Friends of Cleo

09/04/2026

☀️ Worried about the heat? No worries—we’ve got you covered! 💦

We’ll have cooling stations set up throughout the festival so you can cool off, take a break, and get right back to the fun!

🍉 Come out, enjoy the day, and celebrate the Cleo Springs Watermelon Festival with us! We can’t wait to see everyone!

09/01/2026

🍉🎉 IT’S ALMOST HERE, CLEO SPRINGS!!! 🎉🍉

We are just DAYS away from celebrating 125 YEARS of the Cleo Springs Watermelon Festival! ❤️🍉

We’ve got TWO DAYS packed with fun — the pageant, Fire & Rescue dinner, street dance, a BIG parade, Battle of the Bands, vendors & food trucks, co****le, carnival games, dunk tank, color run, FREE bounce house, FREE train rides, FREE watermelon and SO MUCH MORE! 🎶🚒🎡🍉

📅 September 6th & 7th

Grab your family, bring your friends, decorate those bikes and parade entries, and come spend the weekend making memories with our little town! ❤️

🍉 125 years of family, friends, community & tradition — LET’S MAKE THIS ONE TO REMEMBER!

Share, share, share and help us spread the word! We can’t wait to see everyone! 🎉🍉❤️ main flyer in caption!!

09/01/2026

🍉🎉 LET’S MAKE THIS PARADE BIG! 🎉🍉

The Cleo Springs Watermelon Festival Parade is almost here, and we want EVERYONE to join in the fun! 🚗🚜🐶🚲

Bring your floats, decorated bikes, pets, motorized rides—anything you can think of! Prizes will be awarded for the best float, bicycle, pet, and motorized entry! 🏆

📅 Monday, September 7th
⏰ Parade starts at 10:00 AM
Sign ups are at the elementary at 9:30

Come line the streets, cheer everyone on, and help us kick off a full day of Watermelon Festival fun! 🍉❤️

The bigger the parade, the better—so come be part of it!

08/28/2026

🍉 VENDOR INFORMATION! 🍉

We’re excited to have all of our vendors joining us for the Watermelon Festival! ❤️

📍 Booth locations are FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, so when you arrive, pick the available spot you’d like! (We do NOT have a limit on vendors)

⏰ Please be completely set up by 9:30 AM.

💵 You do not need to hunt anyone down to pay! Someone will come around to each booth to collect the vendor fee.

We can’t wait to see everyone and have a great festival day! 🍉🛍️☀️

08/28/2026

COME FOR THE PARADE, STAY FOR THE MUSIC!

The Watermelon Festival is going to be a FULL day of fun! Our Battle of the Bands kicks off at 11:30 AM Sept. 7th (Labor Day) and we’ve got an awesome lineup ready to take the stage! 🎤🤠

Come check out the parade, then stick around for Battle of the Bands, the Color Run, vendors, food, games & so much more! 🍉☀️

Bring the whole family, support our performers and local vendors, and spend the day with us in Cleo Springs! ❤️🍉

We can’t wait to see y’all there! 🎶🍉

08/22/2026

🍉👕 T-SHIRT PREORDERS ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED! 👕

But don’t worry if you missed out! 🤩 We’ll be set up at the Cleo Springs Watermelon Festival on September 7th with shirts available to purchase! 🍉

Come find us, grab your festival tee, and enjoy all the Watermelon Festival fun! ❤️

See y’all September 7th! 🍉

08/19/2026

Extended to MIDNIGHT!! Get the orders nowwwww

Online ordering for CLEO SPRINGS WATERMELON FESTIVAL 2026 ends on Sun, Aug 23, 2026 (11:59 PM CDT)

08/19/2026

PREORDERS CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT!!!!

Get those orders in!

Online ordering for CLEO SPRINGS WATERMELON FESTIVAL 2026 ends on Sun, Aug 23, 2026 (11:59 PM CDT)

08/01/2026

Join us for the street dance Sept 6th! It will be a nice evening with live music, friendly people, and lots of memories being made!!