Thursday, May 7 - Friday, May 15 ​

Bee-ingo Scavenger Hunt around Greenfield!​

• Grab a board and collect your bee stamps to be entered in a Greenfield Prize Basket drawing at Bee Fest! Find ALL 19 bees hidden in the stores on the gameboard, get stamped, hand your board in at the Greenfield Farmer's Market Info Booth OR the Bee Fest Info Table at Energy Park by 1 PM to be entered!

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Saturday, May 16 9AM - 4PM

 

Music From: Fiddle Dee Bees Western Mass Fiddle Orchestra

Greenfield Farmer's Market 9 AM - 1:30 PM @ Court Square 

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Activities for Children 9 AM - 11:30 AM @ Second Congregational Church

• KID Crafts: flower hats, clay bee beads with Artspace, beehive painting & bee games

• FREE bee bags for kids

• Bee Observation Hive ~ find the Queen Bee! with the Franklin County Beekeepers

• FREE plants from Pioneer Gardens in Deerfield

Activities for the Whole Family 9 AM - 11:30 AM @ Second Congregational Church

• Beehive painting ~ decorate a side of a hive for use by local apiaries

• Shop the BEE BAZAAR: Everything Bee-themed, for kids & adults. We’ve curated rare, practical & outrageous bee finds from vendors across the United States. Great Gifts!  And all donations support the Greenfield Bee Fest.

• Bee Education by Franklin County Beekeepers Association (FCBA) and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR); all you ever wanted to know about bees and honey!

• FREE popcorn, blueberries & Arizona honey tea

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Interactive Chalk Mural 9 AM - 11:00 AM @ Greenfield Public Library 

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Author Reading w/ MISTER G 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM @ Greenfield Public Library ​

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Pollinator's Parade 11:30 AM: Sidewalk march to Energy Park

 w/ The Expandable Brass Band & Cast of the Turner's Falls High School 'The 25th Annual P utnam County Spelling Bee'

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Pollinator Picnic 11:30 AM - 4 PM @ Energy Park

• Bee Fest Makers Market

• Food Trucks

  • Bees & Thank You ​

  • Captain Mike's

  • Stone Soup Cafe

  • Deans Beans Coffee

  • Crooked Stick Pops

• 12 PM FREE Concert from MISTER & MISSUS G!

• 1 PM Save the Bees Pleas & Prize Drawings

• 1:30 PM Twice As Smart student singers

• 2 PM Crankie Fest

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Buzzing Around Bee Fest

Buzz into businesses for Bee Fest specials all over town!

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8 AM - 12 PM, Saturday, May 16: Plein Air Painting @ Court Square Bring your paints and easel and set up to paint the scene at Bee Fest and the Greenfield Farmer's Market

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10 AM - 4 PM, Saturday, May 16: A Good Mix @ Hens & Chicks, 308 Main St. Refreshing beverages, live music, sweet treats, games & raffle baskets!

 

10 AM - 2 PM, Saturday, May 16: Spring Festival & Seedling Sale @ Just Roots Farm, 50 Glenbrook Drive. Get your garden ready with seedlings from local plant vendors including Checkerspot Farm, Foxtrot Farm, Sawmill Herb Farm, People's Medicine Project, Sage Green Botanicals, and Hillfolk Seed Collective and vermicast from the Compost Cooperative.

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1 PM - 9 PM Saturday, May 16: Bee Fest Events @ Four Phantoms Brewing Company, 301 Wells St. Mead flights, Patch Burger smashburgers, Just Fine Thank You Band, Camelot Cat Cafe Bingo Night. "Drink Mead, Worship Bloom" at Four Phantoms!

 

10 AM, Sunday, May 17, Greenfield Garden Cinema presents $5 showing of Paddington Bear

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And More! Find honey and bee themed specials at Hope & Olive, Bostrom Farm, Rise Above Bakery, Terrazza Restaurant, Camelot Cat Cafe, All About Beads, Looky Here, Magpie Woodfired Pizza, Angel's Edge, and more!​​

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