Celebrating 36 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 17-18, 2026 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 17 – 18, 2026, gather your buddies and get ready to celebrate BIG! Because you know we love a good party here in Hempstead.
July 17-18
Downtown Hempstead
We LOVE our SPONSORS!!
We LOVE our 2026 SPONSORS!!!
PLATINUM SPONSOR:
★ Mustang Cat
GOLD SPONSOR’S:
✯ Citizen’s Coffee & Wine Cafe’
✯ City of Hempstead
✯ DiIorio Farm’s & Roadside Market
✯ Frazier’s Ornamental Concrete
✯ Hegemeyer Realty & Associates
✯ The Switch
SILVER SPONSOR’S:
✯ Alegacy
✯ Brent and Kim Rystrom
✯ Brookshire Brothers
✯ Edmonds Insurance
✯ EHRA, Inc.
✯ Honey Bee Septic
✯ Martinez ROW
✯ Odyssey Engineering Group
✯ Prosperity Bank
✯ St Katharine Catholic Church
✯ Styers Realty
✯ Texas Premier & Residential Services
✯ Waller County Paint & Body
✯ We Brand It
BRONZE SPONSOR’S:
✯ Judge Elton Mathis Waller County Court of Law #2
✯ Ezee Fiber
✯ Fife Realty
✯ First Baptist Church
✯ Hempstead Church of Christ
✯ Hometown Hardware Hempstead
✯ James Newcomb Furniture, Inc.
✯ Justin Beckendorff, Waller County Commissioner Pct 4
✯ Kendric D. Jones, Waller County Commissioner Pct 3
✯ Logan Industries International, LLC
✯ Pearl and Sparrow Boutique
✯ San Bernard Electric
✯ SW3 Solutions, LLC
✯ Trey Duhon, Waller County Judge
✯ University Title Company
✯ Veronica Klausmeyer, Hempstead City Council Position 2
✯ Vicki LeBlanc, for Waller County Commissioner Pct 1
✯ The Waller County Express
✯ Waller County Land
✯ Walter Smith, Waller County Commissioner Pct 2
✯ Weisser Engineering & Surveying
✯ Wendy Cline Properties, LLC
✯ Westwood
FRIENDS OF THE WATERMELON FESTIVAL:
⭐︎ Classic Events
⭐︎ Dairy Queen – Smith Dairy Queens, Ltd
⭐︎ Erick’s Mexican Restaurant
⭐︎ Las Fuentes Mexican Restaurant
⭐︎ WC Steel Supply
ROYALTY CONTESTANT SPONSORS:
• 3x National Champion – Drifters Joaquin • Blue Sparkle Pool Plastering • Church of Refuge • Double JL Homes • El Puas Watermelon • Fife Realty • Joe and Lori Spangler • Las Fuentes Mexican Restaurant • Legacy Catering • Lonesome Dove Mule and Cattle Company • Micky Wood • MT Financial Services • National Urban Construction • OMAC Farm • Prime Shine Detailing • Running H Ag Services • Running W Ranch • SS Coating LLC • Singleton & Sons Funeral Home, Inc. • Texas A&M Rellis • Texas Premier Residential Services • The Family Closet • The Farmer Way Customs • The Medrano Family • Tony and Michelle Cruz • Veronica Klausmeyer • Waller Youth Equestrian Development Association • Wendy Cline Properties, LLC • W-G Industries
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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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Use hashtag #HempsteadWatermelonFest on social media to keep up with the latest event news, and to show your followers all the fun!
Have Questions?
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