SPECIAL: 2026 Strawberry Festival mixes tradition with new flavors

The 2026 Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival is coming up to open the summer months. The decades-long tradition is going to return to the Lane Place this year on June 12-14.

This year’s queen and court was announced on Saturday, April 18 at Crawfordsville High School. They are listed below.

Queen: Kaya Money

1st Runner-up: Mila Blackwell

2nd Runner-up: Emma Leonhardt

Miss Congeniality: Cambryia Cutcliff

Prince: Jude M.

Princess: Audri C.

Mental Attitude: Lily Coffman

Humanitarian: Phoebe Oellrich

Photogenic: Jamie Buckler

WCDQ’s Dave Peach had a chance to talk with Strawberry Festival Committee Co-Chairperson Jessica McClamroch and member of the entertainment committee Sean Gerold about this year’s festival. Listen to the full interview below.

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