Hampton County Watermelon Festival

South Carolina's Oldest Continuing Festival

 

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June 14-22, 2008

                               

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  We would like to invite you to come and celebrate with us in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. 
We will be celebrating our 66th year of our Watermelon Festival.
The 66th Annual Watermelon Festival will have activities for the whole family.  

  Some of the highlights of our festival consist of Family Fun Day at Lake Warren State Park, Pet Shows, Mud Runs, a Watermelon Eating Contest, Watermelon Judging Contest, a Melon Miss pageant for all ages and the big Miss Coastal and Miss Teen Coastal Empire Pageants.  There will be arts and crafts displays along with a variety of musical entertainment and of course one of the largest parades in the state.

If you are interested in participating as a concession or arts and crafts vendor please visit our
applications
page for more information. Pet Show, Taste of Hampton, and Mud Run information is
available also.  If you decide to participate in any event and do not want your picture on the web site
then indicate this on the application. If you are coming from out of town and need a place to stay
we also have a list of Hotels f
or you on our applications page.