Strawberry Festival
- Saturday June 2nd 2012
Elmwood has been hosting a Strawberry Festival on the first Saturday in June for over twenty years. It is a wonderful event, filled with great strawberry treats, musical entertainment, children's activities, and crafts. It is held in Elmwood's downtown central park. Lorado Taft Museum will be open. Elmwood, hometown to Lorado Taft, sculptor of "The Pioneers" statue.
Strawberry Jam Strawberry Shake-ups World's Best Kettle Corn Uncle Bob's Homemade Ice Cream
This year the festival will again offer a marvellous day of family fun and strawberry treats. Strawberries grown closer to God's earth than all other fruits, with a heavenly taste above all others.
The great Strawberry Treats I have enjoyed, include strawberry pizza, strawberry shortcake, strawberry shake ups, strawberry milkshakes, strawberry soda pop, strawberry jam.
--- I've enjoyed them all. Yes fresh ripe strawberries, as well.
Food Tent: 10 am to 6 pm (grilled pork chops, brats, hot dogs, bar b que, potato chips, lemonade, iced tea, & water)
--- I think, I could eat my way through the day.
Strawberry Pie Strawberry Pizza Strawberry Short Cake Strawberries
2012, Events on June 2nd
Special Events this year:
Memorial Wall Salute web site
A tribute to those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan web
Appearance by "Homer" Peoria Chiefs Mascot
Main Stage Entertainment
10:30 AM Matt Barber - Sinatra and Manilow
11:30 AM "The Rainbo Cloggers"
12:00 Memorial Wall Salute -- IL Patriot Guard w Cathy Reynolds
12:30 PM Midnight Flyer "Top Forty Country Band" Web Site
3:00 PM Paula Mensinger - singing " the Carpenters" Facebook YouTube
4:00 PM "The Rainbo Cloggers"
5:00 PM Seven West Rock to Country Dance Band
7:00 PM go home --- singing, dancing, tapping your feet
Want to take home the goodness:
Boxes and flats of Strawberries will be for sale unless season is late.
Strawberry Festival sponsored by the Elmwood Association of Commerce since 1988
Festival Info call Pat 742-8272