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The Historic Owego Marketplace in downtown Owego is pleased to announce
plans for the upcoming 34th Annual Strawberry Festival to be held Friday night, 5:30-10:30 pm June 20 and on Saturday, June 21, 9:00-5:00 pm. New committee co-chairs, Fran and Sandy Dunbar, are excited to help plan some very exciting activities at the festival and hope this year's event claims to be the best ever!
This annual event is host to over 30,000 guests each year; offering plenty of food, entertainment on every street corner, and up to 200 vendors. According to Stella Reschke, Tioga County Tourism Director, the festival committee has tried to incorporate new and exciting activities for the festival to attract visitors from all over. “We usually see lots of new faces come in for the festival from all over the Northeast because strawberries are a universally much-loved fruit, and it's just a really fun couple of days.” said Reschke.
The Strawberry Festival has included some new and returning features to this year’s event. In addition to the over 200 vendors and the fabulous entertainment throughout the streets on Friday's Block Party and on Saturday, the festival will also include:
- "Straw Dawgs Strut Their Stuff"
- Fireworks over the River
- Wine, Beer, Spirits Tasting Tent
- Strawberry Festival Parade
- Rubber Ducky Derby
- Chicken BBQ
- 11th Annual Pig Roast
- Rock Climbing Wall
- 5K Run and 1 Mile Kids' Run
and some great surprises!
We're still working on some details, but vendor applications, sponsorship opportunities, directions and other ways to get involved in the festival can be found on www.owegostrawberryfestival.com.
Come join us!
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