Garden Grove Strawberry Festival (Event Over)

The four-day event, which is the second largest city festival in the Western United States, will be held at the Village Green between Main Street and Euclid Avenue in downtown Garden Grove. Last year's attendance was over 250,000.  

Highlights of the event includes the  Friday evening official giant strawberry cake cutting
ceremony at 6:00 p.m. when free cake is served to over 1,000 people.  Saturday morning is a parade which starts at 10 a.m. with floats, bands, equestrians and Warner Bros. Roadrunner as well as Knott's Berry Farm's Snoopy. Many celebrities and healthcare heroes will be honored in the parade, and many stars will stay after the parade to sign autographs.

All four festival days will include all new, bigger carnival rides, contests, lots of food and sales
booths, games, music and live entertainment in the amphitheater and Showmobile.  Contests include the Berry, Berry Beautiful Baby Contest, Redhead Roundup, Strawberry Idol Karaoke, and Tiny Tots King and Queen.