Maryland Mac & Cheese Festival

Baltimore are you ready for this?! The Maryland Mac & Cheese Festival returns to Power Plant Live! on June 29th & 30th, 2024! Join us for a family-friendly event filled with Mac n’ Cheese themed activities & madness!

The Maryland Mac & Cheese Festival will bring together over 15 of the area’s best restaurants, food trucks & chef's cheesy visions into reality! Get ready to try a mountain of cheese goodness at Maryland's largest-ever mac and cheese festival. 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!

AT A GLANCE

🧀 15+ Mac & Cheese Food Vendors (Over 40 styles)

🧀 Kids Fun Zone Carnival Games & Activities

🧀 Mac & Cheese, French Fry Eating & Can of Whiz Holding Contests

🧀 Cheese Fry Bar

🧀 “Best of” Awards Ceremony

🧀 Giant Craft Beer Garden

🧀 Axe Throwing Expo

🧀 Bands & Live Entertainment

🧀 Baggo Tournament & Tailgate Games

🧀 Merchandise, General Vendors & more!

GENERAL TICKET $9.99 (2PM - 8PM)

🧀 Entry into Festival

VIP TICKET $54.99 (12PM - 8PM)

🧀 Express Two-Hour Early Entry (Doors open at 12PM for VIP)

🧀 All You Can Eat Mac N’ Cheese from 12PM-2PM (pay as you go after 2PM)

🧀 4 Drink Tickets

🧀 Complimentary order of French Fries

🧀 Commemorative Keepsake

🧀 25% Off Merchandise Coupon

HOW IT WORKS

Over 15 of the area’s best restaurants & food purveyors will be on hand to dish out a variety of gourmet Mac & Cheese served in 2 to 3oz sizes along with a variety of Mac & Cheese inspired dishes! All food-related items will work on a voucher system with vouchers sold in sheets of 5 for $10. This provides the best opportunity for you to try as many locations & varieties of Mac & Cheese as possible or larger platters of your favorite vendor!

Vouchers can be purchased in sheets at voucher stations throughout the festival grounds & will be exchanged for a serving of Mac & Cheese or other food related items. There will be various bars, beverage stations & beer gardens serving ice cold brews, fine spirits, water, soda & other refreshments on a normal cash & credit system. Additional vendors will be on hand to sell funnel cakes, cotton candy, ice-cream, water ice, hot chocolate, desserts & other goodies!

DARE TO COMPETE: SIGNUP HERE: (coming soon!)

The Maryland Mac & Cheese Festival will be awarding cash, prizes & awards to the following competitions:

🧀 Mac & Cheese Eating Contest: Battle it out with your fellow competitors to see who can eat the most Mac & Cheese in 2 mins! Signup forms coming soon & will be limited to the first 10 participants.

🧀 Cheese Fries Eating Contest: This one is for all those French fry lovers! You will be given a giant bucket of cheese fries & the winner will be crowned when their entire bucket of french fries is finished!

🧀 Can of Whiz Hold: This one will be a test of strength! Similar to the beer stein hold but with a giant can of whiz! The person who can hold their can of whiz in front of them without falling with be crowned the champion!

AWARDS CEREMONY

The area's best will be battling it out to see who has the best Mac N' Cheese in all the land voted by YOU!

🧀 Best Tasting Mac & Cheese

🧀 Most Unique Mac & Cheese- more awards to be announced!

KIDS DETAILS

- Children 10 & under are FREE after 2PM & do not need a ticket

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS

🧀 Coming Soon!

GENERAL & FOOD VENDORS

You can reach out directly at (888) 827-8340 or [email protected] for immediate consideration. Also, please let them know if you are a general or food vendor :)

REFUND & EXCHANGE POLICY

*All tickets purchased for The Maryland Mac & Cheese Festival are final. We Do Not issue refunds or exchanges & this is a Rain or Shine indoor/outdoor event. Ticket prices are subject to change and increase without notice.

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