Annual Hope Watermelon Festival

48th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival

This year’s theme: Homegrown Happiness!

The Hope Watermelon festival features numerous activities including arts and crafts, food, entertainment and other family-oriented activities. Local civic clubs hold dinners featuring such down-home fare as smokey pulled pork and golden fried catfish. What else can you do at the festival You can participate in a 5k race, participate in Watermelon Olympics, enter the Watermelon Idol talent contest, browse the car show, and have a blast in the Kidz Zone.

Schedule:
Festival Opens
9:00am - Vendors: Outdoor-Coliseum-Horticulture Building-Covered Pavilion
10:00am - Concessions: Outdoor
9:00am - River Valley Tractor Kidz Zone Opens
- Inflatables
- GellyBall
- Pony Rides
- Camel Rides
- AR Game and Fish Mobile Aquarium
- Sno Cones
9:00am - Rusty Wheels Engine Show Opens, Glen Scroggins (870)703-1374
10:00am - Watermelon by the Slice Opens - Big tent
11:00am-4:30pm - LifeShare Blood Drive
3:00pm - Carl Jackson - Farmers Bank and Trust Stage
4:30pm-7:00pm - Lion’s Club Fish Fry - Community Center
6:00pm - Melon Jams Open Mic Night - Farmers Bank and Trust Stage
6:00pm - Washington Vintage Dancers - in front of coliseum
6:00pm - Cornhole Tournament, City of Hope Parks and Recreation - Legion Field
Contact the Fair Park Office 870-777-7500 for more info.
7:00pm - Watermelon Festival Softball Tournament Begins, City of Hope Parks and Recreation - Kelly Fields