CLEWISTON – The 2025 Clewiston Sugar Festival will be held Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15.

On March 14, the festival opens at 5 p.m. The kids’ carnival opens at 5:30 p.m. Main Stage performances will feature Sweet Fleet at 6 p.m. and Don Felder at 7:15 p.m. A fireworks show will start at 9:15 p.m. The festival closes after the fireworks show.

On Saturday, March 15, the festival opens at 8 a.m. The kids carnival opens at 10 a.m. Main stage performances will include:

• Lauren Watkins at 1 p.m.
• Hudson Westbrook at 2:30 p.m.
• Dylan Marlowe at 4 p.m.
• Jake Owen at 5 p.m.

The festival closes at 7 p.m.

Festival attractions will include an antique tractor show, car show, gator show, line dancing lessons and rides on the Sugar Express Train.

The 2025 Miss Sugar Festival Pageant was held March 1. Braelyn Worth was crowned the 2025 Miss Sugar with: Kailynn Davis first runner up; Daylen Moss, second runner up and Miss Photogenic; Hilary Byers Miss Congeniality; and Riley Sutton voted People’s Choice.

Most festival events are free and open to the public.  Parents must sign a waiver for children to ride at the kids carnival. Tickets are required to ride the train.

For more information, go online to clewistonsugarfestival.com.