STRAWBERRY ABUNDANCE in HISTORIC CEDARBURG!
27th ANNUAL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 23 & 24, 2012

It’s about time we got summer started! The sweetest treat of summer, fresh home-grown strawberries will be the star during Historic Cedarburg’s 27th Annual Strawberry Festival, Saturday, June 23, 10-6 and Sunday, June 24, 10-5.  Over 100,000 people visited Strawberry Festival last year for this delightful and delicious free, family-oriented festival.

 Schmit’s Berry Farm will provide ripe, juicy berries by the quart.  Mouth-watering festival delicacies include: The “Hoffman’s 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 featuring Mexican, Chinese, Seafood, BBQ, Gyro’s & Kettle Korn. 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 along 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 12th Annual Plein Air Painting Competition. On Saturday morning, registered artists can participate in a Paint the Festival Competition in the Historic District.   The 9th Annual Children’s Plein Air Competition is sponsored by the Cedarburg Cultural Center at www.CedarburgCulturalCenter.org.  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.  Cedar Creek Settlement events include live bands, food booths, a merchant’s marketplace and daily Strawberry Shortcake Eating and Strawberry Bubblegum Blowing Contests.

Henry's Kids Korner in Cedar Creek Park is loaded with activities and entertainment, offering daily pony rides, a petting zoo,  bouncers, food vendors, face painting, a paintable mural and Home Depot’s make & take projects. The CedarQuacker 500 launches duck races on Cedar Creek, Sat/Sun at 1:00 p.m. & again at 3:00 p.m.

Race to the finish with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Ozaukee County’s “Berry Big” 5K Run/Walk, Saturday at 9:00 a.m.  Tour Historic Cedarburg aboard a Tractor Hayride Shuttle. At the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts take a self-guided tour and enjoy the exhibits.  The Ozaukee County Historical Society will have free tours of the historic Interurban Railway Depot daily from 12-3.

***Please note no pets or carry-ins are allowed at the festival.