{"id":27028,"date":"2022-11-11T18:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T23:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=27028"},"modified":"2022-11-11T18:42:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T23:42:03","slug":"country-music-icons-willie-nelson-and-lynyrd-skynyrd-are-among-the-18-acts-announced-for-the-2023-florida-strawberry-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/11\/11\/country-music-icons-willie-nelson-and-lynyrd-skynyrd-are-among-the-18-acts-announced-for-the-2023-florida-strawberry-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Country music icons Willie Nelson and Lynyrd Skynyrd are among the 18 acts announced for the 2023 Florida Strawberry Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra and The Oak Ridge Boys Front Porch Singin\u2019 Tour will kick off the 11-day festival when they take the Wish Farms Soundstage on March 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a list of the festival headliners, with more to be announced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • March 2 \u2013 Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra, The Oak Ridge Boys Front Porch Singin\u2019 Tour<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • March 3 \u2013 Willie Nelson, Halestorm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • March 4 \u2013 Sara Evans<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • March 5 \u2013 The Gatlin Brothers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • March 6 \u2013 Neal McCoy, Josh Turner<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • March 7 \u2013 Roots & Boots feat. Aaron Tippin, Collin Raye and Sammy Kershaw, CeCe Winans<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • March 8 \u2013 Tanya Tucker<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • March 9 \u2013 Bill Haley Jr. & The Comets, Tommy James & The Shondells, For King & Country<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • March 10 \u2013 Wayne Newton, Train<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • March 11 \u2013 Sawyer Brown, Keith Sweat<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • March 12 \u2013 Country Gold Tour feat. Leroy Van Dule, T.G. Sheppard, Mandy Barnett and T. Graham Brown, Lynyrd Skynyrd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Tickets for the festival go on sale on Dec. 8. Concertgoers will need to purchase gate admission in addition to their concert ticket in order to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    The theme for this year\u2019s Strawberry Festival is \u201cWe Have a Winner!\u201d, in honor of strawberry shortcake becoming the official dessert of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThe strawberry industry has an economic impact of more than a billion dollars in the state of Florida,\u201d Festival President Paul Davis said last month. \u201cPlant City is home to roughly 12,000 acres of strawberries and the Festival serves just about 200,000 shortcakes each year. We\u2019re proud of our city and the Florida strawberry. It\u2019s kind of a big deal around here!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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