Friday Night Block Party – June 15, 5:00 am – 10:30 pm Print E-mail
5:00 – 6:00 pm – Bring your Strawberry pie or cake entries to the table
5:30 pm – Strawberry Shortcake One Mile Fun Run (ages 6-12)
Click here to Register for Strawberry Shortcake Fun Run or the 5K Run
5:30 pm – Registration begins for “Straw Dawgs Strut Their Stuff” Contest – M&T Bank
6:30 pm – Register/Check in – “Straw Dawgs Strut Their Stuff” Contest;
7:00 pm – Judging begins for “Straw Dawgs Strut Their Stuff” Contest
Click here for the Straw Dawgs application and straw dawgs strut their stuff flyer
A local rescue group, Monica’s Heart, will be at this event with some of the greyhounds looking for placement (foster home or forever home).
5:30 & 6:30 pm – “Nate the Great” Juggler
5:30 – 9:00 pm – Owego Art Walk – Visit 10 Art Galleries/Artists to talk to and explore!
6:00 pm – Strawberry Shake 5K Run begins – starts at Draper Park
Click here to Register for Strawberry Shake 5K Run
6:30 pm – Strawberry Festival Beauty Pageant – Courthouse Square, Gazebo Side
Click here for the Strawberry Pageant application and Pageant flyer
6:30 pm – Strawberry Pastry Contest Judging Click here to register for the Strawberry Pastry Contest.
7:30 pm – Strawberry Pie Baking Contest winners announced
All Evening – Casino Night at the Gateway Community Deck, Front Street (18 years of age +)
All Evening – 9th Annual Pig Roast – The Cellar Restaurant, Front Street
All Evening – Children’s Bounce House – sponsored by Chemung Canal Trust Bank
All Evening – Rock Climbing Wall
All Day – Strawberry Festival T-Shirts Sold at Susquehanna Printers, Lake Street
All Evening – Royal Automotive Group Car Display
10:00 pm – FIREWORKS! Draper Park
BANDS & SHOWS
HSBC Stage, Lake Street
6:00 – 8:00 pm – “MTB Band” sponsored by the Owego Kiwanis Club
8:30 – 10:00 pm – “Jillian Strauss”
Ahwaga Park, Church & Front Streets
6:30 – 9:30 pm – “Spelunkers” co-sponsored by the John Barleycorn Pub
Courthouse Square Near the Wine Tent
5:30 – 7:00 pm – “4 Warning”
7:30 – 9:30 pm – “4 Eye Band”
Wine Tasting Tent
WINE TASTING TENT GUESTS AND PATRONS: The wine tasting tent will be located on the landscaped, memorial square area in front of our beautiful historic Tioga County Courthouse overlooking the Susquehanna River. Admission for the wine tasting tent is $5 per person and we will check your ID at the door so please be prepared. You may sample wines at any of our vendors (limit of 12, .5 oz samples) and we encourage you to be responsible in your consumption. Anyone who over indulges will be escorted from the premises and we have a large police presence in the village the weekend of the festival so it is not a good decision to drink too much! Sealed bottles of wine will be for sale at each winery table and wine can be stored on site and picked up when you are ready to leave the festival for the day, so please feel free to purchase your favorites in any quantity. Many of these wines are difficult to find outside the actual winery so be sure to stock up at the festival. No alcoholic beverages may be consumed on the grounds of the Strawberry Festival outside the wine tasting tent.
Saturday Festival – June 16, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Print E-mail
8:00 – 3:00 pm Owego Elks’ Emporium Antiques/Collectibles Market Open
11:00-5:00 pm The Wine Tent will be open
1:00 – 3:00 pm – “Will Stafford” – Juggler
4:00 pm – Ducky Derby Race off Court Street Bridge
All Day – Rock Climbing Wall – Lake Street
All Day – Adam’s Rib BBQ – Church and Main St
All Day – The Corvette Club Display of Vehicles – North Avenue
All Day – Chicken BBQ
All Day – Children’s Bounce House, sponsored by Chemung Canal Trust Bank
All Day – Kids’ Zone hosted by Calvary’s Love Church – inflatables, kids’ games, crafts, facepainting, puppet show, Preschool section and more. – Draper Park
BANDS & SHOWS
Ahwaga Park, Church & Front Streets
11:30 – 1:00 pm – “Nasty Habits”
2:00 – 4:00 pm – “Dirt Farm”
North Avenue
12:00 – 2:00 pm – “Freaks of the Forest”
HSBC Parking Lot Stage, Lake Street
11:00 – 1:00 pm – “The Profits”
2:00 – 4:30 pm – “Hover”
Courthouse Square – Gazebo Side
2 shows starting at 1:00 pm – Tom Knight Puppet Show
Courthouse Square – Near Wine Tent
1:00 – 4:00 pm – “Reprise 60’s”