You must not get out much judging by the lack of “Here’s my favorite festival . . . “ responses. So I’ll just have to take up the slack. Actually dedicated reader Dave Mehlhaff said he’d go with me to Olean next year.

While researching a post for World Dairy Diary and since it’s now Dairy Month I found a couple of dairy-related festivals coming up.

To start with there’s Harvard Milk Days. This is in Harvard, IL. “The Longest running festival in the state of Illinois. Milk Days has grown from a small hay wagon stage with street dancing to a week of 30 plus different events. It is yearly attended by thousands of people all along it’s two mile route through the town of Harvard, IL.”

Then there’s the Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival in Little Chute. “The Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival is a three-day event that takes place at Doyle Park. The festival is a family event that features music, the Big Cheese parade, cheese tasting, a cheese carving demonstration, a cheesecake contest, a cheese curd eating contest, carnival rides, children’s games and entertainment, the Golden K’s Big Cheese breakfast, and food and refreshments sold by nonprofit organizations.”

If that’s not enough you know what to do. Google for more.