Floral City festival promises a berry good time
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Celebrating a VERY BERRY BIRTHDAY this year, the Floral City Strawberry Festival turns 35! Join us March 5th & 6th, 2022 in beautiful Floral Park, Floral City, for berries and pageants and pies (OH MY)! Ok, maybe more shortcake than pie, but that’s even better!
This annual event is a salute to our local agriculture with fresh strawberries hand-picked right around the corner from the festival at Ferris Groves. Luscious strawberry shortcakes will be available for your noshing pleasure, along with flats and half-flats of whole fresh berries that you can take home with you as a sweet souvenir of your day to make your own delectable treats. Not sure what to do with them all? Check out our Berry Bakery on our website at www.GoStrawberryFest.com.
Saturday morning, the festival opens with the posting of Colors, the Pledge of Allegiance, and our National Anthem. Live music will also fill the main stage all weekend with a full performance lineup! Saturday will kick off with music from crowd favorite, Southern Express Band from 10 A.M. – 1 P.M., followed by headliner Xhale from 2 P.M. – 5 P.M. Sunday’s lineup includes Lonesome Ride from 10 A.M. – 12 P.M. with headliner Rick Lynn and Clint Byron closing out this year’s festival from 1 P.M. – 4 P.M.
Sticking to its very berry American roots, the annual pie-eating contests and prince and princess pageants will be back as well! Ooh and ahh on Saturday morning as poised young ladies and gents take the stage in their favorite strawberry-themed attire for a chance to earn a crown and become the next Strawberry Princes & Princesses. Or maybe getting messy is more your style? Then sign up to compete in the strawberry pie-eating contests for your shot at bragging rights until next year! Competitions will be held both Saturday and Sunday with registration that day at the festival.
Back again this year is Pickin’ & Grinnin’! These two farmers are **outstanding in their field** presenting a mix of toe-tappin’ barn-dance music and knee-slappin’ farm jokes. It’s family-friendly farm fun for everyone! We are also excited to welcome back the oldest traveling trailer club in America, the Tin Can Tourists! First organized in 1919 at Desoto Park in Tampa, this 100-year-old club is comprised of many unique, vintage campers, along with some new styles as well! Stroll through their strawberry “campground” and see them on display!
Also coming to the Floral City Strawberry Festival is a new addition, Crossover University! This is family friendly entertainment basketball featuring dunkers and ball handlers that combine theatrics, athleticism, and humor in their play style. Crossover University has been featured on Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, And1 Live, and the Harlem Globetrotters! Watch for them Saturday, March 5th, taking on local leaders at high noon on the courts and again on Sunday, March 6th, for demonstrations and one-on-one clinics from 11am – 12pm.
Round out your festival adventures by strolling the park and browsing close to 200 art and craft vendors; indulging in a cold beer, glass of wine or hard seltzer at the beer garden near the main stage; enjoying the gastronomic pleasures offered by the many food vendors; or enjoying laughs and smiles with the young ones as they “play themselves silly” in the kids’ area.
Floral City Strawberry Festival hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Entrance fee is $5.00 for adults, children 12 and under are free. Free parking is strongly recommended at the Citrus County Auditorium, located at 3610 S Florida Ave, Inverness, FL 34450. Free shuttles will be available to and from the festival grounds both day.
For complete information on the Floral City Strawberry Festival, visit www.GoStrawberryFest.com. On Facebook, search for “Floral City Strawberry Festival.”
Celebrating a VERY BERRY BIRTHDAY this year, the Floral City Strawberry Festival turns 35! Join us March 5th & 6th, 2022 in beautiful Floral Park, Floral City, for berries and pageants and pies (OH MY)! Ok, maybe more shortcake than pie, but that’s even better!
This annual event is a salute to our local agriculture with fresh strawberries hand-picked right around the corner from the festival at Ferris Groves. Luscious strawberry shortcakes will be available for your noshing pleasure, along with flats and half-flats of whole fresh berries that you can take home with you as a sweet souvenir of your day to make your own delectable treats. Not sure what to do with them all? Check out our Berry Bakery on our website at www.GoStrawberryFest.com.
Saturday morning, the festival opens with the posting of Colors, the Pledge of Allegiance, and our National Anthem. Live music will also fill the main stage all weekend with a full performance lineup! Saturday will kick off with music from crowd favorite, Southern Express Band from 10 A.M. – 1 P.M., followed by headliner Xhale from 2 P.M. – 5 P.M. Sunday’s lineup includes Lonesome Ride from 10 A.M. – 12 P.M. with headliner Rick Lynn and Clint Byron closing out this year’s festival from 1 P.M. – 4 P.M.
Sticking to its very berry American roots, the annual pie-eating contests and prince and princess pageants will be back as well! Ooh and ahh on Saturday morning as poised young ladies and gents take the stage in their favorite strawberry-themed attire for a chance to earn a crown and become the next Strawberry Princes & Princesses. Or maybe getting messy is more your style? Then sign up to compete in the strawberry pie-eating contests for your shot at bragging rights until next year! Competitions will be held both Saturday and Sunday with registration that day at the festival.
