TROY — The fountain downtown is flowing red, and the iconic strawberry donuts have been baked; the 2025 Troy Strawberry Festival is officially here.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 5:30, festival volunteers are gearing up for the berry-filled weekend in Troy.
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The 2025 Troy Strawberry Festival begins Saturday and continues Sunday, as organizers expect another 200,000 visitors to come this year.
The festival’s 2025 Chairman, Jessica Silvers, is the face of the hundreds of volunteers making the festival happen.
She said she has a special connection to this year’s festival theme: Berried in Books.
“I actually work at the Troy-Miami County Public Library. I’m a librarian there, so it was really important to me for it to be revolving around books and literacy,” Silvers said.
News Center 7 Xavier Hershovitz spoke with Troy Schools Band Director Molly Venneman, who is one of this year’s Strawberry Festival volunteers.
In preparation for the town’s most anticipated event of the year, Venneman said the festival’s iconic strawberry donuts are already baking by the dozens.
“We know it’s a reason, a big reason, that a lot of people come to the festival, and so we’re happy to provide them,” Venneman said.
The strawberry donuts are a fundraiser for the Troy music boosters.
“Music programs are pretty expensive, and costs are rising for everything. This lets us provide great opportunities for our students,” Venneman said.
Venneman said boxes are being sold just as fast as Troy band students can make them.
“One of these boxes of 54 dozen will be gone in seven minutes,” Venneman said.
Silvers said she encourages the community to come enjoy the festival and give back to the more than 50 vendors raising money for their different organizations.
“Just come out, get strawberry donuts, support the band kids, and have a great time,” Silvers said.
Before the festival kicks off Saturday, Troy will be having a hometown celebration dubbed as the ‘Strawberry Jam’ starting Friday at 5:00 p.m.
Here’s the schedule:
- Ribbon Cutting and Dying of the Fountain: 4:45 p.m.
- Welcome: 5:30 p.m.
- Friday Night Concert featuring Attaboy: 5:00-8:45 p.m.
- Children’s Storybook Walk 5:45 p.m.
- Festival Film Showing: 6:00 p.m.
- Children’s Big Wheel Race: 6:30 p.m.
To see the rest of the weekend’s schedule, visit the Strawberry Festival website or click here.
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