Florida Strawberry Festival

The Florida Strawberry Festival is pleased to announce that discounted admission tickets for the 2026 Festival will be available for purchase starting in February at participating Publix Super Market stores throughout Central Florida. Advance discounted tickets will be sold at Publix from February 1 through March 8, coinciding with the 11-day Festival, which runs February […]

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Photo courtesy of Jose Lozoya Cadence Cape What inspired you to compete in the Florida Strawberry Festival Queens pageant?  The Queen’s Court has always been a source of inspiration and a role model in my life. Becoming a member of the court has been a goal of mine for as long as I can remember, […]

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Photos courtesy of Jose Lozoya On Saturday, Jan. 19, the Charlie Grimes Family Agricultural Center was filled with excitement as 32 contestants took the stage for the 91st annual Florida Strawberry Festival Queen’s Scholarship Pageant, presented by the Plant City Lions Club. By the end of the evening, five young women were crowned in the […]

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Photo Courtesy of Jose Lozoya Marley Mueller Age: 17 Education: Senior at Plant City High School What inspired you to compete in the Florida Strawberry Festival Queens pageant? Being on the Florida Strawberry Festival Queen’s Court has been a lifelong dream of mine. I remember walking around my house as a child, telling my mom, “This […]

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Addison Griffin Photo courtesy of Jose Lozoya Age: 18 Education: Freshman at Hillsborough College What inspired you to compete in the    Florida Strawberry Festival Queens       pageant? I grew up in this town and at the festival. Every little girl growing up looks up to the Florida Strawberry Festival Queen when they […]

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Photo courtesy of Jose Lozoya Addison Pope Age: 16 Education: Junior, homeschooled What inspired you to compete in the Florida Strawberry Festival Queens pageant? This is my first pageant, so I’m not a typical pageant girl. About nine years ago, my family went through a very difficult time when a family member who was a […]

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Photos courtesy of Jose Lozoya Layla Rothman Age: 17 Education: Senior at Plant City High School What does being crowned Florida Strawberry Festival Queen mean to you personally? It truly means so much to serve my community. I believe one of my best qualities is having a servant’s heart, and our festival is truly about […]

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Photos Courtesy of Deana HurleyOn Saturday night, the Charlie Grimes Family Agricultural Center hosted 120 contestants competing for titles in the 2026 Junior Royalty Pageant, sponsored by the Florida Strawberry Festival. The pageant featured four age divisions, including Baroness (ages 5–6), Duchess (ages 7–9), Princess (ages 10–12), and Queen (ages 13–15). Miss Plant City 2025 […]

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On Tuesday, dozens of people gathered at Stingray Chevrolet to see owners Steve and Susan Hurley hand off the key fob for the $90,370 Corvette 2LT Convertible they donated for the Strawberry Festival New Corvette Giveaway. “I like to say it’s always a great day in Plant City,” Mayor Nate Kilton said when he was […]

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The 11-day Florida Strawberry Festival had entertaining competitions galore, from lamb jumping, to animal costuming, to stemming strawberries, to diaper decorating, to art, to eating fast and furiously.  The Festival had every kind of fair food you can think of. Any walk through the Festival would come across hundreds of common eaters. But there were […]

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