Brookings SDSU Honey & Agri-Heritage Festival 2027

Honey Festival · Jul 11–13, 2027 · Brookings, South Dakota

When and where

Dates: Sunday, July 11, 2027 to Tuesday, July 13, 2027 (3 days)
Venue: South Dakota State University Campus, 800 Campanile Ave, Brookings, South Dakota
Type: Honey Festival

About this event

Brookings — home of South Dakota State University and the heart of Brookings County's agricultural landscape on the Coteau des Prairies — sits in the rich glacial till prairie of eastern South Dakota, where sweet clover, alfalfa, canola, and native prairie wildflowers create one of the most productive honey regions in the Upper Midwest. The SDSU campus — home to nationally recognized plant science and agricultural research programs — hosts this mid-summer festival celebrating South Dakota's beekeeping heritage and the distinctive prairie honey character of the Coteau des Prairies, a broad elevated plateau stretching from South Dakota north through Manitoba that supports some of North America's highest concentrations of honey bee forage. The festival features honey judging competitions organized by the South Dakota Beekeepers Association with classes for sweet clover, alfalfa, monofloral, and mixed prairie wildflower honeys; SDSU Extension apiculture educational workshops; demonstrations of commercial-scale honey extraction equipment used by South Dakota's large honey producers; native prairie pollinator garden tours through the SDSU campus; tastings comparing Brookings region prairie honeys with Black Hills mountain honey and Missouri River bottomland varieties; and educational sessions on the economic importance of South Dakota's multi-million dollar annual honey crop to the state's agricultural economy.

Tickets and registration

This listing does not state a price. Check sdhoneybee.org for tickets, registration and times.

Organizer

Official page: sdhoneybee.org

Plan your visit

• Add all 3 days to Google Calendar
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• Directions to South Dakota State University Campus, 800 Campanile Ave
• Check sdhoneybee.org for session times and any change before you travel
• South Dakota honey sourcing guide
• Buying honey there? Read how to read honey labels first.

Honey festivals usually have tastings, vendor booths, talks and family activities.

Related events

More in South Dakota around the same dates

• South Dakota Wildflower Honey & Prairie Pollinator Fair — Jul 10–11, 2027 · Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Black Hills Honey & Artisan Market Summer Fair — Aug 7–8, 2027 · Custer, South Dakota
• South Dakota Honey & Pollinator Spring Festival — May 29–30, 2027 · Huron, South Dakota

Also in July 2027, nearest first

• Minnesota Beekeepers Annual Summer Picnic & Field Day — Jul 19, 2027 · Watertown, Minnesota
• Twin Cities Honey & Pollinator Garden Festival — Jul 24–25, 2027 · Chaska, Minnesota
• Moorhead Red River Valley Honey & Prairie Wildflower Fair 2027 — Jul 31 – Aug 1, 2027 · Moorhead, Minnesota
• Nebraska Honey Producers Summer Field Day 2027 — Jul 12, 2027 · Columbus, Nebraska

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