In Garden Grove, it’s strawberry fun forever.
The 64th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is bringing the fun over Memorial Day weekend with the annual parade and the 5K Strawberry Stomp held Saturday and carnival rides and, of course, strawberries galore through the rest of the holiday.
The annual festival began in 1958 – then held on a vacant lot in the Brookhurst Triangle – as a project of the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce “to bring together the east and west sides” of the city, according to festival history. The festival has since become a large charitable event, raising more than $7 million for various local nonprofits over the decades.
The festival area is set up along Main Street and up to Euclid Avenue. There is a shopping area, youth rides and rides for the more adventurous, carnival games and more. There is also lots of entertainment and food to enjoy.
If you go
When: Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on 26 and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 27
Where: At the Village Green, along Main Street and around that area, check online for a map
Cost: Free admission, $40 unlimited all-day wristbands
Information: strawberryfestival.org
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