{"id":55360,"date":"2025-04-18T23:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T03:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=55360"},"modified":"2025-04-18T23:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T03:44:43","slug":"watermelon-festival-may-3-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/04\/18\/watermelon-festival-may-3-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon Festival! May 3, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e95797\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/490184124_976051451384111_4241848669312844770_n.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55361 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e95797; width:592px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/490184124_976051451384111_4241848669312844770_n.webp 960w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/490184124_976051451384111_4241848669312844770_n-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/490184124_976051451384111_4241848669312844770_n-768x432.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Event by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ExploreFCM\">Florida Children&#8217;s Museum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">600 Bonnet Spgs Blvd, Lakeland, FL, United States, Florida 33815<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 5 hr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public&nbsp;&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;Anyone on or off Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celebrate your unique sweetness at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/606945628832036\" class=\"ek-link\">3rd annual Watermelon Festival! May 3, 2025<\/a> Activities run from 10 am to 3 pm. Musuem closes at 5 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celebrate the rich tradition of watermelon farming in Central Florida, play for free at dozens of hands-on activities at Bonnet Springs Park\u2019s Great Lawn, and cool off inside Florida Children\u2019s Museum while you curate your own world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event is a pay what you can day- meaning participation is free. 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