Author Archives: Strawberry Music Festival

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL!

We are so grateful to everyone who attended Strawberry this past weekend — our passionate and considerate community of music lovers made the Spring 2025 Strawberry Music Festival one for the history books.  

We are also feeling blessed that we will have the opportunity to gather again later this year! We hope you can join us October 16-20, 2025 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, CA. Stay tuned for more announcements.

Kate Skogen
Dave Bonnot

We are deeply appreciative of and thankful for our volunteers who contributed their time and skills AND our devoted crew leaders and coordinators — their many hours spent organizing volunteers and managing various departments before, during, and after the event are a huge part of what makes Strawberry a successful and fun festival. Also, thank you to the vendors, businesses, and nonprofit organizations who provide nourishment, essential services, and unique shopping opportunities at Strawberry. 

Thank you to the musicians and performers — from the Main Stage to camp jams to everywhere in between — who shared their talents with us. We would also like to thank all of the fantastic folks working at the Nevada County Fairgrounds who have welcomed and supported Strawberry’s Spring Festival over the last decade.

And finally, thank you to our dedicated patrons for yet again literally and figuratively investing in and cultivating a one-of-a-kind music, art, and community experience.

We hope to see all of you again in October!

Evan Thompson
Tim Van Raam

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Strawberry will resume our regular business hours of M-Th, 10:00am–3:00pm starting on Monday, June 2nd. Please reach out to us at (209) 984-8630 or info@strawberrymusic.com. Thank you for your patience while we unpack our supplies and begin to address the following post-festival wrap-up items:

  • Lost & Found: We will use Lost Forms submitted at the Info Booth during the festival to contact those whose possessions we have found. We will also review any email inquiries submitted to info@strawberrymusic.com. Please let us know if you lost something and have not already submitted a Lost Form. This process may take one to two weeks to complete. We appreciate your patience! 
  • Problem Box (tickets lost/stolen/left at home): Customers who left their tickets at home can avoid the gate charge by mailing unused tickets to the office postmarked by Monday, June 16th. Tickets that were lost will be reviewed and reconciled in the order they were received.
  • Surveys: We are excited to read your surveys as we work together to improve the festival experience each year! Please stay tuned for the online version of our Spring 2025 Survey. 

THANK YOU, AND SEE YOU IN OCTOBER!  🍓

Kate Skogen
Kate Skogen

PHOTO CREDIT: Dave Bonnot, Kate Skogen, Evan Thompson, Tim Van Raam

R.I.P. JAY CEBALLOS

We are so sorry to share the sad news that Strawberry icon Jay Ceballos from Camp Pig Out passed away yesterday. Jay and his lovely wife Mary Barry go way, way back with Strawberry and are well known in the greater music community. You’ve likely seen them at many a camp jam with Mary’s bass and Jay’s mandolin in tow. We welcome you to send your memories and pictures of Jay to info@strawberrymusic.com so they can be added to our website. Strawberry’s loving condolences go out to Mary and Jay’s whole circle of family and friends. Rest in peace Jay.

R.I.P. RICHARD WIKE

We are so sorry to share the sad news that longtime festival goer and recent member of the Security Patrol crew, Richard Wike, has passed away. Richard and his beloved wife, Cheryl Tidalgo, camped across from Turtle at the Spring Festival. He was a kind and caring force for good in the Strawberry community. Richard will be missed and remembered! Rest in peace dear friend.