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What's Happening for Big Cheese Days 2026

Create your own custom trip for Saturdays in May along the Cheese Trail. Check out the stops and offers, organized by geographic hub, then hit the ♡ to add to your custom 'My Trip.'


 

Tillsonburg Hub

Collage of chocolate dessert, cheese curd samples, barn with cows, stacks of fudge, and an art centre in an old train station

Red Dragon Dairy

(10AM-5:30PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Enjoy a fresh grilled sheep cheese Welsh Rarebit 
    sandwich | Free with all purchases over $20

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New Galma Dairy

(11AM-4PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Barn tours (May 2, 16, & 30 at 11AM, 12PM, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM)
  • Traditional Dutch treat, Bitterballs, made and served by New Galma Dairy (May 9 & 23)

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Coyle's Country Store

(9AM-5PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Buy 2 squares of cheesecake fudge & get 1 free | Enjoy free samples before you buy.

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GoodPud

(10AM-5PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Decadent Dairy Desserts Workshop (samples, a live demo, tastings, and take-home a dessert & recipe booklet). $20/person plus HST. Book online GoodPud.ca

Accessibility Notes

Tillsonburg Station Arts Centre

(9AM-12PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Create a paper collage charcuterie board and enter for a chance to win a $25 gallery gift card
  • Tillsonburg Farmers Market (8am – Noon)

Accessibility Notes

 

Red Dragon Dairy

  • 383747 Salford Road

From farmer to cheese maker, Red Dragon Dairy has become a reality for Ellis Morris and his family. When they emigrated to…

Coyle's Country Store

  • 244282 Airport Rd., RR7

Discover a unique store in a lovely country setting for delicious homemade fudge with real butter and cream, fresh roasted…

GoodPud

  • 39 North St. E, Unit A,

Blending Ontario Cream with Belgian Chocolate, Sisters Polly & Sarah have created a range of decadently delicious single…

Ingersoll Hub

Collage of chef making meal, Canadian pottery in a shop, a vacuum sealed charcuterie plate ready for the road, tour in a replica cheese factory, and a cheesemaker storefront.

Ingersoll Cheese Museum

(10AM-4:30PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Tour seven buildings and exhibits including an 1800s replica cheese factory
  • Crafts for the kids (and kids at heart) in the schoolhouse
  • Screening of We Lend A Hand with Meet and Greet (May 2)
  • PB Fries on select Saturdays
  • Pop-up market (May 30)

Accessibility Notes

The Wine Cellar & Cheese Shop

(10AM-4PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Chef Sean's rotating lunch made with local cheese. Pre-order  519-425-4999, pick-up after 12PM
    • May 2 | Burrata and Prosciutto Sandwich with balsamic reduction, pesto, tomato and arugula ($14)
    • May 9 | Double Smash Burger with shredded lettuce, New Galma gouda Cheese, Wine Cellar burger sauce on a toasted brioche bun ($15)
    • May 16 | Anthony Bourdain Sandwich: Mortadella fried on the wood fire grill, mild provolone, mayo, mustard, kaiser bun ($14)
    • May 23 | Grilled Chicken Sandwich: Wood-fire grilled chicken, barbeque sauce, Millbank cheddar cheese, coleslaw and sliced pickles on a bun ($16)
    • May 30 | Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich: Slow smoked beef, medley of mushroom, onion peppers and spinach, Alabama sauce, topped with Homecoming cheese ($18)
  • Vacuum sealed, easy to transport charcuterie with two mocktails and a box of crackers for $39 plus tax.

Accessibility Notes

Patina's Gifts of Art & Craft

(11AM-4PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Buy any piece of pottery and receive a baked brie topping mix for free

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Louie's Pizza and Pasta

(9AM-9PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • BIG 3 Caesar: garnished with accompaniments and Gunn's Hill Cheese flight featuring Gunn's Hill Oxford Harvest Dill, Smoked 5 Brothers, and Handeck
  • BIG 3 Dill Burger: house burger with dill pickle mayo, Oxford Harvest Dill cheese, pickles, and pickle chips plus your choice of side
  • BIG 3 Pizza: thin crust, marinara, ham, roasted red peppers, smoked 5 brothers cheese, and mozzarella - finished with Handeck cheese and basil

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Woodstock Hub

Collage of arancini, customers tasting cheese at boutique, cheese counter filled, brie ice cream with berry compote, and visitors at brewery cheersing and eating

Upper Thames Brewing Co.

