Florida Blueberry Festivals in 2024

Update for 2024:

It looks like most festivals are returning, aside from those that were killed off by the lockdowns of the past 2 years. That took a heavy toll on their finances. I am checking with them day by day, if you have an update for an, please tell me via the Feedback form.

Looking for a blueberry festival in Florida in 2024? (just scroll down the page)There is no other listing as complete and current as this list, just updated! All the blueberry festivals in Florida we can find are listed on this page! If you love strawberries, look for a festival near you below! And I'm always looking for more blueberry festivals! Please write me, if you know of any to add! I update the dates as soon as the festivals publish their information, but you can always click on the links (usually the name of the festival) to see the current information on the festival's own website.

Always click on the links to the festival to confirm this year's dates; weather and other conditions could cause a change at the last minuteThey may change or cancel at the last minute. . If they don't have a website, call the phone number provided, but ALWAYS CONFIRM THIS YEAR'S DATES AND TIMES BY EITHER VIEWING THEIR WEBSITE OR CALLING.

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2024 Blueberry Festivals in Florida - Where, When and More to Find a Blueberry Festival Near You!

Florida

Blueberries typically ripen from April (in Florida and Texas) through June and August in the upper Midwest and New England. June dominates as the month for blueberry production (and festivals) Unlike strawberries, which grow almost anywhere, blueberries are grown commercially in half as many states.

There are two general types of blueberry festivals 1) community festivals, usually organized by a church, school, local Chamber of commerce or a town and 2). Blueberry festival held at and by a farm. They are different in what they offer, and community festivals tend to be less expensive so they are grouped separately. (of course not all states and areas have both.)
Following the festival listings are links to our easy to follow directions about making blueberry jam, freezing blueberries, blueberry pies and much more.

