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Here it is! |
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The most comprehensive listing of |
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watermelon festivals held around the world!! |
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Many
of the watermelon festivals listed below are weekend-long events with
parades, watermelon-eating contests, seed-spitting contests, watermelon
queens, sports events, and plenty
of food and music. P.S. The country song “Watermelon Crawl” talks about a watermelon festival in Rind County, Georgia. But don’t be fooled. There’s no such place and no such festival. It’s just a song, folks. |
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MAY
2001
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May |
Ugok Watermelon Festival |
Koryong County, Kyongsangbuk Province, KOREA |
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May 27 - 29 |
Arcadia
Watermelon Festival |
Arcadia, Florida |
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JUNE
2001
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June |
Deoksan Watermelon Festival |
Deoksan, KOREA |
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June 2-3 |
Cool
Corn and Melon Festival |
Goodyear, Arizona |
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June 12 |
Newberry
Watermelon Festival |
Newberry, Florida |
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June 16 (held mid-June) |
Old-Time Watermelon Festival |
Glendale, Arizona |
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June 16 |
Chiefland Watermelon Festival |
Chiefland, Florida |
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June 17 - 24 |
Hampton
County Watermelon Festival |
Hampton
County, South Carolina |
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June 21- 24 |
Luling
Watermelon Thump and World Championship Watermelon Seed Spit |
Luling, Texas |
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June 23 |
Panhandle Watermelon Festival |
Chipley, Florida |
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Late June |
Monticello Watermelon Festival |
Monticello
(Jefferson County), Florida |
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Late June |
Watermelon
Festival |
Daxing County (near Beijing), CHINA |
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JULY
2001
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July |
International Watermelon Festival |
Bayindir, TURKEY |
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July 4 |
Grand Bay Watermelon Festival |
Grand Bay, Alabama |
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July 9-10 (held second week of July) |
“What a Melon" Festival |
Center, Texas |
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July 9 - 10 |
Watermelon Festival |
Franklinton, Louisiana |
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July 10 |
McDade Watermelon Festival |
McDade, Texas |
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July 14 - 16 |
Cordele Watermelon Festival |
Cordele (Crisp County), Georgia |
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July 21 |
Mize Watermelon Fest |
Mize, Mississippi |
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July 21 (held weekend closest to July 21) |
Watermelon Festival |
Pageland, South Carolina |
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July 22 |
Terral Watermelon Jubilee |
Terral, Oklahoma |
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July 26-28 (held last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of July) |
Watermelon Festival and Rodeo |
Naples, Texas |
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July 27-28 |
Louisiana
Watermelon Festival |
Farmerville, Louisiana |
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July 28 |
Kingsburg Watermelon Festival |
Kingsburg, California |
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July 28 |
Irrigon Watermelon Festival |
Irrigon, Oregon |
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July 28-30 |
Southeastern North Carolina Watermelon Festival |
Fair Bluff, North Carolina |
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AUGUST
2001
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August |
Carytown Watermelon Festival |
Carytown section of Richmond, Virginia |
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August |
Watermelon
Festival |
Norfolk, Nebraska |
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August 1 - 4 |
North
Carolina Watermelon Festival |
Murfreesboro, North Carolina |
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August 4 |
Havana Watermelon Festival |
Havana, Indiana |
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August 4 (held first weekend of August) |
Water Valley Watermelon Carnival |
Water Valley, Mississippi |
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August 5 - 6 |
Knox County Watermelon Festival |
Vincennes, Indiana |
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August 7 - 11 |
DeLeon
Peach and Melon Festival |
DeLeon, Texas |
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August 9 - 12 |
The
Watermelon Festival |
Hope,
Arkansas |
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August 11 (held second Saturday of August) |
Rush Springs Watermelon Festival |
Rush Springs, Oklahoma |
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August 11 (held second weekend of August) |
Cave City Watermelon Festival |
Cave City, Arkansas |
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August 11 - 19 |
Southern
Illinois Sweet Corn and Watermelon Festival |
Mt. Vernon, Illinois |
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August 18 |
Vining Watermelon Day |
Vining, Minnesota |
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August 18 - 19 |
Watermelon
Festival |
Russelville, Alabama |
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August 19 |
123rd Arkansas Valley Fair Watermelon Day |
Rocky Ford, Colorado |
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August 23 - 25 |
Winterville Watermelon Festival |
Winterville, North Carolina |
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SEPTEMBER
2001
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September |
Kellogg Watermelon Festival |
Kellogg, Minnesota |
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September |
Winston-Dillard Melon Festival |
Winston, Oregon |
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September (held Labor Day weekend) |
Watermelon Festival |
Thompkinsville (Monroe County), Kentucky |
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September 1-3 (held Labor Day weekend) |
Milan Melon Festival |
Milan,
Ohio (Tip: The folks there pronounce it “MI-lan”) |
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September 7 - 10 (held second weekend of September) |
U.S. Watermelon Seed-Spitting and Speed-Eating Championship |
Pardeeville, Wisconsin |
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September 8 (held first Saturday after Labor Day) |
Watermelon Feed |
Oxford, Kansas |
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September 14 - 15 (held third weekend of September) |
Melon Days |
Green River, Utah |
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Mid-September |
Jackson County Watermelon Festival at Brownstown |
Brownstown, Indiana |
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Mid-to-Late September |
Watermelon Festival |
Diyarbakir, TURKEY |
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JANUARY
2002
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January 12 |
Coominya Grape and Watermelon Festival |
Coominya, Queensland, AUSTRALIA |
