Events

Stables Tours

Daily beginning February 1 • Winter Hours: 10am - 3pm
The Stables at French Lick Resort • $5

For a firsthand glimpse of what life is like in our Stables, we’ll show you the ropes. Stop by The Stables any time during business hours to meet some of our 27 horses, learn about the operations and have any of your questions answered by our Stables staff. Saddle up for a look behind the scenes!

Afternoon Tea & Tour

three panel image of historical tours and a mother daughter tea

Wednesdays • 12:30pm tour/2pm tea & 1:30pm tour/3pm tea

(No event January 22, 29, March 25 & April 1)

West Baden Springs Hotel • Atrium
$46 adults • $27 children ages 5-12
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Embark on a 70-minute historical tour of West Baden Springs Hotel. You’ll be fascinated with the rich and entertaining legends and stories that are a part of the history of this elegant turn-of-the-century hotel. Then refresh yourself with a proper afternoon tea in the atrium featuring finger sandwiches, petit fours and scones served with a tasteful selection of gourmet teas.

Afternoon Tea

Saturdays • 2pm - 4pm

(No event January 25 and February 1)
West Baden Springs Hotel • Atrium
$34 adults • $15 children 12 and younger
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Savor an elegant experience by sitting down to a proper afternoon tea. Enjoy finger sandwiches, scones and petit fours, and choose from a selection of gourmet teas. With the soothing sounds of live harp, cello or flute music accompanying tea, this is the ideal way to relish the ambiance of West Baden Springs Hotel.

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Price is per person, not including tax and gratuity
In Café Sinclair's on March 28 and May 9

Cake Decorating

Tuesdays January through April • 2pm
(Excludes January 21 & 28 and March 3, 24 & 31)
West Baden Springs Hotel
$30 for adults • $15 for children 12 and younger
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Join our pastry chef for a personal lesson with tricks, tips and techniques on decorating your next cake with pizzazz. We’ll provide a 6-inch cake for you to follow along with the chef, as well as all the tools and sweet extras you need to add your own decorative flair. The cake is yours to take home, show off and take a fork to it!

Mixology Class

Select Sundays • 5pm
February 9

February 23
March 8
March 22
April 5
April 19
West Baden Springs Hotel • $45
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Shake things up and get a spirited education about classic and signature cocktails as our West Baden mixologist provides demos and drink samples. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

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Price is per person, not including tax and gratuity
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579
*Must be at least 21 or older with a valid ID to participate

Wine and Dessert Soirée

Select Fridays • 8pm
February 14
March 6
May 8
West Baden Springs Hotel • Atrium • $54
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Enjoy the ultimate expression of West Baden Springs Hotel — the luxury of Europe with the warmth of home. Savor three decadent desserts made in-house, each served with expertly paired wine varietals from around the world.

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Price is per person, not including tax and gratuity
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579
*Must be at least 21 or older with a valid ID to participate

French Lick Kitchen Live

Select Saturdays • 1pm

January 25: Chef Paul Owens • Braised Pork Shank with Polenta

February 1: Chef David Lee Burns • Lamb Lollipop

February 15: Chef Jack Chiu • Chicken Piccata

February 29: Chef Josh Emmons • Chateaubriand (Beef Tenderloin) with a Chocolate Demi-Glace and Whipped Garlic Rutabaga

French Lick Springs Hotel • Grand Colonnade Restaurant • Complimentary

Meet the faces behind the tasty plates served up at French Lick Resort. Our chefs will engage you in a live cooking demo with a different dish featured each week. Pull up a seat, sample each creation and enjoy the show!

Wine & Canvas

Wine Glass in front of a colorful band of paint

Select Saturdays • 4pm

February 15
March 14
April 11
May 9
West Baden Springs Hotel • $75
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Enjoy step-by-step instruction while you relax, sip and paint along with an experienced and enthusiastic artist. You will leave with a one-of-a-kind creation and a newfound talent.

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Must be at least 21 or older with a valid ID to participate.

Ooh La Love: A Valentine's Soirée

Friday, February 7 • First Course at 7pm
Windsor Foyer and bars open at 6pm • Doors open at 6:30pm
Event Center • Windsor Ballroom
$100-$120 Packages Available
An event for 21 and over

Elevate your usual Valentine’s outing into an ooh-la-la type of extravaganza. This evening of French-themed romance starts with a sumptuous three-course dinner accompanied by wine. While you enjoy some alone time with your valentine, roaming entertainment will add a little spice during dinner. Then take your sweetheart's hand and cap your special evening on the dance floor, with a DJ playing through 10:30pm. Choose from packages that include either two or three glasses of wine with dinner, and enjoy a cash bar all evening.

Menu Get Tickets Junior Soirée

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Cost is per person and does not include tax and gratuity.

*Must be at least 21 or older with a valid ID to participate.

