Maryland Mac &
Cheese Festival
Join us for a family-friendly event filled with Mac n’ Cheese themed activities & madness!
The Maryland Mac & Cheese Festival will bring together over 15 of the area’s best restaurants, food trucks & chef's cheesy visions into reality! Get ready to try a mountain of cheese goodness at Maryland's largest-ever mac and cheese festival. No matter how you like it—peppery, with ketchup, crispy with breadcrumbs or creamy like butter, you'll find the mac and cheese of your dreams right here!
AT A GLANCE
🧀 15+ Mac & Cheese Food Vendors (Over 40 styles)
🧀 Kids Fun Zone Carnival Games & Activities
🧀 Mac & Cheese, French Fry Eating & Can of Whiz Holding Contests
🧀 Cheese Fry Bar
🧀 “Best of” Awards Ceremony
🧀 Giant Craft Beer Garden
🧀 Axe Throwing Expo
🧀 Bands & Live Entertainment
🧀 Baggo Tournament & Tailgate Games
🧀 Merchandise, General Vendors & more!
GENERAL TICKET $9.99 (2PM - 8PM)
🧀 Entry into Festival
VIP TICKET $54.99 (12PM - 8PM)
🧀 Express Two-Hour Early Entry (Doors open at 12PM for VIP)
🧀 All You Can Eat Mac N’ Cheese from 12PM-2PM (pay as you go after 2PM)
🧀 4 Drink Tickets
🧀 Complimentary order of French Fries
🧀 Commemorative Keepsake
🧀 25% Off Merchandise Coupon
HOW IT WORKS
Over 15 of the area’s best restaurants & food purveyors will be on hand to dish out a variety of gourmet Mac & Cheese served in 2 to 3oz sizes along with a variety of Mac & Cheese inspired dishes! All food-related items will work on a voucher system with vouchers sold in sheets of 5 for $10. This provides the best opportunity for you to try as many locations & varieties of Mac & Cheese as possible or larger platters of your favorite vendor!
Vouchers can be purchased in sheets at voucher stations throughout the festival grounds & will be exchanged for a serving of Mac & Cheese or other food related items. There will be various bars, beverage stations & beer gardens serving ice cold brews, fine spirits, water, soda & other refreshments on a normal cash & credit system. Additional vendors will be on hand to sell funnel cakes, cotton candy, ice-cream, water ice, hot chocolate, desserts & other goodies!
AWARDS CEREMONY
The area's best will be battling it out to see who has the best Mac N' Cheese in all the land voted by YOU!
🧀 Best Tasting Mac & Cheese
🧀 Most Unique Mac & Cheese- more awards to be announced!
KIDS DETAILS
Children 10 & under are FREE after 2PM & do not need a ticket
TICKET VOUCHER SYSTEM & BEVERAGES: All food items will work on a voucher system with vouchers sold in sheets of 5 for $5. There will be various voucher stations throughout the festival & all vouchers will be used as cash at participating restaurants & food trucks with ALL food items priced at $5 or less. Drink vouchers can be redeemed for Beer, Wine, Seltzers, Mixed Drinks, Soda & Water and then purchased at participating bars on a normal cash/credit system. Multiple ATMs will be on site & strongly encourage cash sales at voucher stations.