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Green River Melon Days
Green River, UT · Food & Drink
- When
- September 18–19, 2026
- Where
- O.K. Anderson Park · Green River · UT
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Green River celebrates its century old reputation for growing sweet melons with a parade, carnival and free watermelon handed out by local farming families. The town's shift from peaches to cantaloupe and watermelon followed a 1919 freeze that killed off its peach orchards. It has been held the third weekend of September since 1906.
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Green River celebrates its century old reputation for growing sweet melons with a parade, carnival and free watermelon handed out by local farming families.
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