Beef sizzled and chucked through the obstacle course and gut-busted past the 2024 champion Sheep to be crowned the 2025 Greased Watermelon Race champions.

A new Watermelon Queen has been selected as the 80th anniversary of the Rush Springs Watermelon Festival draws near. Kylee Heston, a senior at Rush Springs High School, was selected in June to ...

HOPE – It’s time to pucker up and launch some seeds! The always-entertaining Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest is back at the 49th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival, and it’s open to all ages.

Irrigon Knights Cheer will present a Mini Cheer Camp July 22-25, 2025, for a performance during the Irrigon Watermelon Festival. Registration is July 2 and 7, at the Irrigon branch of the Oregon ...

HOPE – Get ready to dig in and show off your watermelon-eating skills! The Watermelon Eating Contest is back at the 49th ...