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Strawberry Fun & Festivals
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This page lists the details of Strawberry Festivals from around the
continent and the world. The events are listed alphabetically by the name of
the city that they are held in, and are listed with their official name where it
is known. If you can supply more information about an event that is already listed here, or you would like to tell Strawberry Lovers Around the World about one that isn't listed, please feel free to email the details to me at xxx@yyyy.com.Following a link from a Festival name will take you to a page that contains information about that specific festival. Wherever possible, links have been made to "official" Festival page. Following a link from a City's name will take you to some sort of informational page about that city. Wherever possible, links have been made "official" City Hall pages. |
From:
Caroline Green
The Burien Heritage Fair and Strawberry
Festival is going to be held from June 29 to June 30th this year
From: Lisa Lacy
Thought you might be interested in
knowing that this year [1996--JAMM] marks the 59th anniversary of the West
Tennessee Strawberry Festival, held in Humboldt, Tennessee. The festival is
held each year, the first full week in May.
From: Traci Tate
The festival is held every 2nd week in
May. Several events occur during this week. Events like family night in the
park, carnival, 5K runs, car shows, pagents, concerts and parades. On Thursday,
Humboldt host a nonmotorized junior parade. All floats must be pulled by hand.
This year there were apprx. 20 junior high marching bands from around the West
Tennessee area. On Friday, the Grand Parade is held. Floats, band (instate and
out of state), local and state officials were in attendence. The crowds number
in the thousands each day. This is a great festival to attend if you are in the
area.
More information about the Parade can be found at: The SEAFAIR Community Events Page
Information taken from their web page:
The Strawberry Capitol
of Rhode Island hosts the Newport Strawberry Festival. This Multi faceted
event serves up a menu of daily fresh strawberries from Newport County farms.
Information taken from their web page:
Strawberry Lovers will
enjoy the three-day event because of the variety of strawberry foods and drinks
available. Treasure hunters will enjoy experiencing Jasper County while
searching for "berried treasure" the theme for the third annual
festival. Strawberryfest is three days packed full of good times and great
food. The event will feature a flea market and auction, juried arts and crafts
fair, white elephant sale, strawberry royalty contests, games for young and old
plus three days of free entertainment.
Text based on information from their web pages:
Peddler's
Village is an 18th-century style attraction featuring over 70 quality specialty
shops, eight restaurants, a 60-room luxury inn, year round festivals and craft
competitions, plus a museum of carousel and circus art with an antique operating
carousel, all set on 42 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds and winding
brick pathways.
[The Strawberry Festival is] an annual favorite to welcome
Spring. An outstanding array of craftspeople demonstrate their skills and sell
their wares. Fresh strawberries, preserves, fritters, funnel cakes, shortcake
and more are traditional palate-pleasers! Puppet shows, medicine shows, and
musical entertainment. Free admission.
Information from their web page:
Considered one of the top
festivals in the country, the Florida Strawberry Festival is ranked one of the
best by the International Association of Fairs and Expositions. Over 62 years
old, the Festival was established to celebrate the harvest of the strawberry
that has made Florida the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. Today, the
strawberries share the spotlight with the finest country music entertainers in
the business. There's all that famous fair food to tempt your tastebuds, but
save room for dessert at one of our many strawberry shortcake booths! Exhibits
of agriculture, commerce, education, industry, livestock, fine arts,
horticulture, crafts and more.
From: Eric Young
I noticed my home town celebration
mentioned here, but the info was vague: Pleasant Grove, Utah celebrates
Strawberry Days in June. It is held in mid-June every year, usually the third
weekend. It is a three day celebration running Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
There are two main parades held on Thursday morning and again on Thursday
evening. The three day rodeo is the highlight of the celebration. But let's not
forget strawberries and cream served in the park!
Text based on information from their web pages:
One of the
oldest, most popular events in the state [of Texas], the Annual Poteet
Strawberry Festival is recognized as the largest agricultural fete in Texas as
well as one of the most exciting, most dynamic festivals in the Greater
Southwest. The 95 acre site which is located on Hwy. 16, 20 minutes south of
San Antonio, offers free parking, clean public restrooms, handicapped
accessibility, complete RV facilities, and tent covered activities
during the fun filled Festival Weekend.
The Poteet Strawberry Festival
includes ten areas of continuous, family entertainment featuring concerts with
nationally know Country / Western and Tejano stars, dancers, gunslingers,
clowns, puppets, regional bands, various contests, and rodeo performances. These
activities are included in the price of an admission ticket. Children under the
age of 10 are admitted free of charge.
From information shared by Charlie Harris, Michael A. Jarvis, Richard
Wells and The Shields Family
The Strawberry Festival in Poteet TX
attracts about 45,000 people over three days during the second weekend in April.
The Association which organises this free festival has a telephone number:
From: Christine Shaw
Every year as far back as I can remember
there is a strawberry festival at the Silverton Grange Hall in the Silverton
Hills, in the heart of the strawberry fields. It is held sometime in June. In
the old days, the farm women would get together and whip fresh cream, and make
fresh shortbread. You would pay a minimal fee, get your shortcake, sit at a
table with huge bowls of fresh whipped cream and huge bowls of strawberries.
Years later it wasn't quite as rustic and fresh. Although I haven't been to one
in years, I know some things haven't changed: the wonderful, huge, red, juicy
strawberries, and the delightful farmer folk of the area.
From: Lynn Decker
How could you neglect to mention the annual
strawberry festival in Strawberry, Arizona? Held the second weekend in June of
each year, it is an extravaganza of barbeque and strawberry shortcake for the
hordes of people trying to escape the Phoenix heat. Strawberry is a beautiful
little community located just under the Mogollon Rim -- Zane Grey country.
(Unfortunately Zane Grey's cabin burnt down a few years ago.) But the town of
Strawberry still boasts the oldest schoolhouse in Arizona!
Date: Comment:
Sep. 24, 1997 - Added PICS information
- Removed URL-Minder Form
- Added or updated several Festival names
Apr. 05, 1997 - Addition of tables to hold indices and email update boxes
- Reorganized Index to use full alphabet
Mar. 02, 1997 - Inserted links to many related Home pages
Feb. 11, 1997 - Changed URLMinder form to use new version
- Added Marysville Festival info
Feb. 09, 1997 - Corrected spelling to British/Canadian
- Added WIDTH and HEIGHT tags to images
Nov. 17, 1996 - correction to mailto: link
- Added Cedarburg Festival info
Nov. 15, 1996 - background colour change
- Added Fair in Wallington, Australia.
Oct. 28, 1996 - Modifications for move to 'www.jamm.com'
Apr. 20, 1996 - Added Buckhannon, WV; Humboldt, TN and Portland, TN
- Added links to text-only version of site
Mar. 26, 1996 - Added "keywords" and "description" META tags
Mar. 24, 1996 Initial Creation for URL at vanbc.wimsey.com/~jam/