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2016 Florida Strawberry Festival concert tickets to go on sale
2016 Florida Strawberry Festival concert tickets to go on sale
Continue ReadingStrawberry Festival releases entertainment lineup
The Florida Strawberry Festival released its lineup of headline entertainment artists performing on the Wish Farms Soundstage at the 2016 event. The 2016 headline entertainment lineup is as follows: Thursday, March 3 10:30 a.m.; Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra 3:30 p.m.; Charley Pride 7:30 p.m.; Josh Turner Friday, March 4 3:30 p.m.; Mickey Gilley 7:30 p.m.; […]
Continue ReadingStrawberry Festival theme announced
The Florida Strawberry Festival released Tuesday, Sept. 15, the theme for its 81st annual event: “Royal Fun for Everyone!” “Our festival and the city of Plant City hold the strawberry in high regard,” General Manager Paul Davis said. “So we thought it would be fitting to play off of that with a theme portraying the […]
Continue ReadingDan Walden elected new Strawberry Festival board president
The Florida Strawberry Festival’s board of directors elected a new president Tuesday, April 14, at its monthly meeting. Dan Walden, who has served as a board member for 15 years, was elected president and succeeds James “Jim” Jeffries, who has served as president for the past two years. “Dan Walden is an excellent leader and board […]
Continue ReadingWells Memorial donates festival parking lot for school
For anyone who ever wondered if those people who offer parking at their businesses and homes during the Florida Strawberry Festival make good money, the answer is ‘yes.’ Just ask the staff and students of Willis Peters Exceptional Center. Every year, the students and staff of the school join forces with Wells Memorial Funeral Home, […]
Continue ReadingUnity shatters raffle record with Corvette
For the 2015 Florida Strawberry Festival, Unity in the Community and Stingray Chevrolet aimed to make their annual raffle bigger than ever. The move paid off, as both sides learned Monday that their Chevrolet Corvette really brought in the big bucks. Presenting to a showroom packed with prominent Plant City citizens and more, Stingray Chevrolet […]
Continue Reading101-year-old rides in festival parade for first time
Hundreds of Plant City residents marched, danced or rode in this year’s Florida Strawberry Festival Parade. But tucked in the back of First Baptist Church of Midway’s float was Daryl Sturgis, a woman with a unique claim among parade participants: She is 101 years old. “It was fun, and it was tiresome. I had a […]
Continue Reading517,000 ‘join the party’
From rain, to sunshine, to cool and breezy nights, weather in Plant City has been unpredictable for the last few weeks. But it didn’t stop more than 517,000 people from spending at least one day at the Florida Strawberry Festival. “If we get to half a million, we’re thrilled,” Paul Davis, the festival’s general manager, […]
Continue ReadingCouple gets engaged at concert
On Sunday, March 8, Trace Woolverton thought that she and boyfriend Willie Hunt would leave the Reba McEntire concert with nothing but good memories. In the end, she did get them — and also a ring. Hunt, working with opening act Caroline Kole, proposed to Woolverton in front of tens of thousands of people at […]
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