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The 2008 Carytown Watermelon Festival Post: Get excited people!

Posted on | July 23, 2008 | 4 Comments

The 25th Annual Carytown Watermelon Festival is a Richmond tradition, and it’s quickly approaching. The event takes place Sunday, August 10, 2008, from 10 AM to 6 PM and will be bigger and better than ever.

Organizers are expecting a record crowd of 100,000+ strolling Cary Street and have some new events planned as well as keeping the old favorites…

  • A fashion show will take place at the main stage in the Ben & Jerry’s parking lot. Merchants from Carytown will be featuring their clothing in the show. The Watermelon Fest Fashion Show begins at 2PM.
  • Shriners will be back serving up watermelon for charity. Make sure to buy from them versus other watermelon vendors. The Shriners will be set up in 5 locations along Cary.
  • There will be 8 stages bringing music and fun all day long.
  • Cary Court is turning into a kids area yet again with facepainting, games, and more.
  • Parking. Well, that’s still an issue. So get there early.

We’ll continue to update this post with details as they come in. Check back often!

photo by: The Anti-ZIM

Comments

4 Responses to “The 2008 Carytown Watermelon Festival Post: Get excited people!”

  1. Chloe
    July 24th, 2008 @ 8:06 am

    YES! I’m going to be out of town!

  2. Eric
    July 28th, 2008 @ 10:42 am

    No Doubt – Aug 10th will be the hottest day of the summer…

  3. Sam
    July 30th, 2008 @ 3:46 pm

    Richmond Watermelon Festival post is updated.

    It will be 8 stages and 5 shriners watermelon stands full of goodness!

  4. West of the Boulevard News » Blog Archive » Will you be attending the Watermelon Festival?
    July 30th, 2008 @ 3:49 pm

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