Community Blueberry Festivals

• Avon Park Annual Blueberry Festival - usually held on a Saturday in late April from 10 am to 4 pm
  Donaldson Park, 109 E. Main Street, Avon Park, FL 33825. Email: info@avonparkrotaryblueberryfestival.com. The lakeside event features live bluegrass music, blueberry products for sale, BBQ chicken dinners for sale, a Kid's Zone, and original arts and crafts vendors.
• Bostwick Blueberry Festival - usually held on a Saturday, in late April or early May
  Bostwick Community Center Bostwick Public Library 125 Tillman Street, Bostwick, FL 32007. Phone: 904-268-3346. Directions: Off US Highway 17, 7 miles north of Palatka. It is held at the Bostwick Community Center in Bostwick, Florida, 125 Tillman Street. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in May. Payment: Blueberry pancake breakfast served from 8 am to noon (5.00), arts and crafts, country store, fresh blueberries, homemade blueberry pies and other blueberry baked goods for sale, plants for sale, library book fair, continuous entertainment, refreshments and snacks. Click here for our Facebook page. Blueberry Festival Activities include Delicious Blueberry Pancake Breakfast served with country sausage, homemade blueberry syrup, coffee, milk, or juice - Saturday, 8 am to noon; ALL DAY: Blueberry Ice Cream, Homemade Blueberry Pies (get there real early), Vendors selling Food, Arts, and Crafts, Blueberry and Tropical Plants, Local Cook Books, Bostwick Library Used-Book Sale, Humane Society Pet Adoptions, Official Blueberry Festival T-shirts, totes, Free Live Entertainment all day, Free Parking and Free Shuttle Service, and of course - fresh-picked Miller Blueberries by the pound!
• Bronson Annual Blueberry Festival. - a Saturday in May from 9 am to 2 pm (they don't update their info until a few weeks before)
  Bronson, Florida 32621. Phone: (352) 486-2354. Email: townhall@townofbronson.org. The annual festival has all things blueberry, from fresh blueberries to a wide assortment of other foods made with blueberries. Other delicious foods will also be for sale. The Blueberry Festival will host local Howers with fresh berries for sale. Vendors will be on hand selling a wide assortment of crafts and other goods. There will be music and a children's play area. The morning of the festival the 5k Blueberry Stomp will take place with registration starting at 7am and the race starting at 7:30am. The 3.2-mile course will wind through town to finish in the James H Cobb Park.
• Brooksville Blueberry Festival - weekend in late April
  Hernando Park, Brooksville, FL. Phone: (727) 410-0072. This year our Kid Zone will be designed to keep the Kids Busy and send them home wore out. Whether it's the Live Ponies, Climbing Wall, Gator Slide or one of the many other activities, the Kids will be Glad they came. Face painter on site both days. . Plus 10 a.m. the Miss and Mr. Brooksville Blueberry Pageant for Ages 0-21. And LIVE MUSIC- SHOPPING-KIDS ZONE-GREAT FOOD AND DRINK .
• Deltona Blueberry Festival -  Saturday & Sunday late April or early May from 10am to 5pm
  975 Central Ave, Deltona Fl, FL 32164. Phone: 386-860-0092. Directions: In the Central Park in Town Center, Palm Coast, FL 32164. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx . Blueberry Fest. Family Fun & Festivities, Art & Crafts, Classic Car Show, Delicious Food, Free Bounce Houses, Live Entertainment, Free Rock Painting, Pony Rides, Free Blueberry Relay, Face Painting, Free Hula Hoop Contest, Pie Eating Contest, Free Petting Farm, Berry Cute Baby Contest, Free Sack Races, Train Rides, Free Corn Hole, Yummy Treats & Much More! Admission $6, Kids 2 & Under Free. $1 OFF ADMISSION! Visit our website for coupon or bring a canned good for discount. Blueberries, Pie eating contests, Crafts and crafters sales and exhibitions, Sales of the featured fruit (or vegetable),  farm market, Baked items for sale, Deserts for sale (like strawberry shortcake, blueberry pie, etc.) , Food vendors, Live music, Live entertainment (other than music), Games, Car show, picnic area, Pets ARE allowed, Free parking, Bouncy castle or moon bounce, pony rides, petting zoo, restrooms. (ADDED: April 19, 2022, Suggested by a visitor)
• Florida Blueberry Festival - usually held in late March UPDATE for 2021, Their website and Facebook page are gone, so I assume they have closed permanently. If you know anything for sure, please write me,
  iFormosa Garden's Event Center, 3050 Formosa Garden Blvd., Kissimmee, FL 34747.. You can see a news story about the 2018 cancellation and festival's move here.
• Island Grove Blueberry Fest - usually held on a Saturday in early May from 8 am to 3 pm
  Cross Creek, Florida 32640. Phone: 352/466-3353. Email: ccvfdevents@gmail.com. Fun for the Whole Family! Delicious Florida Foods for Breakfast and Lunch, Bake Sale, Arts and Crafts Vendors, Kids activities and entertainment, Old time activities (Rib Shoot), Cake Baking Contest. Blueberries and plants available. Large Yard Sale. All proceeds go to the Cross Creek Volunteer Fire Department. CROSS CREEK • ISLAND GROVE • LOCHLOOSA.
• Melbourne Annual Blueberry Fest - usually held on a weekend in early April,  from 10 AM to 5 PM
  Wickham Park, 2500 Parkway Drive, Melbourne, FL 32935. Phone: 386-86-0092. Email: bucklershows@yahoo.com. 2021 Admission was $6, Kids 2 & Under Free. Click on the coupon on their website to print - or take a screen shot and show your phone for discount.
• Mount Dora Blueberry Festival - usually held on a Saturday in late April from 9am to 5pm; from 9 am to 5 pm
