2024 SCHEDULE of EVENTS

Fourth Annual Cache Valley Cheese and Dairy Festival

Thursday 9/26

4-6 p.m.
Receive Cheesecake Entries Function Room 3
Receive Mac-n-Cheese Entries Function Room 1

6-8 p.m.
Contest Judging Function Room 1 and Function Room 3

Friday 9/27

10 a.m.
Everything Opens!
Booths/Displays are open for the day…hip-hip hooray!
Craig Mecham, Troubadour extraordinaire! Main Stage
Make a bookmark/story or coloring pages Function Room 1
From AUROCHS to Holstein, a Long and Crazy Trip Function Room 2

11 a.m.
Food trucks open
Bear River Ramblers Main Stage
Make your own homemade ice cream (Booths S.W Corner)
Make a bookmark/story or coloring pages Function Room 1
From AUROCHS to Holstein, a Long and Crazy Trip Function Room 2
Solve the puzzles if you can Function Room 2
Cheesy Cooking with an Air Fryer (by Jenna) Function Room 3

Noon
Sammy Pond Wilddirt Band Main Stage
Draw your own superhero comic Function Room 1
What is an AUROCHS anyway? The answer is in Function Room 2
Cheese Sensory Panel (by professionals who aren’t cheesy at all) Limited to 40 cheeseheads per session. Function Room 3

1 p.m.
Salzburger Echo Alpenhorns Main Stage
Make a bookmark/story or coloring pages Function Room 1
Can you believe we evolved our DNA to be more dairy? Function Room 2

2 p.m.
Xavier Hay Group Main Stage
Make a bookmark/story or coloring pages Function Room 1
Check out some crazy dairy equipment or test your brain with a puzzle Function Room 2
Cheesy Cooking with an Air Fryer (with Jenna) Function Room 3
Make your own ice cream (S.W. Corner)
Which are your top three Booths/Activities? Drop a card in the box Quick code
Check out the Utah’s Own Products in Booth #4

3 p.m.
Alpenhorn Challenge: See if you can win a brick of cheddar Main Stage
Make a bookmark/story or coloring pages Function Room 1
From AUROCHS to Holstein, a Long and Crazy Trip Function Room 2
Cheese Sensory Panel: Learn about taste and texture. Why is it so good? Function Room 3
Visit Food to Fork Booth #
Did you find the hidden Jersey Cows? Get a sheet and go on a quest. Find 20 and win a cow-tail at the 4H booth

4 p.m.
WildWing, Celtic and Folk music Main Stage
Make a bookmark/story or coloring pages Function Room 1
Which animal’s milk is the closest to mother’s milk? Answer in Function Room 2
Charcuterie Demo: Get all fancy and show up your neighbor! Function Room 3
Make your own ice cream (S.W. Corner Booth)

5 p.m.
Salzburger Echo Alpenhorns Main Stage
Make a bookmark/story or coloring pages Function Room 1
Which animal was the first that humans milked (hint: not a Panther) Function Room 2
The Aggie Chocolate Factory presents A Chocolate Tasting (with Andrea) Function Room 3
Check out Butcher’s Bunches for marvelous jams and jellies Booth #

Saturday 9/28

10 a.m Everything Opens!
Alpenhorns kick off the Festival on the Main Stage
Samples, educational, and vendor booths are open
Reading, color your story, and make a bookmark Room 1
From AUROCHS to Holstein, a Long and Crazy Trip Room 2
Cheese Sensory Panel (Cheese Tasting) Room 3

11 a.m.
John Elwood Morgan, Main Stage
Reading, color your story, and make a bookmark Room 1
Challenge your knowledge about the history of milk Room 2
The Many Faces of Cheese Room 3
Make your own ice cream Booth #33
Have you done the Scavenger Hunt for the hidden Jersey cows? Get a map at the Extension 4H table
Food Trucks are open

Noon
Best Cheesecake and Master of Mac Contest Winner Awards, Main Stage
Traditional Cutting of the Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese Wheel

12:30
Making mozzarella at home Main Stage
Did you get a cheese curd? Limited time only at Booth #14

1 p.m.
Special story reading Room 1
Learn how the man/bovine migration changed both of our DNAs Room 2
Cheese Sensory Panel (Cheese Tasting) Room 3
Visit Utah’s Own Booth #18 for some of the best tastes Utah has to offer

2 p.m.
Alpenhorn Contest: Play an Alpenhorn and win cheese! Main Stage
Make a bookmark and color your story Room 1
See some of the equipment that made milking chores easier Room 2
The Many Faces of Cheese Room 3
Grilled cheese samples Booth #13
Butcher’s Bunches of jams and jellies Booth #10
Check out a hot melty bowl of Mac and Cheese from the Mac Attack food truck

3 p.m.
Kristina Evonne and Band, Main Stage
Visit the Dairy Farmers of America Booth
Boondoggle a bookmark Room 1
Try a brain teaser or two by Room 2
Chocolate Tasting: Learn (and taste) how chocolatey goodness is made Room 3

4 p.m.
Alpenhorn Challenge and Serenade
Reading by local authors Room 1
Take the Evolution of Milk Quiz and test your knowledge Room 2
Charcuterie demonstration Room 3
Make a final visit to your favorite booth(s)

5 p.m.
Festival Closes
Thank you for supporting Cache Valley and our Dairy Industry!