Fayette Watermelon Days

Fayette Watermelon Days Fayette, Iowa's Town Celebration
The weekend after Labor Day in September
A lot of FREE, Family Fun!

Visit www.fayettewatermelondays.com for a list of FREE events, rides, activities and entertainment. Free carnival rides, free inflatable slide, free face painting, kids color their free t-shirt, free balloon artist, free games/activities. Food booths, vendor fair, silent auction at Fayette Community Library, BINGO, live entertainment, fireworks, sky lantern, car show and so much more!

1️⃣One more last SHOUT OUT to our Event, Diamond & Platinum Sponsors. These businesses and organizations gave us some BI...
09/07/2026

1️⃣One more last SHOUT OUT to our Event, Diamond & Platinum Sponsors. These businesses and organizations gave us some BIG BUCKS to bring you FREE activities and entertainment that you normally would have to pay for! Next time you see or work with these sponsors - tell them THANK YOU for supporting Watermelon Days!🍉 Visit FayetteWatermelonDays.com for a complete schedule of FREE activities and events.

City of Fayette Upper Iowa University Black Hills Energy Boarders Inn & Suites in Fayette, Iowa ITC Holdings Corp. Veridian Credit Union Alliant Energy Full Circle Services, Inc Kluesner Sanitation, LLC. MeatzysDeli/The Pumper in Fayette, Iowa No Limit Diesel & Auto, LLC Northeast Security Bank and Scott Pharmacy 👏

5⃣ Days Left - Until all the FREE Family Fun Begins! 🍉Visit FayetteWatermelonDays.com for all the information.FREE SHOW:...
09/06/2026

5⃣ Days Left - Until all the FREE Family Fun Begins! 🍉

Visit FayetteWatermelonDays.com for all the information.

FREE SHOW: Joe Gandelman, a comic ventriloquist, and all his friends will perform on our BIG Stage, downtown Fayette on South Main Street, at 6pm Saturday, Sept. 12. Stick around after the show to meet a puppet and take your picture before the fireworks begin!

🍉If you missed it, we announced our last FREE entertainer for Watermelon Days 2026 yesterday! That's right, the talented...
09/06/2026

🍉If you missed it, we announced our last FREE entertainer for Watermelon Days 2026 yesterday! That's right, the talented Trevor Rau Music will be playing all of his, and YOUR, favorite songs on our BIG stage. Right after the parade until about 2:30PM on Saturday, Sept. 12 in downtown Fayette. Enjoy a wide variety of songs! 🍉

👀Take another look (or maybe your first look) at all these JUICY Sponsors! Help us thank them because without these extr...
09/05/2026

👀Take another look (or maybe your first look) at all these JUICY Sponsors! Help us thank them because without these extraordinary businesses, we would not be able to provide FREE things, like a comedy-ventriloquist show, inflatables, kids coloring t-shirts, laser tag, mechanical bull rides, music from Richie Lee & the Fabulous 50's, a pickleball scramble, Absolute Science bubble stations, and SO MUCH MORE!🎉

Visit FayetteWatermelonDays.com for a complete list of sponsors, activities and entertainment!

😁Did we mention we have PRIZES for some of our FREE activities? Like these cool, Fayette Watermelon Days cups - proving ...
09/05/2026

😁Did we mention we have PRIZES for some of our FREE activities? Like these cool, Fayette Watermelon Days cups - proving you WON (or maybe just participated in, but whomever you tell won't know 😉)! Prizes will be given out for our FREE Pickleball Scramble, FREE Family Bingo, FREE Seed-Spitting Contest, FREE Watermelon Eating Contest and FREE Car Show & Shine! Don't miss all the FREE Family Fun next weekend (Sept. 11, 12 & 13), and maybe you'll be taking home a FREE souvenir. 🍉

💎There is WAY TOO MUCH FREE Family FUN at Fayette Watermelon Days this year - the weekend AFTER Labor Day, Sept. 11-13 -...
09/02/2026

💎There is WAY TOO MUCH FREE Family FUN at Fayette Watermelon Days this year - the weekend AFTER Labor Day, Sept. 11-13 - Thanks in part by these EVENT & DIAMOND Sponsors!💎

Please help us by telling them, "Thank You"!🎉

City of Fayette Upper Iowa University Black Hills Energy Boarders Inn & Suites in Fayette, Iowa ITC Holdings Corp. Veridian Credit Union 👏

💲Buy your Raffle Tickets today at these Fayette businesses: Northeast Security Bank, The Pumper and Shear Confidence Sal...
09/02/2026

💲Buy your Raffle Tickets today at these Fayette businesses: Northeast Security Bank, The Pumper and Shear Confidence Salon. $1 per ticket or $5 for 6 tickets, then take home your Fayette Watermelon Days 2026 souvenir magnet. Drawing will be held at 5pm on Saturday, September 12 in downtown Fayette. Need not be present to win, but if you are present - pick your own prize (if you are not present, a committee member will pick your prize for you). $250 Cash is Grand Prize and many other prizes! Raffle Tickets will also be available during Fayette Watermelon Days (Sept. 11 & 12) up until the drawing.💲

🍉Shout out to our Shining Silver Sponsors today! Their sparkling donations are helping us bring FREE, Family Fun activit...
09/01/2026

🍉Shout out to our Shining Silver Sponsors today! Their sparkling donations are helping us bring FREE, Family Fun activities and entertainment to Fayette Watermelon Days (the weekend AFTER Labor Day, Sept. 11-13)! Visit FayetteWatermelonDays.com for all the information! Help us tell these sponsors "Thank You"!🎉

Bank 1st in West Union, Barrel Drive In - West Union, IA, Croell, Inc., Fagle View Farms in Fayette, Frey Farms in Fayette, Collins Auto Body Repair in Fayette, Visit Fayette County, , Grace Lutheran Church in Fayette, Hofmeyer & Hanson, PC in Fayette, Kornhill Redemption Center, Maple Crest Campus, , Poor's Automotive in Fayette, United Methodist Church in Fayette, Volga River Realty in Fayette, West Union Dental Associates, , and West Union Trenching LLC, 👏

😂FREE Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest - All Ages Welcome - Cool Prizes to Win! Friday, September 11 at 7PM in front of ...
08/31/2026

😂FREE Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest - All Ages Welcome - Cool Prizes to Win! Friday, September 11 at 7PM in front of the BIG Stage in Downtown Fayette!😂

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