{"id":4,"date":"2025-02-12T15:59:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/home-page\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:52:37","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/","title":{"rendered":"10th Annual Maine Cheese Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0See you in September!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sunday, September 13, 2026 <br \/>Manson Park | Pittsfield, Maine<br \/><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><br \/>The Maine Cheese Festival is a can\u2019t-miss celebration of Maine\u2019s vibrant food, beverage, and artisan community, bringing together more than 65 Maine-made vendors for a full day of flavor and discovery. <br \/><br \/>From sampling new cheeses and meeting the makers behind them to enjoying live music throughout the day, the festival offers something for everyone. Families are welcome, with a lively atmosphere, a featured cheese competition, and plenty to explore!\u00a0Guests can also enjoy a curated beer and wine tent and participate in educational experiences designed for curious food lovers.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>It\u2019s the perfect way to spend a crisp fall day in Maine. Come hungry, stay curious, and don\u2019t miss out!<\/strong><br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em>The Maine Cheese Festival Planning Committee is already underway with planning for the 2026 festival. <\/em><em>New information will be added to the website as it becomes available.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cheese-festival-manson-park.jpg\" alt=\"Manson Park Pittsfield Maine\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cheese-festival-manson-park.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cheese-festival-manson-park-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cheese-festival-manson-park-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manson Park | Pittsfield,\u00a0 Maine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Take a moment to explore the highlights from the 2025 Maine Cheese Festival throughout this site.<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0See you in September!\u00a0 Sunday, September 13, 2026 Manson Park | Pittsfield, Maine The Maine Cheese Festival is a can\u2019t-miss celebration of Maine\u2019s vibrant food, beverage, and artisan community, bringing together more than 65 Maine-made vendors for a full day of flavor and discovery. From sampling new cheeses and meeting the makers behind them to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}