This festival is a watermelon wonderland
The sweet taste of summer is coming to Lake View Terrace with the return of the widely popular California Watermelon Festival.is basically a watermelon wonderland where fans of the big green juicy fruit can indulge themselves in all things watermelon.
“It’s really celebrating and kicking off the summer in a refreshing way, and most people love getting refreshed with watermelon,” said Alexandra Fuentes, one of the festival co-organizers. Thousands of watermelon lovers are expected at the festival, which is taking place at the Hansen Dam Recreation Area. The festival includes live bands, DJs, a petting zoo, a carnival and of course, watermelons.The California Watermelon Festival comes to the San Fernando Valley June 22-23. all-you-can eat watermelon that’s available for all those who attend. More than 100,000 watermelons are purchased for the event so there is plenty to go around.
“The barbecue vendor will be using a barbecue sauce with a watermelon fusion barbecue sauce. And they also grill the watermelon slices,” she said.Don’t freak out if you see watermelons walking around, because those are just people competing in the costume contest. People come dressed as watermelon slices, or as the full green fruit and expect to see a lot of little watermelons walking around too since there will be plenty of kids in costumes.
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