For more information, contact our Festival publicist:
Steve Moyer
Office: 818.784.7027, Cell: 818.337.9987
[email protected]
30 Second PSA for 2022 Festival: Click here
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Press Releases 2022:
June 6, 2022
May 25, 2022
March 23, 2022
March 10, 2022
Articles of Note 2022:
June 2022
Contest winners announced:
http://hbnews.us/communitV.html
https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Winners-Announced-For-62nd-Annual-Garden-Grove-Strawberry-Festival-Contests-20220607
May 2022
CBS2 and KCAL9: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TyNiuyrxHw8
KTLA5: https://ktla.com/morning-news/a-preview-of-the-garden-grove-strawberry-festival/
Philippine Post (see page 12): https://philpostblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/philippine-post-pages-1-18-june-3-2022.pdf
https://ggcity.org/events/strawberry-festival-back-2022
https://www.festhund.com/events/2022-garden-grove-strawberry-festival-listing-27345-115173.aspx
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/05/29/having-a-berry-good-time/
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2618123267791/let-them-eat-strawberry-cake
https://lasentinel.net/olympians-rosalyn-and-breanna-clark-featured-at-strawberry-festival.html
https://lasentinel.net/tag/rosalyn-bryant-clark
https://ourweekly.com/news/2022/05/26/local-olympians-featured-in-memorial-day-event/
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/05/23/garden-grove-strawberry-festival-returns-memorial-day-weekend/
https://mommypoppins.com/lakids/garden-grove-strawberry-festival
https://10times.com/garden-grove-strawberry-festival
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/05/23/garden-grove-strawberry-festival-returns-memorial-day-weekend/
https://www.tasteatlas.com/garden-grove-strawberry-festival
http://www.seecalifornia.com/festivals/garden-grove-strawberry-festival.html
https://www.fairsandfestivals.net/events/details/2022-garden-grove-strawberry-festival
Story in Not Born Yesterday on Kathy Garver
Gabbin Cabin – Kathy Garver – Listen to the part 10:28 to 11:19 of note: https://youtu.be/TljmpmHrbc4
April 2022
Story on Neile Adams McQueen in Not Born Yesterday
Story in The Country Journal in Arizona
Cover Story on Neile Adams McQueen in Jaguar Journal
Story in AAA Westways magazine
K-WAVE 107.9 FM, The Update Program with Michael David, with Special Guest Kathy Garver talking about the 62nd Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival: https://youtu.be/oxHsSH_eBi4
March 2022
https://orangecountytribune.com/2022/03/12/essential-workers-celebrated/
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2540266410455/essential-workers-celebrated
https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/855ed0b6604f011a1a45ad99e282d362-The-Garden-Grove-Strawberry-Festival-is-back-from-May-2730
Orange County News, Volume 114, Number 11, Thursday, March 16, 2022, Pages 1 and 2 – click to view
https://newsantaana.com/the-garden-grove-strawberry-festival-is-back-from-may-27-30/
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2543879922893/the-garden-grove-strawberry-festival-is-back-from-may-27-30?s=oldSite&ss=dmg_local_email_bucket_3.web2_fromweb
https://newsantaana.com/the-garden-grove-strawberry-festival-is-back-from-may-27-30/
https://orangecountytribune.com/2022/03/24/cissy-is-parade-grand-marshal/
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2551368262961/cissy-is-parade-grand-marshal
Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce E-mail Blast: https://files.ctctusercontent.com/61fe349b001/577905f1-6840-48c2-9d9a-7ef0852a3b51.pdf?rdr=true
Photos, Videos, Audio:
Highlight photos from the 2022 Festival. Click here.
Photos of people eating strawberries at the Festival. Click here.
Photos of festival parade. Click here.
Photos of cake cutting. Click here.
Photos of festival rides
- Kiddie and Family Rides – Click here
- Adult/Teen Rides – Click here
- Major Rides – Click here
Festival history and historical photos. Click here.
Video of 2019 Kids Day (Courtesy of Spectrum News 1). Click here.
