Rush Springs Watermelon Festival

Rush Springs, OK · Food & Drink

When: August 13–14, 2027
Where: Jeff Davis Park · Rush Springs · OK
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

Rush Springs celebrates the watermelon variety that made it famous with a Friday parade, a Saturday car show, and a free watermelon feed that goes through roughly 50,000 pounds of fruit. The festival has run since 1948 and now draws upward of 20,000 visitors to a town of about 1,300 people. A seed spitting contest and a 5K road race round out the weekend.

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