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Image Caption: The California Strawberry Festival is back after a three-year hiatus.<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thrilled to relaunch the California Strawberry Festival in 2023 at the Fairgrounds,\u201d says Dean Kato, Chairman of the California Strawberry Festival Board of Directors. \u201cWe realized that the event had outgrown the available space at our longtime venue, Oxnard\u2019s College Park. It\u2019s our \u2018comeback\u2019 year \u2013 and we want to come out bigger and better than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t the first time the Festival has outgrown a location, and the Fairgrounds venue was considered when the California Strawberry Festival moved from Channel Islands Harbor to College Park in 1991.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough the Festival has historically taken place in Oxnard, it belongs to all of Ventura County,\u201d says Kato.<\/p>\n
The beachside location provides iconic views, and Ventura offers up a vibrant downtown just a few blocks away, with hotels, restaurants, and nightlife. Guests will appreciate that the Fairgrounds is close to the 101 freeway and has onsite parking, and the Festival will continue to host free shuttle services from many convenient locations.<\/p>\n
Ventura\u2019s Amtrak station is situated adjacent to the Fairgrounds, so it\u2019s easier than ever to take the train directly to the Festival. Another benefit is that buildings, lighting, and restrooms are built-in amenities at the rain-or-shine venue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Ventura County Fairgrounds and Event Center was built with the space and structural elements to accommodate large festivals,\u201d says Fairgrounds CEO Stacy Rianda. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to hosting the California Strawberry Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n
The California Strawberry Festival is known in Ventura County as the kick-off to summertime, and tens of thousands of festivalgoers attend the celebration each year. Local non-profit organizations, food vendors, artists and crafters, entertainers, sponsors and hundreds of volunteers are instrumental to its success.<\/p>\n
The all-volunteer board is ready for the opportunity to raise the bar in 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve already been hard at work on the re-launch,\u201d says Kato. \u201cChange is exciting. But of course, some things will stay the same \u2013 like the always-popular $5 build-your-own strawberry shortcake, fresh-picked local strawberries, and really nice arts and crafts. We\u2019re anticipating an outstanding Festival in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n
To keep posted on the 2023 California Strawberry Festival, go to https:\/\/castrawberryfestival.org\/<\/a> or Facebook @CaliforniaStrawberryFestival<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OXNARD, Calif., Jan. 11, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — After a three-year hiatus due to challenges brought on by the pandemic, the 2023 California Strawberry Festival will take place May 20-21. For the first time ever, the event will be held at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. The beachside location provides iconic views, and Ventura offers up a vibrant downtown just a few blocks away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9493,"featured_media":87818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,425,12804,10,402],"tags":[18865],"class_list":["post-87819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-news","category-agriculture-news","category-ap","category-california-news","category-food-beverage-news","tag-ventura-county-fairgrounds","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3518,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}