How sweet it is! Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival returns after two-year absence

GBI COMEBACK OF THE PONCHATOULA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL THE NORTH SHORE TOWN OF 7500 PEOPLE COULD DRAW AS MANY AS 500,000 THIS WEEKENDND A AS WDSU’S HARRISON GOLDEN SHOWS US IT’S OFF TO A JUICY START. NOTHING LIKE A GOOD STRAWBERRY A GOOD PONCHATOULA STRAWBERRY HONONGRI US SWEET AND HEALTHY BERRY WITH A SWEET AND HEAHYLT WEEKEND. THIS IS THE FESTIVAL. THIS IS YOU WERE IN PRIME TIME FESTIVAL SEASON RHTIG HERE. THIS IS WHERE IT’S AT. THIS YEAR’S PONCHATOULA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL MARKS A RETURN TO A FORM AFTER NOT ONE BUT TWO YEARS WITHOUT FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. TH ISIS A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE THE TO HELP THEMET G AHEAD FOR THE YEAR. KNOW WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN THE PANDEMIC SHOWS THAT WE THRIVE OFF OF LOCSAL AND THE FESTIVAL SO TO HAVE IT IN TOWN THIS YEAR. WE’RE THRILLED ABSOLUTELY THRIEDLL AND EVEN THE FESTIVAL FIRST TIMERS CAN TASTE THE FUNNEL READY. YOU GOTTA GET A STRAWBERRY. FREE OF COURSE OUR FILAMY BLENDS IT OURSELF WITH REAL STRAWBERRIES. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. SO COME BY AND GET YOU ON THIS WEEKEND. THEY USE RLEA STRAWBERRIES AND YOU CAN TASTE IT BECAUSEOU Y CAN YOU CAN EVEN STETA THE SEEDS IT IN HEMPERLEY IS WANTED TO ATTEND EVER SINCE HE STARTED COLLEGE AT NEARBY SOUTHEASTERN THAT WAS MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO. I CAME TOIN SCHOOL FOR 19 AND THEN COVID HAPPENED. SO COULDN’T DO IT AND FOR THESE NEWCOMSER SOME AWARD-WINNING STRAWBERRIES FROMOH JN DALE FARMS TAKE THE CAKE. LITERALLY HAVE THEM WITH OKAY ICE CREAM AND WHATEVER AS THIS STRAWBERRY SANCTUARY SOAKS IT ALL IN. THIS YEAR’S BNEE REALLY GOOD SO FAR. IT’S BEEN REALLY GOOD. MAYBE IT’LL MAKE UP FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS ARIZONA GOLDEN WDSU NEWS. OF COURSE, IT WILL MAKE UP FOR THE LASTEW F YEARS. IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN AND DELISH AND AS YOU JUST HEARD YOU CAN USE THOSE STRAWBERRIES UYO GET FOR SO MANY RECIPES. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT JUST SOME OF THE HUNDREDS OF TREATS YOU CAN MAKE WITH STRAWBERRIES, OF COURSE. STRAWBERRY PIE THATIR FST COMES TO MIND, BUT THERE’S PLENTY OF OTHER DELICIOUS FOOD THAT YOU CAN MAKE LIKE STRAWBERRY ICEBOX CAKE STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM, AND IF YOU’RE LKIOONG FOR SOMETHING REFRESHING TRY MAKING A STRAWBERRY BASIL REFRESHER YOU CAN FIND A LIST OF ALL THESE RECIPES AND MORE RIGHT NOW DETAILS ABOUT THE FESTIVAL AND A LOT MORE ON. UDSU.COM DOESN’T THAT LOOK GOOD? HEY, YOU CAN ALSO EXPECT SEOM PRETTY HEAVY TRAFFIC GETTING TO DOWNTOWN PONCHATOULA IF YOU’RE HEADING TO THE FESTIVAL AND BECAUSE OF THAT HERE ARE AEW F ROUTES THAT LOUISIANA STATE POLICE ARE ADVISING TTHA YOU TAKE THIS WEEKEND. SO IF YOU ARE TRAVELING FROM THE NEW ORLNSEA AREA TAKE THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE INTO MANDEVILLE AND HEADO T LA 22 WEST INTO PONCHATOULA IF YOU’RE HEADED THERE FROM THE SLIDELL AREA LSP SAYS TO EXIT I-12 WESTBOUND AT EXIT 47 AND THEN YOU RECEIVED SOUTH TO LA

How sweet it is! Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival returns after two-year absence

Updated: 10:26 PM CDT Apr 8, 2022

The Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival is one of Louisiana’s largest free events, turning this Tangipahoa Parish community into one of the state’s largest cities, if only for a few days.It all tastes even sweeter this year, especially following the bitterness of the past three. Stormy weather spoiled a full day of the 2019 festival while COVID-19 canceled the 2020 and 2021 weekends outright. But the businesses and organizations that use red strawberries to rake in so much green expect they’ll cash in.”For the local businesses, this is a big chunk of change to help them get ahead for the year,” said Sean Benoit, president of the Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce. “You never know what’s going to happen, the pandemic shows that.”The festival continues until 6 p.m. Sunday.

PONCHATOULA, La. —

The Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival is one of Louisiana’s largest free events, turning this Tangipahoa Parish community into one of the state’s largest cities, if only for a few days.

It all tastes even sweeter this year, especially following the bitterness of the past three. Stormy weather spoiled a full day of the 2019 festival while COVID-19 canceled the 2020 and 2021 weekends outright. But the businesses and organizations that use red strawberries to rake in so much green expect they’ll cash in.

“For the local businesses, this is a big chunk of change to help them get ahead for the year,” said Sean Benoit, president of the Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce. “You never know what’s going to happen, the pandemic shows that.”

The festival continues until 6 p.m. Sunday.