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Florida Strawberry Festival is back with headliners, more berries than you can count

  • Festival attendees line up for strawberry shortcake at the Florida...

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    Festival attendees line up for strawberry shortcake at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City on Friday, Feb 28, 2020.

  • Strawberry shortcake is a staple of the Florida Strawberry Festival...

    Patrick Connolly / Orlando Sentinel

    Strawberry shortcake is a staple of the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City on Friday, Feb 28, 2020.

  • Tampa resident Linda Redman eats strawberry shortcake with her granddaughter...

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    Tampa resident Linda Redman eats strawberry shortcake with her granddaughter Ellie Redman, 4, at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City on Friday, Feb 28, 2020.

  • Join the fun in Plant City March 1-11, 2012.

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    Join the fun in Plant City March 1-11, 2012.

  • Lithia resident Erin Bratspis takes a photo of her children...

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    Lithia resident Erin Bratspis takes a photo of her children Jackson, 8, Laila, 6, and Landon, 4, at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City on Friday, Feb 28, 2020.

  • Festival visitors take rides in spinning larger-than-life strawberries at the...

    Patrick Connolly / Orlando Sentinel

    Festival visitors take rides in spinning larger-than-life strawberries at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019.

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Patrick Connolly is a multimedia journalist with the Orlando Sentinel.
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A longtime tradition celebrating agriculture and Florida heritage returns with huge headliners and more strawberries than anyone can possibly tally.The Florida Strawberry Festival is back for its 88th event in Plant City March 2-12, a tradition that began in 1930 and has run continuously since then — barring a six-year hiatus during World War II. […]

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