The 64th Garden Grove Strawberry Festival features a weekend of fun including carnival rides, food, music and a parade on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The 64th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is bringing the fun over Memorial Day weekend with the annual parade and the 5K Strawberry Stomp held Saturday and carnival rides and, of course, strawberries galore through the rest of the holiday.
Grand Marshal Scott Klopfenstein, a former musician with the band Reel Big Fish, has fun along the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival parade route on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The 64th Garden Grove Strawberry Festival on Saturday, May 25, 2024 features the Strawberry Supreme — a cake smothered in strawberries, ice cream and whipped cream. The festival continues through Memorial Day. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Steve Mominee adds some patriotism to the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival parade route on Saturday, May 25, 2024. He said it was his Fourth of July warmup. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Maria Reyes and her dog, Buffy, wait for the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival parade to begin on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Vans off the Wall clothing company has big shoes to fill as its skate shoe cruises along the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival parade route on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Five-year-old Allison Lezema can’t contain her excitment when she sees cheerleaders performing in the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival parade on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Orange County Firefighter, Leroy Johnson, manages a smile while driving Engine 60 in the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival parade on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Pacifica High School Navy JROTC members march in the 64th Garden Grove Strawberry Festival parade on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ride-goers get flipped upside down during the 64th Garden Grove Strawberry Festival on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Stuffed panda’s at a game booth watch the action as amusement riders get flipped around during the 64th Garden Grove Strawberry Festival on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The Hawaiian Express gives Garden Grove Strawberry Festival patrons a wild ride on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The 64th Garden Grove Strawberry Festival features a weekend of fun including carnival rides, food, music and a parade on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Grand Marshal Scott Klopfenstein, a former musician with the band Reel Big Fish, has fun along the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival parade route on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The annual festival began in 1958 – then held on a vacant lot in the Brookhurst Triangle – as a project of the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce “to bring together the east and west sides” of the city, according to festival history. The festival has since become a large charitable event, raising more than $7 million for various local nonprofits over the decades.
The festival area is set up along Main Street and up to Euclid Avenue. There is a shopping area, youth rides and rides for the more adventurous, carnival games and more. There is also lots of entertainment and food to enjoy.
If you go
When: Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on 26 and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 27
Where: At the Village Green, along Main Street and around that area, check online for a map