  Donnelly Park, 539 N. Donnelly Street, Mount Dora, FL 32757. Phone: 407-913-4140 . Phone: (352) 217-8390. Email: janet.gamache@gmail.com. Directions: Hwy 441 to south on Donnelly Street to the end at Lake Dora's waters edge. Click here for a map and directions. FREE ADMISSION. 2019 was their 5th year Click here for a link to our Facebook page. The Annual festival returns to the shores Lake Dora at Elizabeth Evans Park with over 100 vendors on hand, live entertainment, kids activities and much more! Sponsored by the Festivals of Florida, Inc. The have a farm market, concessions or refreshment stand, porta-potties, picnic area, face painting, inflatables or bounce houses, train rides (train on a track) . Event Cost and/or ticket information: Free. (UPDATED: March 23, 2019, JBS) (ADDED: May 234 2015, JBS)
• Northeast Florida Blueberry Festival - Friday and Saturday in mid/late June Note after 2018 - It looks like this festival may have closed down - does anyone have any current information? If so, please write me,
  Northeast Florida Fair Grounds, US-1, Callahan, FL 32011. They have blueberries, blueberry pies, muffins and pancakes, and they also have entertainment (fiddlers and cloggers), BBQ beef, pulled pork and fries. There is a children's water slide, face painters and pony rides. For the adults, there are arts/crafts tents and the dunking pond. Directions: it is usually held at NE Florida Fairgrounds on Route 1 (just north of downtown Callahan). (UPDATED: April 20, 2010, from the news story)
• Palm Coast Annual Blueberry Fest - March 11 & 12, 2022, from 10 AM to 5 PM
  Central Park In Town Center, 975 Central Ave, Palm Coast, FL 32164. Phone: 386-86-0092. Email: bucklershows@yahoo.com. 2021 Admission was $6, Kids 2 & Under Free. Click on the coupon on their website to print - or take a screen shot and show your phone for discount.
• Pasco County Blueberry Festival - Blueberry Jerry Jamboree - late April or early May  a Friday from 3 pm to 8 pm and Saturday from 8 am to 4 pm
  Alric Pottberg Road, Hudson, FL 34610. Email: jandbshort@yahoo.com or speak2600@verizon.net. Directions: At the Concourse entrance off of SR 52 in Hudson between Hays Rd & the Veterans Expressway (safety town entrance). Featuring lots of Blueberry Goodies, Vendors, Food, Entertainment, a Kids Fun Zone w/ Bounce Houses & Games, etc... Lots of fun for everyone! Click here for a link to our Facebook page. Check their Facebook page for updates. Their website was gone as of late March 2019, and there's next to no details on their Facebook page TFree Admission & Free Parking! We invite you to use the menu to see what we have on offer this year! They will have food, fun, entertainment, loads of vendor booths and this year, have over $2000 in raffles graciously donated by our sponsors along with a 50/50 drawing Every Hour!  Be sure to check their website often, as things are added regularly
• The Arc Santa Rosa Blueberry Bash - mid or late June from 8 am to 2 pm -  THERE'S NOTHING ON THEIR PAGE FOR 2022 or 2023 So I guess it has been discontinued - Check their website as the usual date gets close
  6225 Dixie Road, Milton, FL 32570. Phone: 850-623-9320. Fax: 850-623-2877. Email: ethatcher.arec@gmail.com. Annual Blueberry Bash. Are you ready for some family fun? Come on out and join us at the 10th Annual Blueberry Bash! This is one BASH you do not want to miss. Enjoy the day picking fresh Blueberries and listening to live music while shopping local Vendors, Arts & Crafts, and having the kids entertained with Children's activities. Enjoy seeing the hot cars at the Show & Shine Car Show, or starting your day with the Blueberry Bash 5K Run & Walk. Directions: North 3 miles from Highway 90 on Dogwood Road (89) to the 89/87 intersection. Take immediate left hand turn around and make U-Turn back to Dixie on right. We are 3 miles south of NAS Whiting Field. The Arc Santa Rosa Annual Blueberry Bash is held in mid to late June on a Saturday, from 8 am until 2 pm. The "Blueberry Bash" promises to be a fun-filled, family orientated event including local Arts and Crafts vendors, Food, Entertainment and a variety of Children's Activities. We will also have Blueberry fruit, plants and a Blueberry Cookbook available for purchase. Payment: Cash, only. Click here for our Facebook page. Blueberries from late May to early July. Scuppernongs and Muscadines in early August.. The Event is free and open to public.
• Wellborn Annual Blueberry Festival - Saturday, early June  (in 2022, June 4th from 7 am to 4 pm)
  1340 - 8th Avenue, Wellborn, FL 32094. Phone: 386-963-1157. Alternate Phone: 386-590-0002. Fax: 386-963-1151. Email: wellborncommunityassociation@gmail.com. Open: Saturday, early June, from 7 am to 5 pm. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: I-75, Exit 427 (Hwy 90 Lake City); West 10 miles, then right (north) on CR137 to blinking light, turn left. OR: I-10 to Exit 292 (Wellborn CR 137); South to blinking light, turn right. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Click here r our Facebook page. Admission is free. Arts & Crafts and Food Vendors, our Country Store featuring blueberry items, live entertainment, and children's amusements. Fresh blueberries and blueberry plants available. The blueberry pancake breakfast will be served at 7 am and the parade starts at 10:30. Hosted by the Wellborn Community Association, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. blueberries, Harvest festival, produce for sale, Cooked or baked foods for sale, parking provide free, Shuttle buses to/from parking, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, parade, musical entertainment, carnival rides, face painting, pony rides, petting zoo, FREE admission,

