Zack Martin restocks the youth football booth at the 2016 Strawberry Days in Grove City. This year's events in Memorial Park will be Friday to Sunday.

GROVE CITY — The yearly festival of crafts, food and live entertainment should inundate Memorial Park in Grove City with thousands of visitors this weekend.

Strawberry Days will run from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Parking at the nearby Grove City High School and admittance to the festival are both free.

Mary Kay Mattocks, the festival's chairwoman, said the event draws around 15,000 people to the borough each year and is a truly grassroots event that depends on volunteers and the donations to succeed.

“That's what makes Strawberry Days so unique — the food,” Mattocks said. “We don't allow outside vendors to come in. They have to be nonprofit.”

This year's festival will feature about 125 crafters, who ply trades ranging from caricature art to ballon sculptures and sand painting. Some of the crafters offer their services free, while others require a fee, Mattocks said.

Another thing that draws patrons to the festival is its buffet of food. This year will once again feature the freshly made Amish doughnuts and ice cream. But Mattocks said that there's something for everyone over the three-day festival. And, of course, there are the strawberries.

“We have everything from desert to french fries and everything in between,” she said.

One change that the festival is sticking with is the discontinuation of its talent show, a festival mainstay for more than two decades. The show was removed from festival's program last year.

In its place organizers have focused on live entertainment, and this year's lineup of musical acts is something of which Mattocks is proud.

Performances kick off at 1 p.m. Friday with the group Hanna, Williamson and Shick, a trio of guitar players that perform country, classic rock and variety songs.

And one of the weekend's biggest draws will be Pittsburgh-based Totally 80s, a tribute band that pays homage to the heyday of MTV, Miami Vice, legwarmers and musical hits from Duran Duran, Madonna, George Michael and more.

The musical acts wrap up on Sunday with a performance by Pittsburgh guitarist Shawn Kichta.

Mattocks said that organizers encouraged residents and visitors to make time to explore Memorial Park and the variety of offerings the festival presents.

“It grows every year,” she said, “and we have a lot of new crafters this year. So bring your walking shoes and enjoy a day in the park and the biggest event in Grove City.”