PLANT CITY, Fla. — The Florida Strawberry Festival officially announced its lineup of artists who will take the stage in 2024 at the annual event in Plant City.
Bright and early Monday morning, leaders with the popular 11-day festival shared the list of more than 20 names who will perform on the Wish Farms Soundstage at the annual event that brings out roughly 600,000 people.
The festival runs from Thursday, Feb. 29 to Sunday, March 10, and the theme for the 89th Annual Florida Strawberry Festival is “Out of This World!”
“The directors on our entertainment committee worked diligently in planning and preparing for this highly-anticipated announcement,” Florida Strawberry Festival President Kyle Robinson said in a statement. “The research, negotiations, and coordinating that must take place for us to secure our headline entertainment is such a unique process.
“I know how much care and consideration has gone into making these selections and I can promise you this lineup will not disappoint. It’s Out of This World’!”
Here’s a list of all the artists people can look forward to at the 2024 Florida Strawberry Festival.
Thursday, Feb. 29:
10:30 a.m. – JIMMY STURR & HIS ORCHESTRA
3:30 p.m. – The Oak Ridge Boys American Made Farewell Tour
7:30 p.m. – OLIVER ANTHONY Out of The Woods
Friday, March 1:
3:30 p.m. – The Beach Boys
7:30 p.m. – Jordan Davis
Saturday, March 2:
7:30 p.m. – Black Eyed Peas
Sunday, March 3:
7:30 p.m. – Parker McCollum
Monday, March 4:
3:30 p.m. – The Bellamy Brothers
7:30 p.m. – ZZ TOP
Tuesday, March 5:
3:30 p.m. – Mark Lowry
7:30 p.m. – Zach Williams
Wednesday, March 6:
3:30 p.m. – Craig Morgan
7:30 p.m. – Riley Green
Thursday, March 7:
10:30 a.m. – Bill Haley Jr. & The Comets
3:30 p.m. – Gene Watson
7:30 p.m. – Kirk Franklin
Friday, March 8:
3:30 p.m. – The Commodores
7:30 p.m. – FOREIGNER
Saturday, March 9:
3:30 p.m. – Jo Dee Messina
7:30 p.m. – Flo Rida
Sunday, March 10:
7:30 p.m. – TBA on Nov. 27
Other than Jo Dee Messina, there will be no afternoon shows on the weekends, festival leaders explain in the announcement.
Advance tickets for admission and the entertainment shows will go on sale at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7. Click here to find where to buy them online.
But people can also purchase tickets by phone at 813-754-1996 and at the Amscot Main Ticket Office located at 2209 W. Oak Avenue in Plant City.
Credit: Florida Strawberry Festival
Each year, the festival’s unique theme offers guests a glimpse into what to expect during the 11-day spring festival and allows vendors to get creative with their floats, displays and new food offerings.
This year’s artwork features the familiar strawberry mascot sporting futuristic sunglasses with a peace sign on one hand and a strawberry shortcake in the other. Of course, there’s also an astronaut and a couple of UFOs in the background.
“The sky’s the limit,” Robinson previously said in a statement. “Our board of directors, staff and maintenance crew have been hard at work this summer planning and preparing an ‘out of this world’ experience for all our guests. We look forward to welcoming visitors from far and wide to BerryFest24!”
10 Tampa Bay’s Andrea Chu contributed to this report.
