Vista's Strawberry Festival is coming back with entertainment, pie eating contests, food, beer and a film fest
The annual Vista Strawberry Festival returns Sunday celebrating Vista’s claim to fame as the “Unofficial Strawberry Capitol of the World” during the 1960s and 1970s, when strawberries were shipped daily during peak season from Vista across the country and around the world.
The festival takes place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in downtown Vista with hundreds of vendors, entertainment, contests, food, a beer garden with live music and a 5K run, along with contests, a children’s play zone and a film festival. The two-day Kids Zone, including giant slides, a zip line, water rollers, a bungee jump, zorb balls and big bubble bumpers, is from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Vista Magnet Middle School field. Tickets start at $15 for one attraction to $120 for three All-Attractions All Day Passes .The Strawberry Run 5K takes off at 7:30 a.m. Sunday from the Vista Magnet Middle School track, 110 S. Citrus Ave., the quarter-mile Kids Run at 8:45 a.m.
Competitions range from a strawberry costume contest to pie eating and beer stein-holding. There will also be a Strawberry Film Festival with showings at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.Participants show up at 3 p.m. at the Tri-City Medical Center Main Stage. Three age groups will compete: age 2 and under; 3-5 years old and over 6 years old. Winners get prize-filled baskets. Free entry; sponsored by Building Kidz of Vista.
Admission to the festival is free; there is cost for some activities, such as the Kids Fun Zone. Free shuttle service starts at 6:30 a.m. and runs to 7 p.m. at the North County Courthouse, 325 S. Melrose Drive; Return shuttles will pick up from in front of Starbucks, 30 Main St. in Vista Village. Also, there is parking at the Vista Civic Center, Vista Library and Vista Transit Center.
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