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Hempstead is famous for its watermelon crop, and until the 1940s, the town was the top shipper of watermelons in the United States. Billy DiIorio was known as the Watermelon King and Angelina DiIorio was known as the Watermelon Queen. Both resided in Hempstead. The town holds an annual Watermelon Festival in July. [9]
McDade is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Bastrop County, Texas, United States, located along U.S. Route 290. [1] As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 720. [ 3 ] It is 9 miles (14 km) east of Elgin and 34 miles (55 km) east of Austin .
McDade, Texas, an unincorporated community, United States McDade Independent School District This page was last edited on 4 May 2022, at 23:10 (UTC). Text is ...
The city celebrates a county wide Watermelon Festival in July and the East Texas Poultry Festival in October each year. The poultry festival is accompanied by the Poultry Festival Pageant in which high school Juniors of the county participate. The Pageant crowns a Poultry Festival Queen who presides over the three-day Poultry Festival.
C3 Presents is a concert promotion, event production and artist management company based in Austin, Texas. [1] C3 also produces several multi-day festivals including Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin Texas, [2] Two Step Inn Music Festival in Georgetown Texas, [3] Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans, [4] and Lollapalooza in Chicago along with its six international editions. [5]
The town promotes itself as the "Watermelon Capital of the World." [5] The community's largest event is the annual Rush Springs Watermelon Festival, which attracts about 30,000 people each year. They consume about 50,000 pounds of watermelon during this event. [6]
The Texas state legislature has officially granted many Texas cities honorary designations as the state's "capital" of something. [1] City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [ 2 ]
The idea for the Texas Hemp Harvest Festival was born out of Greg and Sweet Sensi's experiences attending other small hemp events as vendors and competitors in hemp product competitions. The first Texas Hemp Harvest Festival took place in October 2021 at the Carson Creek Ranch in Austin, [3] covering over 40 acres and accommodating 5,000 ...