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DeSoto County Watermelon Festival

the invisible crop's public day

Placed at
2025: first documented year on the map; founding year not recorded
Place
Arcadia, DeSoto County
District
Peace River valley
Status as of 12 September 2026
Operating; the 2025 edition runs 12 April at the Turner Agri-Civic Center.
Connections
1 edges, 1 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 220 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 216) · outside share 0.00
Confidence
High · sources: [EVWM] [VDWM] [AGC22] (register)

The festival celebrates the county's melon economy with seed spitting and pageants; it enters the map at the era its record here documents [EVWM][VDWM].

Connections

Events and recognition

  • appears inArcadiaseed spitting and pageants at the Turner Agri-Civic Center2025 edition