The Big Cheese 2024
The 2024 Big Cheese local food festival ran Saturday, April 6 at Hassen Arena, with tastings, pairings, Cheese 101 seminars, grilled cheese and cheeseball competitions, and 11 cheese makers.
The 2024 Big Cheese, Armstrong’s annual cheese festival, welcomed everyone to the Public Food Market on Saturday, April 6, from 9 am to 3 pm at Hassen Arena. Entry was $5 per person, with children under 12 free and cash payment preferred.
The day included:
- Tastings
- Pairings
- Cheese 101 seminars
- The amateur grilled cheese competition
- The cheeseball competition
- Local food vendors and producers, and much more.
Eleven cheese makers took part in 2024. The full list is below.
Follow the festival
The Big Cheese is on Facebook at The Big Cheese Festival.
Cheese Producers
- Triple Island Farms
- The Village Cheese
- Grassroot Dairies
- Foothills Creamery
- Birdsong Farm
- White Drop Cheese
- Tanto Latte Ltd.
- Forrest Farm
- Blackwell Dairy Farm
- Little Qualicum Cheeseworks
- Jerseyland Organics