Beer, Bacon & Cheese Festival
- Dates
- 2026
- Status
- Confirmed
- Venue
- To be announced
- Price
- Free
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Aug 31, 2026
Beer, Bacon & Cheese Festival returns to New Glarus , WI, 2026. Froligo tracks free-entry details, attendee feedback and travel details.
What to eat & drink
Unlimited sample-sized portions encourage visitors to assemble their own beer, meat and cheese combinations.
You must try…
- Wisconsin cheese tasting
- Bacon samples
- Sausage samples
- New Glarus beer tasting
Festival weekend in pictures
The people, producers and atmosphere around the festival.
Watch before you taste
Food tours, crowd favourites and festival highlights.
The experience
What's special
A ticketed downtown New Glarus tasting built around unlimited sample portions of beer, bacon, sausage and cheese, backed by live music.
What people love
The simple four-part format rewards grazing and comparison, with Wisconsin’s brewing and dairy identity doing most of the work.
Music & entertainment
Lineup not yet announced. Email me the day it lands.
Getting there
How do I get to Beer, Bacon & Cheese Festival?
By car 1
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Use the airport transfers or shuttle options above.
By bus
No scheduled intercity bus or public transit route to the venue was found. Use the airport transfers or shuttle options above.
🅿 Parking
Cost Free public street/lot parking typical of the village; no paid festival parking was documented this pass. New Glarus is a small village and downtown parking fills on festival afternoons, arrive early and expect to walk a few blocks from outlying free parking
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire
Car hire is the recommended option for this festival: New Glarus is a rural Wisconsin village with no passenger rail and no scheduled transit/bus link to the nearest airport (MSN, ~25-30 mi away), so a rental car from Madison is the most flexible way in, and handy for exploring the surrounding Green County cheese-and-brewery country
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Beer, Bacon & Cheese Festival?
Budget stays 2
Simple budget motel at 1200 Highway 69 on the edge of New Glarus, a short drive or roughly 15-20 minute walk into the downtown festival streets. The lowest-cost in-village option
≈ $90-140 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Chain hotel in Monroe, about 20 minutes' drive southwest of New Glarus, a reliable overflow option when the village's limited in-town rooms sell out for festival weekend
≈ $100-150 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Mid-range hotels 2
Family-owned boutique motel of 25 renovated rooms in the heart of New Glarus, walkable to the downtown festival streets. A characterful mid-range choice
≈ $130-200 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Link coming soonSwiss-style inn on the New Glarus edge (State Highway 69 / 6th Ave area), a short walk or drive to downtown, with on-site dining, the fullest-service option in the village
≈ $140-210 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Airbnb & private camping
New Glarus itself has a small short-term-rental supply of village houses and Swiss-themed cottages, supplemented by farm stays and cabins across surrounding Green County. In-village rooms and rentals are limited and tend to book out well ahead for festival weekend, so many attendees base themselves in Monroe or toward Madison; no property-level festival-weekend figure was confirmed this pass, so this is a general availability note rather than a cited fact
Search Airbnb →Green County and the surrounding southern-Wisconsin countryside around New Glarus have a good spread of Hipcamp farm and woodland listings within a short drive, a genuine option for attendees who would rather camp in the rolling 'Little Switzerland' countryside than take a village motel. New Glarus Woods State Park is also nearby for those wanting a state-park campsite
Search Hipcamp →Pricing
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