Loveland Chocolate & Cheese Fest
Saturday, September 19, 2026
The Ranch Events Complex
Pedersen Toyota Center (former Bank Bldg)
1 mile east of I-25 Exit 259
5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, CO 80538
FREE PARKING!
Hours: 11:00am - 5:00pm
(VIPs may enter at 10:00 am)
This event is owned and produced by Dana Cain Events.
BOOTHS ON SALE NOW FOR 2026!
Booths start at just $195, and Sponsorships start at just $400, with discounts when you sponsor multiple festivals! Scroll down to see more info and last year's list of participating chocolatiers, samplers and vendors!
Booths start at just $195, and Sponsorships start at just $400, with discounts when you sponsor multiple festivals! Scroll down to see more info and last year's list of participating chocolatiers, samplers and vendors!
For those who Love Chocolate & Cheese!
Admission (Limit 1200 per session):
$10 for Session One (arrive 11:00 - 1:00) or Session Two (arrive 1:00 - 3:00)
Arrive any time during your session and stay as long as you like. No one has to leave until 5 PM!
$6 for Session Three (arrive 3:00 - 5:00)
This budget-friendly option saves you money on admission and lets you take advantage of any last-minute deals from vendors!
$59 for VIP Pass (LIMIT 500)
Arrive a full hour early (10:00 - 11:00) - or any time you like!
Includes:
Kids FREE age 10 and younger
Parking FREE
Add Your Taste Tickets to Sample: 12 for $12
ONLINE TICKET SALES END AT 5:00 PM THURSDAY, SEPT. 17.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR while supplies last.
Admission (Limit 1200 per session):
$10 for Session One (arrive 11:00 - 1:00) or Session Two (arrive 1:00 - 3:00)
Arrive any time during your session and stay as long as you like. No one has to leave until 5 PM!
$6 for Session Three (arrive 3:00 - 5:00)
This budget-friendly option saves you money on admission and lets you take advantage of any last-minute deals from vendors!
$59 for VIP Pass (LIMIT 500)
Arrive a full hour early (10:00 - 11:00) - or any time you like!
Includes:
- 12 VIP Indulgence Tickets (good for exclusive treats from our VIP vendors); Plus 12 Taste Tickets
- VIP wristband and bag to take home any leftovers for gifts or for later!
- Reserved seating on the front rows at all stage events throughout the Festival.
- Line skipping at entry and at the VIP designated booths!
Kids FREE age 10 and younger
Parking FREE
Add Your Taste Tickets to Sample: 12 for $12
ONLINE TICKET SALES END AT 5:00 PM THURSDAY, SEPT. 17.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR while supplies last.
A Full Day of Chocolate & Cheese Sampling, Shopping and Entertainment!
Meet some of the BEST local, regional and national chocolatiers and cheesemakers!
Chocolate Truffles * Chocolate Fudge * Chocolate Bon Bons * Chocolate Bars * Chocolate Cookies * Chocolate Brownies * Chocolate Drinks * Chocolate Cupcakes * Chocolate EVERYTHING ...
PLUS: Soft Cheese * Hard Cheese * Cheese Curds * Cheese Bread * Locally-Made Cheese * European Cheese * Cheddar Cheese * Swiss Cheese * Brie * Jack Cheese * Cheese Wheels * Cheese Sauce * Goat Cheese * Cow Cheese * Cheese Fondue * Cheese EVERYTHING!
Loads to sample and buy! AND: You'll love our great gift vendors!
PLUS: Soft Cheese * Hard Cheese * Cheese Curds * Cheese Bread * Locally-Made Cheese * European Cheese * Cheddar Cheese * Swiss Cheese * Brie * Jack Cheese * Cheese Wheels * Cheese Sauce * Goat Cheese * Cow Cheese * Cheese Fondue * Cheese EVERYTHING!
Loads to sample and buy! AND: You'll love our great gift vendors!
OUR 2026 EVENT SCHEDULE:
Reminder: Sessions designate arrival time only. You are welcome to stay into the next session. We won't boot you out until 5:00!
Reminder: Sessions designate arrival time only. You are welcome to stay into the next session. We won't boot you out until 5:00!
