Hope Watermelon Festival

Festival · Hope

Hope Watermelon Festival

Festival · Hope

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800 S Mockingbird Ln, Hope, AR 71801

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Hope Watermelon Festival by null
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Hope Watermelon Festival by null
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Hope Watermelon Festival by null
Hope Watermelon Festival by null
Hope Watermelon Festival by null
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Watermelon festival with contests, food trucks, music, and family fun  

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800 S Mockingbird Ln, Hope, AR 71801 Get directions

hopewatermelonfest.com

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800 S Mockingbird Ln, Hope, AR 71801 Get directions

+1 870 777 3640
hopewatermelonfest.com
hopearkchamberofcommerce

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Aug 29, 2025

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The Best Summer Food in All 50 States - AFAR

"An August celebration that embraces Arkansas’s reputation for giant, juicy melons with seed-spitting contests, live gospel music, a giant melon auction, and the sticky, communal joy of biting into ruby-red watermelon—often made even sweeter with a dash of salt." - Shilo Urban

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TERRY BRAY

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It was nice. Volunteered to slice watermelons and work the watermelon seed spiting contest. I was disappointed that there were no watermelon "special" creations in food or beverage. Attendance overall was fare. Where was the costumed festival mascot??? The weather was perfect. Parking was a little challenging...I got there about 11:30AM on Saturday. The Hope watermelons are DELICIOUS!!! Crisp and sweet with minimal seeds!

Allyson Burke Lee

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Exactly what it sounds like a festival for celebrating the best watermelon you will ever eat! It’s Friday-Sunday. There’s booths with arts and crafts activities such as bounce house and petting zoo for children. Plenty of food trucks. On Saturday morning they have special (the nicer) vendors set up inside. There’s also a concert on Saturday night with musical acts such as Tracey Byrd, Uncle Cracker, Tracy Lawerence have been some Of the past performers. Theres a lot of contest to participate in or watch through at the weekend like seed spitting, watermelon eating, Watermelon Idol, and the Watermelon Pageant. On the baseball and softball fields they have a very big softball tournament that goes all weekend and is a very big deal and one of the bigger tournaments.

Daniel Lillis

Google
These watermelons taste like watermelons! Sweet sweet watermelon meat with salt on the side. I had never been to a watermelon festival. This was a nice day trip. Friendly folks and watermelon jokes. Might try it again next year.

hank padgett

Google
Had a great time! Good food, music, lots of vendors. A great way to enjoy the community.

Tyler “Bausto” Haynie

Google
Family fun and concession style food and vendors

Keith Wess

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Great Classic Car Show 🚗

Ashley Jones

Google
Love it hopefully go next year

Arthur Cummings

Google
They had antique cars and newer ones on display and ole timer tractors and equip. And lots of sweet red delicious water melon two to three dollars a slice And a water melon eating contest and home made ice cream and a great place to take tha family for three days it was open they have tha water melon festival every year and they have a contest to see who has grown that biggest water melon I enjoyed it see I'm a widower