The Minco Honey Festival started thirty two years ago by the Minco Chamber of Commerce with nine craft booths. Now the Honey Festival, Saturday, December 3, has over 90 crafters, a quilt show, Honey Plant tours, kid’s Tractor Pull, and Made in Oklahoma products.

This is the place to find pure sweet Oklahoma honey from the largest honey producing facility in the state. Tours of the Ross Honey Plant are given throughout the day by owners Jim and Glenda Ross. Honey products and gifts will be available for purchase.

As the land of milk and honey, Minco dairy producers will have free samples of cheese and milk products.  Attendees will notice the aroma of food throughout town from local restaurants and food vendors.

It is a day to enjoy a feeling of an Old Fashioned Christmas in Minco, Oklahoma located on Highway 81 between El Reno and Chickasha, just 30 minutes southwest of Oklahoma City.

And tasty recipes that use honey?  These are great: HONEY RECIPES (PDF format)

Please contact the Minco Chamber of Commerce for more information at (405) 352-0518 and ask for Nancy or Deana.

Schedule:

Friday, December 2, 2022

7:00pm: Little Miss Honey Bee Contest

Contestants must be in Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade, and a Minco resident.
Contact Shelby Morgan, 405-535-8001  (Note date is FRIDAY 7:00PM)

Saturday, December 3, 2022

9am-4pm: Honey Plant Tours

This is the place to find pure sweet Oklahoma honey from the largest honey producing facility in the state.  Tours of the Ross Honey Plant are given throughout the day by owners Jim and Glenda Ross. Honey products, candy, and gifts will be available for purchase.

Location: Ross Honey Plant, 109 Belle Street

9am-4pm: Arts and Crafts

ARTS and CRAFTS –  Vendors include crafters, who have products or displays such as bird houses, cedar chests, quilt racks, honey candy, honey baskets, gourmet food products, wood, and iron crafts.   For booth space or information, call Ann Barnes 405-642-7136
Email:  [email protected]

Location: Minco School (3 buildings) 311 SW 6th, (6th and Burt)

Turn west on Burt from Hwy 81

Dairy Samples:

DAIRY SAMPLES -- As the land of milk and honey, Braum's Dairy and the Minco Chamber of Commerce will have free samples of milk, chocolate milk, and cheese.

Location: City Hall on Main Street

Kiddie Tractor Pull

KIDDIE TRACTOR PULL -- The little ones take turns on leg powered scale model tractors and increasing loads just like the big ones.

11:00am: Registration
12:30pm: Contest

Location: Next to City Hall

10:00am - 4:00pm: Santa Claus - Downtown, featuring 21st Century Santa
Toy Drive:  In need of new, unwrapped toys.

9am-4pm: TV Celebrity Lucas Ross

TV Celebrity Lucas Ross will be at the Arts and Crafts Show.  

Emmy award winning Minco native Lucas Ross has appeared in in feature films, national television shows and hundreds of regional commercials.  Lucas can be seen weekday mornings on Freedom 43's "Rise and Shine".  When he's not on TV, he's playing the banjo and has released three bluegrass comedy albums, "Son of a Beekeeper", "Banjo Farms." and "Banjos in Space".

Location: At the High School (Arts and Crafts)

7:00am - 10:00am: Chamber of Commerce Breakfast

Chamber of Commerce Breakfast in the First Methodist Church, on hwy 81, 2 blks north of Main 7:00 AM to 10 AM.  Shawnee Mills pancakes and sausage breakfast.

Location: 1st Methodist Church

All day: Local Eateries

9am-4pm:  Great Plains Cotton Gin
Tours on the hour at the cotton plant.  Located 1 1/4 mile east of 4-way stop sign on Main St. on Highway 37

Location: Cotton Plant/Gin

10am-2pm: Carriage Rides by Thompson Carriages

Location: At the Veteran Park downtown
$5 per person.  Five yrs old and under free.

Date: December 3, 2022

Venue:Various Venues in Minco, OK, 73059.

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