Luling Watermelon Thump

Luling, TX · Food & Drink

When: June 24–27, 2027
Where: Thump Grounds, East Davis Street · Luling · TX
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

Luling has honored its watermelon growers every June since 1954 with four days of carnival rides, a queen's coronation, and the World Championship Seed Spitting Contest. The distance record set here stands at 68 feet 9 inches. The festival draws around thirty thousand people to a town of five thousand. (Held the last Thursday through Sunday of June; 2027 dates approximate.)

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Luling has honored its watermelon growers every June since 1954 with four days of carnival rides, a queen's coronation, and the World Championship Seed Spitting Contest.
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