PONCHATOULA, La. (WVUE) - They say absence makes the heart grow fonder.
From Friday, April 8 through Sunday, April 10, the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival, one of the state’s largest free events second only to Mardi Gras, will return for its 50th year after a two-year absence related to pandemic shutdowns.
Typically, when it’s festival season in Ponchatoula, the number of visitors in town outweighs the number of residents (7,600, according to the most recent census) for three days straight.