Kamyshin Watermelon Festival
kamyshin watermelon festival russian камышинский арбузный фестиваль annual russian entertainment festival held city kamyshin volgograd oblast similar moscow city day celebration festival held city birthday late august honor city claim fame – watermelon officially known country watermelon capital concert exhibition sale organized every town square day long including huge civilian parade includes marching band giant float festival revolves around historical event occurred peter great visited city time named dmitrievsk visit exclaimed good fruit eating local watermelon first watermelon festival organized business system group company bay kamyshinka river front borodino bridge festival brought together thousand cane guest city since administration city kamyshin main organizer festival new competition introduced every couple year one introduced recently motto festival change every year determining theme main festival event many tourist regularly take part kamyshin watermelon festival according various estimate thousand people attend festival guest come saratov moscow astrakhan krasnodar well country near far abroad ukraine kazakhstan germany france guest honor festival governor volgograd oblast carnival procession watermelon parade take place people participate enterprise exhibit ceremonial column ton watermelon brought square festival record holder festival watermelon weighing kg received first prize official website