watermelon

There's a small town in Oklahoma that's known as the watermelon capital of the world. If you've spent any time in the Sooner State or know your watermelons, you're familiar with this place and its EPIC MELONS!

Behold and beware of the rare and elusive, volatile, exploding watermelon of Oklahoma. This fermenting and dangerous melon has claimed dozens, maybe even hundreds this spring and summer.

It's the sweetest, juiciest and longest-running watermelon festival in Sooner State. Get ready for Oklahoma's premier watermelon festival returning in 2023 bigger and better than ever before.

Watermelons - they’re sweet, enticing, and you usually get them from late spring until early fall. You can see them in the stores as early as March, but in order to get the best homegrown watermelons from the Lawton area fruit stands, you will have to wait until late summer.

Every year it is the same tradition.  It starts with the Memorial Day weekend, signaling the unofficial start of summer.  People are heading off in different directions.  Kids are out of school and the fun begins.