The Colorado Honeybee Festival will move to Las Colonias Park in Grand Junction for its free annual celebration of honeybees and pollinators, the Festival Committee announced. The 2027 festival will be held Saturday, April 10, 2027.

Colorado Honeybee Festival moved to Cross Orchards Historic Site in 2026, a change that brought record attendance and a natural pairing between the festival’s mission to educate about pollinators and Cross Orchards’ agricultural heritage and educational programming. That growth showed the Committee just how much room the festival needs to keep thriving, and in June 2026 the team committed to Las Colonias Park as its new home for 2027.

“Cross Orchards gave us a wonderful year, and we’re grateful for everything the site and its staff did to help the festival succeed,” said Laurie Priddy, Colorado Honeybee Festival president. “The crowds we drew showed just how much this community loves the festival, and Las Colonias Park gives us so much to be excited about as we keep growing.”

Las Colonias Park, part of the Grand Junction Parks and Recreation system along the Colorado River, brings a long list of upgrades for the festival: dedicated food-truck hookups with water and electric service, eliminating the need for generators; expanded parking with easier, safer access for attendees; permanent restroom facilities; and significantly more open space for vendors, activities, and attendees to enjoy.

The Committee is grateful to Cross Orchards Historic Site for a wonderful 2026 festival, and has invited Museums of Western Colorado, which oversees the site, to remain involved with the festival at its new home in 2027. Attendees can expect the same live music, food vendors, educational lectures, Bee Costume Contest, Spelling Bee, and wide variety of vendor booths that have made the festival a community tradition.

Vendors and volunteers are encouraged to visit coloradohoneybee.org for updates on registration, sponsorship, and festival details as they become available.

“Our mission hasn’t changed,” Priddy said. “We’re still committed to a free, family-friendly festival that helps our community understand just how important honeybees and other pollinators are to our agricultural economy, locally and beyond.”