12th Annual Chocolate Festival

Saturday, February 8 • 1pm - 4pm

French Lick Springs Hotel • Hoosier Ballroom

Don't miss our sweetest annual event. At the 12th Chocolate Festival, taste and sample your way through a tempting spectrum of chocolate creations, all made in house. Our pastry team comes up with new chocolate concoctions every year, so you’re sure to experience new flavors along with traditional favorites. This year we’ll be celebrating with a French-inspired theme channeling the elegance of Paris nightlife, and in the spirit of that, Bon Appétit!

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Bourbon & Bites

Friday, February 21 • 8pm
Friday, June 19 • 8pm
West Baden Springs Hotel • Atrium • $70
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Bourbon & Bites is an experience that goes down smooth. Sample select bourbons, paired with a tasting menu of hors d’oeuvres, in the elegant backdrop of West Baden Springs Hotel.

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Price is per person, not including tax and gratuity
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579
*Must be at least 21 or older with a valid ID to participate

Murder Mystery Weekend

Friday, March 6 - Sunday, March 8
West Baden Springs Hotel

This is a weekend to die for! Murder Mystery Weekend provides a chilling opportunity to test your detective skills and sort through all the red herrings and diabolical clues of a juicy mystery. See if you can crack the case in one of the most unusual, exhilarating and spine-tingling experiences ever.

“The masterminds of the genre, by far the most professional.”
Los Angeles Times

“A lethally comical experience.”
The Dallas Morning News

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*Must be at least 18 or older with a valid ID to participate

Wine Experience Weekend

Friday, March 13 - Saturday, March 14
West Baden Springs Hotel
Reservations required: (888) 936-9360

Sip and swirl your way through our magnificent Wine Experience Weekend. The experience begins Friday evening with an elegant five-course dinner paired with five different types of wine, served in West Baden Springs Hotel. On Saturday, sample three more food and wine pairings in a wine education presentation, and enjoy a dynamic cooking demo with our resort chef.

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*Must be at least 21 or older with a valid ID to participate

Jazz Under the Dome Weekend

Friday, March 13 - Sunday, March 15
West Baden Springs Hotel

Swing and sway to the distinctive sounds of Jazz Under the Dome! Whether it’s classic, hot, cool, swing, bebop or hard bop, this roster of great jazz artists will entertain and impress. From check-in on Friday to check-out on Sunday, the best regional musicians will treat you to 23 hours of live jazz all throughout West Baden Springs Hotel. This weekend-long event is free and open to the public.

Behind the Scenes Tours

Select Sundays • 2pm

March 15

March 22

April 5

April 26

May 17

May 31

June 14

June 28
West Baden Springs Hotel • Indiana Landmarks Emporium • $30

Get a peek behind the curtain of West Baden Springs Hotel in a two-hour tour that will let you see spaces not normally open to the public. Discover the history of areas that served the hotel’s first guests — including the kitchen, garage, ice cream plant and printing office — and see how these spaces have been repurposed for the hotel’s operations today. See more of the hotel’s modern luxuries, including Table One (a private dining room), the Presidential Suite, hotel rooms furnished in vintage décor, and a stunning atrium view from a top-floor balcony room. Advance reservation required.

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Irish Whiskey Tasting

Friday, March 20 • 8pm
West Baden Springs Hotel • $70
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

For St. Paddy’s season, it’s time to live it up with a true Irish twist. Savor select signature dishes and enjoy each paired with Tullamore D.E.W., Bushmills Black Bush and a flight of Jameson Original, Caskmates and Black Barrel.

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Cost is per person and does not include tax and gratuity

*Must be at least 21 or older with a valid ID to participate

Cupcake Decorating

little girl applying green icing as the leaves on a flowered cupcake

Tuesday, March 24 • 2pm
Tuesday, March 31 • 2pm
West Baden Springs Hotel
$30 for adults • $15 for children 12 and younger
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Bring your junior chef and join our pastry chef as she provides pointers on how to dress up your cupcakes. After covering basic techniques on frosting, you’ll learn about how to craft flowers from icing as well. A perfect spring break activity for you and your little one to put the icing on the cake of a special stay at the resort.

Mommy & Me Tea

Family clinking teacups together for a cheers in the atrium

Wednesday, March 25 • 2pm - 4pm
Wednesday, April 1 • 2pm - 4pm
West Baden Springs Hotel • Atrium
$46 Adults • $27 Children (12 and under)
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Bring your little princess or prince to be treated like royalty and introduce them to a proper tea under the atrium! Savor finger sandwiches, scones and petit fours alongside gourmet teas while children practice their manners and enjoy spending time with mom doing something new.

Cookies & Canvas

Thursday, March 26 • 4pm
West Baden Springs Hotel
$45 per person (ages 5 & up)
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Enjoy cookies and milk while you paint along step-by-step with instruction from an experienced and enthusiastic artist. You will leave with a one-of-a-kind creation and a newfound talent. Limited seating. This activity is recommended for children 5 years and older accompanied by an adult.

