Kansas City Honey & Craft Mead Festival

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

When and where

Dates: Saturday, August 8, 2026 to Sunday, August 9, 2026 (2 days)
Venue: Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, 8909 W 179th St, Overland Park, Kansas
Type: Honey Festival

About this event

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.

Tickets and registration

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

Organizer

Official page: opkansas.org

Plan your visit

• Add all 2 days to Google Calendar
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• Directions to Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, 8909 W 179th St
• Check opkansas.org for session times and any change before you travel
• Kansas honey sourcing guide
• Buying honey there? Read how to read honey labels first.

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

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More in Kansas around the same dates

• Great Plains Honey Producers Field Day — Jul 25, 2026 · Manhattan, Kansas
• Kansas State Fair Honey & Beeswax Competition — Sep 4–13, 2026 · Hutchinson, Kansas
• Kansas Honey Harvest Festival — Sep 19–20, 2026 · Lawrence, Kansas
• Kansas Honey Producers Association Annual Meeting — Sep 19–20, 2026 · Hutchinson, Kansas

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• Missouri State Fair Honey Show — Aug 20–30, 2026 · Sedalia, Missouri
• Missouri State Fair Honey Competition — Aug 13–23, 2026 · Sedalia, Missouri
• Buzz Talks: Sweet Rewards Honey Harvesting 2026 — Aug 18, 2026 · Columbia, Missouri
• Show Me Beekeepers Honey Law Meeting 2026 — Aug 13, 2026 · Jefferson City, Missouri

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