LaFayette, Georgia, is a bee-friendly town, and organizers of the LaFayette Honeybee Festival hope to share that spirit on Saturday.
“We were looking for some kind of event to bring people to the town and let them see what kind of town we were and encourage folks to change,” said Jim Powell, one of the event organizers for the festival.
Bees play a huge role as pollinators of the region’s food supply, and since there are so many beekeepers around LaFayette, as well as a store that sells beekeeping supplies in the city, it all just fell together, Powell said.
The 2022 festival features music, food, over 200 vendors, beekeeping seminars and a free kids zone with games. The event is expected to bring thousands of people to the streets of LaFayette.
The festival opens at 9 a.m. and ends at 11 p.m., following an hour-and-a-half-long set from country musician Randy Houser. New this year are pocket stages allowing for more local musicians, the addition of new games to the kids zone, more beekeeping seminars and vendors on Villanow Street.