
Celebrate Hope's giant watermelons with the watermelon eating and seed spitting contests, the Watermelon Olympics, a variety of live music, fishing, archery, arm-wrestling and horseshoe tournaments. A 5K run, more than 200 craft booths, food vendors, an old-time fiddling contest, antique engine and car shows, a motorcycle show and swap meet are just some of the other events that take place every August.