Watermelon Festival in the San Fernando Valley {Ticket Giveaway}

The 54th Annual Watermelon Festival takes place August 13 & 14, at Hansen Dam Soccer Field in Lake View Terrace. This fun, family-friendly event will have free watermelon, delicious foods, games, contests, entertainment, a Kids Zone with carnival rides & attractions, and much more!

Family fun activities include:

• Watermelon Carving Contest
• Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest at the “Spitway”
• Watermelon Relay Race
• FREE watermelon for all attendees

My daughter can’t wait to go to the Kids Zone, where they will have fun carnival rides & midway games. Be on the lookout for the Melon-dramatic Children’s Theater, where they will have puppet shows & an interactive crafts area. There’s also a zip line, rock climbing wall, bouncy pit, laser tag & face painting!

Festivities also include a marketplace with an array of eclectic arts & crafts exhibitors and vendor booths, carving demonstrations, a battle of the bands, plus strolling performers!

Speaking of performances, on both Saturday & Sunday, the festival will have a variety of musical acts on Firepoint Stage throughout the day. The music ranges from classic rock tributes to great original acts featuring Latin, pop, funk, R&B, blues, doo wop, Motown, jazz, Caribbean, rock & more!

The Watermelon Festival is located at Hansen Dam Soccer Field at 11480 Foothill Blvd, Lake View Terrace in the San Fernando Valley. Parking is FREE. Festival hours are Saturday, August 13 from 11am to 10pm and Sunday, August 14 from 12pm to 10pm. General Admission: $10; Kids ages 3-12: $6; Children 2 years & under are free. Check the festival website here for more info!

How would you like to win a 4-pack of tickets to the Watermelon Festival in LA? Well here is your chance! One Real Mom of SFV reader will win this 4-pack. (This contest is open to Southern California residents only.)

Please enter below for a chance to win.

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Rules: Southern California Residents ONLY. One winner will be randomly selected via RaffleCopter and notified via email. Winner must respond within 48 hours to claim the prize or a new winner will be chosen via RaffleCopter. The prize will be mailed out by Real Mom of SFV. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to send me an email to realmomofsfv@gmail.com

So tell me, what are you most excited to see or do at the Watermelon Festival?

Disclosure: No monetary compensation was received for this post. This blog post is for informational purposes. The Watermelon Festival has provided the prize pack for this contest. The images shown in this post are used with permission. As always, my opinions are 100% my own.