NC Strawberry Festival

About

93rd Annual — North Carolina's oldest continuing agricultural festival. Multi-week celebration culminating May 2 with parade at 11am, vendor booths and exhibits 10am-5pm, car show 9am-2:30pm at Food Lion parking lot, Strawberry Spitting Contest 4pm. Preceded by Strawberry Wine Social (Apr 18), Scholarship Pageant (Apr 25), Youth Pageant (Apr 26), Opening Day/Chicken Bog Supper (Apr 30), Evening of Encounters/Strawberry Quality Auction (May 1). 10,000+ attendees.

Details

Type

Festival

Season / Event Date(s)

Apr 18–May 2, 2026

Venue

Main Street Downtown Chadbourn / Strawberry Events Field

Tags

• craft
• food
• annual
• outdoor
• live-music
• family-friendly
• parade
• juried
• car-show
• multi-week
• agricultural
• strawberry
• historic