- 10:00 AM VIP Admission
- 11:00 AM Doors open - Session 1
- 11:30 AM Chocolate Pudding Eating Contest Come to the Main Stage 10 minutes early to participate! Win Taste Tickets!
- 12:30 PM Chocolate Bingo Anyone can play! Win Taste Tickets!
- 1:00 PM Doors open - Session 2
- 1:30 PM Cheese Rolling! Try to roll a cheese wheel across the stage. If yours goes the furthest without falling over, you win!
- 2:30 AM Name That Chocolate! Put on your blindfold and guess the chocolate! Win Taste Tickets!
- 3:00 PM Doors open - Session 3
- 3:30 PM Chocolate Bingo Anyone can play! Win Taste Tickets!
- 5:00 PM Doors Close.
Meet our MC - Miss Babette Bon Bon! She puts the good diva in Godiva and the babe in Baby Ruth! She'll be at the festival all day, introducing the entertainment, wandering the floor and posing for pics! Photo by Gracie G'night.
Location:
The Ranch Events Complex
5280 Arena Circle, Loveland CO 80538
The Ranch Events Complex
5280 Arena Circle, Loveland CO 80538
- Pedersen Toyota Center (formerly First National Bank Bldg) - North & South Hall
- 45 mins. north of Denver
- 30 mins. south of Cheyenne
- I-25 Exit 259
- Phone: (970) 619-4000
Taste Tickets and Sampling
You can sample as much (or as little) chocolate and cheese as you want at our Festival! Vendors offer samples in exchange for Taste Tickets! They are usually one-ticket-for-one-sample... but it can vary. Sometimes you can taste multiple smaller samples for one ticket, and other times, you can get a large or elaborate sample for two tickets! It typically averages out to one ticket per sample! This allows us to pay our vendors a little something for the tens of thousands of samples that get consumed at our shows - and keeps them coming back with more for you to try! If you find something you love, you can usually buy a box of it to take home for later!
You can buy 12 Taste Tickets for just $12 ... We recommend starting with the 24 for $24, though! You can always buy more at the show - or if you get chocolated-out (Is that even a thing?) you can take home samples in a sample bag for later!
You can buy 12 Taste Tickets for just $12 ... We recommend starting with the 24 for $24, though! You can always buy more at the show - or if you get chocolated-out (Is that even a thing?) you can take home samples in a sample bag for later!
Chocolatiers, Cheesemakers, Samplers and Vendors
Want to sell?
Booths on sale now! See why vendors say we have "the best show model in the country!" We have a limit of 5 non-chocolate/non-food-or-drink gift booths. Don't wait - sign up today!
10 x 10 Booth rental:
- $195 for chocolate, cheese, food and drink
- $350 for Gift Booths
- Double booths also available.
Each 10 x 10 booth includes:
- pipe and drape backdrop
- one 8-ft table
- 2 chairs
- Extra tables available for $20 each
- Electricity is available for $35
Load-in is 7:00 - 10:00 day of show.
TASTE TICKETS – WE NOW PAY YOU $.75 PER SAMPLE! That's a 50% INCREASE IN PAYOUT TO YOU!
Vendors love the Taste Ticket model for our chocolate festivals! Customers give you a ticket for each sample. YOU get to decide on your own sample sizes and amounts, based on your unique products. At the end of the show, bring your Taste Tickets to Registration for cash. We weigh them with our Ticket Scale and pay $.75 PER TICKET. 🙂
VIP Vendors: It only costs and extra $50 to be a VIP Vendor and get extra promotion and special attention from our VIP attendees! You must be a chocolate/sweets company and you have to provide special, unique samples for our VIPs. We pay you $2.00 for every VIP Indulgence Ticket you collect!
AVERAGE PAYOUT TO CHOCOLATE SAMPLERS PER SHOW LAST YEAR -- $985.00!
That's just what we pay you for the sample tickets you turn in a the end of the show. That doesn't even COUNT your sales!
IMPORTANT NEW FOOD VENDOR REQUIREMENTS
Commercial Food Vendors and Cottage Food Vendors must show proof of certification at their booths.
- Health/Fire Department Compliance: Copies of valid licenses from the State of Colorado must be displayed at the vendor's booth for the duration of the event.
