You can see all of our celebrities during our big parade on Saturday, May 23rd at 10 a.m., as well as after the parade at 12:30 p.m. at the autograph signing table located outside the Courtyard Center. In addition, many of the celebrities will also be at the Strawberry Cake Cutting Ceremony in the Showmobile on Friday, May 22nd at 6 p.m. (located at Main and Acacia streets).
2019 Celebrities
(2020 celebrities to be announced soon)
2019 Dawn Wells
There is so much more to Dawn Wells than Mary Ann of Gilligan’s Island, the longest running sitcom still showing worldwide in over 30 languages! She’s an actress, producer, author, spokesperson, journalist, motivational speaker, [...]
The Esparza Family
Theme Grand Marshals 2019
The Esparza family was chosen by the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival board as 2019 Theme Grand Marshals because they have a big heart for giving back to the community. Martha Esparza volunteers her free time [...]
Reid Ewing
Reid Ewing started as an actor at 10 doing theater in Florida. By 14 he was auditioning for major films on tape from Florida. At 17 he moved to LA and appeared in a [...]
Julian Edwards
In many ways, Julian Edwards is your typical 7-year old. An ardent fan of Legos, Star Wars, and day trips to Disneyland, the precocious young actor is just like any other kid. However, Julian [...]
Kennedy Slocum
Kennedy Slocum is an award winning singer and actress. Born to two professional musician parents, she began piano lessons at age four and singing in church at age three. Years of dance and voice [...]
Valente Rodriguez
Valente Rodriguez was born in south Texas. His first acting job was a feature film called Salsa the Motion Picture in January of 1988. Since then Valente has appeared in numerous productions. His films [...]
Michelle La
Michelle La (neé Kang) was born in Orange County and raised in Glendale, California. A few years ago, La began earnestly pursuing an acting career and has held roles in CBS's Mom and Netflix's [...]
Kristin Carey
Kristin Carey has appeared in over 60 national commercials and numerous TV shows and films. Her latest Television project, Too Old to Die Young, written and directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn [...]
Dennis W. Hall
Born and raised in Neptune, New Jersey, Dennis has appeared in over 40 television shows and films since starting his acting career. He started traveling to New York shortly after high school where he [...]
Albert Tsai
Albert Tsai is an American actor, known for ABC comedy series Dr. Ken (2015) and Trophy Wife (2013). He is currently starring as Fred on the Disney Channel series "Coop and Cami Ask the [...]
Christian Isaiah
Christian Isaiah can currently be seen as a series regular on Showtime's iconic award-winning show Shameless. He portrays Liam, the youngest member of the Gallagher family. The show’s tenth season will air later this year. [...]
Julianna Gamiz
Julianna Gamiz is quickly becoming one of the most sought after young Latina actresses. She is starring in the major Paramount film Instant Family as the adorable, scene-stealing “Lita”, alongside an all-star cast including Mark [...]
Madison Curry
Madison Curry was born and raised in Los Angeles, California where she first fell in love with acting by entertaining family members at family gatherings. She started performing in school plays and soon was [...]
Kimia Behpoornia
Los Angeles area native Kimia Behpoornia is an alumni of UCLA and The Second City where she performed with the teen ensemble. She is currently a Series Regular on the NBC multi-cam sitcom Abby's [...]
Stella Edwards
Stella Edwards might seem like your average 10-year-old. She’s enthusiastic about drawing, writing short comics, watching movies and playing with her puppy. But her strong work ethic and love for the arts differentiates her from [...]
Will Buie Jr.
Will Buie Jr. plays energetic and adventurous "Finn" in Disney Channel's comedy series Bunk'd. The show’s third season is airing now and season four started filming in March. A cousin of the camp’s counselor and [...]
Ochoa Boyz Band
Ochoa Boyz will be performing in the Amphitheater on Saturday., May 25th at 2:00 P.M.!Consisting of three brothers, the “Ochoa Boyz” became a music group in 2012. They have been touring across America, performing at [...]
Maaikee Pronda
Miss Garden Grove 2019
Maaikee Pronda is a 22 year old Process Development Engineer at a global medical device company headquartered in Southern California. She graduated from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine in 2017 with [...]
Kassidy Aslay
Miss Garden Grove
Outstanding Teen 2019
Kassidy is currently a junior at the Orange County School of the Arts where she is in the Integrated Arts conservatory. Kassidy has been competitively dancing for 14 years and singing for 10 years. [...]
Angry Bird
Angry Birds 2 is an upcoming computer-animated comedy film based on Rovio Entertainment's Angry Birds video game series, produced by Columbia Pictures, Rovio Animation, and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The [...]