NO Strawberry Festival in 2020

The Tennessean reports that the Portland Strawberry Festival has been cancelled for this year and will return (hopefully) in 2021.

Portland city leaders are looking at hosting a fall event to celebrate a return to normalcy after the coronavirus pandemic since they’ve been forced to cancel the 79th annual strawberry festival, which was scheduled for May 8-9. 

Portland’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to cancel the strawberry festival during their regular Monday night meeting, which was streamed live online

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Hellofilters Visits Strawberry Festival

Local air filter innovator Hellofilters spent some time meeting friends and family at the Portland Strawberry Festival.

Here's more from their time in Portland.

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