A costumed honey bee weaves through the crowd, as a little boy looks in awe, in this 2022 photo of the California Honey Festival. Inside the costume: Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

California Honey Festival Moves to Yolo County Fairgrounds

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
 

Due to an inclement weather forecast, the annual California Honey Festival will reelocate this year from downtown Woodland to the nearby Yolo County Fairgrounds, 1250 East Gum Ave. 

The free and family friendly event, co-sponsored by the University of California, Davis, takes place from 10 to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 4. Parking is also free, a spokesperson said.  The festival traditionally draws a crowd of some 40,000.

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