The Hatchetfield Honey Festival is a town festival and street fair that takes place in the town of Hatchetfield. It features in both Honey Queen and Killer Track as well as being mentioned in The Witch in the Web, Perky's Buds, Abstinence Camp and Daddy.
History[]
The Hatchetfield Honey Festival was founded by the Church of the Starry Children in 1945 and takes place in Hatchetfield every summer.
The festival was founded to ring in the season of Nibblenephim and takes place on a special night each year where dark forces are able to walk the earth. On the eve of the Honey Festival, the Church of the Starry Children sacrifice a woman, the Honey Queen, to Nibbly and in return they are gifted riches and power.
Attractions[]
The Honey Queen Pageant[]
The main attraction of the Honey Festival is the Honey Queen Pageant. Taking place inside the Starlight Theater, the pageant sees eligible women compete to be crowned 'the sweetest woman in Hatchetfield'. The pageant is judged by a panel of judges overseen by head judge and senior member of the festival planning committee Roman Murray.
Live Music[]
The festival features performances from various musical acts. The bands perform on a stage at the end of main street with performances featuring a number of local bands such as Needy Beast.
Boats[]
One popular attraction at the Honey Festival is the paddle boats. People can rent these boats and go out on the lake which surrounds Hatchetfield. The boats offer a good place from which to view the firework display.
Stalls[]
The festival also has a street fair full of vendor booths, food carts and carnival games selling food, honey and other merchandise.
Fireworks[]
The end of the festival is marked by a firework display.
Staff[]
| Character | Position |
|---|---|
| Roman Murray | Senior Member of the Planning Committee |
| Solomon Lauter | Mayor/Financer |
Appearances, Mentions and References[]
- The Honey Festival is first mentioned by Dan and Donna in The Witch in the Web. When discussing the Halloween decorations popping up around Hatchetfield, the news anchor duo joke that it's only a few months until the festival.
- The Honey Festival is one of the main settings of Honey Queen as the episode is centred around the Honey Queen Pageant.
- Ziggs mentions the Honey Festival as a possible way of promoting Emma's weed business in Perky's Buds.
- In Abstinence Camp, Pete complains that because he's going to Camp Idontwannabang he's going to miss the festival.
- Sheila Young is shown getting ready to go to the Honey Festival to find herself a new husband in Daddy. As well as this, Frank is later shown using the Honey Festival as motivation to get Barry Swift to continue living as he dies in the Young mansion dungeon.
- Miss Holloway and Duke Keane attend the festival to attempt to stop Kale from playing the Killer Track over the festival sound system and killing all those who hear it in Killer Track.