Florida Strawberry Festival

About this happenin

Plant City turns its strawberry harvest into one of North America's top 40 fairs, and roughly half a million people come through over its eleven days each spring. The Florida Strawberry Festival has run since 1930, and its shape holds year to year: a midway lit up after dark, twice-daily concerts on the Wish Farms Soundstage, FFA youth livestock shows, parades, and the shortcake booths at Strawberry Central, where church groups and historical societies pile Plant City berries onto yellow cake or a buttermilk biscuit. Gates open daily from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Gate admission runs $15 for ages 13 and up and $5 for ages 6 to 12, with 5 and under free alongside a paying adult, and participating Publix stores sell discounted tickets in the weeks before opening. Eleven festival lots ring the grounds at $10, cash only, and a tram runs from the Red lot to Gates 10 and 14. Wear low, closed-toe shoes and bring sunscreen. Bags are searched, and coolers, bottles, cans and picnic baskets stay outside.

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Where

Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds · 303 BerryFest Place, Plant City, FL 33563