Cabot Cheese and Culture Festival

Start: Saturday, September 28, 2024 12:00PM
End: Saturday, September 28, 2024 5:00PM

The Cheese and Culture Festival brings together Vermont cheesemakers with producers of fermented foods and beverages for an afternoon of tasting, education and celebration. Workshops, demonstrations and discussions on cheese, fermented food-making and farming practices will be offered during the afternoon. The Den at Harry’s Hardware will offer cheese and beverage pairings and special menus for the occasion. The Cheese and Culture Festival will occur alongside Cabot’s annual Fall Foliage Festival day which will add pop-up crafts markets, live music, food trucks, pumpkin carvings, wagon rides, children’s activities and leaf-peeping tours, to the celebratory atmosphere. The Festival is part of an initiative to enliven the arts and commerce in Cabot, Northern Washington County and the Northeast Kingdom. Participants can visit a quintessesntialy Vermont village, meet the producers, enjoy their creations, and see for themselves how the products are made. The festival will also provide an opportunity for people to learn about farming practices and sustainable agriculture. Festival Venues Cabot Village Common - Main venue for producers tables, food trucks and activities Marquee Tent on the Village Common - Venue for demonstrations and live music The Den at Harry’s Hardware - Cabot’s famous pub in an old-fashioned hardware store will present, wine, beer and cider pairings. 2024 List of Producers The Cabot Creamery Jasper Hill Farm Shelburne Farms Von Trapp Farmstead Lazy Lady Farm Bridport Creamery Crooked Mile Cheese Hook and Peel (Food Truck/Pizza) The Melted Cheeserie (Food Truck) Nibbles of Love (Food Truck) HeyDay Farm and Bakery Monte Verdi Salumi (Cured Meats) Littlen & Co. Coffee Kingdom Creamery Squashpalooza! Fragrant Mountain Farm (Kimchee) Dusty Swamp Provisions Marshfield Ferments Vermont Fermentation Adventures Rhapsody Foods (Miso & Tempe) KIS Kombucha Citizen Cider Shacksbury Cider Snow Farm Vineyard Caledonia Spirits Olde Merle's Mead St. Johnsbury Distillery Drop-In Brewing Co. Demonstrations and Speakers - 12:30-3pm 12:30 - Vegetable Fermenting with Alan LePage Learn from a Fermentation Master! 1:00 - Kombucha Making Demonstration with Beki Auclair From Vermont Fermentation Adventures 1:30 - Cheese-Making with Jasper Hill Farm Discussion about Cheese-making 2:00 - Make Your Own Miso Workshop with Joel Liu From Rhapsody Natural Foods 2:30 - Speaker, Grace Gershuny Presentation about Soil, Food, Climate and Hope! Cheese and Beverage Pairings 3-5pm On the deck at Harry's Hardware (Schedule TBA) Live Music 4-6pm with The Pitt Crew!