Arts and Entertainment
August 1, 2022
From: Hope Watermelon FestivalWatermelons have long been a calling card for the City of Hope.
The Hope Watermelon festival features numerous activities including arts & crafts, food, entertainment and other family-oriented activities. Local civic clubs hold dinners featuring such down-home fare as locally grown smoked chicken and golden fried catfish. What else can you do at the festival? You can participate in a 5 k race, participate in Watermelon Olympics, enter the "Watermelon Idol" talent contest, browse the car show, and have a blast in the Kidz Zone.
This year’s theme: Rockin’ It To The Rind!
Schedule:
Thursday, August 11, 2022
12:00pm: Festival Ribbon Cutting & Pageant Winner Introduction, Coliseum
12:00pm: Festival Opens
Vendors/Exhibitors-Outdoor/Coliseum/Horticulture Building/Covered Pavilion
Concessions, Outdoor
GellyBall
1:00pm-6:00pm: LifeShare Blood Drive
4:30pm-7:00pm: Kiwanis BBQ Chicken Supper, Community Center
5:00pm: Watermelon by the Slice Opens, Big Tent
12:00pm: Rusty Wheels Engine Show Opens
6:00pm: Watermelon Contest Weigh-in, Coliseum
6:00pm: Jr. Watermelon Olympics, in front of Cricket Wireless Stage
6:30pm: Watermelon Olympics, meet at Cricket Wireless Stage
City of Hope Parks & Recreation
6:00pm-8:00pm: Rafter J Living Proof Band, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage
Friday, August 12, 2022
9:00am: Festival Opens
Vendors/Exhibitors, Outdoor/Coliseum/Horticulture Building/Covered Pavilion
GellyBall
10:00am: Concessions, Outdoor
9:00am: Kidz Zone Opens, Bobcat Freight Kidz Zone Area
Inflatable Ax Throwing & Obstacle Course
Pony Rides
Camel Rides
Petting Zoo
10:00am: Watermelon by the Slice Opens, Big Tent
11:00am: Piano Man Jack, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage
12:00pm-6:00pm: LifeShare Blood Drive
3:00pm: Carl Jackson, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage
4:30pm-7:00pm: Lion’s Club Fish Fry, Community Center
6:00pm: Washington Vintage Dancers, in front of coliseum
6:00pm: Cornhole Tournament, Legion Field
6:30pm: Arnetta Bradford, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage
7:00pm: South Down Main, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage
7:00pm: Watermelon Festival Softball Tournament Begins, Kelly Fields
Hope Parks & Recreation
Saturday, August 13, 2022
7:30am: Watermelon 5K & Melon Mile, front gate
Don Still (870)397-1236
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8:00am: Fishing Derby, Huckabee Lake
City of Hope Parks & Rec
8:00am: Civitan Car Show, Behind Cricket Wireless Stage
9:00am: Rusty Wheels Engine Show Opens
Glen Scroggins (870)703-1374
9:00am: Festival Opens
Vendors/Exhibitors, Outdoor/Coliseum/Horticulture Building/Covered Pavilion
GellyBall
10:00am: Concessions, Outdoor
9:00am: Kidz Zone Opens, Bobcat Freight Kidz Zone Area
Inflatable Ax Throwing & Obstacle Course
Pony Rides
Camel Rides
Petting Zoo
9:00am: Character Meet & Greet, Cricket Wireless Stage
Queen Bee LOL, Buzz Lightyear, Tik Tok Mascot
10:00am-12:00pm: SpongeBob Meet & Greet, Bobcat Freight Kidz Zone
Hope-Prescott Cable TV
10:00am: Money in the Haystack, Bobcat Freight Kidz Zone
10:00am: Watermelon Waddle Duck Races, Hope Fair Park Swimming Pool
10:00am: Watermelon by the Slice Opens, Big Tent
11:00am: Hope Piranhas Swim Team Exhibition, Hope Fair Park Swimming Pool
11:00am: Politically Correct Watermelon Eating Contest, Cricket Wireless Stage
Hosted by UAHT
11:30am: Watermelon Auction, Big Tent
12:00pm: Watermelon Eating Contest, Cricket Wireless Stage
All Ages
12:00pm: Southwest Arkansas Taekwondo Demonstration, Farmer’s Bank & Trust Stage
12:00pm-6:00pm: LifeShare Blood Drive
1:30pm: Seed Spitting Competition, Cricket Wireless Stage
Dave Phillips, Chairman
3:30pm: Southern Soul Showband, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage
4:00pm: Watermelon Idol, Legion Field
Hosted by UAHT
5:00pm: Nighthawk Band, Farmers Bank & Trust Stage
8:30pm: Uncle Kracker, CMC Steel Products Stage
6:00pm: Gates Open
7:30pm: Brady Rhodes
Date: August 11 - 13, 2022
Hours:
Thursday: 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Friday: 9:00am-8:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am-8:00pm or until concert ends!
Location: Hope Fair Park - 800 Mockingbird Ln Hope, AR 71801
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