North Carolina Watermelon Festival
The North Carolina Watermelon Festival is an annual celebration of the watermelon started in 1957 in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1985 it was relocated to Murfreesboro, North Carolina. The festival features a seed-spitting contest, the crowning of a "Miss Watermelon" and an award for the best/biggest melons. There'll be no celebration planned in 2020. = 1970 - Ed Weeks, 118 lb (53.52 kg; 8.43 st) 2004 - Adam Worley, 195.5 lb (88.68 kg; 13.96 st) = 1966 Eleanor Brantley 1986 Whitney Cuthbertson 2003 Tracy Lynn Register 2009 Kensley Leonard 2014 Breanna Williams = 1963 - Wally Ausley - 35 ft 06 in (10.82 m)* 1970 - John "Speedy" Adams - 29 ft (8.84 m) 2004 - Kristin Cucci * World Record The four-day event now includes: a parade musical performances food festival carnival rides craft sales 5 km run watermelon-seed spitting contest crowning of the Watermelon Princesses a visit from the North Carolina Watermelon Queen Official website