Friday 9/23
Cheesecake Contest entrants may begin picking up their cream cheese at the Event Center

Thursday 9/29
4 p.m.-6 p.m. Drop off cheesecake entries, Drop off Mac-n-Cheese entries
6 p.m.-8 p.m. Contest judging

Friday 9/30
Noon
— Festival opens
— Opening announcements
— Booths and displays
— Vendors and food trucks
— Live music
— Children’s Dairy-Tail Story Room (stories on the hour and half-hour), Room 1
5 p.m. Charcuterie Demonstration, Room 3
6 p.m. Festival closes
7 p.m. Dairy Owner’s Dinner, by invitation

Saturday 10/1
10 a.m.
— Festival opens
— Booths and displays
— Vendors and food trucks
— Live music
— Children’s Dairy-Tail Story Room (stories on the hour and half-hour), Room 1
10:30 a.m. Cheese Sensory Workshop, Room 3
11 a.m. Alpenhorn Demonstration and Contest
11:30 a.m. “The Many Faces of Cheese”  Presentation, Function Room 3
Noon
— Winners of the Best Cheesecake Contest announced
— Winners of the Best Mac-n-Cheese Contest announced
12:30 p.m. Live Demonstration: Cracking of a Parmesan Wheel by Lee’s Marketplace/Gourmet Foods International
1 p.m. Alpenhorn Demonstration and Contest
1:30 p.m. Cheese Sensory Workshop, Room 3
2:30 p.m. “The Many Faces of Cheese”  Presentation, Function Room 3
3 p.m. Alpenhorn Demonstration and Contest
3:45 p.m. Charcuterie Board Demonstration, Room 3
5 p.m. Festival closes
6 p.m. SILENT AUCTION Professional Cheesecakes
7 p.m. Cheesy Dutch Oven Dinner with Live Local Entertainment $20
Gossner cheese and cracker appetizers, slow-cooked Dutch Oven beef roast, Dutch Oven chicken, Brent’s famous cheesy potatoes, steamed vegetables, rolls and butter, Dutch Oven chocolate cherry cobbler with Casper’s Vanilla Ice Cream.