Celebrating 35 Years!
Get Ready for a Day of Seed Spittin’, Celebratin’ and Small-Town Fun!
The Hempstead Watermelon Festival is two days of festivities in honor of the crop that made our town famous! Join us July 18-19, 2025 for a family-friendly event that’s got something for absolutely everyone. It’s toe-tappin’ entertainment and awesome eats. It’s antique cars and old-time parades. It’s can’t-miss shopping, games for the kiddos and all sorts of other fun to boot. (In other words, it’s somethin’ you won’t wanna miss!)
So, mark your calendars July 18 – 19, 2025, gather your buddies and get ready to celebrate BIG! Because you know we love a good party here in Hempstead.
July 18-19
Downtown Hempstead
Wanna Help Sow the Seeds for a Successful Event?
We’d love to have ya! Click to learn more about how you can get involved in this year’s Hempstead Watermelon Festival.
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We LOVE our SPONSORS!!
We LOVE our SPONSORS!!!
Alegacy • The Barbque Store • BK Construction • Brookshire Brothers • Citizens Coffee & Wine Cafe • City of Hempstead • Dairy Queen – Hempstead • Edmonds Insurance • EHRA • Judge Elton Mathis Waller County Court of Law #2 • Erick’s Mexican Restaurant • First Baptist Church Hempstead • Fraziers • Hegemeyer Realty & Associates • Hempstead Church of Christ • Hempstead VFD • Honey Bee • Howard Insurance Agency • James Newcomb Furniture • Justin Beckendorff County Commissioner Pct 4 • K10 Roll Offs • Kendric D Jones County Commissioner Pct 3 • Las Fuentes Mexican Restaurant • Logan Industries • McAlister Assets • Mill Creek Custom Homes • Mustang Cat • Nora Hodges City County Member • Prosperity Bank • Republic Services • Roy Weisner, CPA • Saint Katharine Drexel • San Bernard Electric • Stallion Communications • Styers Realty • Texas Premier • Trey Duhon Waller County Judge • Trustmark Bank • University Title Company • Veronica Klausmayer City Council Member Position 2 • Vicki LeBlanc for Waller County Commissioner Pct 1 • WC Steel Supply • Waller County Express • Waller County Land • Waller County Paint & Body • Walter Smith County Commissioner Pct 2 • We Brand It • Wendy Cline Properties
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Use hashtag #HempsteadWatermelonFest on social media to keep up with the latest event news, and to show your followers all the fun!
Have Questions?
We’ve got answers! (And if we don’t? We can find them for ya pretty quick.)