The California Artisan Cheese Festival returns to the North Bay March 22-24. Now in its 18th year, the 3-day Festival brings together California’s premier cheese makers and offers cheese enthusiasts an unparalleled opportunity to taste and purchase new, limited production, and rare artisan cheeses as well as meet with and sample products from Bay Area farmers, chefs, brewers, winemakers, distillers and artisan food purveyors.
The festival kicks off on Friday, March 22 with Farm and Producer Tours at locations throughout Marin and Sonoma Counties and beyond.
On Saturday, March 23, cheese tastings, pairings and seminars will take place at a variety of wineries, breweries and farms throughout Sonoma County followed by the highly anticipated Cheese Crawl at The Barlow in Sebastopol.
The Festival culminates on Sunday, March 24 at the Artisan Cheese Tasting & Marketplace, a grand finale tasting event at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. Get your tickets for three days of cheese bliss before they sell out!