(11AM-7PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Proscuitto & Brigid's Brie Pizza paired with a 20oz pint of Upper Thames Brewing Co. beer (choose from 13 options), $22 +HST

Accessibility Notes

Woodstock Farmers Market

(7AM-Noon)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Greener Pastures Eco Farm and Blue Cow Delivery
  • Wild Comfort Body Care

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Your Farm Market

(8AM-6PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Turkey Avocado Sandwich - $5 +HST on Saturdays in May

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Sixthirtynine

(5PM-10PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Big Cheese Days Prix Fixe | 6 Courses for $65/ person | Book online at www.sixthirtynine.com or call 519-536-960

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Cheesy Cow Company

(10AM-4PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Mac & Cheese ft. an Oxford cheese (rotating each week)
    • May 2 | Bright Cheese: Classic Cheddar
    • May 9 | Gunn’s Hill Artisan Cheese: Alpine-style
    • May 16 | Mountainoak Cheese: Black Truffle Gouda
    • May 23 | Golspie Dairy: British-style
    • May 30 | New Galma Dairy: Dutch-style

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Habitual Chocolate

(10AM-5PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Ice Cream Tasting Flights – $15 +HST

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Brickhouse Brewpub

(11AM-11PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Braised Beef Poutine paired with a 20oz pint of Upper Thames Brewing Co. beer $21 +HST

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Golspie Dairy

(10AM-4PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Sample 4 flavours of Crowdie and cast your vote

  • Purchase a sample pack with all 4 Crowdie flavours

Accessibility Notes

Six Thirty Nine

  • 639 Peel St.

Six Thirty Nine is a FeastON-designated restaurant, recognized for its commitment to local food. Chef Eric Boyar knows…

Cheesy Cow Company

  • 521 Dundas St

Your Go-To Destination for Artisanal Cheeses and Quality Meats in Woodstock, Ontario. Established in 2023 by Wes and Sarah…

Habitual Chocolate

  • 389 Dundas St.

Craft Chocolate Maker Angela Neddo creates chocolate from scratch with minimal ingredients, celebrating the flavour…

Brickhouse Brewpub

  • 190 Fairway Rd.

The first of it's kind in Oxford County, Brickhouse Brewpub offers twenty-five taps of all independent Ontario craft beer…

Golspie Dairy

  • 455259 45th Line RR#3

Golspie Dairy is located on a 5th generation dairy farm operated by Laurence (the farmer) and Marja (the Cheese Maker)…

Gunn's Hill Hub

Collage of farmers market booth, person walking toward maple shop, child churning butter, Trillium Woods sign, and visitors guided by cheesemaker in aging room

Gunn's Hill Artisan Cheese

(9AM-5PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Pre-book a Factory Tour, available at 10AM and 1PM ($10/person). Pre-book online at gunnshillcheese.ca

Accessibility Notes

Jakeman's Maple Syrup

(11AM-3PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Rotating Cheese & Maple samples every Saturday in May, 11AM-3PM

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Norwich Museum

(10AM-4PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Cheesy scavenger hunt
  • Churn Back Time butter-making experience
    • 2:30-3:30PM
    • $15/person, $35/family
    • Booking required: call 519-863-3101

Accessibility Notes

Jakeman's Maple Farm

  • 454414 Trillium Line, R. R. # 1

For over 140 years, Jakeman's has been perfecting Ontario maple syrup craftmanship. Five generations of maple producers…

Blandford-Blenheim Hub

Barns, Brew & Bites

Thames River Melons

(9AM-5PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Mini Fruit Cheesecakes featuring Thames River Melons’ own seasonal fruit $5 plus tax (limited availability). Order in advance to avoid missing out.
  • Don’t forget to shop their handmade preserves

Accessibility Notes

Bright Cheese and Butter

(9AM-4PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Cheddar Challenge: Test your cheese-abilities with a blind taste challenge to determine difference between BRIGHT CHEESE aged Old Cheddar versus other company Old Cheddar flavoured cheese. Learn from the experts about the difference between their traditional whole milk aged cheddar and Old flavoured Cheddar.

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Udderly Ridiculous Farm Life

(10AM-7PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Use BIGCHEESE promo code to get 50% off general admission tickets on all five Saturdays in May, valid only for that date and ticket type
  • Stop by the store to support local and treat yourself to award-winning goat milk ice cream.

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Mountainoak Cheese

(9AM-5PM)

Big Cheese Days Offer
  • Factory Tour & Tasting,  10am - 4pm, $10/person +HST (family rate available) No sign up necessary
  • Barn Tours + Food Truck available on select Saturdays. Dates and info at mountainoakcheese.ca

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