Poteet Strawberry Festival

Poteet, Tx Strawberry Festival

Who doesn’t LOVE strawberries?

Y’all! America’s favorite fruit (ok, actually it’s not. Technically it’s the apple… but it should be!) and there is an entire festival for it, right here in Texas! If you have not been to the Poteet, TX strawberry festival you are truly missing out! 

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Poteet, TX is a small town about 40 min away from San Antonio. And let me tell y’all they have fields and fields of the juiciest, sweetest, reddest strawberries you will ever see or taste! If that’s not enough, here’s a fun fact: Poteet is the birthplace of the one and the only, George Strait! (insert all of the heart eyes and fire emojis)

Furthermore, It really is a trip to put on your list and bring the whole family! It’s 100% worth it, and my mouth is watering thinking about the homemade strawberry shortcakes!

Breakdown of our recent trip to the Poteet Strawberry Festival!

Keep in mind we are a family of 5, and we’re wrangling a 1-year-old, 4-year-old, and 9-year-old.

The Strawberry Festival happens once a year, and it’s usually during the 2nd weekend of April. Now in Texas, that means humidity so be sure to plan for hot, sticky, weather. Again, Texas, so bring a light jacket for when the sunsets! 

In fact, we actually lucked out this year and had pretty decent weather. In the past, we’ve had sticky, hot weather. So definitely check the forecast!

We left on a Friday afternoon and spent Friday, and Saturday in Poteet. Sunday we made our way to San Antonio and spent one night there, and returned home Monday.

But, I would definitely recommend dedicating two days to the festival. There is so much to see and do if you can do a Sunday even better, we drove by on a Sunday and it wasn’t as packed as it was on Friday, and Saturday. 

AFFORDABLE family trip to Poteet’s strawberry festival

But the best part about this trip (as a mom of 3) is how inexpensive it can be! On Saturday morning there is a parade to kick off the festivities that is 100% free, it starts at 10 AM and the kids had so much fun. We took lawn chairs and parked along the road (there is a map on the website you can follow here for guidance).

I have to say these were some of the most impressive floats I’d ever seen. They were absolutely beautiful! Our kids had the best time! It really was an entertaining parade, and kept our kids entertained for a good two hours!

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday is the festival/fair. It’s cheaper to get your tickets online to this so I would plan and do it that way. The best part, kids 13 and under are FREE admission. All of our kids were free, and on Friday tickets were $5! That’s insanely cheap. Buy your tickets ahead of time!

Now keep in mind that most things inside the park are a separate price, food, drinks (they do serve alcohol), tickets for rides, etc. These things aren’t more than the average fair/festival.

ALSO, all shows inside the grounds are FREE. Be sure to check the concert lineup. They have some great performers out, and will be posting lineups throughout the year as they book them! They have a great variety of genres playing.

AND AGAIN THESE CONCERTS ARE FREE! 

Food, food, food! Strawberries, strawberries, strawberries!

If you aren’t interested in the fairgrounds, but still want delicious food. No problem! There are vendors parked along the main road in Poteet selling the most delicious food. Easily accessible to the point of not even needing to enter the fairgrounds, but you’ll definitely want to go in!

Personally, we went to an outside food vendor after the parade, because after the parade most people go straight to the fairgrounds and the line to even park was insane! My husband has family in Poteet so we grabbed a quick bite at a food truck off the road and went to visit family on Rendon Rd! Pretty cool, huh!?

Overall, this worked out because we went to the fairgrounds around 7 which happened to be a really good time temperature-wise!

I will say wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and be patient! The lines for everything can get very long. My daughter and I were in line for over 40 minutes for a face painting! And if you’re anything like me BRING THE ALLERGY MEDICINE! My allergies were at an all-time high.

But when I tell y’all this food is mouthwatering good, everything becomes worth it!

The chicken gorditas were our personal favorites, my picky eater daughter got a chicken on a stick. I have to tell you, I was pleasantly surprised by these they were mouth-watering, tender, and so, so good! Along with your typical fair foods, funnel cakes, corn dogs, and turkey legs.

BUT THE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES! YUM! You can find booths selling homemade strawberry shortcakes at every corner. STOP AT ONE AND GET IT! Sooooooo good!

Next, the drinks! And yes they need their own category. We got the cutest, most refreshing watermelon Aquas Frescas with the cutest souvenir container. Also, the strawberry lemonade is delicious! Now for adults, inside the fairgrounds, they do sell alcohol, strawberry wine, strawberry margaritas, and I’m sure more, and they are all made with Poteet strawberries, and they’re just delicious!

And the strawberries… O.M.G the Poteet, TX strawberries!

Inside the fairgrounds, everything is made with Poteet strawberries from the homemade strawberry shortcake (our personal favorite, even the whip cream is homemade) to the strawberry margaritas, again mouthwatering!

And you can find “Growers row” inside the grounds where it’s literally a row of Poteet’s strawberry growers. They are selling their strawberries and hanging out.

We spent a ton of time with our kids on the rides so we missed this part, but luckily you can find these growers after the festival.

My husband found the Sanchez family, gave them a call off their Facebook page, and they even met us at the local DQ to sell us strawberries! So sweet! So good! You can also find a list of growers and their contact information here.

Some of these growers will even let you pick strawberries yourself (something we plan to make time for next year!) To find a full list of growers, and which ones let you pick your strawberries visit the strawberry festival site.

We were able to give lots to our family and friends. We personally cleaned ours, cut the tops off, sprinkled a little sugar on them, and put them in the fridge. Our kids grab them and snack on them throughout the day. I’m not kidding, the most delicious strawberries!

Where to stay in Poteet, TX?

Poteet is also so close to San Antonio we actually spent one day in SA exploring the riverwalk and hanging out.

Now, this brings me to the stay. We opted for an Airbnb only 8 miles from Poteet, again Poteet is a small town so the places to stay are slim pickings. But, you can stay in San Antonio and choose to do the drive. With 3 kids it’s way more convenient to stay close to Poteet. We were even able to get all the kids to nap and rest back at the Airbnb before we tackled the festival!

We were very pleased with our Airbnb, it had the space we needed, and was very clean which is huge for us. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Rendon vacation without something happening like a water leak on the road we stayed on. Yup, we had no water for a night of our stay. But luckily it was the last night we were there and we went to SA the next morning and showered at our hotel. 

That’s all folks!

Basically, if you love strawberry shortcake, strawberry cheesecake, strawberry margaritas, strawberry wine, I mean anything strawberries you need to put this festival on your bucket list! It is worth the extra weight I put on from the weekend! 

Our trip didn’t come without bumps and the typical chaos that tends to follow The Rendon’s. No, really. Our 1-year-old had TWO full blowouts on the way to Poteet. That’s over a 6-hour drive for us, and it was NOT a decent smell. Keep an eye out on our blog for potty training updates ASAP! (haha)

But, as always we just had to keep it rolling.

XOXO, 

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