NEW: COURTESY DROP OFF ZONE - ideal for passengers in wheel chairs, parent with stroller, or anyone unable to walk a distance. CLICK FOR INFO & MAP

ACCESSIBLE PARKING AND PARADE VIEWING INFORMATION -
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FREE SHUTTLE BUS FOR PARK AND RIDE
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WORLD’S BIGGEST POLKA DANCE - Click here to SIGN UP TODAY
Cheese Days is looking for 850 dancers to shatter the record for World’s Biggest Polka Dance at the festival, and you’re invited to join the fun on Saturday, September 21 @ 2 PM. In-person registration day of the event from 11 AM to 1:59 PM. Sign in at the registration table by the INFO TRAILER (west side of downtown Square) and pick up your “World’s Biggest Polka Dance” collector button.

CAMPING INFORMATION
Camping is available at Green County Fairgrounds. Call 608.325.9655 with questions.
http://greencountyfair.net/pageserver/camping

CELL PHONE SERVICE
Due to the high volume of calls and data being used, service can be unreliable.  You may wish to use an old-fashioned back up plan to meet at a location at a certain time.

SUNDAY PARADE!  Route, Time, Reserved Bleacher Seating
THE SWISS COLONY CHEESE DAYS PARADE will begin and end at the Green County Fairgrounds. Click here for MORE INFO.  The parade steps off from the Fairgrounds at 12:30 pm and arrives downtown around 12:45 pm. Call the Cheese Days office for info on reserved bleacher seats.

CHILDREN’S PARADE ROUTE– FRIDAY AT 5 PM
Line up by Monroe Middle School and turn right (east) on 12th Street (going past Suisse Haus and continuing past Heartland Graphics).  North on 18th Avenue – between City Hall and Post Office.  At Wisconsin Bank & Trust parking lot – proceed west on 9th Street.  At Stop and Go corner, turn south on 16th Avenue – passing by Monroe Theatre Guild and continuing on west side of Square to the south toward Middle School.

COW MILKING CONTEST
Teams must register in advance. A limited number of teams will be chosen to compete.  Info coming soon.

WHY IS THE CHEESE CURD LINE SO LONG? These curds are hand-breaded by humans who seriously are doing their best to churn them out as quickly as possible. Please note that there is one line to buy tickets, and another line to get the curds. If the ticket line looks short, buy tickets ahead of time and use them later.

CAN I GET A CAB? Call Monroe Cab Company at 608.325-6993. Sorry, there’s no Uber or Lyft in Monroe.

FIRST AID -  EMS volunteers are on site - check near the INFO trailer.

CAN I BRING MY LEASHED DOG? Please do not!  We respectfully ask owners to make a good choice for everyone involved by leaving dogs at home. Service animals as permitted by state and federal law are welcome.

FAIRGROUNDS ADDRESS – FOR  GPS: 2600 – 10th St

DOWNTOWN SQUARE ADDRESS – FOR GPS: 1016 – 16th Ave

DIRECTIONS FROM CHICAGO

  • Take I-90 W/JANE ADDAMS MEMORIAL TOLLWAY via EXIT 43B toward O'HARE-ROCKFORD

  • Take I-90 W/JANE ADDAMS MEMORIAL TOLLWAY

  • Merge onto I-39 S/US-51 S toward US-20/ROCKFORD

  • Merge onto US-20 W/ULYSSES S GRANT MEMORIAL HWY

  • Turn RIGHT onto S ROCK CITY RD/CR-10

  • Continue to follow CR-10Turn LEFT onto E ROCK GROVE RD/CR-4

  • Turn RIGHT onto N JUDA RD/CR-28 (Crossing into WISCONSIN)

  • N JUDA RD/CR-28 becomes CTY RD S

  • Turn LEFT onto Hwy 11/81

  • Take the second exit into Monroe – It will be marked Hwy 69 north, but you will turn left (south) at the stop sign. Go past Ford dealership, and when you come to the T intersection there is a blue sign leading you to the Courthouse Square.

DIRECTIONS FROM MILWAUKEE

  • I-43 toward Chicago and Beloit

  • I-43 S becomes Hwy 81

  • RIGHT onto 4TH ST/WI-81/WI-213

  • LEFT onto LIBERTY AVE/W LIBERTY ST/WI-81/WI-213

  • LEFT onto Hwy 11/81 west

  • Take the second exit into Monroe – It will be marked Hwy 69 north, but you will turn left (south) at the stop sign. Go past Alphorn Ford dealership, and when you come to the T intersection there is a blue sign leading you to the Courthouse Square.