August 29 & 30 | Time 11am – 4pm
August 29 & 30 Join us for the annual Watermelon Bash at Great Country Farms—where summer is at its juiciest, and we’re celebrating everyone’s favorite refreshing fruit all weekend long!
Bring the whole family and enjoy:
All things watermelon—from tasty treats to wacky games!
Farm-fresh eats & craft beverages from Henway Hard Cider
Classic farm attractions and plenty of silly watermelon-themed fun.
NEW this year- Watermelon Carving Competition- County Fair Style. Can you carve a lovely watermelon basket creation? Carve your own watermelon at home and bring it to enter the competition to see how you stack up. Grand prize is a quarterly Farm Season Pass for September-November 2026!
Watermelon Festival – Schedule of Fun!
- 9am-5pm – Visit the farm animals & feed the goats
- 9am- 5pm – Romp in our 15 acre play area
- 11am – 8pm Watermelon Crawl – Visit all 3 locations – Bluemont Vineyard, Dirt Farm Brewing & The Henway Cider Barn to Sip Watermelon Libations and then drop your punch card to win raffle prizes!
- 11am -1pm – Watermelon Carving Contest Entries may be dropped off at The Stage by the Roosteraunt
- 11:30am – Watermelon Eating Contest
- 12pm – Watermelon Seed Spitting Showdown
- 1pm – Family Water Games
- 2pm – Watermelon Smash Show – a la Gallagher & Watermelon Carving Contest Winners Announced
- 4pm – Doxie Derby (Saturday, August 29th only)
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Shop, Sip & Support Local!
We’ll also have a fantastic lineup of local vendors joining us throughout the weekend, with special dog-focused vendors on Saturday, August 29th to add even more fun to Doxie Derby day!
DOG VENDORS – SATURDAY, 8/29:
Day of the Dog Bakery • Dogtopia of Purcellville • Knot Tees • Coodles Creations • Hounds Town Dulles • Ridgeside K9 • Tucker Wrld-RESCUE • Stuff by C • Echo Barkery • Bogey’s Mix • Belly Rub Biscuit Bar • Patchdanas
MORE VENDORS – SATURDAY, 8/29:
Be So Daring • Sprinkle Me Brigadeiro • Qunuy • Loudoun Wicks • King of Pops (Popsicle Cart) • Dogmoore Creations DBA The Jam Witch • Coco Briar Perm Jewelry and Fairy Hair • Dryad Cookery • Lip K Luv • Nature’s Lens Collective • LazyLyon Crochet • Nancy Sage Poetry • Art by Dori • Mr. Juice • My Little Magnet Company • Sippin LoCo • Dreamline Organics • Golden Goddess Alchemy
Take a wagon ride through our regenerative farm fields, visit with our friendly goats, and challenge yourself on the Farm Ninja obstacle course, giant slides, and jumping pillow. Our 15-acre play area is open 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tickets at the Gate are $16 per guest.
After a sun-soaked day on the farm, keep the fun going with tastings of craft wine, cider, and beer at our sister properties—just down the road in scenic Bluemont. Join the Watermelon Crawl to savor watermelon libations at each of our experience Bluemont properties and drop your punch card at your last stop to win raffle prizes!!
