We are buzzing around creating this year's Palisade International Honeybee Festival schedule and planning for a great spring in Colorado. We have not yet opened vendor registration for 2025.

We look forward to a buzzing great time in 2025. Visitors can be sure to enjoy local honey, honeybee related products, artisan vendors, and educational speakers and booths. Join us at 10 a.m. as we kickoff the festival at the Town Plaza in Downtown Palisade. Other events include costume contests for your pets, elementary school spelling bee, chef demonstrations and educational discussions.

Schedule:

8:00am: Vendor Setup, Chris Christiansen, David Gordon Assisting Vendors

10:00am - Live Music by the Queen Bees

11:45am - 12:25pm - Guest Speaker - Sarah Lynn Blacker - Member of the Northern CO Beekeeper's Association

12:30pm - 1:30pm - Dixie Burmeister Cooking with Honey Chef's Demonstration with Chef Chad

1:30pm - 2:00pm:  "Good Bugs" with the Palisade Insectary

2:00pm: Special Dance Performance "The Hive"

2:15pm -3:00pm: KREX NEWS 5 Bee Costume Contest, Town Plaza

3:00pm - 4:00pm: Costume contest

Festival Ends at 4:00 p.m.

-Food, drink available in local restaurants and from vendors on Main and 3rd Streets
-Information Booth in Town Plaza, Festival T-shirts Available
-Public restrooms available on northeast corner of Main Street.

Date: April 12, 2025

Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm

Location: Downtown Palisade in Palisade, CO

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