The 63rd Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival continued the tradition of bringing big crowds to the Village Green park to have fun, celebrate the community’s rural past and raise money for many […]
‘Twas a berry good festival
Everyone loves a parade
The 63rd Garden Grove Strawberry Festival’s parade brought big crowds to Chapman Avenue and Euclid Street on Saturday morning to watch the procession of celebrities, local civic leaders, bands, military units and […]
Celebrating kindness with Andrea and Taylor Perez
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune For about a year, the name of Andrea Palladino Perez, president of the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association and the festival itself have been pretty much inseparable. […]
Welcome to Strawberry RFD
Garden Grove Mayor Steve Jones often refers to his home town as “our little Mayberry.” Of course, the Big Strawberry is much closer to “big” than little, with a population of about […]
Vera Jimenez is parade marshal
Weather you’re ready or not, the 63rd Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is right around the corner, and KTLA meteorologist and former Garden Grove resident Vera Jimenez will be the celebrity grand […]
“Kindness” is festival theme
The Garden Grove Strawberry Festival will be returning to the city once again, Memorial Day weekend, May 26-29 at the Village Green park. This annual event, which has been a favorite of […]
SF accepts donation requests
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association producers of the venerable Garden Grove Strawberry Festival held annually every Memorial Day Weekend, are accepting applications for 2023 grants/donations from non-profit organizations, which serve the citizens […]
Following up on GG’s Festival
The long awaited 62nd Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival, “Celebrating Essential Workers,” made its return May 27 – 30, 2022, after a two-year hiatus due to the worldwide health pandemic. Hundreds of […]
Parade shines despite clouds
Despite some serious cloud cover, it didn’t rain on the annual Strawberry Festival parade on Saturday. Crowds lined the parade route along Chapman Avenue and Euclid Street for the procession that stepped […]
Let them eat strawberry cake!
Two years is a long time to wait for your favorite things, and that feeling seemed to be evident when the 62nd Garden Grove Strawberry Festival opened for business on Friday afternoon […]
