Celebrate Spring at Tuscaloosa’s First Ever Strawberry Fest Later this Month

The city of Tuscaloosa is celebrating spring harvests later this month with its first-ever Strawberry Fest, a weekday farmers' market focused on the beloved fruit and all the treats you can make with it.

In a Wednesday announcement, the City of Tuscaloosa it will host the inaugural Strawberry Fest on Tuesday, April 21st, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Tuscaloosa River Market.

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"This special event, similar to the weekly Saturday market, will celebrate strawberry season and our strawberry farmers' harvest!" the city wrote in a press release. "Other vendors will be present with a variety of strawberry-themed baked and homemade goods."

They said there will be free face painting for children and a mobile petting zoo on scene, as well as live music from Stephanie Woodruff and Charles Erwin Wilson during the festival. More than three dozen farmers, vendors, and artists participating in the Strawberry Fest - learn more about this event and others at the Tuscaloosa Farmers Market website here. 

Farmers and Vendors (list subject to change)

• Underground Forest
• Forest Lake Candle Company
• T's Great Salsa
• Wallace Homestead
• Maya Baker and Gregory's Blueberries
• Abi Brewer Fine Art
• Fields Farm
• Howell Farm Tallow
• Belle Meadow Farm
• Local Clay Works
• ArayaSunshine Candle Company
• B&S Farm
• For the Love of Cinnamon
• Harbin Farm
• All About Decor and More
• D & D Farms
• M&E Designs
• Beck's Blissful Bites
• Blessed Bites
• Bliss Treat Bar
• Grounded
• Honeysuckle Home
• ENAK Flavors
• Kick'N Chick'N Salad
• Poppin' Sisters Popcorn & Treats
• Sew and Sow
• Sweet Daddy's Sweet Potato Pies
• Tony's Gourmet Pork Skins
• JJ's Produce *
• JK Farms
• Elephantine Mink Soap Co
• Fresh Lemonade
• Hale Farms *
• Las Pinas Food Truck and Homemade Ice Cream
• Brewed Awakening Coffee
• Mofongo Island
• Sweet Secret by Yuriko
• Penton Farms *

* indicates Strawberry Farm

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