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The cheese calendar

64 markets, fairs, feasts and fasts of the year, with the cheeses each one calls for. Dates are worked out afresh every day; those marked "about" follow the moon or local calendars and can shift by a day.

Kind of dayAll Festivals and fairs Pasture and transhumance Religious days Seasonal Markets National and cheese days Races and contests

December 2026

25 Dec 2026Christmas in Kolkata and Bandel cheeseKolkata's Christmas of lights and plum cake, when the cheese counters of New Market sell smoked Bandel and Kalimpong cheese.

August 2027

about 4 Aug 2027Kräftskiva and Västerbotten pieSwedish crayfish parties in August, where a savoury pie of sharp Västerbotten cheese is served beside the crayfish.

September 2027

about 10 Sept 2027Mont d'Or season opensThe spruce-boxed winter cheese of the Jura goes on sale in September, in time for the cold months and Christmas.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Vacherin Mont d'Or: Zubro, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Christmas In Kolkata: Paul Hamilton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Crayfish Party Vasterbotten: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

The weekly digest

Every Monday: seven cheeses you may not know, the cheese days of the week ahead, and one dish explained step by step.