Watermelon Festival Schedule
By Mark Keith, 08/6/23 9:35 PM
2023 SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
THURSDAY, AUG 10
- Festival Opens 12:00pm
- Watermelon Festival Ribbon Cutting & Pageant Winner Introduction, Coliseum 12:00pm
- Concessions Open, Outdoor 12:00pm
- River Valley Tractor Kidzone Opens 12:00pm
- Rusty Wheels Engine Show Opens 12:00pm
- Beautiful Baby Contest, Coliseum 12:00pm
- LifeShare Blood Drive 1:00pm-6:00pm
- Kiwanis BBQ Chicken Supper, Community Center 4:30pm-7:00pm
- Watermelon by The Slice Opens, Big Tent 5:00pm
- Watermelon Contest Weigh in, Coliseum 6:00pm
- Jr. Watermelon Olympics, in front of Cricket Wireless Stage 6:00pm
- Watermelon Olympics, meet at Legion Field 6:30pm
- Watermelon Fest Dog Show, Cricket Wireless Stage 7:00pm
- Rafter J Living Proof Band, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage 6:00pm-8:00pm
FRIDAY, AUG 11
- Festival Opens 9:00am
- River Valley Tractor Kidz Zone Opens 9:00am
- Rusty Wheels Engine Show Opens 9:00am
- Concessions Open, Outdoor 10:00am
- Watermelon by The Slice Opens, Big Tent 10:00am
- LifeShare Blood Drive 12:00pm-6:00pm
- Carl Jackson, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage 3:00pm
- Lion’s Club Fish Fry 4:30pm-7:00pm
- Watermelon Idol Preliminaries, Cricket Wireless Stage 5:00pm
- Washington Vintage Dancers, in front of coliseum 6:00pm
- Jacob Flores, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage 6:00pm-8:00pm
- Cornhole Tournament, Legion Field 6:00pm
- Watermelon Festival Softball Tournament Begins, Kelly Fields 7:00pm
SATURDAY, AUG 12
- Watermelon 5k, Front Gate 7:30am
- Melon Mile, Front Gate 8:30am
- Civitan Car Show, Behind Cricket Wireless Stage 8:00am
- Fishing Derby, Huckabee Lake 9:00am
- Festival Opens 9:00am
- River Valley Tractor Kidz Zone Opens 9:00am
- Rusty Wheels Engine Show Opens 9:00am
- Rusty Relics Antique Tractor Club 9:00am
- Dancetastics Dance Studio, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage 9:00am
- Money in the Haystack, Kidz Zone 9:30am
- Watermelon Waddle Duck Races, Hope Fair Park Swimming Pool 10:00am
- Watermelon by The Slice Opens, Big Tent 10:00am
- Southwest Arkansas Taekwondo Demonstration, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage 10:00am
- Hope Piranhas Swim Team Exhibition, Hope Fair Park Swimming Pool 11:00am
- Politically Correct Watermelon Eating Contest, Cricket Wireless Stage 11:00am
- Watermelon Auction, Big Tent 11:30am
- Watermelon Eating Contest, Cricket Wireless Stage 12:00pm
- Autism Sings, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage 12:00pm-2:00pm
- LifeShare Blood Drive 12:00pm-6:00pm
- Seed Spitting Competition, Cricket Wireless Stage 1:30pm
- Birds with Teeth Band, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage 3:00pm
- Nighthawk Band, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage 5:00pm
- The Marshal Tucker Band: CMC Stage 8:30pm(Gates open at 6pm)