FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

2025 Tickets on sale Jan 1st @ 12PM

March 21 · 9am - March 23 · 4pm PDT

Get your ticket and grab a friend for three days of artisan cheese bliss! This weekend is filled with tastings, tours, and marketplace fun!

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19th Annual California Artisan Cheese Festival Schedule

March 21 - March 23, 2025

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  • Friday, March 21 – Farm & Producer Tours
  • Saturday, March 22 – Seminars
  • Saturday, March 22 - Cheese Crawl
  • Sunday, March 23 - Tasting & Marketplace

Artisan Cheese Tasting & Marketplace

Sunday, March 23, 2025
12:00 - 4:00 pm


Artisan Cheese Tasting & Marketplace bringing together more than 100 artisan cheese and food producers, winemakers, brewers, distillers, cidermakers and chefs.

Tickets $69 Adults
$30 Children 2-12
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Bubbles + Bites and Early Entry to Artisan Cheese Tasting & Marketplace

Sunday, March 23th
9:45 am - 4:00 pm


Bubbles, Bites and Early Entry to the Artisan Cheese Tasting & Marketplace

Starts at Saralee & Richard's Barn, then moves to the Grace Pavilion

Tickets $125 per person
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Cheese Crawl at The Barlow

Saturday, March 22
VIP Early Entry 3:00-6:00 PM
General Admission 4:00-6:00 PM


Start your Saturday night off right with a fun discovery and adventure at The Barlow in Sebastopol.

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Seminar 1: Curds and Whey – Cheesemaking Demonstration with Keith Adams of Wm. Cofield

Saturday, March 22nd
11:00am-12:15pm


Balletto Vineyards,

Reserve Room Kitchen

Tickets $80 per person
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Seminar 2: Miss Cheesemonger Sings: A Cheese Pairing Recital

Saturday, March 22nd
1:00pm-2:15pm


Balletto Vineyards,

Reserve Room

Tickets $125 per person
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Seminar 3: Cheese & Beer: Better Together with Janet Fletcher

Saturday, March 22nd
1:00 pm-2:15 pm


Hopmonk Tavern,

Sebastopol

Tickets $80 per person
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Seminar 4: Cheese + Chocolate with Laura Werlin

Saturday, March 22nd
11:00 am - 12:15 pm


Bacchus Landing,

Harvest Room

Tickets $80 per person
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Seminar 5: Cheese + Charcuterie Board Building Workshop with Alyssa Gilbert

Saturday, March 22nd
1:00pm-2:15pm


Bacchus Landing,

Harvest Room

Tickets $80 per person
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Seminar 6: Palate Play: A Sensory Cheese Exploration

Saturday, March 22nd
11:00am-12:15pm


Bacchus Landing,

Vintners Room

Tickets $80 per person
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Seminar 7: Aperitivo Time

Saturday, March 22nd
1:00pm-2:15pm


Bacchus Landing,

Vintners Room

Tickets $80 per person
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Tour A: Goats, Vineyards, Orchards and Cheese!

Friday, March 21st
9:00 am – 3:30 pm


Featuring: Redwood Hill Farm with Mt. Eitan Cheese, Balletto Vineyards, Ambix Spirits and WM Cofield Cheesemakers.

This tour departs from and returns to The Barlow, Sebastopol, CA

Tickets $175 per person
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Tour B: Historic Legacies and Old World Traditions

Friday March 21st
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM


Featuring: Marin French Cheese Co., Achadinha Cheese Co., Barber Lee Spirits and Sonoma Portworks

This tour departs from and returns to Sheraton Sonoma Wine Country Petaluma

Tickets $175 per person
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Tour C: Petaluma to Pt. Reyes

Friday March 21
9:00 am - 4:00 pm


Featuring: Nicasio Valley Cheese Company, Pt. Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co., Heidrun Meadery and Goat Rock Cider Company

Departs and Returns to Sheraton Sonoma Wine Country Petaluma

Tickets $175 per person
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Tour D: Country Roads

Friday, March 21st
9:00 am- 3:00 pm


Featuring: Wm. Cofield, Gold Ridge Organics Farm, Valley Ford Cheese and Creamery, Black Kite Cellars 

This tour departs from and returns to The Barlow, Sebastopol, CA 

Tickets $175 per person
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Tour E: Anderson Valley

Friday March 21st
9:00 am -4:30 pm


Featuring: Pennyroyal Farm, Gowan Cider & Apple Orchard, Longboard Winery

This tour departs from and returns to Bacchus Landing, Healdsburg

Tickets $175 per person
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Tour F: Marshall

Friday, March 21st
9:00 am- 3:30 pm


Featuring: Tomales Farmstead Creamery, Hog Island Oyster Farm, Straus Home Ranch, Balletto Vineyards 

This tour departs from and returns to Balletto Vineyards, Santa Rosa 

Tickets $175 per person SOLD OUT
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