Video of 2018 Strawberry Festival – behind the scenes (Courtesy of Garden Grove 3 TV). Click here.
2020 Festival Archives
Articles of Note 2021:
May 3, 2021
February 5, 2021
2021 Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Postponed Due to Pandemic – Philippine Post
2021 Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Postponed Due to Pandemic – Philippine Post – PDF version (page 11)
February 2, 2021
City of Garden Grove’s Twitter post about postponement of Festival
February 1, 2021
January 29, 2021
Annual Berry Festival Squashed for Safety Reasons – Orange Country News
January 28, 2021
Orange County News’ Facebook post about postponement of Festival
January 27, 2021
Oxnard, Garden Grove Strawberry Festivals Cancel Their 2021 Events – Mimic News
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Postponed Again, Now Set for 2022 – Megalo News Network
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Postponed Again, Now Set for 2022 – Hughes News Online
Strawberry Festival is called off for a second year due to Covid – Orange County Register
62nd Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Postponed For Second Time – Broadway World
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Postponed Again, Now Set for 2022 – MyNews LA
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival postponed again, now set for 2022 – Fox 11 LA
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Delayed Due To COVID Concerns – Patch
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Delayed Due To COVID Concerns – MSN News
’21 Strawberry Festival cancelled – Orange County Tribune
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Postponed Again, Now Set for 2022 – KFI Radio
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Delayed Due To COVID Concerns – Yahoo News
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Postponed Again, Now Set for 2022 – Epoch Times
Oxnard, Garden Grove Strawberry Festivals Cancel Their 2021 Events – CBS Los Angeles
ABC7 Story on Cancellation of Strawberry Festival
December 30, 2020
Patrick ‘Pat’ Catlin Named President Of Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association
June 3, 2021
May 24, 2021
April 12, 2021
GARDEN GROVE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL TO HOST ONLINE CONTESTS WITH PRIZES TO CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!
Submissions Will Be Accepted From April 15 – May 7, 2021
January 26, 2021
2021 GARDEN GROVE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
62nd Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival To Be Postponed for Second Time, Now To Be Held On Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-30, 2022 in Garden Grove, CA.
Strawberry 5K Stomp Presented by Sister City Association of Garden Grove Postpones Event To May 28, 2022
December 30, 2020
May 22, 2020
March 18, 2020
March 12, 2020
February 16, 2020
January 29, 2020
November 19, 2019
June 30, 2020
June 15, 2020
June 7, 2020
May 23, 2020
1988 SF parade to be re-broadcast (Orange County Tribune)
May 22, 2020
April, 2020
2020 Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Canceled Due to Coronavirus (Inland Entertainment Review p.15)
March 27, 2020
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Rescheduled for Memorial Day Weekend 2021 (Country Register – page 4)
March 19, 2020
Garden Grove cancels Strawberry Festival due to coronavirus fears (OC Register)
March 18, 2020
2020 Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Cancelled Due To Coronaavirus COVID-19 (Broadway World)
2020 Strawberry Festival is cancelled (Orange County Tribune)
March 16, 2020
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival May 22 – 25, 2020 (Festival.net)
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival 2020 (XPO Buzz)
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival 2020 (Everfest)
Fairs & Festivals in Orange County (Enjoy Orange County)
March 9, 2020
Meet Greg Louganis: Four-time Olympic gold medalist diver (Hellenic News)
March 4, 2020
Sports That Rave: Interview with Greg Louganis — Olympic gold medalist diver (Raver Magazine)
February 27, 2020
Greg Louganis will be Grand Marshal at Garden Grove Strawberry Festival’s Parade (Bionic Buzz)
February 19, 2020
Meet Greg Louganis: Four Time Olympic Gold Medalist Diver (Digital Journal)
Olympic swimming champ to serve as Strawberry Festival Grand Marshal (Event News Enterprise)
February 2, 2020
Diving Legend Is Parade Grand Marshal (Orange County Tribune)
January 30, 2020