506 West Drive
DeRidder, Louisiana 70634

5th Annual Beauregard Parish Watermelon Festival. Friday "Cutting of the Melon" 5PM, Watermelon Pageant 6PM,Dustin Houffpauir 6PM and Judd Bares & Six String Rodeo 7PM. Saturday at 7PM Bernie Alan with the sound of Louisiana's Swamp Pop and Zydeco Music.Sunday Gospel Jamoboree 11AM-5PM.Come have lunch and then enjoy the music.Barbeque chicken plate lunches wiyh all the trimmings $7. Advance orders call 337-463-6578 or pay at the door. Proceeds will help the Beauregard Council on Aging Meals on Wheels. The sweetest melons you'll ever find,grow on a Sugartown Watermelon vine! Live music and entertainment.Free watermelon eating & seed spitting contest.Free game tent for kids 12& under,amusement rides,livestock show and more!Saturday 7:30 A.M. Festival 5k Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run.T-shirts guaranteed to all that pre-register. For race info Call Mary 337-463-4451.Beauregard Parish Tourist Commission 337-463-5534.See our web site www.beauregardwatermelonfestival.com for information and registration forms.

Added by atakapa-coushatta tourist on April 7, 2010