Come to the Florida Blueberry Festival in Brooksville, Florida - May 4th - 6th, 2012!

Florida is known for oranges but did you know that Blueberries are grown in at least 17 counties in Florida?  Right here, many local area farms around Central Florida, including Hernando, Pasco, and Sumter Counties are producing an abundance of blueberries every Spring long before these delicious blue berries are available in other parts of the country!

The first annual Florida Blueberry Festival is taking place this weekend, from May 4th to May 6th, 2012 in the City of Brooksville in Hernando County.

The Blueberry Festival promises to be fun for all ages!  Take a look at their promo video:

 

 

Friday night will kick off with a great parade involving 130 floats, music and dance groups, starting at 6:30 PM in downtown Brooksville.

Saturday and Sunday, there will be over a 100 vendors offering everything from fine arts, crafts, food, and of course, freshly picked blueberries and for those who like to grow their own, blueberry plants.

There will be several stages throughout town for performances and bands.  Every night, a different feature band will be playing.  Other activities involve a car show, a Blueberry Stomp, Blueberry pie eating contest, Blueberry pancake breakfast, and a Blueberry Pie Bakeoff. 

The Florida Blueberry Festival in Brooksville, Florida - it promises to be a lot of fun for everyone! So come on out and enjoy everything Florida has to offer, including Blueberries and the First Annual Blueberry Festival!

   

 

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Silvia- you know I've never thought about blueberries here in Florida but why not!   I guess this is the time of year to get them.  Sounds like a great festival!
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Silvia

The Florida Blueberry festival will a fun event and the should be some great stuff to eat as well.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig
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Hi Silvia, nope, I admit, I would never have guessed it! I love blueberries, especially the pick-ur-own part but our season doesn't kick off until June!

The Florida Blueberry Festival sounds like a lot of fun, I'm sure my girls would just love it!

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Kathy, that's just it. We produce so many different fruits and vegetables right here in the State that many people would even think about. Lou, you got that right! Andrea, we have the pick-your-own farms here as well! And our blueberry season is in full swing a couple months ahead of everyone else!
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Sivia,

I just bought some blueberries this morning with ambitions to make scones this Sunday...I love blueberries, and I would love to taste a Florida grown batch.  Besides the local ones, we get blueberries from Oregon and they are superb.  Have a great weekend. A
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Alexandra, hope you will enjoy your blueberry scones!
12:45pm • #8
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Silvia, Florida Blueberry Festival sounds like a fun event for family. Your promo video reminds me of veggie tales. Have a marvelous weekend.
6:02pm • #9
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Knee, same to you... Maybe you'll make down here, the event is still on for Sunday!
5:31pm • #10
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Silvia the last place on earth I would have thought growing Blueberries is Florida, wow that is good information....BTW I remember as a kid picking wild blueberries in Austria on the edge of the forrest a bit tart compared to the farm grown ones:)))
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Endure, I did the same thing when living in Germany.. And thinking about it in Austria as well since we spent many family vacations there! We also found wild strawberries in the woods, remember those?
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Silvia,

I did a post on Florida and blueberries a few weeks ago, but I didn't know about the festival. :)

Steve
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I had no idea and would not have associated Florida with blueberries....sounds yummy!
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Silvia  We learn a lot on AR - like Sharon I was unaware Florida grew blueberries
7:43am • #15
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Hope you had a great time at the blueberry festival! I have three blueberry bushes that grow like weeds!
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Silvia, I do believe I would have to attend (if I lived closer) just with the title --- BLUEBERRIES!    With all the events that were planned, sure it was a hit!
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Steve, sorry I missed your post. The festival was very well attended! Tara, it's a surprise to many people but hopefully, the word will spread. Karen, our winter and spring weather is a good thing not only for our "snow birds" but also for a great variety of produce.
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Barbara-Jo, we actually have two bushes as well but they are still in pots... Good thing though because that way we could bring them in to let the berries ripen... The birds were "picking" them as soon as they started turning blue! Joan, it was huge! I think half the county got involved with all the volunteers helping out and community organizations participating!
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Silvia,

Congratulations. Your post is now featured in "Observances and Celebrations." :)

Steve
6:44pm • #20
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Silvia,

I went back and looked. It was on April 14th and titled "Berry Good News For Florida." :)

Steve
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Thank you Steve for the feature! And I was looking for the post and couldn't,t find it so than you again for pointing me in the right direction!
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