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Martin Landau
- Celebrity Grand Marshal
 
Jack Wallin
- Theme Grand Marshal
 
Kate Linder
- Young and the Restless
 
Alison Arngrim
- Little House on the Prairie
 
Ed Arnold
- KOCE Real Orange
News anchor
 
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle
- Hannah Montana
 
Jennette McCurdy
- iCarly
 
Sammi Hanratty
- Pushing Daisies
 
Field Cate
- Pushing Daisies
 
Zane Huett
- Desperate Housewives
 
Cassie Scerbo
- Bring it on; In it to Win it
 
Nicole Ling
- Miss Garden Grove
 
Gabby Marco
- Miss Outstanding Teen
 
Francis X. Bushman
Silent Film Star
First Festival Grand Marshal and
Grandson Michael Conway

2008 Event Highlights

Better, new and exciting carnival rides!
Kid Rides Adult Rides
Badlands 4x4
Bear Affair
Bees
Clown Glass
Cobra
Dragon Wagon
Elephants
Free Fall
Goliath Slide
Kiddie Bumper Boats
Kite Flyer
Lolly Swings
Raiders
Silver Streak
Survival Island
Toon town
Tug Boats
Wave Runner
Airport
Aladdin
Barn Yard Express
Carousel (Fabulous Merry-Go-Round
Cliff Hanger
Cyclone
Dodge-m (Super Bumper Cars)
Euro Slide (One of the largest movable slides)
G-Force (Brand New Super Spectalular)
Ghost Pirates
Grand Wheel (A truly grand ferris wheel)
Haunted Mansion
Hi-miler (Screaming Roller Coaster)
Huge Ferris Wheel
Inverter (Spectacular - only for the very brave)
Kami Kaze (Classic popular Spectacular)
Mardi Gras
Mega Drop (Spectacular 100+ft gut wrenching drop)
Orbiter
Pirate
Pirate Island
Remix
1Spider Mania
Starship 2000
Sound Wave
Techno Jump
Tilt a Whirl
Tornadoes
Traffic Jam
Twist
Wave
Wheel#16 (Smaller ferris wheel)
Yo-Yo (Family classic flying ride)
Zero Gravity (New version of the Classic anti-gravity)
Zipper
The Garden Grove Strawberry Festival
offers the public many fun and exciting Special Events.
Below are the Events at the 2008 Strawberry Festival.
FRIDAY – MAY 23  
1:00 P.M TO 10:00 P.M. WRIST BAND DAY   -  $20 entitles wearer to all rides, all day
4.00 P.M.*    TINY TOTS KING & QUEEN CONTEST 
FOR 3-6 YEAR OLDS (Amphitheater)
 

6:00 P.M.


WELCOME AND GIANT STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE CUTTING CEREMONY

Festival sponsors will be thanked for helping to underwrite parade and festival expenses, allowing greater Festival proceeds to be contributed to local charities. (Location: Showmobile at Main & Acacia)
SATURDAY - MAY 24  

10:00 A.M. 

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL PARADE (Begins at Ninth & Chapman)
Map of Parade Route

Click here to view our Past Parade Participants.
 

Floats, marching bands, local dignitaries, clowns and equestrians are all part of the exciting Saturday morning parade.  Come see Miss Garden Grove Nicole Ling and her court, Miss Outstanding Teen Gabby Marco.

Also in the parade will be the Senior King and Queen and the Tiny Tots King and Queen plus Miss Huntington Beach and her court. Kids of all ages will enjoy meeting Disney and Warner Bros. characters and Ronald McDonald!

All will be led by Celebrity Grand Marshals Martin Landau who won the Oscar for his performance as Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's Ed Wood." He was nominated for an Academy Award twice before, in 1988 for his performance as Abe Karatz in Francis Coppola's "Tucker," and again in 1989 for his role as Judah Rosenthal in Woody Allen's "Crimes And Misdemeanors."

This year's Theme Grand Marshal Jack Wallin, has been a member of the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Board of Directors since it was form 50 years ago! He is in charge of grounds and still performs those duties today.

Plus, there will be an exciting group of film, TV and radio stars waving to the crowd and staying after to sign autographs!

10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. Carnival rides, game and food booths
11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.  CELEBRITY AUTOGRAPHS on Festival Grounds (near Community Courtyard Center)
2:00 P.M. THE GOODFELLAS (Showmobile)
6:00 P.M. KARAOKE CONTESTANTS PICK SONGS AND ENTER CONTEST BEFORE 6:45 P.M. (Amphitheater)
6:30 P.M.

THE YACHTSMEN 7 (Showmobile)

7:00 P.M.

DRAWING FOR 25 CONTESTANTS (Amphitheater)

7:30 P.M.

"STRAWBERRY IDOL” KARAOKE CONTEST FOR CONTESTANTS 16 YEARS OR OLDER (Amphitheater)

SUNDAY - MAY 25  
10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M Carnival rides, game and food booths
11:00 A.M.

BERRY BERRY BEAUTIFUL BABY PAGEANT
FOR BABIES 3 MONTHS TO UNDER 3 YEARS
(Amphitheater)
2:00 P.M.

THE GUARDETTES DANCE GROUP (Amphitheater)
FULL SPECTRUM (Showmobile)

6:30 P.M.

"THE MAI TAIS" (Showmobile)

7:00 P.M.  MISS GARDEN GROVE AND FRIENDS STAGE SHOW (Amphitheater)
MONDAY – MAY 26         
12:00 P.M.

"REDHEAD ROUND-UP CONTEST" (Amphitheater)

2:00 P.M. POP DUDES BAND (Showmobile)
3:00 P.M THE COLONY OF PERFORMING ARTS (Amphitheater)
* REGISTRATION FOR ALL CONTESTS WILL START 1 HOUR BEFORE THE START OF THE CONTEST AND CLOSE 5 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING
 

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Strawberry Festival of Garden Grove - Memorial Day Weekend - May 23 - May 26, 2008