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A strawberry festival is an event and celebration in many towns in North America.In most instances, areas around these towns are, or have been, deeply involved in the production and marketing of strawberries, and the festivals are usually held in late spring around the time of the strawberry harvest.
The Florida Strawberry Festival is an annual event taking place in Plant City, Florida. The festival lasts 11 days and generates attendance of about half a million patrons from all across central Florida and other areas. The festival is considered one of the best in Florida and ranks among the Top 40 Fairs in North America. [1]
In 1984, the new California Strawberry Festival made its first appearance at Channel Islands Harbor. The festival's feedback proved that it was a great success. Local businesses, growers, and industries all had contributed to the festival’s success. The income from the festival helped thirty nonprofit organizations that year.
The National Strawberry Festival in Belleville, Michigan, established in 1977, began as a way for local farmers to celebrate their strawberry crops. [2] Taking place over three days, held the third weekend in June, the festival offers many events for people of all ages.
This category is for strawberry festivals, a type of cultural festival typically held in North America. Pages in category "Strawberry festivals" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Without John and Yoko, Brower moved forward with plans to host a festival at Shediac, near Moncton, New Brunswick, named the "Strawberry Fields Festival". [3] Again, local politicians intervened and revoked various permits so Brower shifted the location back to Mosport Park in Ontario only this time he thinly disguised the event as a championship motorcycle race featuring "some contemporary ...
The Pungo Strawberry Festival began in 1983 and is held every year for three days on Memorial Day weekend. Attendance at the festival's inception in 1983 was 50,000, and now it regularly attracts over 120,000 visitors. Strawberries prepared over 50 different ways are featured.
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival - Breaux Bridge; Catfish Festival - Des Allemands; The Cochon de Lait - Mansura; Oyster Festival - Amite; International Rice Festival - Crowley; Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival - Cameron; Louisiana Peach Festival - Ruston [2] Strawberry Festival - Pontchatoula; Washington Parish Watermelon Festival - Franklinton