Alabama is becoming quite a strawberry-growing state, from backyard gardens to large commercial farms.
To highlight the Alabama strawberry crop, there are two strawberry festivals — both in South and North Alabama.
South Alabama
The Baldwin County Strawberry Festival is April 12-13 at the Loxley Municipal Park, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. There is free entertainment and admission, as well as a carnival.
Free entertainment includes:
Saturday, April 12
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Brandie Spradley
11 a.m.: Festival Opening Ceremony
12 p.m. – 3 p.m.: Mario and the Marvelous
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.: Wes Loper Duo
Sunday, April 13
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Brandie Spradley
12 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Hip Pocket
2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.: Gretch and The Modern Eldorados
Details can be found here.
North Alabama
The Alabama Strawberry Festival is April 25-26 at Depot Park in Cullman.
Details can be found here.
The Cullman-based festival is also a music fest, sort of a smaller version of Cullman’s annual Rock the South. This year’s Alabama Strawberry Fest features musicians: Russell Dickerson, Chase Matthew, Lauren Alaina, Kidd G, Austin Williams, Sam Donald, Griffin Williams Sherry and Graham Barham.
The Cullman festival also includes a Miss Alabama Strawberry Festival Pageant.
Jim ‘Zig’ Zeigler writes about Alabama’s people, places, events, groups and prominent deaths. He is a former Alabama Public Service Commissioner and State Auditor. You can reach him for comments at [email protected].
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