Ugly Sweater Run

🎉 Event Overview

Join us for our 9th annual Fleet Feet Ugly Sweater Run!

Gather up your family and friends for what has become a Fort Wayne Holiday tradition. Join us on Thursday December 18, 2025 for the Fleet Feet Ugly Sweater Run.

🏃‍♂️ Run Details

A three mile fun run downtown while viewing all of the Holiday Festival Lights. After the run join us at JK O'Donnell's Irish Pub, 121 W Wayne St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802, for our Ugly Sweater Contest (where the ugliest sweater wins a prize), drinks, and fun.

• Date: December 18, 2025
• Location: JK O'Donnell's Irish Pub
• Distance: Three mile fun run
• Contest: Ugly Sweater Contest

🍽️ Admission Information

Admission to the event is three non-perishable food items. We will be donating all the food collected to The Community Harvest Food Bank, previous year we were able to donate 1,000 pounds of food.

• Donation: Three non-perishable food items
• Beneficiary: The Community Harvest Food Bank
• Goal: 1,000 pounds of food donation
• First 350 Participants: FREE commemorative glass

🚦 Important Notes

Please note, this is not a race, this is a fun run.

• Timing: No timing
• Street Closure: Cannot close streets
• Traffic Laws: Please abide by traffic laws
• Fun: Most of all have fun!

❤️ Sponsors and Support

We can’t wait to see everyone at our favorite and biggest event of the season. Thank you to our sponsors: JK O'Donnell's, Fleet Feet, and Brooks Running that help keep this event free!

Admission: Three food items to donate! PLEASE DONATE

For more information, visit: Ugly Sweater Run Event