Statewide Beer and Cheese Events, Festivals & Happenings

Annual Northwest Beerfest

839 First Ave., Chippewa Falls

Held in late April. Sample hundreds of beers from over 50 breweries. 2016's event featured. 150+ varieties of craft, import, ales, porters, lagers, and stouts from over 40 vendors.

Beer Barons’ World of Beer Festival

N56 W14750 Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee

Held in early June. Last year's event featured dozens of breweries with lots of food and entertainment. This could be the best beer festival you’ve never heard of.

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Held in late February. Each year, beer lovers from the lakeshore and beyond partake in one of Wisconsin’s largest brew fests. All those who attend the event receive a complementary commemorative beer mug or glass. Many participants have a large collection of Brewfest glassware.

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Between the Bluffs - Beer, Wine, and Cheese Festival

615 2nd St N, La Crosse

Held in late April. Taste over 200 quality brews poured by distinguished breweries. Experience over 45 types of wine from local and world-famous vintners. Sample and purchase gourmet cheese and other good eats. All attendees receive a souvenir tasting glass.

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Blue Harbor Resort Craft Beer Festival

725 Blue Harbor Dr., Sheboygan

Will be held on September 23rd. On Friday enjoy a “Best of Wisconsin” four-course craft beer dinner with executive chef Jason Richardson. A more conventional beer tasting fest is held Saturday.

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Dairy State Cheese & Beer Festival

12304 75th St., Kenosha

Held in mid-late April. This festival brings the best of everything Wisconsin has to offer with cheese from Laack Bros Cheese Co., Vern’s Cheese, Inc., and Jim’s Cheese, Inc. as well as beer from many local breweries.

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Door County Beer Festival

Town Hall Park, Baileys Harbor

Held mid-june. A full day of great beer, music, and culinary experiences with more than 120 beers, and a home brewing contest, plus seminars on cheese, beer and other food.

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Dunn County Humane Society Furkinfest

E5690 County Rd. D, Menomonie

Held in mid-september. Sample beer from local breweries and also food from Jake’s. Adoptable animals will be present to visit. This is a family friendly event. Great prizes, raffles, and live music.

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EAA Airventure Museum Hops & Props

3000 Poberezny Road, Oshkosh

Held early March. Sample over 250 different beverages provided by microbreweries and distributors from across the world. Learn about the brewing process and history, meet masterbrewers, and understand the distinguishing characteristics of beer styles. Great music from several live bands, plus great food and coffee.

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Egg Harbor AleFest

7809 WI-42, Egg Harbor

Held in Mid-September. Enjoy craft beers from 40 different brewers with live music. There will be more than 100 different craft beers to sample. Bring your friends for a fun day of tasting and sampling.

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Gitchee Gumee Brewfest

28th & Catlin Ave, Superior

Held in mid-April. Feauring 35+ breweries from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other states.

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Great Lakes Brewfest

2131 North Main Street, Racine

Held in Mid-September. Featuring unlimited sampling of more than 250 craft beers and sodas from nearly 100 brewers on the beautiful shore of Lake Michigan. All paid attendees receive a souvenir tasting glass. Food served by local restaurants. Live music including the world renowned Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps.

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Great Taste of the Midwest

1156 Olin-Turville Ct, Madison

Held in Mid-August. The Great Taste is the second longest-running craft beer festival in North America. Every year over 150 breweries and brewpubs serve about 1000 different beers in a beautiful lakeside setting in Madison, Wisconsin. Live music, great local food vendors, and a view of the state capitol. Plenty of food available including Mediterranean, Lebanese, brats, burgers, falafel, Caribbean, pizza, subs, Chicago-style dogs, and more.

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The Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival

100 Van Buren St., Little Chute

Held in late may, early June. Enjoy live music, food, amusement rides, children’s entertainment, a walk/run, parade, petting zoo, cheese carving demonstrations, cheese tasting, cheese curd eating contest, cheese breakfast, cheesecake contest, and more.

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Green County Cheese Days

1016 16th Ave., Monroe

Held in late September. Green County Cheese days is packed with old world traditions, entertainment, Wedgie the cheese mascot, food vendors, merchandise, parades, the crowning of the Limburger Queen, and of course plenty of cheese.

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Hops for Hockey Beer Fest

915 Menomonie St, Eau Claire

Held in early September. Quench your beer drinking thirst at this event benefiting the Center Ice Club Foundation. Tickets on sale at all Gordy’s locations. Find this event on Facebook to stay up to date with news and fun promotions.

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International Cheese Technology Expo

400 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee

Held in mid-April. The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association and Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research will host cheese manufacturers and suppliers from across the nation and around the world for morning seminars, afternoons of trade show exposition and evening social affairs.

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Isthmus Beer & Cheese Fest

1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison

Held in late January. Hundreds of local craft beers and artisanal cheeses in one place for an all-you-can-sample celebration of Wisconsin’s finest. Get your favorites, try something new and find out what you’ve been missing out on from brewers and cheese makers across the state.

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Isthmus OktoBeerFest

917 E Mifflin St, Madison

Held in mid-September. Features over 40 Wisconsin-focused brewers for this hip interpretation of the classic German-style fest. Brewers will be joined by local artisan sausage, cheese makers, and specialty shops to provide sample sized portions of their finest creations to guests. Guests can enjoy unlimited sampling in their Isthmus OktoBEERfest glassware with an emphasis on seasonal Oktoberfest brews.

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Lake Geneva Beer & Spirits Festival

W4240 WI-50, Lake Geneva

Held in early November. Includes a commemorative tasting glass, unlimited tastings of beer from 30+ Midwest craft breweries. Guests can also sample specialty liquors and foods that pair well with beer and enjoy live music.

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