How a 6-Day Indiana Festival Generates $8.1 Million | Brandon McClish, Jon Yeager & Dennis Nettles, West Side Nut Club

Podcast: Get IN. with Nate Spangle · Get Indiana.

Opublikowano: 2026-10-23

On today's live show recorded at the West Side Nut Club Festival in Evansville, I sat down with Nut Club members Brandon McClish, Jon Yeager (treasurer), and Dennis Nettles (vice president), who explain how the 105-year tradition is built by 300 active Nut Club members and thousands of volunteers staffing more than 120 nonprofit-run food booths. McClish details membership requirements, the festival's reach of roughly 270,000–295,000 unique visitors, and an estimated $8.1 million economic impact returning to the community, including major Founders' Day grants. Yeager then spotlights the Half Pot raffle, started in 2019, which grew from $1.2 million in year on...