Cynthiana Honey Festival

05/20/2026

From a storefront on Pike Street in downtown Cynthiana, KY. In case any of our vendors are interested in branching into brick & mortar consignment sales.

We still have the capacity to bring in a few more makers!

05/17/2026

Multi-year Winner of the Cynthiana Honey Festival Honey Show Ecklar Farms shares their banana bread recipe! Yum! 🍯🍞

I am frequently asked whether I utilize our honey as a cooking ingredient, and the response is affirmative. When substituting honey for sugar, a general guideline is to use 3/4 cup for every 1 cup sugar. It may be necessary to adjust other liquid ingredients to prevent the recipe from becoming overly runny. As a liquid sweetener, honey is sweeter than sugar, requiring less quantity to maintain the same level of sweetness. Here is a simple and delectable recipe for Banana Bread.

3 very ripe bananas
1/2 c butter softened
3/4 c Ecklar Farms Honey🍯
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 c All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Vanilla
You may add chopped walnuts o raisins if you’d like. My family does not like them but can make a great addition to the recipe.

Cream butter and honey together until smooth. Mash bananas until chunky and smooth. Add bananas to honey mixture along with eggs and mix until well blended. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to batter slowly incorporating until smooth batter. Add vanilla and any nuts or raisins mixing until well blended.

Pour into a greased and lightly floured 9x5 baking loaf pan. Batter can be equally divided into two loaf pans for smaller loaves or for a thicker loaf just one pan. Bake at 350 degrees. If using two pans bake for 30-40 minutes. One pan will bake for 55-60 minutes. Bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

I like to enjoy with a cup of hot tea sweetened with honey. And it smells soooo yummy baking. Hope you enjoy!

05/14/2026

In case any of our vendors are looking for other opportunities.

Are you a crafter? Food Vendor? We are excitedly planning for our next special market event! We are looking for vendors who are interested in participating in our Midsummer Market on June 27th. Please reach out if you would like more information. Please share with anyone you know who might be interested!

05/12/2026

Here are some things to do in Cynthiana this week! Including attending a Licking Valley Honey Bee Society meeting tomorrow evening for a lesson on Mite Treatments, a Seed Swap! and to pot plants for pollinators together!

🌿This Week in Cynthiana 🌿

Looking for something to do this week? We’ve got you covered. From live performances and workshops to family-friendly activities and local favorites, there’s something happening every day in the Maiden City.

✨ Save this post, make a plan, and get out and explore.

📍 Full details at https://www.cynthianatourism.com/community-events

05/06/2026

Good morning! 🐝 Vendors wishing to participate in the Cynthiana Honey Festival should sign up via this link! 🍯

Cynthiana Honey Festival 2026 - The Cynthiana Honey Festival is a collaborative event dedicated to sharing education about pollinators and beekeeping in a fun way while benefiting our local community. - https://www.eventeny.com/events/cynthianahoneyfestival-27595/

05/01/2026

Local goodness!

04/30/2026

🐝 BEEcome a Sponsor of the 2026 Cynthiana Honey Festival! 🍯

Join us September 12, 2026 for a sweet-filled weekend celebrating honey, pollinators, and community in Downtown Cynthiana, KY!

📍 Downtown Cynthiana, KY 41031
🕙 10 AM – 5 PM

Sponsorships help to put on a quality event that can be enjoyed by all! It is a fantastic way to participate in supporting local beekeepers, share pollinator education, and to connect with thousands of festival-goers who love bees, honey, and small businesses.

Interested in joining our hive?

👉 Apply here: https://www.eventeny.com/events/cynthianahoneyfestival-27595

We can’t wait to buzz alongside you this September! 💛🐝

10/29/2025

Fall in Love with Cynthiana, the home of the Cynthiana Honey Festival!

When the air turns crisp and the leaves catch fire in shades of gold and crimson, Cynthiana, Kentucky, becomes a storybook town come to life.

09/27/2025

We’ve taken some time to rest and reflect after the 2025 Cynthiana Honey Festival. Now, we need to express our gratitude for all of the amazing help and support we have received this year and since we began in 2022.

There are so many people that contributed to the 2025 Cynthiana Honey Festival and if I could name them all, I would! Y’all know who you are. You, our community, have made this festival what it has become these past four years, and we are so grateful that you’ll be with us to help grow it for years to come. So, in no particular order, endless thanks to:

Our Title Co-Sponsors,
Kentucky State Beekeepers Association
Certified Kentucky Honey

Our Feature Sponsors:
Cynthiana Lions Club - Kentucky
Palmer Brothers Bee Farm
Apis Rescue
Beeserker Meadery
Pinky’s Distributor

Our Friend Sponsor:
Hedgewitch Hall

And to the City of Cynthiana and Harrison County Fiscal Court.

To the many generous Licking Valley Honey Bee Society members who donated honey and gift items and manned our tents all day, working so hard to spread our passion for bees and beekeeping to our community.

To the Boy Scouts and the Art society students who volunteered their time and talents.

To the business owners of downtown Cynthiana who embrace the community event spirit. To Cynthiana Tourism and the folks behind Things To Do In Cynthiana for their promotions.

To the Harrison County Homemakers for hosting the Honey Bake Off.
To Avi and Karen Bear of Avi’s Oven Art who volunteered their time and expertise to be our Honey Bake-Off Judges.

To Troy Winters for judging the Honey Show.

To the friends who helped brainstorm, plan, and execute trying new things for the Festival this year or even just gave listening ears.

To the folks behind the Miss Queen Bee Beauty Pageant, for bringing their fun feature to the Festival.

To the musicians who shared their time and talent. Robin Gasset, Jarrod Biddle, Trudy Sosbe Rose, Autumnland, and Sparky Green and the Pollinators!

To Betsy and the Cynthiana Democrat for featuring us in an article.
To the folks behind the City Buzz for featuring us.

To each and every vendor, and to every single person who visited the Festival…

THANK YOU

hardly seems like enough. But thank you!

We are already looking forward to next year and continuing to strive to learn and grow and improve as event organizers and bring Cynthiana an even better Cynthiana Honey Festival next year.

In gratitude,

the Cynthiana Honey Festival Organizing Board of the Licking Valley Honey Bee Society.