own Duval Street.
HOSPITALITY ROOM
Don't feel like venturing out of the hotel in the afternoon, then join us on the second floor for a variety of activities all weekend long. Saturday afternoon will be bingo and games or just some relaxation. We'll have some tunes going so just kick back and watch the snow outside as you stay nice and warm inside. Chill while listening to a little "island music". More phun will be had in the Hospitality room after the music events each evening as we unwind with more music and food.
