Strawberry Fair

"Strawberry Fair" may also refer to an English folk song (Roud 173)

Strawberry Fair is a local free festival of music, entertainments, arts and crafts which has been held in Cambridge, England, since 1974.

The fair is held on Midsummer Common on the first Saturday in June and is completely run and organised by volunteers from a wide range of different backgrounds. It is believed to be one of the UK's biggest free to enter volunteer-run festivals.

It has been held most years since 1974, except for:

  • 2010, when it was cancelled due to licensing issues. To address these, a perimeter fence has been erected around the fair for crowd control purposes since 2011, with checkpoints at the gates for excessive alcohol, drugs and weapons. As of 2022, the alcohol limit is four cans of alcohol per person, and no spirits are allowed.
  • 2020 and 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In January 2022 the fair's website said: Strawberry Fair will be back on 11 June 2022 after the longest break in its history with the theme Love the Planet.
  • 2025 due to financial pressures.

Approximately 30,000 attend the fair each year.

Entry to the fair is free.

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