The Florida Strawberry Festival is a special occasion during which Plant City shines. The entire town pauses for 11 days to celebrate our bountiful agricultural harvest. On behalf of our more than 2,000 volunteers, our staff members and our board of directors, I welcome you to the 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival. Here is a sneak peek of what you can look forward to this year.
One of the most popular facets of the festival, our headline entertainment, boasts one of our best lineups to date. From Rascal Flatts and The Band Perry to Third Day and Boyz II Men, we offer a diverse lineup that is sure to please every one of our visitors.
Your admission ticket also includes more free entertainment this year than ever before. We have added a brand new variety stage, sponsored by Paradise Grilling Systems, that will feature different entertainers each day. Here, Hola! Plant City, Next Radical Generation, Shannon Magrane (from “American Idol”) and more will make their festival debuts.
We also are excited to host Troy Landry, and R.J. and Jay Paul Molinere from the History Channel’s “Swamp People,” and Bobby Brantley from TruTV’s “Lizard Lick Towing.”
Since last year’s festival, we have undergone some constructive changes. We have built a new home for our popular Neighborhood Village and horticulture show. They now will be housed in the new building located next to the administrative building. The art show also will be relocated to the Armory Building, the previous location of the Neighborhood Village.
We always encourage our guests to visit the pride of our community, our youth, as they exhibit their livestock projects in the Florida Strawberry Festival Grimes Family Agricultural Center and display their craftsmanship in the Neighborhood Village Youth exhibit, art show exhibit and more.
We encourage you to visit your local Publix Super Market to purchase admission tickets for your entire family at a discounted rate. For more information and the schedule of events for this year’s festival, visit flstrawberryfestival.com. We also encourage each visitor to download our mobile app, available in iTunes and Google Play, to better prepare you for your festival experience.
Our festival is truly one of a kind. Please join us at the 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival as we celebrate our community’s blessings with “Florida’s Best Family Recipe!”
Paul Davis
general manager, Florida Strawberry Festival