Watsonville Strawberry Festival 2025. The festivities start at 11 am and continue until 8 pm. Join us for a full weekend of carnival attractions, live entertainment and.
The watsonville strawberry festival traces its roots to the watsonville strawberry dessert festival that was founded in 1995 to help downtown watsonville recover from the loma prieta earthquake. The watsonville strawberry festival has its roots in the 1989 loma prieta earthquake, the city said.