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21 Headliner Acts at the 2011 Florida Strawberry Festival (Paid and Free Tickets Available)
Lady Antebellum is sold out but free tickets to all shows are available on a first- come first-served basis for viewing in the 3,000-seat Direct Auto Insurance Free Grandstand. Paid seating is it the Wish Farms Soundstage.
Paid seating for Lady Antebellum has been sold out but tickets still are available for the remaining 20 headliner entertainment acts on stage March 3-13 at the Wish Farms Soundstage in Plant City.
The 2011 Florida Strawberry Festival features also the Direct Auto Insurance Free Grandstand, for which free tickets to all headliner entertainment — including Lady Antebellum — will be available on show day on a first- come first-served basis. Some 3,000 seats are available.
Ticket prices range from $10 to $45, which is the price for The Judds, the mother-daughter duo that has made the Florida Strawberry Festival a stop on what’s been billed as “The Last Encore Tour."
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Long-time volunteer and festival board member Al Berry told Brandon Rotarians at a that the headline talent has grown exponentially over the years, with the budget to pay entertainers and their expenses accounting for what has become a half-million dollar budget.
“We break even,” Berry said, “and sometimes we even make money.”
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For more information, and to purchase tickets online, visit the Florida Strawberry Festival Web site. The festival runs from March 3-13 at the Strawberry Festival Grounds. The festival has two addresses: 2202 West Reynolds St. and 303 North Lemon St., both in Plant City.
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