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Come to Haughville on Sept. 20 for a free, family-friendly event that celebrates the common bond shared by many cultures throughout the world — rice and beans.

The Rice and Beans Festival will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Fonseca Theatre Company, 2508 W. Michigan St. The festival will feature international takes on rice and beans, including jollof rice from West Africa, rajma chawal from India and red beans and rice from New Orleans.

The festival will also have live music, local arts and crafts, and fun for kids.

For more information, call Fonseca Theatre Company at 317-653-1519 or email them.

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Mirror Indy reporter Enrique Saenz covers west Indianapolis. Contact him at 317-983-4203 or enrique.saenz@mirrorindy.org. Follow him on Bluesky at @enriquesaenz.bsky.social.

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See how rice and beans can unite cultures at this free Haughville festival

by Enrique Saenz, Mirror Indy
September 17, 2025

<h1>See how rice and beans can unite cultures at this free Haughville festival</h1> <p class="byline">by Enrique Saenz, Mirror Indy <br />September 17, 2025</p> <p>Come to Haughville on Sept. 20 for a free, family-friendly event that celebrates the common bond shared by many cultures throughout the world — rice and beans.</p> <p>The Rice and Beans Festival will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Fonseca Theatre Company, 2508 W. Michigan St. The festival will feature international takes on rice and beans, including <a href="https://egunsifoods.com/blogs/blog-list/celebrating-jollof-rice-a-west-african-favorite" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">jollof rice</a> from West Africa, <a href="https://www.awayinthekitchen.com/post/rajma-chawal-red-kidney-beans-served-with-rice" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">rajma chawal</a> from India and red beans and rice from New Orleans.</p> <p>The festival will also have live music, local arts and crafts, and fun for kids.</p> <p>For more information, call <a href="https://fonsecatheatre.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fonseca Theatre Company</a> at 317-653-1519 or <a href="info@fonsecatheatre.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">email them</a>.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/haughville-fonseca-rice-and-beans-festival-2025/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=62082&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/haughville-fonseca-rice-and-beans-festival-2025/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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