67th Annual!!!
2008 Portland Strawberry Festival
May 9-17, 2008
Main
Festival Day
The Main Festival Day
will be
Saturday, May 17, 2008.
For booth information, please contact the Chamber of Commerce at (615) 325-9032.
Where to Buy Strawberries?
Please visit our "Strawberries" page!
Directions to the Strawberry Festival.
From I-65, take exit 117.
Head east on TN 52 for about 5 miles.
Turn left on TN 109. (There is a traffic light.)
Go a block or two north on TN 109.
Most of the events are near the gazebo (#3 on map.)
May 9-17, 2008
67th Annual
Middle Tennessee
Strawberry Festival
Beauty Pageants.
May 9-10, 2008. Portland High School theater.
Please click here to
download complete rules and an application.
Strawberry Carnival at Portland Middle School. May
13-17, 2008. Midway, rides, games, food, and lots of fun! Tuesday
through Friday will be evening hours. Saturday will be all day!
Family Night will be one night during the week, but we don't know which night
yet. For details on the rides, please click here:
http://www.kisselentertainment.net/portfolio.html
Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament. May 13, 2008. The
Four-Person Scramble tournament will be held at
Kenny Perry Golf Course in Franklin, Kentucky. Call the Chamber of
Commerce at (615) 325-9032 for more information.
Chamber of Commerce Church Choir Night, May
14, 2008, 7:00 p.m., Portland High School.
Free Admission. For more than 20 years,
the Church Choir Night has been a part of the week of events for the Middle
Tennessee Strawberry Festival in Portland. Call the Chamber of Commerce at
(615) 325-9032 for more information.
Strawberry Cake
Assembly, 6 p.m., Thursday, May 15, 2008.
Portland will try to break the record for the world's
longest strawberry cake. Main Street, downtown.
Strawberry
Heritage Feature, 7 p.m., Thursday, May 15, 2008. A look back
into the strawberry heritage of Portland will follow the festivities on Main
Street during the evening of Thursday, May 15. A former crate factory worker, a
second-generation strawberry grower and a long-time festival planner among
others will look back at a presentation in the J.E. Kerley Building starting at
7 p.m. Carl Fussell will recall sifting out the inedible berries from the
conveyor belt at the crate factory. Bailey England will recall growing up on a
farm with strawberries a staple of the family income as did Alice Walker, who
spent much of her adult life planning the festival parades. Paula Shannon will
share some family memories and James Wilson will talk about building floats.
The local Cable TV channel will tape this program for future broadcasting, and
refreshments will be served.
\Chamber of Commerce Welcome Day at the I-65 Welcome
Center. May 16, 2008.
Highway 52 Yard Sale, May 16-17, 2008. Tennessee's
second longest yard sale! Over 400 vendors selling who-knows-what along
Highway 52 from Orlinda, across I-65, all the way to Celina. Crosses all of Sumner, Macon and Clay
Counties and passes through Orlinda, Portland, Westmoreland, Lafayette, Red Boiling
Springs and Celina. For details, please visit:
http://www.tn52.com/tn52_yard_sale.htm
May
17, 2008 - BIG STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL DAY
May 17, 2008 -
Rotary Pancake Breakfast. The Portland Rotary Club
will be having their annual pancake breakfast from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at
Portland Middle School on South Broadway in
Portland. The breakfast will be inside the school's cafeteria.
May
17, 2008 - Strawberry Stride Run (5K run, 1
mile run, and kids fun runs). Portland High School.
Click here for more information.
May
17, 2008 - Kiddie Parade, 10:30 a.m.
Located downtown on Main Street.
May
17, 2008 - Food, Crafts, Games. Located
downtown near the gazebo. All day.
May
17, 2008 - Middle Tennessee
Strawberry Parade,
Free. The parade begins at 2:00 p.m. on
Freedom Drive (next to the Public Safety Building), travels down Highway 109
(North Broadway), crosses Highway 52 and ends in the parking lot of Portland
Middle School. The parade is sponsored by the Portland Chamber of
Commerce.
