Cabot Cheese and Culture Festival

CABOT, Vt. – 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 quintessentially 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 and Co. Coffee
Kingdom Creamery
Squashpalooza!
Fragrant Mountain Farm (Kimchee)
Dusty Swamp Provisions
Marshfield Ferments
Vermont Fermentation Adventures
Rhapsody Foods (Miso and 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 – 12:30-3 p.m.

12:30 p.m. – Vegetable fermenting with Alan LePage. Learn from a fermentation master.
1 p.m. – Kombucha-making demonstration with Beki Auclair from Vermont Fermentation Adventures.
1:30 p.m. – Cheese-making with Jasper Hill Farm. Discussion about cheesemaking.
2 p.m. – Make Your Own Miso Workshop with Joel Liu from Rhapsody Natural Foods.
2:30 p.m. – Speaker Grace Gershuny. Presentation about soil, food, climate and hope.
Cheese and beverage pairings from 3-5 p.m., on the deck at Harry’s Hardware (Schedule TBA).
Live Music 4-6 p.m. with The Pitt Crew.