The Blue Ridge Bee Festival
Schedule
Sat Sep 12 2026 at 10:00 am to 04:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1257 County Farm Rd, Bedford, VA, United States, Virginia 24523 | Bedford, VA
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The Blue Ridge Bee Festival is a FREE community event aimed to promote all things bees, pollinators, native plants, local food, and sustainable living right here in the Blue Ridge region!The festival will be hosted at Falling Creek Park in Bedford, Virginia, 10am-4:30pm.
The festival will have:
-A swarm of 50+ vendors
-Guest Speakers
-Honey Tasteing
- Multiple Observation Hives
-Kids Activities
-Music
-Food Trucks
-Demonstrations
-Mead & Craft Beverages
-Giveaways & Raffle Items
& More!
Dog Friendly (must be on leash)
VENDOR APPLICATION:
https://forms.gle/wA9ywosU7RxNA8iD8
Volunteer Sign Up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044FAAA72CA6FECE9-61242814-blue
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FESTIVAL INFO!
Heres the good buzz you need to know for the The Blue Ridge Bee Festival!
10:00am – Gates Open
11am-1pm – MUSIC -
11am-11:30am - Educational Talk
11:45am – 12:15pm - Educational Talk
12:30pm-1:00pm - Educational Talk -
12:30pm-1:00pm – Vendor Demo
1-2pm – Raffle Drawing
1:15pm-1:45pm - Educational Talk
2:15pm - 4:15pm -MUSIC
2:30pm - Educational Talk
3:15pm-4:00pm - Vendor Talk
KIDS ACTIVITIES:
Butterfly Bingo – All Day - Find all 12 of the hidden butterfly pictures located at various vendor booths, get your card stamped, and turn in your bingo card to information booth to get a FREE packet of flower seeds!
Craft Activities: 11am-4pm - A super fun mix of facilitated & non-facilitated activities (i.e seed bombs!) with Virginia Cooperative Extension 4H + Master Gardeners. Booths 70/71
Face Painting:
Flower Crowns:
Inflatables
MHM Mother Baby Services: Breast/bottle feeding tent for moms located in a more quiet area of the festival. Free lactation consultation. Https://mhmmotherbabyservices.godaddysites.com/services
FOOD TRUCKS
Huge thank you to our sponsors and partners that help make this event happen!
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Where is it happening?
1257 County Farm Rd, Bedford, VA, United States, Virginia 24523Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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