Video above: Eagle 8 HD soars over the 2024 Florida Strawberry Festival
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Strawberry Festival returns to Plant City next year for its 90th annual event.
Festival organizers announced their theme for 2025 in a news release Wednesday.
“The Stage is Set!” celebrates the festival’s new sound stage and bids farewell to the old stage, which has hosted 35 years worth of music and other entertainment at the festival.
“Over the decades, the Strawberry Festival’s goal has been to honor the traditions of our past while striving to provide our guests with something new and exciting to experience,” said Florida Strawberry Festival President Kyle Robinson. “For BerryFest25, the Festival will say farewell to our 35-year-old soundstage that has created so many unforgettable memories as we will welcome in a new entertainment experience and a new soundstage that will provide us the opportunity to bring the best artists to Plant City.”
Organizers also unveiled a poster with the festival’s strawberry character wearing a Florida Strawberry Festival cowboy hat and strumming a guitar in front of the grandstands.