Farm Blueberry Festivals

In addition to community and church festivals, some private farms have their own blueberry festivals. See each farm for this year's dates (they often do not announce them until the end of May). They usually have PYO strawberries then, too. Also, scroll down to see the links to recipes, freezing, canning and jam making directions at the bottom of the page.

• Keel & Curley Winery Annual Blueberry Festival - ealy to mid-APril
  5210 W. Thonotosassa Road, Plant City, FL 33565. Phone: 813-752-9100. Fax: 813-752-9199. Email: cconnolly@keelandcurleywinery.com. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival, presented by Keel Farms and Keel & Curley Winery. ���� This family-friendly event will feature over 100 food and craft vendors, live music, a kids area, and u-pick blueberries. This event is also pet-friendly. Centrally located in Plant City, the Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival offers a full day of fun for all ages amid the beautiful backdrop of our winery and farm!
  Comments from a visitor on May 03, 2010: "The winery has a blueberry festival this weekend. They have u-pick blueberries and blueberry wine among other wines. Place for the kids and craft stuff."
  Comments from a visitor on May 17, 2010: "They have a blueberry festival every year. 2010's festival was on Saturday, May 15th and Sunday, 16th. They open their orchards to U-pick blueberries for the festival ($3/lb for the last 2 years). All info can be found on their website. They sell blueberry wine. "
• Amber Brooke Farms -Red White & Blues Fest - Early May; from 8 am to 4 pm
  3250 NE 140th Ave, Williston, FL 32696. Phone: (352) 529-0594. Alternate Phone: (772) 260-3883. Email: michellehampton_79@yahoo.com. Open: Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Heading North on highway 27 Turn Left on NE 140th Ct. (at the BP Station) Turn Right onto 40th Street Make an immediate Left onto Upick Lane .06 miles and the Farm is on the right. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Click here for our Facebook page. Entry fee to festival- $7.00 at gate $5.00 pre-sale online 12 and under free parking is free U-pick $4.00 per pound Pre picked blueberries $5.00 per pound NO PETS ALLOWED. Blueberry festivals, concessions or refreshment stand, porta-potties are available, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, inflatables or bounce houses, carnival rides, pony rides, petting zoo, farm animals, We expect this event to draw an attendance of over 4,000 people. The Blues Fest will feature live music & entertainment, fine arts & crafts, retailers, local business, charities, beer & wine gazebo, festival goods, blueberry products & pies and of course 100+ acres of our fresh blueberries for picking!  (UPDATED: May 1, 2022, JBS)

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Unconfirmed festivals

• Blueberry Jamboree - Saturday, June - NOTE: their website is gone,their Facebook page hasn't been updated since 2010 - Does anyone have current information If so, please write me,
  Barrineau Park Community Center, 6055 Barrineau Park School Road, Molino, FL 32577. Phone: (850) 475-5230. Fax: (850) 475-5233. Email: bedaigle@co.escambia.fl.us. The First-Ever Blueberry Jamboree will kick off Touchablue Berry Farm with a 5K Race for the Blueberries and will end that evening with some toe-tapping bluegrass music by local musicians. If you are in search of a fun-filled Saturday in the heart of blueberry production in Escambia County, then you're looking for the Blueberry Jamboree.The festival will feature: family entertainment, music, great food, a wandering blueberry in costume, a Blueberry Spitting Contest, a Blueberry Bake-Off, Cake and Plant Walks, cloggers, smiles and laughter!The Jamboree will also feature local Artisan & Crafter Vendors.

• Tarpon Springs Blue Berry Festival - May, Friday to Sunday, Noon until 7 pm. NOTE: I cannot find ANYTHING about this festival in 2018 - it's like they just vanished. I assume they have been discontinued. If you have any current information, please write me,
  161 E. Tarpon Avenue South Pinellas Ave. & surrounding streets, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689. Phone: (727) 869-9884. Email: craftsandartisans@earthlink.net. Open: May , Friday to Sunday, Noon until 7 pm. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. Blueberries, parking provide free, musical entertainment, carnival rides, restrooms, petting zoo, events at your location (call for info), FREE admissionFamily Festival held May 7 - 9 in the Antique district of the historical Tarpon Springs. Amongst other Fun things, we will be having a "Best Dressed Picnic Basket" contest, $50 cash to the First Place winner; a Silent Auction, Children's Theater all day Sunday, and many more things to offer.