Back again this year is Pickin’ & Grinnin’! These two farmers are **outstanding in their field** presenting a mix of toe-tappin’ barn-dance music and knee-slappin’ farm jokes. It’s family-friendly farm fun for everyone! We are also excited to welcome back the oldest traveling trailer club in America, the Tin Can Tourists! First organized in 1919 at Desoto Park in Tampa, this 100-year-old club is comprised of many unique, vintage campers, along with some new styles as well! Stroll through their strawberry “campground” and see them on display!
Also coming to the Floral City Strawberry Festival is a new addition, Crossover University! This is family friendly entertainment basketball featuring dunkers and ball handlers that combine theatrics, athleticism, and humor in their play style. Crossover University has been featured on Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, And1 Live, and the Harlem Globetrotters! Watch for them Saturday, March 5th, taking on local leaders at high noon on the courts and again on Sunday, March 6th, for demonstrations and one-on-one clinics from 11am – 12pm.
Round out your festival adventures by strolling the park and browsing close to 200 art and craft vendors; indulging in a cold beer, glass of wine or hard seltzer at the beer garden near the main stage; enjoying the gastronomic pleasures offered by the many food vendors; or enjoying laughs and smiles with the young ones as they “play themselves silly” in the kids’ area.
Floral City Strawberry Festival hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Entrance fee is $5.00 for adults, children 12 and under are free. Free parking is strongly recommended at the Citrus County Auditorium, located at 3610 S Florida Ave, Inverness, FL 34450. Free shuttles will be available to and from the festival grounds both day.
For complete information on the Floral City Strawberry Festival, visit www.GoStrawberryFest.com. On Facebook, search for “Floral City Strawberry Festival.”
Details
When: Saturday, March 5th, 9 am – 5 pm, and Sunday, March 6th, 9 am – 4 pm
Where: Floral Park, 9530 S. Parkside Avenue, Floral City – 3 miles south of downtown Floral City on US Hwy 41
Cost: Festival Admission is $5 per adult, children 12 and under are free
Parking: On site at Floral Park, or at the Citrus County Auditorium located at 3610 S. Florida Ave, Inverness. Free shuttle buses from the auditorium are running all day, both days
Website: www.GoStrawberryFest.com
Facebook: Search for “Floral City Strawberry Festival”
Phone: 352-795-3149
Festival Sponsors:
Presenting: Lowman Law Firm
Gold: Citrus County Chronicle, 99.9
Silver: Drummond Bank, Discover Crystal River, Tampa Bay Times, Discover Crystal River, Schlabach Security & Sound, CoreCivic
Bronze: At Home Realty, Brannen Bank, Naturecoaster.com, Digital Hound Media, Suncoast Credit Union, Mike Bays State Farm, Right Rudder Aviation, Ultimate Health Plans, Waste Bros.
Friend of the Festival: Sound Decisions, Gene & Jennifer McGee
Pie Eating Contest: The Screen Monkey, Tom Gotterup, Sound Decisions, Cruise Planners, SRG Lawn Care Services, Crystal River Health & Rehab, Dorothy Dillworth, Kristi Bortz
Strawberry Prince & Princess Pageant: Phil Royal Legacy
When: Saturday, March 5th, 9 am – 5 pm, and Sunday, March 6th, 9 am – 4 pm
Where: Floral Park, 9530 S. Parkside Avenue, Floral City – 3 miles south of downtown Floral City on US Hwy 41
Cost: Festival Admission is $5 per adult, children 12 and under are free
Parking: On site at Floral Park, or at the Citrus County Auditorium located at 3610 S. Florida Ave, Inverness. Free shuttle buses from the auditorium are running all day, both days
Website: www.GoStrawberryFest.com
Facebook: Search for “Floral City Strawberry Festival”
Phone: 352-795-3149
Festival Sponsors:
Presenting: Lowman Law Firm
Gold: Citrus County Chronicle, 99.9
Silver: Drummond Bank, Discover Crystal River, Tampa Bay Times, Discover Crystal River, Schlabach Security & Sound, CoreCivic
Bronze: At Home Realty, Brannen Bank, Naturecoaster.com, Digital Hound Media, Suncoast Credit Union, Mike Bays State Farm, Right Rudder Aviation, Ultimate Health Plans, Waste Bros.
Friend of the Festival: Sound Decisions, Gene & Jennifer McGee
Pie Eating Contest: The Screen Monkey, Tom Gotterup, Sound Decisions, Cruise Planners, SRG Lawn Care Services, Crystal River Health & Rehab, Dorothy Dillworth, Kristi Bortz
Strawberry Prince & Princess Pageant: Phil Royal Legacy
