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Luling Watermelon Thump
Thump Grounds, East Davis Street, Luling, TX
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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