New for 2024! Online Payments and Donations (PayPal, Debit, or Credit)
The West Virginia Strawberry Festival is now accepting online payments as well as donations using the link below. As a reminder, all proceeds go toward increased quality and production of future events. The West Virginia Strawberry Festival is a 501c3 organization and our board is made up exclusively by volunteers.
A huge THANK YOU to our 2023 Membership Drive partners. The West Virginia Strawberry Festival is centered around community, and we are lucky to be a part of one that is so strong and supportive.
Hearing the parade route is different? Don’t worry! We didn’t eliminate your favorite spot, we just added some more! Parades used to conclude near the Gibson Library and certain groups were sent down Sedgwick Street. That didn’t work for years, and we kept doing it. It still didn’t work, so we changed it. We extended the parade past its traditional conclusion point to the intersection of East Main Street and College Avenue. Families can reunite more easily and safely, our first responders have more room to work on and transport patients, and it will ideally eliminate the backup onto Main Street from groups stopping at and before the library to unsafely unload. Check out this map by City of Buckhannon to see areas of closure.
Strawberries are the only fruit to wear their seeds on the outside? The average berry is adorned with 200 some seeds.
Native Americans ate strawberries long before European settlers arrived. As spring’s first fruit, they were eaten freshly picked or even baked into cornbread.
Americans eat an average of three and a half pounds of fresh strawberries a year. It is closer to 5 pounds if you count frozen berries.
For 77+ years, the West Virginia Strawberry Festival could not exist without our community sponsors and the generous support of businesses and organizations. Thank you tremendously for your contributions!
