Too Hot For Watermelon: Festival Moved To November

August 3, 2015

The towns of Century and Flomaton held the Twin Cities First Annual Watermelon Festival last summer with hundreds of people in attendance. The event was successful, according to organizers, but the heat and humidity were just too much to bear for an outdoor arts, crafts and musical festival.

The watermelon festival was not held this summer due to the summer weather; it’s been replaced by an upcoming Twin Cities Fall Craft Festival from on November 7 from  9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Showalter Park in Century. The festival will include family fun, craft booths, food, entertainment and more (but no watermelon).

Vendors and entertainers are needed; click here for an application.

Interested entertainers or anyone needing more information should call Kim Godwin at Century Town Hall at (850) 256-3208 or email kgodwin@centuryflorida.us.

The Twin Cities Fall Craft Festival is sponsored in party by NorthEscambia.com.

Pictured: Last year’s Twin Cities First Annual Watermelon Festival. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.

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6 Responses to “Too Hot For Watermelon: Festival Moved To November”

  1. Wind Rider on August 6th, 2015 4:24 pm

    Well, we’ll be attending the Blue Angels Homecoming like we do every year. Then enjoying a nice game of Ice Flyers hockey that night. Maybe next year it’ll be on a different day and festival planners will actually look at surrounding events that may be of conflict. That’s not counting the college football games that day; FSU -v- Clemson, Alabama -v- LSU, Auburn -v- Texas A & M. Hopefully it will be succesful and those attending will have a great time.

  2. Been there on August 5th, 2015 5:53 am

    @ oversight, I don’t believe everyone will go see the Blues, I personally would rather eat out of season, not from around here watermelon over going thru all the traffic & the extra people, & yes, I do agree w/ Jim, a lot that happens in Pensacola events do involve drunks, so on that note, I’d rather eat watermelon than putting me & my kids on the road with those drunks going home & quit lying to yourself, just because people serve wine @ some galleries instead of beer, it’s still alcohol & you can get just as drunk with it as you can with beer, whiskey or anything else, rich or not

  3. Oversight on August 3rd, 2015 8:09 pm

    Jim, let me add that Nov 6 and 7 is the Blue Angels’ Homecoming air show at NAS Pensacola, which is another huge local draw of people.

  4. Oversight on August 3rd, 2015 8:03 pm

    Sorry Jim, but the arts festival is not a “gallery night” drunk fest. Pensacola will get the best vendors on the 5-7 November weekend. Century will be left with the castoffs, even if they get any at all to show up. I agree that Century’s event should be moved to cooler weather; however, you’d think that those in charge would make an informed decision on the other events in the area at the same time. Why not a fall fest the weekend prior? By the way, any watermelon you eat in November didn’t come from around here.

  5. Jim on August 3rd, 2015 11:07 am

    @ Oversight: As much as I hate it, most people know that gallery nights and Arts Festivals in downtown Pensacola have turned into prolonged, out-in-the-streets “happy hours”. These things are no longer family-friendly, and have less and less to do with art, and more and more to do with loud bands and cheap beer.

    I applaud Century for the move to a cooler season when people can actually enjoy the event. I think this will be more successful than Oversight assumes. People who want to enjoy local events, something that they can take kids and friends to without fear of encountering drunks and rampant vulgarity will opt for this type of thing over the long drive downtown, the price-gouging parking spaces, the shoulder to shoulder crowds, and the bombarding obscenity.
    Personally, I’m looking forward to watermelon!

  6. Oversight on August 3rd, 2015 5:54 am

    Couldn’t find another date or does Century like competing with the downtown Pensacola crowd and its arts festival. Good luck with that. http://www.ggaf.org/

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