Kansas City Honey & Craft Mead Festival

Honey Festival · August 8–9, 2026 · Overland Park, Kansas

Annual late-summer festival in the Kansas City metro celebrating raw honey and artisan meadmaking. Featuring 15+ beekeepers from Kansas and Missouri, plus regional mead producers. Honey tasting flights, live bee hive demonstrations, pollinator garden tours, and mead pairing workshops. Held at the historic Overland Park Arboretum.

Event Details

Type: Honey Festival
Date: August 8–9, 2026
Location: Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, 8909 W 179th St, Overland Park, Kansas

Official website: Kansas City Honey & Craft Mead Festival

What to Expect

Honey festivals feature tastings, vendor booths, educational talks, and family-friendly activities celebrating local honey production and beekeeping traditions.

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