Annual Strawberry Festival
At The Historic Warrior Run Church

June 11, 2023 from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
The Historic Warrior Run Church
41 Warrior Lane, Watsontown, PA 17777

FREE Admission! ~ FREE Parking!
Fun for the Whole Family!

Lots of Things To See and Do:

1. Family Event featuring homemade food and ice cream.

2. Strawberry Desserts made from local berries.

3. Hamburgers, Hotdogs and our legendary Ham Barbeque.

4. Musical Entertainment

5. Exhibit of Antique Cars (by Chapters of the AACA)

6. Old Fashioned Hymn Sing accompanied by Pump Organ featuring John Ravert and students

7. Tours of the Church and Cemetery

8. Silent auction

9. Purchase raffle tickets for David Seybold’s print of the Warrior Run Church to benefit church preservation

NOTE: Proceeds from this event help pay for restoration of the historic Warrior Run Church and the Hower-Slote House.

Strawberry Festival History

Behind The Scenes - Saturday

Members of the Society start churning hundreds of gallons of homemade ice cream in four different flavors. A dozen men and women sit at a table hulling and cutting mountains of locally grown strawberries for the various strawberry desserts. Other volunteers set up tents, grills, tables and chairs and prepare the church for Sunday’s festivities.

Behind The Scenes - Sunday Early AM

The grounds of the beautiful and historic Warrior Run Church become a hive of activity as the grills are started, tables covered and all the details finalized. Customers arrive with their families and set up lawn chairs, intending to spend the day under a large grove of trees. The freshly washed and waxed antique cars start to arrive!

A Little History

In 1980, local residents started the Strawberry Festival event to support historical research and preservation of this area’s Revolutionary War Era culture. The event was a success from the start, because of their dedication to quality food and entertainment.  The money raised became the foundation for the restoration of the Hower-Slote House and the award-winning Heritage Days Festival, held each year in October.

Visitors travel great distances for the Strawberry Festival.  Some are descendants of the early settlers who carved out homesteads in this valley in the late 1700’s, and this is a homecoming for them. Others have lived in this area for only a few generations but feel the tug of nostalgia for this quiet place where people have gathered for nearly 200 years.

In 2020 was the first time the Strawberry Festival was canceled, and it was due to the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.  We would have celebrated the 40th consecutive year of the event.  The next festival will be in 2022.

Come and Join in the Strawberry Festival Fun!