5600 Old Washington Road * Sykesville, MD 21784 410-795-9174
The Strawberry Festival began 21 years ago as a way for the church to raise funds to construct a fellowship building. The festival started out small, but then began to grow. Through 21 years of rain, sun, heat and cold, our festival has become one of the largest in the area, having sold over 29,431 pounds of strawberries. The festival has games, pony rides, entertainment, a silent auction, food, craft and antique vendors, and of course, strawberry shortcake. Proceeds from past festivals have funded the construction of 'Celebration Hall', a building used by Messiah Nursery School, Sunday School, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Lions Club and other community organizations. Every year a portion of the proceeds goes to help those in need both locally (disasters, womens shelters, Rose Felter Scholarship Fund, community members with medical needs) and nationally (Katrina victims, world hunger victims, relief for earthquake victims in Haiti). Messiah invites you to come out, enjoy the day, the people, have lots of fun and eats lots and lots of strawberries!
If you are a crafter, antique dealer or flea market vendor interested in reserving a space at the festival, please download these two forms.
The entertainment schedule for the 2011 festival:
Pavilion
10:30 am - Savage Dance Company
11:30 am - Sykesville Tae Kwon Do Academy
12:30 pm - Carroll County Dance Center
1:30 pm - Sykesville Tae Kwon Do Academy
2:30 pm - Carroll Gymnastics
Stage
10:00 am - Tri Star Martial Arts Academy
11:00 am - Freedom Firestars Majorettes
12:00 pm - Carroll County Cloggers
1:00 pm - Stepping Stars Dance
2:00 pm - Merritt Dance
Our Staff
want more information?
Please call the church at 410-795-9174 or email to strawberry@melchurch.org
Welcome to the 22nd Annual Strawberry Festival!
When? Saturday June 2nd, 2012 from 9 am to 4 pm
Where? The Sykesville Freedom Fire Department -
6680 Sykesville Road (Rt. 32), Sykesville MD 21784
The festival is held rain or shine.