Try 25 Types of Mac & Cheese at an Eastern Iowa Festival This Spring

Fans of craft beer and mac & cheese will be excited to hear about the return of an Eastern Iowa festival this spring! Mac & Cheese Fest Dubuque will return in May of 2024!

According to Eventbrite, this year's Mac & Cheese Festival will take place at the Grand River Conference Center in Dubuque on Thursday, May 9th. Organizers promise that guests will get to taste more than 25 varieties of mac & cheese! Some of the vendors listed include J & D Catering, River Rock Kitchen & Tap, Downtown BBQ, 7 Hills Brewing Company, Rockin' 5K BBQ, Stone Cliff Winery, and Dimensional Brewing Company. Last year's Golden Noodle Award went to J & D Catering.

In addition to lots of mac & cheese, the festival will also have more than 50 beverage samples from breweries and wineries in Eastern Iowa and beyond. The 2024 lineup includes Peace Tree, Toppling Goliath, Big Grove, Backpocket, Millstream, and more.

Tickets for Mac & Cheese Fest Dubuque go on sale this Friday, March 29th at 12 p.m. General admission tickets are $39 and include food/beverage tasting and an official event pint glass. There are also VIP tickets for $59. Those include an early access VIP hour, a festival koozie, a drawstring swag bag, and a t-shirt. All tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite HERE.

If you're a fan of food festivals, there are quite a few of them happening in Iowa this year! You can check out a list of some of the big ones HERE.