The 2025 Amish Country Cheese Festival will be held August 30 – September 1, 2025.

Amish Country Cheese Festival
Arthur Illinois

Central Illinois’ Best Labor Day Celebration is now THREE BIG DAYS

SATURDAY

6 -11 am: Firemen’s breakfast @ Firehouse
9 am: Festival / Vendors / Artie’s Party Zone opens
10 am – 4 pm: Rides: Buggy @ Welcome Center
10 am – 3 pm: Art Fair @ The Arthur United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall Pony @ Arties Party Zone
9:51 am: Ceremonial First Cheese Giveaway @ Intersection of Vine & Illinois
12:30 pm: 24th Annual International Cheese Curling Championships @ Illinois & Vine Street
2:30 pm: 24th Annual Cheese Eating Nationals @ Cheese Tent
4:00 pm: Free Cheese Giveaway
7 pm: Festival/vendors close

SUNDAY

10 am: Community worship service hosted by Arthur Ministerial Association @ Gazebo Parking Lot
• Festival / Vendors / Artie’s Party Zone open
10:30 am: Free Cheese Giveaway
12:30 pm: Cheese Carving Registration @ Cheese Tent
• Kiddie Tractor Pull registration @ Cheesy Hollow
1:00 – 4 pm: Vine Street Christian Church Ice Cream Social, Heavenly Dips of Homemade Ice Cream @ South Vine St.
1:00 pm: Cheese Carving Contest @ Cheese Tent – Sponsored by The County Chronicle
1:30 pm: Kiddie Tractor Pull on E. Illinois St.
2 pm: FREE CHEESE @ Cheese Tent

MONDAY

6 -10 am: Arthur Lions Club breakfast @ Community Center
9 am: Festival/vendors open
9:30 am: Free Cheese Giveaway
10 am – 4 pm: Rides: Buggy @ Welcome Center
Pony @ Arties Party Zone
11:30 am: 11th annual Bob Doan Memorial Cheese Curd Spitting Contest
12:30 pm: FREE 60-ft. sub sandwich giveaway @ Cheese Tent – Sponsored by Arthur Subway Restaurant
1 pm: FREE CHEESE @ Cheese Tent
3 pm: Festival closes

Artie’s Party Zone
West Illinois and Walnut Sts• Inflatables • Pony Rides • Face Painting
25-8 Extreme – Rock Climbing-Zip Lines

For any updates to the detailed daily schedule checkout their website.

Please remember that events may be canceled or rescheduled last minute due to unpredictable weather or other factors. We encourage you to reach out to event organizers before heading out to an event to verify it is still happening.