Insect Festival

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Insect Festival is a biennial series of one day events in the UK, organised by the Royal Entomological Society, to celebrate insects and entomology. [1] The Festivals occur in alternate years to the Society's National Insect Week and consist of interactive exhibits and displays by insect related societies, charities, artists and companies.

The event was first held in 2006 [2] and then in 2007 [3] at York racecourse as an 'Entomological Exhibition' together with the Amateur Entomologist's Society. The Royal Entomological Society then organised the event and in 2009, [4] 2011, 2013, [5] 2015, [6] 2017 [7] and most recently in 2019 [8] Insect Festival has been held in and around the Hospitium building in York Museum Gardens with over 1000 visitors attending.

In 2017 a second location was added in Bristol [9] with the day being hosted in the foyer of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, which was repeated in 2019 [10] with some insect related events in the week leading up to the festival [11]

The next Insect Festival will be in 2021.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Outreach". Royal Entomological Society. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Northern Exhibition 2006 Report - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES)". www.amentsoc.org. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Affiliation with the Royal Entomological Society - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES)". www.amentsoc.org. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  4. ↑ thebigbuzz (10 July 2009). "Insect Festival 2009" . Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Insects really bite". York Press. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  6. ↑ greatemancipator (19 June 2015). "Insect Festival 2015 – Museum Gardens, York 5th July 2015". The Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Insect Festival 2017 | York Museums Trust". www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "5 things to do this weekend". York Press. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Insect Festival". www.primarytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "Insect festival | Bristol Museum & Art Gallery". Bristol Museums. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Bristol Insect Festival Bristol 2019 flyer" (PDF). www.royensoc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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