Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City Mar 4-14
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Plant City, FL – It’s the 75th Anniversary of Florida Strawberry Festival and it will take place March 4 through March 14. There is free entertainment included with gate admission, such as numerous stage shows, exhibits of agriculture, horticulture, commerce, fine arts, homemade goods and crafts, and livestock competitions. Monday March 8 will be Grand Parade Day, sponsored by the United States Marine Corps. The parade will start in downtown Plant City at 1 p.m. and pass by the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds around 2 p.m. the parade will feature floats and marching bands.
Wednesday, March 10 will be American Heroes Day at this year’s Florida Strawberry Festival, sponsored by FOX13 CareForce. Active, Active Reserve and Retired military, along with Law Enforcement, First Responders (EMS & Fire Fighters) with valid I.D. will be admitted free all day at any gate. Plant City’s Florida Strawberry Festival ranked #35 on the list of Top 50 North American Fairs for 2008.
Once again this year the Jason Young Band will be performing rock n’ roll and oldies in the Cool Whip Whipped Topping Strawberry Tent, and the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show sponsored by Home Depot will also be returning. In the lumberjack show the audience will interact with world champion lumberjacks who chop and saw with axes and chainsaws in several shows throughout the day. Longtime favorites Dennis Lee, Southern Star Bluegrass Band, Runa Pacha and Granpa Cratchet all perform several shows that day too. New entertainment this year includes Rosaire’s Racing Pigs, the Galaxy Girl, a trapeze gymnast, and the Galaxy Globe of Death which is precision motorcycle stunts and maneuvers done inside the motorcycle globe; these two Galaxy shows are going to be performed at the Armory.
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The Neighborhood Village, sponsored by Kitchen Craft, will be in a new location this year; the Armory Building. These exhibits are dedicated to the homemade and handcrafted items created by people from the local community and will be on display all 11 days of the Festival. Exhibits have been judged and will include baking, cake decorating, food preservation, home décor, jewelry and beading, knitting, crocheting and tatting, needlepoint and needlework, quilts, scrapbooking and more. There certainly will be something for everyone to enjoy.
Florida Strawberry Festival Music
The 2010 Florida Strawberry Festival’s 75th Anniversary means nonstop live entertainment in 23 concerts over 11 days. Tickets go on sale Dec. 7 promptly at 8:00 a.m. The varied lineup of talent performing on the Florida Strawberry Festival GTE Federal Credit Union Soundstage Mar. 4 through March 14, 2010 offers something for seniors, families, baby boomers and the younger set.
Thursday – March 4
10:30 am – Jimmy Sturr & Orchestra
3:30 pm – Roy Clark
7:30 pm – Billy Currington
Friday – March 5
3:30 pm – Bobby Bare
7:30 pm – Julianne Hough
Saturday – March 6
1:00 pm – Suite Caroline
3:30 pm – Switchfoot/One Republic
7:30 pm – Michael W. Smith
Sunday – March 7
3:30 pm – Heidi Newfield
7:30 pm – Darius Rucker
Monday – March 8
3:30 pm – Mel Tillis
7:30 pm – Bill Engvall
Tuesday – March 9
3:30 pm – Debbie Reynolds
7:30 pm – Josh Turner
Wednesday – March 10
3:30 pm – Aaron Tippin
7:30 pm – Bill Medley/Sam Moore
Thursday – March 11
10:30 am – The Guy Lombardo Band
3:30 pm – The Oak Ridge Boys
7:30 pm – REO Speedwagon
Friday – March 12
3:30 pm – Smothers Brothers
7:30 pm – Tracy Lawrence
Saturday – March 13
3:30 pm – Clay Walker/Lee Brice
7:30 pm – Patty Loveless
Sunday – March 14
3:30 pm – Sara Evans
7:30 pm – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Plant City Strawberry Festival
The 2010 Florida Strawberry Festival is March 4-14. Tickets are on sale now at www.flstrawberryfestival.com.
