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WEEK'S EVENTS:
Tuesday 5/13... Golf Tournament at Kenny Perry Golf Course- Register Here
Wednesday 5/14... Choir Night at Portland High School- Register Here
Thursday 5/15... Construction of the World's Longest Strawberry Shortcake. 6:00pm on Main Street Sponsored by: The Farmers Bank and Albany International
Friday 5/16... Visitor hosting at I-65 Tennessee Welcome Center
Click here to register as a Festival Vendor and read the Health Department Guidelines
NO Street Vendors allowed - NO exceptions!
Pick your own fresh strawberries at Bradley Kountry Acres!
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Middle Tennessee Strawberry Festival is brought to you by the following sponsors:
Now celebrating our 67th year!
The Middle Tennessee StrawberryFestival is the single largest and longest running event in Sumner County! Mark your calendars now for the third Saturday in May and join us for a BERRY good time!
Steeped in a rich, colorful, historical rooted tradition, this Festival has set itself apart. From the very beginning, this Festival has been a celebration of the strawberry, the exquisit fruit that put Portland, Tennessee on the map, so to speak.
The “berry business” started in the 1880s here in Portland, but the incredible success of this crop in our local soil eventually expanded the berry's popularity to include areas in southern
Kentucky and neighboring communities. At its peak, the berry business had thousands of strawberry-covered acres, employing thousands in the
fields picking, hundreds in the loading of wagons, trucks and railroad cars
with a virtual 24-hour a day operation for at least 3 weeks of the year. This enormous undertaking led to Portland being known as a
strawberry capital across the country.
In 1929, it is reported that Portland accounted for ALL of the strawberries shipped out of Tennessee!
Although our favorite berry is no longer the primary source of employment or income for the community, it still enjoys its rightful place grown among our local crops. Portland has grown over the decades and is known today for many different things, however, we are proud to still be called the Strawberry Capital of Middle Tennessee.
Make sure to join us in May for our favorite festival and let us show you, first hand, how sweet our local history truly is!
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BIG FESTIVAL DAY:
Saturday 5/17...
7-11am: Pancake Breakfast at PMS
8am: Strawberry Stride & Fun Run at PHS- Register Here
10:00am-5:30pm: Market Street Stage Click here to view artist
10:30am: Kiddie Parade on Main Street- Register Here
11:00am: KID TOWN USA for kids of all ages. Brought to you by:
Portland Lions Club
GreenBank
Mechanical Components of TN
Garden Gate Realty & Auction
Richland Place Senior Living
CEMC
Portland Builders Supply
Porland Leader
Advanced Design Concepts
Tennessee Stampings
2:00pm: Strawberry Festival Parade- Register Here
4:30pm: Drawing on Main Street
6pm: Ronnie McDowell Concert and fireworks in the park
Click HERE to view a map.
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