Florida Strawberry Festival Crowns 2026 Junior Royalty Winners
PLANT CITY, Fla. (Jan. 10, 2026) – The Florida Strawberry Festival announced the winners of its annual Junior Royalty Pageant following the competition held Saturday, at the Charlie Grimes Family Agricultural Center in the Festival grounds. Click here for the full release.
Ticket Sales for Festival Headline Entertainment Begin Tomorrow
Tickets to the Florida Strawberry Festival’s headline entertainment shows on the Wish Farms Soundstage will go on sale Thursday, Dec. 11 at 8 a.m. Click here for the full release.
Festival adds two standout 2026 acts: Legends of Love and Joan Jett
The Florida Strawberry Festival is proud to announce two major additions to its 2026 headline entertainment series. Legends of Love, featuring Brian McKnight, Ginuwine and Ruben Studdard, joins the lineup alongside rock icon Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, bringing fresh range and star power to the Festival’s 91st annual event, taking place February 26 – […]
Florida Strawberry Festival announces Headline Entertainment lineup for 2026 event
PLANT CITY, Fla. (Nov. 14, 2025) – The Florida Strawberry Festival released today its lineup of artists performing on the Wish Farms Soundstage at the 2026 event. The lineup is as follows: Click here for the full release.
Florida Strawberry Festival announces theme for 2026 event
PLANT CITY, Fla. (Sept. 8, 2025) – The Florida Strawberry Festival announced today the theme for its 91st annual event – “Still Growing.” “‘Still Growing’ beautifully captures who we are as a Festival and as a community,” said Florida Strawberry Festival Chairman of the Board Pam Warnock. “We are growing in the number of guests […]
Florida Strawberry Festival Donates $40,000 to United Food Bank of Plant City
PLANT CITY, Fla. (June 26, 2025) – The Florida Strawberry Festival proudly presented a $40,000 donation earlier this week to the United Food Bank of Plant City at the organization’s new facility located at 702 E. Alsobrook Street. The funds were raised during the Festival’s 51st Annual Strawberry Ball, held Saturday, April 26, at the […]
Rabbit and Poultry winners declared
PLANT CITY, Fla. (Mar. 17, 2025) – The grand champions at the Florida Strawberry Festival’s Mosaic Youth Poultry and Rabbit shows were announced last week. Click here for the full release.
Festival declares Stingray Chevrolet raffle winner
PLANT CITY, Fla. (March 24, 2025) – The Florida Strawberry Festival, in partnership with Stingray Chevrolet, is proud to announce that Shawn Fox is the lucky winner of the 2025 Corvette Stingray raffle. The drawing took place on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds in Plant City, marking another successful year […]
Lamb Show winners selected at 2025 Florida Strawberry Festival
PLANT CITY, Fla. (March 19, 2025) – The winners of the Florida Strawberry Festival’s lamb shows were held Monday, March 3 and Tuesday, March 4 in the Patterson Companies Livestock Arena at the Grimes Family Agricultural Center on the Festival grounds. Four competitions are held for lamb exhibitors: showmanship, a jumping contest, a sheep show […]