Watonga Cheese Festival and Arts Show
Celebrated as the biggest shindig of the year in Blaine County, this small-town Oklahoma festival honours the historic Roman Nose Springs creamery tradition with cheese tasting, a juried art show, a parade, and the full run of small-town fair amusements.
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