The Ponchatoula Jaycees

04/11/2026

LAST CALL for The Strawberry Strut!

Our race conditions are looking PERFECT for tomorrow!

04/10/2026

🌟🍓🌟🍓🌟SILVER SPONSOR ALERT 🌟🍓🌟🍓🌟

Thank you Raising Cane’s #068 for being a 2026 Strawberry Strut SILVER Sponsor! We appreciate you for being a continuous supporter and sponsor of the Strawberry Strut!

Be sure to stop by and grab your favorites at Raising Cane’s after race day! Whether you’re grabbing a quick meal on the go or hanging out with friends, Cane’s is always a win! Thank you for being a 2026 Strawberry Strut SILVER Sponsor! 🎉 Your support means the world to us!

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04/10/2026

Enter to win a fresh Leaderboard from

The leaderboard is a modular system of displaying your hard-earned CLANGA from your favorite races (like the Strawberry Strut)

A $200 value, we will be selling chances for $10/chance and draw at the award ceremony following the race. Must be present to win! You can buy chances at packet pickup or on site!

04/10/2026

Race day is nearly here! There’s still time to register for the fun run/5k/10k distances!

Packet pickup is tonight from 4:30p-7:00p at located at 485 SW Railroad Ave in Ponchatoula

See you soon!

04/10/2026

🍓🎉 From 11 booths to 300,000+ visitors… look how far we’ve come! 🎉🍓

On April 8, 1972, the very first Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival took place on just one block of North Sixth Street with only 11 booths—but a whole lot of community spirit ❤️ With 65 parade units and 15,000 visitors, a sweet tradition was born!

The festival was originally co-sponsored by the Ponchatoula Jaycees and the Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce. As it continued to grow year after year, it eventually became the incredible event it is today—now organized and run by the festival board due to its tremendous size and success!

📅 Festival Dates & Times:
👉 April 10–12
👉 Friday: 11 AM – 8 PM
👉 Saturday: 9 AM – 8 PM
👉 Sunday: 9 AM – 6 PM

And once again, the Ponchatoula Jaycees will be serving beer on the festival grounds 🍺
👉 Come see us during festival hours and try the different strawberry beer options available this year 🍓

Tag your festival crew 👇 and make plans to come out and celebrate with us!
Let’s keep this tradition going strong!

April 8, 1972
The first Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival was held this weekend in 1972. The festival board was organized in 1971 and started planning for the first festival to be held in April 1972. The location of the festival comprised of the first block of North Sixth Street and had only eleven booths. The first annual parade made its way through Ponchatoula with sixty-five units from all over the state. The festival was co-sponsored by the Ponchatoula Jaycees and the Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce and attracted 15,000 festivalgoers. By 2017, the festival would attract more than 300,000 visitors during its three-day run and become the largest attraction in Southeast Louisiana after Mardi Gras.

04/09/2026

STRAWBERRY STRUT 🍓🏃‍♀️🏃

FRIDAY packet pickup will be at located at 485 SW Railroad Ave in Ponchatoula from 4:30p-7:00p!!!

You will be able to pick up your number, sign up for the race, and Deviate will have any last minute race nutrition for sale!

The Strawberry Strut is almost here! You can still register through Runsignup!

04/08/2026

CONDITIONS are ripe for a beautiful race day on Sunday! It could be a PR kind of day!

There’s still time to sign up for the Strawberry Strut 5k/10k!

04/07/2026

ITS RACE WEEK!

SUNDAY! We will see you for the Strawberry strut 5k & 10k

It’s also Strawberry Festival weekend! Runners can get a great race in and stroll over to the festival for a relaxing day of fun and fitness!

03/30/2026

VOLUNTEERS needed for the Strawberry Strut April 12th!

We will need helpers to hand up water and help with course safety on Sunday April 12th between 7:30a and 10:00a

If you would like to help out with the race, please email Dustin the race director at [email protected]