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September 28 - October 3, 2026!

Join us for a week of arts, crafts, food, and entertainment in downtown Hahira.

Honeybee Festival 2026 is Honoring the

Salvation Army! 

Thank you!

Honoring Our Own


It's time! Three of our most dedicated volunteers are officially retiring this year from a cause close to their hearts, Hahira Honeybee Festival Committee (HHBFC). Combined years of service from these women and their family through this non-profit local organization amounts to 100+ years.


Each of these ladies leave a legacy of work built on the foundation of Mamie Sorrell, Adeline Landrum, Eula Copeland, and Lavice Passmore as the cornerstone of HHB.


Daughter of Mamie Sorrell, Melba Locher, carried the torch of her mother's idea to promote Hahira and give back to a giving community. Past treasurer and T-shirt organizer, Melba has worked in some supportive capacity since the festival’s conception.


Melba's late husband, Sam Locher, bolstered the committee and was ever present while marking sidewalks for booths and selling items from the Committee's table on Main Street. Her son’s families including grandchildren have volunteered for hours and helped promote the ever-growing Arts and Crafts. Melba's son, Joey Webb, has provided products from his home-grown business-like stickers, banners, and signs for parade vehicles. This family is the epitome of what hometown folks do for each other.

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Also sporting family wide involvement. Helen Petitjean's contributions thru Club secretary, hospitality chairperson, Dog Show volunteer and 5K organizer was rallied by her son's/daughter's/grandchildren's input. Always available, Helen worked side by side with past HHB President, Carol & Leona Jacobs.


Expanding the festival awareness double-fold. Mrs. Petitjean added area school involvement and is still personally active with bike give-a-ways, the Brown Bag school event and a honors annual roll party that is legend.


Another husband-wife team, Jody and Lana Hall brought their Disney skills to Honeybee, raising the bar to more degrees, yet Mrs. Hall's organizational skills have nurtured the largest non-holiday parade in the South. Adding events and vendors to concert with the City of Hahira's new Community Train Depot venue.
The event stretches down Main Street, wraps around the Depot and crawls down the side streets busting at the seams.


Her leadership skills as coordinator of the HHB have ushered in a modern-day festival production indicative of much larger towns with professional staff while still featuring a small hometown volunteer club.


Miss Lana's daughter, Sherri, is an active crafter and helps her mother research through the world wide web for ideas and support services.


Most proud of the non-profit standard the committee maintains, the HHB gives back to the community in the tens of thousands. Schools, scouts, cancer programs, local events; the libraries and local support services benefit from donations dispersed annually.


Always open to suggestions, these women have shaped a legacy of giving with reputation of maintaining the sweet southern Christian community. God is smiling.

Festival Events

Volunteers Needed!

We need volunteers for the following roles:

  • Event Staff

  • Parade Escorts:  Walking & Golf Cart

  • Parade Line Up Helpers

  • Parking Directors

  • Arts and Crafts Hostesses

  • Errand Runners on September 28 – October 4

 

Contact Cindy Becton @ All About You on Park Avenue, Hahira, GA.

HHB Quilt by Nan Boyd

This is a hand sewn quilt that Nan sews for us each year, then it will be entered as a prize where we draw a name to donate the quilt. All proceeds go to the community.

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2025HHB HES Poster Contest.

"Farmers. Providing Nourishment, Sustaining Communities"

Congratulations to our Honey Bee Festival Contest Winners!

Overall: Izzy Kilpatrick

2nd Place: Brene Harris

3rd Place: Kensley Welch

4th Place: Grace Fox

5th Place: Willow Johnson

6th Place: Alyssa Bowman

7th Place: Paisley Smith

Honorable Mentions: Reagan Joyal, Melaycia Carter, Riley Jones, Rylie Strickland, Toryn Rich, Evelyn Rech, Raelynn Morris, Curtis Arnold, Rafaella La Mota Yepez, Mariana Prada Pinilla, Audrey McCranie, and Brayden Lindsey

The Hahira Honeybee Festival Committee would like to thank the following sponsors for their support.

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Citizens Community Bank

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Clearwave Fiber

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Battery Source of Valdosta

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Mediacom

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Bojangles

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Fancy Girl Farms

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Windstream

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4M Promotions

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