Sweet Bee’s Honey Festival & Country Fair 2020

Sweet Bee’s Honey Festival & Country Fair is a fun and delicious way to celebrate the incredible work of the honeybee on June 14.

Your ticket to Sweet Bee’s Honey Festival & Country Fair includes:

◎ Tastings & sales of local, regional and international honeys

◎ Admission to all of the Museum Village’s exhibits

◎ Live bluegrass music by the Breakneck Annie Band

◎ Meet Museum Village’s farm animals

◎ See Museum Village’s own active beehive

◎ Free face painting for children

Tickets are available online for just $15/adult & $10/child (age 4—12)

VIP Tickets ($35/each) include a Honey Festival bag, a VIP badge, a special surprise Honey Festival gift, a Museum Village souvenir and a VIP guided tour of museum Village at 12 pm & 2 pm.

Tickets purchased at the door are $21/adult & $16/child (ages 4—12)

Children under 4 years old are free at this location.

A “Late Day Special” ticket is available online for just $10/person (all ages, 4 and up) for the last two hours of the Honey Festival between 3 pm and 5 pm when crowds are typically smaller and the atmosphere is more relaxing. Most vendors (摊贩) still have plenty of goods, and plenty of products are typically available for purchase during this later part of the day. “Late Day Special” tickets purchased at the door are $16/person (all ages, 4 and up).

Please note that “Late Day Special” ticket holders will NOT be admitted before 3 pm.

Tickets purchased online will be sent to you electronically in a PDF file. Print out these tickets and bring them to Sweet Bee’s Honey Festival & Country Fair. You may also purchase tickets on your mobile phone using the Eventbrite App. We can scan your ticket barcode directly.

Parking: There is free parking onsite at Museum Village. Free shuttle buses will be available, and there is also a walkway from Lot B to the Museum.

Please visit our website www.HoneyFestival.com for more information.

Do you know that November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? You can find the NaNoWriMo Young Writer’s program at ywp.nanowrima.org. It is a challenge（挑战）to write a 50,000-word novel in one month.

The program began in 1999 in San Francisco with only 21 members. Later year, more than 400,000 took up the challenge. The writers can choose what they want to write about. On November 1st, writers visit the website and start to update（更新）their word count. They can communicate with other writers there as well. All the writers have to stop writing on November 30th.

It is okay if you have never written a book before. The website provides lesson plans and workbooks for beginners. You can use them to improve writing skills in your novel. Then you can start planning what your novel will be about.

Are there any books published（出版）from the NaNoWriMo program? Here are a few:

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Water for Elephants by SaraGruen

Entrychats by Cecile Duquenne

Are there any young readers who want to join in this program? If you want, we hope you can write the best novel. If you have not heard of NaNoWriMo, but you have a good story in mind, join us!

Always something to celebrate

Edinburgh is the world's festival city. There are 12 festivals throughout the year, half of which are celebrated during the months of July and August.

Hundreds of thousands of people visit the Scottish capital during the summer. Here are some of the events they can enjoy:

The Edinburgh International Festival

This is the original Edinburgh festival, which began in 1947. Actors, musicians, dancers and opera singers from all over the world perform to huge audiences. You need tickets for most events which take place in theaters around the city.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (艺穗节)

This is the largest arts festival in the world with thousands of shows taking place across the city. More than 20,000 artists take part, as the festival is open to anyone. Visitors can choose from a huge variety of acts.

Join thousands of visitors and locals at the Royal Mile, Edinburgh's main street, to watch all kinds of performers and shows.

The Edinburgh International Book Festival

The largest book festival in the world began in 1983 and takes place every year in Charlotte Square Gardens, in the centre of Edinburgh. There are more than 700 events for children and adults who love books. You can meet many authors, talk to them, ask them to sign a book or listen to them talk about their stories. Children can listen to stories and watch illustrators (插画家) draw pictures.

The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

Music lovers come to this festival to enjoy music shows around the city. One of the highlights (精彩部分) of this musical event is the street carnival (嘉年华), which is free to all. Artists perform street theatre, dance and circus (马戏团) shows in amazing costumes, and everyone can join in the dancing.