- Cottage Food: Cottage Food vendors are required to have a copy of their Food Handler's certification displayed at the vendor's booth. All Cottage Foods must be appropriately labeled prior to being displayed or sold.
- Please send a copy of your permit/license to [email protected] for approval.
INSURANCE: All vendors are required to have their own liability insurance. If you need to order from us, you can do so inexpensively at https://securevendorinsurance.com/PFS/ApplicantInformation?GroupEventKey=f6e9de6c80e0
ALCOHOL POLICY: No vendors may sell or sample any alcoholic products.
We pay you $.75 per sample!
Our 2026 chocolatiers, samplers and vendors
More are signing up weekly! Check back!
Adams Chocolate Factory / Boozy Nuts
Audacious Truffles
aveya simply indulgent
Bee Squared Apiaries
Bellweather Homes
Buck and Bloom Cheese Company
C&S Sugar Rush
Chocolate Therapist, The
Colorado Cocoa Pod
Colorado Crafty Bakers
Costa Bella jewelry
Cutco
Daddy's Homemade LLC
Denver Post
Elysium Confections
Floreo Belize
Frank Azar
Frosting!
Goufrais German Cool Treat
Grammy Brittle
Heritage Honey & Vine LLC
High Country Flavors
History of Chocolate display
Info & Tickets
IMI Marketing
IMI/Breckenridge
Kogler's Bakery
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
Lifetime Bath & Shower
Luma Turkish Towels
Maggie B's Jewelry
Miss Kitty's Chocolates
MouCo Cheese Company
NOCO Chocolates
Nothing Bundt Cakes
pampered chef
Passanante's Home Food Service
PATRICIA E DAVIS
Proof & Temper
Renewal by Anderson
Royal Crest Dairy
S'ana'S
Say Cheese Corner Shoppe
Scratch Sweets
Selva Nahele
Sober Dads of Colorado
The Marshmallow Express
The Welsh Rabbit Cheese Shop
To Market - To Market
Tru Goodness Brands
Uniquely Magnetic
VeneCacao
Voulez-Vous Fine Chocolates
What the Fudge
Wolf Freedom Coffee and Gifts
Zero Proof Choctail Bar
Zetta Marie's Patisserie
More are signing up weekly! Check back!
Adams Chocolate Factory / Boozy Nuts
Audacious Truffles
aveya simply indulgent
Bee Squared Apiaries
Bellweather Homes
Buck and Bloom Cheese Company
C&S Sugar Rush
Chocolate Therapist, The
Colorado Cocoa Pod
Colorado Crafty Bakers
Costa Bella jewelry
Cutco
Daddy's Homemade LLC
Denver Post
Elysium Confections
Floreo Belize
Frank Azar
Frosting!
Goufrais German Cool Treat
Grammy Brittle
Heritage Honey & Vine LLC
High Country Flavors
History of Chocolate display
Info & Tickets
IMI Marketing
IMI/Breckenridge
Kogler's Bakery
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
Lifetime Bath & Shower
Luma Turkish Towels
Maggie B's Jewelry
Miss Kitty's Chocolates
MouCo Cheese Company
NOCO Chocolates
Nothing Bundt Cakes
pampered chef
Passanante's Home Food Service
PATRICIA E DAVIS
Proof & Temper
Renewal by Anderson
Royal Crest Dairy
S'ana'S
Say Cheese Corner Shoppe
Scratch Sweets
Selva Nahele
Sober Dads of Colorado
The Marshmallow Express
The Welsh Rabbit Cheese Shop
To Market - To Market
Tru Goodness Brands
Uniquely Magnetic
VeneCacao
Voulez-Vous Fine Chocolates
What the Fudge
Wolf Freedom Coffee and Gifts
Zero Proof Choctail Bar
Zetta Marie's Patisserie
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DANA'S MISSION:
Our goal is to remind people that the world can be a beautiful, magical, fun place! We create environments where people can go to immerse themselves in their favorite things! Whether its one of our chocolate festivals, the Unicorn Festival, a retro-themed event, or a sci-fi musical, we love to take people exactly where they want to be - to their happy place!" - Dana Cain |