COUNTRYSIDE TOUR + DAIRY FARM VISIT (Tours Friday 10 AM - 11:30 AM and Friday 1 — 2:30 PM)
Board a bus for a countryside tour with guides Lynn Lokken and Kris Winkler — Green County natives and longtime friends who love welcoming visitors. They’re also avid quilters who established the Barn Quilt Project, and they’ll share stories and fun facts, and you’ll see barn quilts along the way. Then meet the farmer and his herd of Brown Swiss at the 4th-generation Wegmueller farm. “The Dairy” is home to two donkeys, a flock of laying hens, and friendly farm cats. You’ll also meet Professor Paisley and her friend Chonkey — the Kunekune pigs. And there’s more — three ponies, three draft horses, six riding horses (the farm has four miles of trails), and one retired horse who is living out her best life at the farm. Limited seating! $7 TICKET for ages 10 thru adult. $1 TICKET for 9 and under. Exception — FREE for any child sitting on parent’s lap (for those who will not need their own seat.)
FOOD ARTIST NANCY BAKER (Friday and Saturday)
Meet food artist Nancy Baker who carves pumpkins, sculpts pie crusts, crafts gingerbread houses, and creates portraits from bacon. But this weekend it’s all about the cheese! Look for Nancy on Friday and Saturday near the Cheese Tent. Sponsored by Big Radio. Cheese donated by Maple Leaf Cheesemakers and Emmi Roth USA.
COUNTRYSIDE TOUR WITH DAIRY FARM VISITS (Saturday 10 a.m. — noon)
Board a bus for a countryside tour with guides Lynn Lokken and Kris Winkler — Green County natives and longtime friends who love welcoming visitors. They’re also avid quilters who established the Barn Quilt Project, and they’ll share stories and fun facts, and you’ll see barn quilts along the way. This tour will stop at both the Wegmueller Farm and the DeVoe Farm — where you will meet the farm families and their herds. You’ll see two different breeds, and two different styles of milking parlors on this two-hour tour. Limited seating! $7 TICKET for ages 10 thru adult. $1 TICKET for 9 and under. Exception — FREE for any child sitting on parent’s lap (for those who will not need their own seat.)
FAMILY FARM ADVENTURE TENT (all weekend)
Sponsored by Green County Farm Bureau, in partnership with 4—H, FFA & other ag groups. Check out a number of educational activities about agriculture! On NORTHEAST corner of Square by First National Bank.
OLD WORLD CHEESEMAKING DEMONSTRATION (Saturday 12-4 p.m.)
Watch and learn as members of The Foreign Type Cheesemaker’s Association create a 200-pound wheel of Swiss cheese the old-fashioned way, in a giant copper kettle. Wisconsin Master Cheesemakers Jeff Wideman and Gary Grossen will explain the process and demonstrate the steps. After the cheese is “hooped” they will “plug” a block of cheese and demonstrate the grading and judging process.
COW MILKING CONTEST (Saturday 12:30-2:30 p.m.)
An “udderly” good time thanks to area dairy farmers & their happy herds! Watch as teams compete for prizes — may the most milk win! Located in the Mayer Transport Barn at Green County Fairgrounds starting at 1 p.m. Catch a ride on the MOO BUS out and back. Look for the big sign near Goetz Theatre which will direct you to the Moo Bus Shuttle stop by the Post Office.
IN THE HOSPITALITY TENT (Saturday 2 p.m.)
Sampling of Hispanic styles of cheese with V&V Supremo, accompanied by music by Mariachi Sol de Madison! Sponsored by V&V Supremo.
CHEESE DAYS MASCOT WEDGIE IS TURNING 10! (Saturday 2:15 PM)
We’re having a little party and giving away Emmi Roth snack cheese and Happy Birthday Wedgie stickers while they last.
THE SWISS COLONY CHEESE DAYS PARADE (Sunday 12:30 p.m.)
Wisconsin’s only parade led by a herd of Brown Swiss cows!
— Noreen Rueckert is the director for Green County Tourism, director for Green County Cheese Days, and committee co-chair for Concerts on the Square with Main Street. She can be reached at noreen@tds.net.
