A guide to the Strawberry Festival concert plan • St. Pete Catalyst

Reba Mcentire, whose situation comedy Happy's Place Has just been renewed for a second season, the biggest name is at the music constellation at this year's Florida Strawberry Festival in Agricultural Plants City (Hillsborough County).

Allegedly a small town trade fair (approx. 1930), which has grown up to a little music-especially because of its country music concert series, the Strawfest will be opened for 2025 on Thursday and last until March 9th.

The Reba show, Friday at 7:30 p.m., has been sold out for weeks. The tickets cost 100 US dollars, and this is at the top of the regular gate entry into the fair.

One thing that will notice regular participants is that the prices for concert map have increased significantly in recent years.

Although the concert line-up for this year does not comprise other acts as large as Ms. Mcencentire, it is an intelligent cross-section of Country Acts of the old days, newer country artists, R&B favorites (Boyz II-Männer, Nelly), contemporary Christian and Classic Rock 'N' Roll (John Fogerty and the band that Lynyrd Skynyrd calls).

Nate Smith. Thursday, February 27th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $ 45. This California singer earned three platinum -Country -Singles (“Whiskey on you”, “World on Fire”, “Bulletproof”) and with Avril Lavigne on ” die a broken heart ”.

Aaron Tippin, Sammy Kershaw and Collin Raye. Friday, February 28th at 3:30 p.m. Tickets $ 45. This triple land Crooners of the 90s has been traveling for a while (the boys played in England Brothers Park in Pinellas Park in 2022). The Touring package is called Roots & boots.

Home home. Saturday, March 1 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets $ 35. A Cappella Vocal Group based in Minnesota, which awarded first-class reality show in 2013 The vocals.

Lauren Daigle. Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $ 65. Your album 2018, Check out the child, child, Achieved No. 3 in the mainstream diagram. Most recently, she sang “America the Beautiful” alongside trombone Shorty in the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

Bailey Zimmerman. Sunday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $ 75. The five platinum-sold singles of the Illinois born in Illinois are “fall in love with love”, “rock and a hard place”, “religious”, “Where it ends” and “Holy Rauch”.

Cornell Gunter's coasters, the drifter and the plates. Monday, March 3 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets $ 30. Classic Doo-Wop and Radio Pop hits from three groups of the 1950s Mit-understandably NULL original members.

Boyz II men. Monday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $ 55. Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman and Wanyá Morris, three quarters of R&B Harmony-Singing '90s Group, the world “End of Street” and other smooth hits “I Will love it ”and gave other smooth hits, are still together. This is a quorum!

Sara Evans. Tuesday, March 4 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets $ 40. The most underestimated singer of the Country Music Around 2000s, Evans, has a solid discography of hits (including the chart topper “No Place So Fell”, “Born To fly “,” Suds in the bucket “,” A real good place at the start “and” a little stronger “).

Chris Tomlin. Tuesday, March 4th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $ 40.

Bellamy brothers. Wednesday, March 5th at 3:30 p.m. Tickets $ 25. Howard and David Bellamy from Darby, Pasco County, include one of the most successful duo in Country Music History. Ironically, her very first single (“Let your love flow”, 1976) was a No. 1 strike on the Pop charts.

Lynyrd Skynyrd. Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $ 70. When is a tribute law not a tribute law? All original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd are dead. These boys continue the legacy.

Oak Ridge Boys. Thursday, March 6th at 3:30 p.m. Joe Bonsall, a founding member of this classic land quartet, died in 2024. Duane Allan, Richard Sterban and William Lee Golden, with a new member Ben James.

Whiskey Myers. Thursday, March 6th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $ 65. Texas Southern Rock -outfit with a few big hits (“Ballad of a southern man”, “Virginia” and “Stone”).

Beach boys. Friday, March 7th at 3:30 p.m. Tickets $ 45. The 83-year-old original BB Mike Love, 83, remains the focus of the temporarily reconstituted California institution. Bruce Johnston – a member since 1965 – is still in the ranks.

Jon Pardi. Friday, March 7th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $ 70. The California Country singer, whose top -air player “Dirt on My Boots”, “Hearthache Medication”, “Head Over Stiefel”, “Last night lonely” and that included Thomas Rhett Duet “Beer Can't Repair”.

Sawyer Brown. Saturday, March 8th at 3:30 p.m. Tickets $ 40. Directly from Apopka, Florida (also the home of the Country legend John Anderson), had Sawyer Brown – it is a group – an impressive chart in the late 1980s and 90s Run with hits like “I don't think of a farewell”, “Thank God for you” and “Some girls do it.” Founding members Mark Miller, Curly Smyth and Hobie Hubbard are still in the band today.

Nelly. Saturday, March 8th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $ 65. The triple Grammy winner rapper played for the first time in 2000 and achieved four platinums. The biggest songs are “Hot in Herre”, “Dilemma” (with Kelly Rowland), “Grillz” and “Just a Dream”.

John Fogerty. Sunday, March 9th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $ 75 Fogerty, one of the biggest legacy characters in rock, is perhaps best known as a songwriter and voice behind Creedce Clearwater Revival, which in the period from 1969-71 charts and AirPlays dominated. As a solo artist, he also gave us “Centerfield” that every baseball fan probably heard a hundred times in every baseball game.

The costs for the concert map are on regular entry to the Florida Strawberry Festival. Further information and for buying tickets can be found in this link.