Strawberry Festival canceled, Fredonia vendor holds own event
FREDONIA, Wis. - Strawberry Festival in Cedarburg was canceled, but one vendor decided to throw a strawberry celebration anyway.
Tom Schwai, owner of Schwai's Meat & Sausage in Fredonia, isn't giving up on having a strawberry-themed event this year – leading one of his own on Saturday, June 5.
"We are having a ‘Strawberry Celebration,’" Schwai said. "People come from all over.
"When we were at Strawberry Fest that they canceled in Cedarburg, when I used to have a store down there, we’d do 4,000 sandwiches in two days."
The Strawberry Celebration featured vendors, a band, strawberry sundaes and a "pretty good" turnout. The alternative festival also sold more than 600 strawberry brats – bits of strawberry inside and strawberry on top.
"I made that up 11 years ago and nobody makes a strawberry brat like I make," Schwai said. "We’re going to go through more than 4,000 pounds in a month."
"Strawberry Celebration" in Fredonia on Saturday, June 5, 2021.
Even if the actual Strawberry Festival has to wait until next year, Schwai said the Strawberry Celebration is a tradition he thinks he will continue.
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