May
17, 2008 - Live Music. Free.
Live music of all types begins at 10 a.m. and continues throughout the day.
The stage is usually set up on Market Street near the railroad tracks.
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2008 67th Annual Middle
Tennessee Strawberry Festival
Market Street Stage
Artist Performance Schedule
Portland, Tennessee - May 17, 2008
Sound/Staging/Lighting provided by Disciple
Productions
10:00 HIGHLAND TRIO
TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS BAND
10:45 JAMIE BRABHAM
CHRISTIAN COUNTRY/PURE COUNTRY
www.jamiebrabhammusic.com
VOCALIST/SONGWRITER/RECORDING ARTIST
11:15 BAMM
BLUES/JAZZ BAND
12:00 JESSICA FRECH
POP/BLUES/JAZZ
www.jessicafrech.com -
http://youtube.com/bestofjess
SOLO VOCALIST/GUITARIST
12:30 BILL RENN
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN, JAZZ & BLUES
www.billrenn.com
PIANIST/VOCALIST/SONGWRITER/RECORDING ARTIST (WITH BAMM BAND)
1:00 AVERY HOVEY
COUNTRY VOCALIST
www.averyhovey.com
2007 MUSIC CITY RISING STAR YOUTH TALENT COMPETITION GRAND CHAMPION &
AWARDS FOR: 1ST PLACE IN THE 16 YEAR OLD CATEGORY, OUTSTANDING VOCAL
TECHNIQUE, OVERALL SENIOR (HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMER) & OVERALL FEMALE
VOCALIST
1:30 AL MAHAN
CHRISTIAN COMEDY
www.almahan.org
VOCALIST/SONGWRITER/IMPERSONATIONIST/ENTERTAINER
2:00 DANNY GRAVIS
R&B
VOCALIST/SONGWRITER/PIANIST
2:30 – 3:30 --------------- P A R A D E B R E A K
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3:30 ELENA KOROL
POP SOLO VOCALIST/PIANIST
WINNER OF “BEST OF SHOW” & #1 GOSPEL SONGWRITER AWARD AT NASHVILLE STAR
SEARCH 2007
7TH ANNUAL “GOSPEL MUSIC SHOWCASE” FEATURING THE
FOLLOWING:
4:00 JOHN SMITH
CHRISTIAN COUNTRY
www.johnedwardsmith.com
SOLO VOCALIST/GUITARIST/SONGWRITER & RECORDING ARTIST
4:30 TROY HOLDEN
SOUTHERN GOSPEL
www.troyholdenministry.com
SOLO VOCALIST & RECORDING ARTIST
5:00 WITNESS
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHERN GOSPEL
www.witnessgospel.com
RECORDING/SONGWRITING TRIO (SHOWCASE HOST)
5:30 THE CHIGGER HILL BOYS & TERRI - BLUEGRASS GOSPEL
www.chiggerhill.com
CHART TOPPING, MULTIPLE DOVE AWARD
NOMINEE & DOVE AWARD WINNING, RECORDING ARTISTS’
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May
17, 2008, 4:30 p.m. - The Drawing on Main.
Cash prizes will be given away on Main Street. You must be present to win.
May
17, 2008 - Ronnie McDowell Concert, and Fireworks.
Please join world-famous recording star (and Portland native) Ronnie McDowell
for an evening of your favorite songs.
At the amphitheater in Richland park. Be sure to bring lawn chairs
and blankets. The entrance to Richland Park is off of Portland Blvd.
Please see #6 ("New Ball Fields") in the map above. There is plenty of
parking, and it's an easy walk to the amphitheater. There are restrooms
available. Here are the times:
5:00 p.m.: Gates open to the public.
5:45 p.m.: Ballroom extravaganza, followed by local musicians
8:00 p.m.: "The Elvis Presley Story." Featuring Ronnie McDowell, The Jordanaires,
D.J. Fontana, and Millie Kirkham.
We will be adding additional
information as it becomes available.
Where to Buy Strawberries?
Please visit our "Strawberries" page!
