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Each of the 50 United States have quite a few festivals throughout the year. The Provinces and Territories throughout the rest of the world have their share of festivals and events that celebrate their culture and regional history. Residents in the every region, regardless of the country, enjoy attending their festivals - Locate and Reserve your room or suite in any of the United States. The lodging centers for the rest of the countries can be found at the left.
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Annual Hope Watermelon Festival
Hope ,
AR
County, USA
Held on the
Second
Weekend
of
August
for
4
day(s)
Description:
The festival will feature many of the time-honored events which have become so popular including seed-spitting, watermelon eating and other melon-related events. Also, the festival will feature a melon auction on Saturday, August 13th which will allow those bidding the chance to buy one of the big melons featured at the festival.
There are many other events set for this year’s festival. These include the Kiwanis ClubChicken Supper, Lions Club Fish Fry, Watermelon Olympics, a bass tournament on Lake Millwood sponsored by the Tri-County Bass Club, a baseball/sports card show, and the 5K run. Other events will include an arm-wrestling contest, an antique engine show sponsored by the Rusty Wheels Antique Engine Club, and a motorcycle show for motorcycles sponsored by the ABATE motorcycle group. An antique car show is also planned.
Entertainment:
Over 200 arts & crafts booths will be in place and there will be a variety of music presented over a 4 day period including country, blues, southern gospel, western swing, bluegrass and rock.
For more information call
or email
www.hopemelonfest.com
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