Along with beautiful beaches, Virginia Beach has miles and miles of beautiful farmland. We call this area Pungo and every year the Pungo
Strawberry Festival is held on Memorial Day weekend. This year we are estimating attendance of 120,000 over the two day event. Not only does the Festival have all the strawberries you can eat offered in over 50 different ways, activities include a pie eating contest, strawberry bake-off, continuous entertainment on three stages, a parade, one of the largest carnivals on the east coast, livestock show and sale, a multi-million dollar military display, pig races, youth art show, and arts and craft booths. 

 

This Festival has grown from nearly 50,000 in 1983 to its present size of over 120,000. The Festival is a 501 3 ©) non-profit organization and prides itself on its ability to give to the community. All proceeds from our Festival are donated to non-profit community and service organizations. We are proud to have returned over $600,000 to the community thus far and this does not include money raised by community groups on site. 

 

The 26th Annual Pungo Strawberry Festival is just around the corner. Don’t miss this family-oriented,fun filled, wholesome and alcohol-free event. 

 

Questions? Give us a call at 757-721-6001. If no one answers, just leave a message and someone from the Festival 


 

2009 PUNGO STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL ENTERTAINMENT
AND EVENTS

 

Friday, May 22, 2009

 

TIME LOCATION EVENT/PERFORMACES

9:00 am 4H Area Livestock Show - Market Classes

1:00 pm 4H Area Livestock Show - Fitting and Showmanship Classes

Saturday, May 23rd

TIME LOCATION EVENT/PERFORMANCES

9:00 am Beside Pungo Elementary School Art Show Opens

Square Shopping (Closed Sunday, May 24th at 4:30 pm) Center 

9:00 am 4H Area Livestock Show - Resume Fitting and Showmanship Classes - concluded with the Senior Show Off

9:00 am Pungo Check Five

9:15 am Strawberry Opening Ceremonies

10:00 am Grand Parade

11:30 pm Pungo Check Five

12:00 pm Country Troy Hedspeth & SBC Band Strawberry Bobby the Clown

12:15 pm Pungo Ocean Breeze Band

1:30 pm 4H Area Lamb Costume Contest

1:30 pm Strawberry Awards Presentation

1:30 pm Military Area Fire Truck Water Demonstration

2:00 pm Country Borderline

Strawberry Pie Eating Contest

Pungo The Janitors

2:30 pm 4H Area Lamb Obstacle Contest

2:30 pm Military Area Fire Truck Water Demonstration

3:00 pm Military Area Military Working Dog Demonstrations

3:00 pm Strawberry HRBC Puppet Team

4:00 pm Pungo Jimmy Jones Band

Country Roan Mountain Bluegrass

Strawberry Virginia Fancy Feet Cloggers

4:00 pm Military Area Fire Truck Water Demonstration

5:00 pm 4H Area Livestock Auction

5:00 pm Strawberry Energy Level Dance Studio

5:15 pm Country The Churchmen

5:30 pm Pungo II Chance

6:00 Military Area Flag Retirement Ceremony

 

Sunday, May 24th 

 

TIME LOCATION EVENT/PERFORMENCES

 

9:00 am Pungo Roan Mountain Bluegrass

10:00 am Pungo Old Time Gospel Singers

11:00 am Pungo The Joys

Country The Churchman

12:00 pm Strawberry Flatland Cloggers

1:00 pm Pungo The Entertainers

Country Heather Edwards Band

Strawberry Bobby the Clown

1:00 pm Military Area Nightingale Landing and Tours

1:30 pm Military Area Fire Truck Water Demonstration

2:00 pm Strawberry Pie Eating Contest

3:00 pm Pungo Bill Deal’s Rhondels

Country Rhythm Sensation Cloggers

Strawberry Dragon Force Karate

4:00 pm Strawberry Nice School of Dance

4:45 pm Country Black Cat Road

5:00 pm Pungo The Beachnuts

Strawberry Tim Nolan

PIG RACES - will be held every hour on the hour beginning at 11 am both Saturday and Sunday in Strawberry Field A JESSIE & JAMES MUTTS GONE NUTS DOG SHOW - will be held on Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, and 5:30 pm in Strawberry Field