Denton Watermelon Festival

In 2017 the Artisan guild and mayor Larry Ward hosted the first festival. Talks beforehand were on ways to entice traffic to Denton.“I’d love to host a festival to welcome people to visit Denton” and that is just what they did. The Town of Denton Parks and Recreation and a team of volunteers  took over handling the Annual Festival in 2019. 

On Saturday Aug. 6 from 9am-2pm Denton will host their 6th Annual Watermelon Festival at Harrison Park located at 52 W. Salisbury St. Denton, NC 27239. This family friendly event that has grown in numbers since 2017  will feature 40+ vendors, a cornhole tournament, local entertainment, a pageant, watermelon eating contest and a seed spitting contest, plus more. 

The tournaments are free to enter. 

The pageant is also free to enter and open to male and females from age birth to sassy seniors. Those willing to participate are encouraged to meet at Denton Wesleyan Church located at 16345 NC-109, Denton, NC 27239 by 10am. The winner will be crowned at 2pm at Harrison Park. 

Some of the local entertainment will include Sky’s The Limit Dance Company and featuring the Hampton Drive Band. Mayor Larry Ward would like to welcome everyone to come out and be present at the Watermelon Festival, there is no charge to enter the festival, “Let’s do this, have some fun.”