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California Strawberry Festival
Festival
A celebration of California's strawberry harvest in one of the country's most productive strawberry-growing regions.
16 MAY
Oxnard, California, United States
Oxnard sits at the heart of one of California's most productive strawberry-growing regions, and this festival — running since 1983 — celebrates the harvest with everything from strawberry shortcake to strawberry nachos, alongside cooking competitions built specifically around the fruit.
Live music, an art show and a parade round out the weekend, but the strawberry itself remains the clear focus throughout — a genuine agricultural celebration rather than a generic town fair with a fruit theme attached.
Highlights
- ✓Running since 1983
- ✓Strawberry-specific cooking competitions
Getting In
🎟️Ticket required
Duration
⏱️2 days
Since
📅1983
Some recipe photos courtesy of Openverse and Wikimedia Commons contributors, used under Creative Commons licenses.