Wine Pairings

Select Fridays • 8pm

April 3
May 29
June 5

West Baden Springs Hotel • Atrium • $65
Reservations required: (812) 936-5579

Experience wine tasting at West Baden Springs Hotel paired with five courses of a variety of hors d'oeuvres. The event includes American and European wine presentations by our house wine expert highlighting a different imported or domestic varietal with each pairing. Our atrium is the ultimate wine tasting room!

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Cost is per person and does not include tax and gratuity

*Must be at least 21 or older with a valid ID to participate

West Baden Gardening Guidance

Wednesdays, April 22 through May 27 • 10am
West Baden Springs Hotel • $20
Reservations required. (812) 936-5579

Plant the seed of knowledge with this 30-minute class designed to help you understand how your garden grows. Start with a tour of our greenhouse and garden as our grounds maintenance staff guides you through greenhouse basics and other garden-variety discussions such as soil mix and when to plant, along with a Q&A session. After the class, test out your green thumb with your own seeds and a pot to take home.

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Maximum class size is 20 people.

Twilight Tours

Select Saturdays • 7pm, 7:10pm & 7:20pm

April 25

May 30

June 13

July 11

August 8

September 12
West Baden Springs Hotel • Indiana Landmarks Emporium • $20

Explore what it would have been like to be a guest at West Baden Springs Hotel in its early heyday during this 75-minute tour. Costumed characters enhance the excitement and experience of reveling in the hotel’s history. Advance reservations required.

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Picture with Pepsi

Fridays in May • 3pm - 5pm
French Lick Springs Hotel • Front Lawn

Come and get a close-up with our mane man! “Pepsi” is a full-grown miniature horse who is our mascot at The Stables, and you can meet Pepsi and snap a photo with him on the front lawn of French Lick Springs Hotel. Bring your own camera and take your own pictures with Pepsi free of charge. Pepsi is known for his friendliness and loves attention, so stop by and say hello!

French Lick Family Classic Fun Run 5K & Kids 1 Mile Mini Run/Walk

French Lick Resort Family Classic 5K & Kids 1 Mile Mini Walk/Run

Saturday, May 23
Kids 1 Mile Mini at 8:15am • 5K Run/Walk at 9:30am
Exhibition Hall

Lace 'em up for a day of fun and fitness, and race for a great cause as our annual Family Classic benefits the Wounded Warrior Project. The race features chip timing, prizes for top male and female 5K runners, age-group awards for the 1-Mile Mini, and a medal to show off after you conquer the course. Enjoy good health, camaraderie, activities and awards for age group winners. Family-friendly activities will be offered including a bounce house, “pop a shot” game, kids tattoo parlor, crazy hair station and more. Register on or before April 5 to take advantage of the early-bird rate and be guaranteed a race shirt.

Please note that parents or guardians wanting to accompany their child during the 1 Mile Mini must request a special wristband upon registration (1 adult per child). Wristbands will be available in the registration packet for the child.

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Race date and time subject to change in the event of inclement weather.

Donald Ross Classic

Tuesday, July 7 - Saturday, July 11
The Donald Ross Course at French Lick

The Donald Ross Classic returns for its fourth year as the Road to the LPGA passes through French Lick in July 2020. Join us at the historic Donald Ross Course as 150 aspiring LPGA Tour players compete for a prize purse of $200,000 and to secure their place on the LPGA Tour. A youth clinic, pro-am and pairings party are set for July 7 and 8, with championship play to follow July 9-11. This Symetra Tour tournament is also a true charity golf event, as proceeds benefit Orange County Habitat for Humanity.

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Senior LPGA Championship

Monday, July 27-Saturday, August 1

The Pete Dye Course at French Lick

Join us for the Senior LPGA Championship presented by Old National Bank. Riley Children’s Foundation, the fundraising arm of Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health will be the benefactor.

West Baden Springs Hotel Tree Lighting

Saturday, November 14

West Baden Springs Hotel

This year’s 50 Days of Lights kicks off with one of our favorite traditions: the annual tree lighting at West Baden Springs Hotel. Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the season, including live musical performances, appearances by Santa and Mrs. Claus, and special holiday activities for the kids. The ambiance of this historic hotel and its 40-foot-tall tree will usher in the holidays in grand fashion.

French Lick Springs Hotel Tree Lighting

Friday, November 20
French Lick Springs Hotel

Gather around the tree at the hotel entrance or watch these festivities from our grand veranda. Our annual tree lighting ceremony at French Lick Springs Hotel truly captures the essence of the holidays. A visit from Santa, pony rides and a fireworks finale make this one of our most special traditions! Before the official tree lighting, enjoy our lobby bar featuring festive drinks specials, or warm up with complimentary hot chocolate and candy canes.

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