More than 100 competitors took center stage for the Florida Strawberry Festival GFWC Plant City Junior Woman’s Club’s 2014 Baby Parade March 8, in front of the Eye Express grandstands. Bailey Renae Keys was crowned this year’s Baby Parade Queen, while Jayden Zane McDaris won the title of Baby Parade King. Organized by chairwoman Natasha Davis and co-chair Marissa […]
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PHOTO GALLERY: Baby Parade 4-Year-Olds
More than 100 competitors took center stage for the Florida Strawberry Festival GFWC Plant City Junior Woman’s Club’s 2014 Baby Parade March 8, in front of the Eye Express grandstands. Bailey Renae Keys was crowned this year’s Baby Parade Queen, while Jayden Zane McDaris won the title of Baby Parade King. Organized by chairwoman Natasha Davis and co-chair Marissa […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Steer Show
As part of the festival’s agricultural heritage, the Steer Show took place bringing out many spectators.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Strawberry Eating Contest
It wasn’t a very messy contest, but the competitors at the annual Strawberry Eating Contest enjoyed the delicious cake anyways. St. Clement volunteers and the Strawberry Queen and court were on stage cheering them on. Plant City Times & Observer sports writer, Justin Kline, competed. But in the end it was Belle City concession employee […]
Continue ReadingBand Perry Prize Pack Winner: Deanna Garner
After an extremely tough decision, we are excited to announce Deanna Garner as the winner of our Band Perry Prize Pack, which includes two festival tickets and two tickets to the concert, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9. We asked readers to tell us why they were Plant City youth pop group […]
Continue ReadingWEEKEND BEST BET: Baby Parade
GFWC Plant City Junior Woman’s Club 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival Baby Parade — takes place at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Florida Strawberry Festival in front of the free grandstands at the Wish Farms Soundstage, 303 N. Lemon St., Plant City. Awards will be given for Most Beautiful Girl, Most Handsome Boy, Most […]
Continue ReadingBREAKING NEWS: Weather closes festival midway
Severe weather in Hillsborough County has forced Florida Strawberry Festival officials to close the midway.According to the festival’s Facebook page, the midway is closed until 2 p.m. It will reopen at that time if weather conditions permit. At the present time, all shows for this afternoon and evening are on as scheduled. According to the Tampa […]
Continue ReadingPAST & PRESENCE: The history behind the strawberry fest’s star power
Plant City can point with pride to its civic clubs and organizations for all the good works done in the name of the community. Stadiums, parks, playgrounds, the library, special events and more all were put together by the civic clubs and organizations in Plant City, many of which had their beginnings in the early […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Spotted at the festival
The sights and sounds of the Florida Strawberry Festival are captured in this photo gallery. Make sure to filtered through to see if we snapped a photo of you enjoying the festival. New photos will be added daily.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Robinson’s Racing Pigs
And they’re off! Robinson’s Racing Pigs are a returning attraction that has remained popular with Florida Strawberry Festival attendees for years. The pudgy potbellies are enticed by a delicious cookie as they race their way along the circular track. They also swim across a lane.
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