STRAWBERRY TIME in HISTORIC CEDARBURG!
24th ANNUAL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 27 & 28, 2009

Celebrate the most luscious fruit of summer, fresh home-grown strawberries, during Historic Cedarburg’s 24th Annual Strawberry Festival, Saturday, June 27, 10-6 and Sunday, June 28, 10-5. Over 100,000 people visited Strawberry Festival last year for this delightful and delicious free, family-oriented festival.

Schmit’s Berry Farm provides ripe, juicy berries by the quart. Mouth-watering festival delicacies include: The “Original” Strawberry Brat, Strawberry Shortcake, Strawberry Pie, Strawberry Crepes, Strawberry Slush, Strawberry Schaum Torte, Chocolate-Covered Strawberries and Strawberry Ice Cream. Enjoy Cedar Creek Winery’s Strawberry Blush Wine and purchase one of their award winning wines by the glass. When you’ve over-indulged in succulent strawberries, there are dozens of savory food courts all over town. Cedar Creek Settlement merchants serve more than 1000 happy people at the Sunday Morning Strawberry Pancake Breakfast, from 8:00-11:00 a.m., with live music outdoors on Cedar Creek.

Festival-goers will enjoy strolling Washington Avenue for Strawberry Festival’s Arts on the Avenue, including the Cedarburg Cultural Center’s Fine Art Fair, Cedar Creek Settlement’s Arts Fair and the Ozaukee Art Center’s Fine Art Fair. An arts highlight is the 9th Annual Plein Air Painting Competition, featuring Adult & Youth Divisions, June 18-25 with an exhibition/sale June 27 & 28, from 10:00 am Friday- 6:00 pm Saturday at the Cedarburg Cultural Center. On Saturday morning, registered artists can participate in a two hour Quick Paint Competition in the Historic District. Cedarburg’s entire nine block Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places with many unique restaurants and charming shops that are a signature of Cedarburg’s tourism appeal.

Lively music all over the Festival’s Historic District will feature Top Forty, Bluegrass and Rock & Roll, including Our House, Bobby Way & Wayouts, Maple Road and Penthouse Suite. ***New this year, performances by the 132nd Wisconsin National Guard Army Bands; both the Rock Band and the Jazz Band, Saturday, 10-Noon. Cedar Creek Settlement events include live bands, food booths, a merchant’s marketplace, and a Strawberry Cooking Demo/Tasting with Patty Ehlers Peterson from Larry’s Market, Saturday, 10-11 am., as well as daily Strawberry Contests, including Strawberry Shortcake Eating, Strawberry Bubblegum Blowing and the Berry Bob.

The Festival Kids Korner in Cedar Creek Park offers daily pony rides and a petting zoo, bouncers, food vendors, a paintable mural, Home Depot’s “kits for kids”, Lakeshore Dance and Harris Bank’s Hubert the Lion kites & tattoos. The CedarQuacker 500 launches duck races on the creek, Sat/Sun at 1:00 p.m. On Sunday, entertainers include magician Bruce Hetzler, 11-3; Popcorn the Clown, 12-4; and juggler Gypsy Geoff, 11-4.

“Race to the finish” with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Ozaukee County’s “Berry Big” 5K Run/Walk, Saturday at 9:00 a.m. ***When you visit the Marketplace, a fun place to shop, you can meet Green Bay Packer legend Fuzzy Thurston at the 3G Authentics booth, signing autographs from 1-3 on Saturday. Tour Historic Cedarburg aboard a Tractor Hayride Shuttle. Quilt Day on the Farm will preview exhibits at the new Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts along with the 2009 Strawberry Festival Quilt Challenge Competition & Vintage Quilt Show. Cedarburg Woolen Mill will offer Fiber Arts Make & Takes and Spinning & Carding demos.

Come celebrate our Strawberry Extravaganza in Historic Cedarburg, just 20 minutes north of Milwaukee. Take I-43 North, Exit 89. West on Highway C. Right at Washington Ave. to Historic District.

Please no pets or animals at our festival.
Info: (262) 377-9620 * 888-894-4001