Wine festival (2019)
City, AR

Annual Cave City Watermelon Festival

ExpectedNext edition to be announced
Photo: Missvain, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Dates
Next edition to be announced
Status
Confirmed
Venue
To be announced
Price
Not announced
Camping
None on site
Last checked
Aug 31, 2026

Annual Cave City Watermelon Festival comes to City, AR, Next edition to be announced. Froligo tracks ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.

What to eat & drink

The free watermelon feast is the defining taste, with a pancake breakfast, food-truck competition and melon contests adding variety.

You must try…

  • The free Cave City watermelon feast

Watch before you taste

Food tours, crowd favourites and festival highlights.

The experience

What's special

A three-day Arkansas hometown festival created to celebrate Cave City’s famously sweet watermelons and the farmers who grow them. A parade, live music, carnival rides, car show, 5K and children’s activities surround a full programme of melon games.

What people love

The ingredient is genuinely participatory: visitors can join speed-eating and seed-spitting contests, watch the prize-melon auction and share a free watermelon feast.

Music & entertainment

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Getting there

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Where

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Camping & Accommodation

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Pricing

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