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Norfolk Mac & Cheese Festival

Head to Norfolk’s Waterside District for an amazing day filled with family-friendly fun and cheesy goodness. The event will be a melting pot of some of Virginia’s best restaurants, food trucks, and chefs’ cheesy visions. The Norfolk Mac & Cheese Festival will be Virginia’s largest (and cheesiest) festival ever! The event will be held on August 7th, from 2pm-8pm.

Sample the endless varieties of mac & cheese from the area’s best chefs and culinary minds. 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! These mac & cheese chefs will be competing for awards like “Best Tasting Mac & Cheese”, “Most Unique Mac & Cheese”, and “Cheesiest Mac & Cheese”.

Premium ticket packages are offered at a pre-sale price of $24.99, which gives you access to the festival, a free drink, and ten mac & cheese samples. The VIP Package offers early access to the festival, two hours of unlimited mac & cheese, four drink tickets, and access to the exclusive VIP Area with bars, vendors, seating, and more!

For those who enjoy a little competition, the Mac & Cheese Festival has several cheesy challenges. Battle it out with fellow competitors in the Mac & Cheese Eating Contest to see who can eat the most Mac & Cheese in two minutes. If you prefer fries over macaroni, you might want to give the Cheese Fries Eating Contest a try—the first person to finish their giant bucket of cheese fries will be crowned the winner! You might find yourself a little full after trying all of the different mac & cheese samples, but there is one contest for which you only need strength: The Can of Whiz Hold. The last participant to drop their can of whiz while holding it in front of them will be forever known as the whiz champion.

Norfolk Mac & Cheese Festival

August 7, 2021 2pm-8pm

https://www.macandcheesefestivals.com/norfolk