Hope Watermelon Festival

The 47th annual Hope Watermelon Festival is this weekend and we get word that due to unforeseen circumstances, The Marshall Tucker Band scheduled for this Saturday, August 12, has been canceled, and replaced by Country artist Mark Wills.

It's almost time for the 47th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival. This year is going to be big! It's going to be a Seed Spitting Good Time.

The 47th annual Hope Watermelon Festival is coming August 10-12,  at Fair Park. This year's theme is "Seed Spiitin' Good Time," and with that being said, The City of Hope Animal Shelter and Hope for Paws is proud to present the Watermelon Dog Show.

The legendary classic southern rock band the Marshall Tucker Band is coming to Hope Arkansas to perform at the 47th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival and tickets go on sale soon.

It has been announced! Get ready for a great time this year at the 47th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival. We all look forward to this event every summer and this summer is no exception.

Do you love to sing? Do you have what it takes to be the next Watermelon Idol? Here's your chance to win the title and then open for Uncle Kracker at the Hope Watermelon Festival.

The Hope Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 46th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival from Thursday, August 11 through Saturday, August 13 at Hope Fair Park in Hope Arkansas.

The 46th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival is scheduled for Saturday, August 13, 2022, on the CMC Stage at Hope Fair Park. This year's festival will feature a concert by genre-crossing hitmaker and chart-topper Uncle Kracker.

It's time to show off your singing talents and sign up now for Watermelon Idol Singing Contest at the Hope Watermelon Festival this weekend.

It's time to nominate a great restaurant, proprietor and food event in the Texarkana area for the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. We've already had some big local winners from our area in the past couple of years. Cattleman's was inducted last year and Hope Watermelon Festival won a couple of years ago for in the Food-Themed Event.

We now have more information on this year's Watermelon Idol competition. The event will be held at Hempstead Hall as part of the "NOT The-Watermelon-Festival-Concert CONCERT" on August 15, 2020. Now is the time to enter!

Local legends, “South Down Main,” will headline a virtual concert experience in the first-ever (and hopefully only) “NOT The-Watermelon-Festival-Concert” Concert on Saturday, August 15, 2020 live from Hempstead Hall’s theater.