Strawberry Festival
Welcome! We're so glad you're here! Portland just celebrated the 70th Annual Middle Tennessee Strawberry Festival on May 21, 2011! It was another successful Festival.
Thanks to all the citizens and visitors in our City for the Day!
Please plan to come back next year for more Fun & Entertainment for our 71st Strawberry Festival in May 2012!
Our Portland Chamber did an excellent job for this event. Please contact the Chamber of Commerce @ 325-9032 for additional information.
Portland's history is rich in strawberries. Agriculture was our mainstay in years past, with strawberries as our main crop for many years. Although that's no longer true, we still celebrate our heritage and we still have some strawberries.
In October 2009 we celebrated our Sesquicentennial; 150 years since the first Louisville & Nashville train stopped at Richland Station depot on October 31, 1859. Richland Station was re-named Portland in 1888, and then incorporated as a city in 1905. A Sesquicentennial Celebration was held on October 3, 2009 with some old fashioned food, a quilt show, historical artifacts display, historic building tours, a cemetery tour, and many other festivities.
Hometown festivals such as ours are great fun, and a great way to meet new people and experience new places. We certainly hope the Strawberry Festival makes you want to come to Portland again for other city events and activities throughout the year.
Kenneth Wilber,
Mayor