Mac & Motors: Mac ‘n Cheese Festival

@ Get Tickets! “Mac” your calendar for our annual macaroni and cheese festival. It’s the “cheesiest” event of the year! Join us on Sunday, February 28th, at noon for a family-friendly event that supports the museum’s mission and helps us choose the area’s ultimate comfort food. Festival attendees sample plenty of Mac ‘n Cheese before voting for their favorites! Listen to the 96.1 SOX Morning Show for your chance to win a family 4-pack of tickets! SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY PRICING FOR OUR FUNDRAISER! $20 each or Family of FOUR discount package. Attendees receive museum admission and a book of Mac & Motors tickets. After using the tickets to sample the signature recipes of our participating vendor, guests use their final ticket to cast their votes for their favorite mac ‘n cheese. The vendor with the most attendee votes wins and receives the challenge trophy. We will not honor complimentary or membership admissions during our fundraiser. 2026 Participating Restaurants/Vendors The museum welcomes mac ‘n cheese experts from area restaurants, caterers, and vendors as Mac & Motors contestants. Each prepares their favorite mac ‘n cheese recipe and then shares warm and cheesy pasta samples with festival attendees. C&J Catering, Middletown DC Taste: Dauphin County Technical School Culinary Arts Team Dubs Slappin’ Mac, Ocean Cty, MD Haj Paj Catering, Annville Hidden Still Spirits, Hershey Mellie Bellies Museum Mac Penn Hotel Sports & Raw Bar, Hershey Pronio’s Market, Hershey What Momma Makes, Hummelstown Mac & Motors Tickets Adults: $20 Children 12 & under: $12 Children 3 & under FREE Special Family Pack (4 attendees): $60 NO ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS OR COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION HONORED Get Tickets! Restaurant Participation: Join Us! Got great mac & cheese? Find out how your restaurant’s/organization’s recipe compares with Central Pennsylvania’s best mac makers. Fifteen to twenty of Central PA’s best restaurants are invited to bring their favorite mac & cheese to the museum for sampling in disposable aluminum pans. The museum will provide chafer frames, pans, sterno for heat, sampling cups, spoons, napkins, and food scoops. Last year more than 600 guests attended Mac and Motors. The top three vote-getters receive engraved trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place to commemorate their festival victory! Download the Restaurant Participation Registration/Agreement Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live