Weigh-in and registration begins promptly at 10 a.m. All entries become property of the Market and will be auctioned off at 1 p.m. Fifty children, ages 12 and under, will be selected by a drawing to participate in a watermelon eating contest at 11 p.m. Other activities at Watermelon Day include a seed spitting contest and watermelon bowling for children 12 and under. These activities begin at 10 a.m. and will run throughout the event. The State Farmers Market is located on Lake Wheeler Road near the I-40 overpass.
Visitors can follow signs from the interstate.
Gates to the market are open from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from 12 to 6 p.m., Sundays. For additional information about watermelon availability and special events at the market, call Charles Edwards, State Farmers Market Manager at 733-7417.