Festival President Welcomes You!

I am pleased to serve as President for the 2024-2025 Marysville Strawberry Festival Season.

We want our sponsors, dedicated volunteers, and community to know that we are working together and moving forward to deliver an unforgettable Strawberry Festival in 2025.

The Board, volunteers, and the community of Marysville would like to welcome you to Washington’s 3^rd largest parade and festival.

I want to express a special thank you to our key partners, Tulalip Resort and Casino, the City of Marysville, and all of our other wonderful sponsors that help support the festival.

All of us at the festival have been busy working on this year’s celebration. We would like to invite you, your family and your friends to join in the activities, which will include something for all ages to enjoy. Festivals bring us together to remind us that celebrating through fun activities and entertainment is part of a community’s healing and “return to normalcy,” whether you’re a parade watcher, festivalgoer, or volunteer.

Festival activities will start on Thursday, June 19 with the opening of the Funtastic Carnival amusement rides and arcade games of chance for fun prizes. We're also thrilled to welcome the epic Trike Races with obstacles on downtown 3rd Street. The Market featuring dozens of vendors, savory fair food, free live entertainment and pro wrestling, the Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest and much more. Don't miss the annual Strawberry Cup Pickleball Tournament at Jennings Park, a Cornhole Tournament Thursday behind Five Rights Brewing downtown, and a Car Show on 3rd Street to close out the festivities. And of course, don’t forget the main event, the Grand Parade, on Saturday night along State Avenue, starting at 5 p.m.

As in past years, the Marysville Strawberry Festival Royalty, Float, and Float Crew will be busy from April-October traveling throughout Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia representing our community in different parades. If you see our colorful trailer on the road give us a honk or wave, or if you see us at a parade stop by and say hello! We would love to meet you, and we always have room for more volunteers!

If you are interested in becoming involved with Strawberry Festival, please check out our website under Volunteers, or contact us through email, maryfest.org@gmail.com or you can leave a voicemail at (360) 659-7664.

Hope to see you the third weekend in June 2025!

Gail Frost