100 year Clayton Cheese Days Celebration Starting Thursday the 18th

Picture of a sign along Highway 63 in Clayton.

The Clayton 100 years celebration is This Week! Many business's spent the week so far preparing for this event, Putting up flowers, and cutting grass. This post is to talk about a few things that are going on for this event.

This year during cheese days Clayton will celebrate 100 years since the community was Incorporated as a Village. And for this spacial event, They are extending the amount of days that Cheese days normally lasts. Instead of 3 days, It will go on for 4 days. Starting Thursday June 18Th and going on to Sunday June 21st.

There are many events planed so far,

a couple things for Thursday, that They have planned are a Mustache growing contest which is a new event, starting at 8PM and Oscar the mechanical bull, Which you actually get to ride, This event is at 7PM

Friday, They will start the Farmers Market, 3PM to 6PM They will also hold the Community wide garage sales. 9AM 4PM They will also hold a family night Friday Night where all evening events are free. Some events include Garden Tractor pulls and the annual Fire fighters dance.

Saturday, Is when they will have the Centennial opening Ceremony at 10AM with the Parade to follow, They will also hold an old fashioned plate drop, I've never heard of this before, and it's a new event, it will be held after the parade They are also have a Civil war encampment and Moon Lake Thresher mans display, Another event will be the Clayton All school Reunion. and the Truck pull at 7pm


Sunday, They will hold the demolition derby and a few more events!

Note this is not all the even being held this weekend, For a complete list, and locations where they will be held Go to the Village Of Clayton website.

So if anyone is around the area, Why not take a stop in Clayton this weekend! Forecast for Cheese days coming up soon!