Watermelon Thump

🍉✨ Step into the VIP ✨🍉

✅ Premium stage viewing areas
✅ Private restrooms
✅ VIP-only bar access
✅ The best seat in the house

⭐️ FRIDAY, JUNE 26
🎶 Los Rieleros del Norte
🔥 Opening the night: Janeth Valenzuela

⭐️ SATURDAY, JUNE 27
🎸 Ole 60
🎤 With special guests: Logan Ryan Band & Phil Kane

🎟️ TICKETS: https://bit.ly/Thump2026

🤩It’s Thump week, Y’all!

🍉Bring your appetite and your cheering section—we’ll see you at the Watermelon Eating Contests!
📍 Thump Pavilion
🕧 Saturday | 12:30 PM

A special thank you to Smith Supply Company, proud Official Sponsor and supporter of the Watermelon Thump.

🍉Join us today and cast your vote for the young ladies competing to become part of the 73rd Annual Luling Watermelon Thump Queen’s Court.

👑 Amiyah Lampkin
👑 Yadira Reyna
👑 Makenna Key
👑 Layla Zamora
👑 Victoria “Vic” Reyes
📸 L-R

🗳 Voting Day
📍 Watermelon Thump Pavilion
⏰ Polls Open at 8:00 AM and close at 6:00 PM

Voting Information
✅ Anyone may vote as long as they can write their own name and independently identify the candidate they wish to support.
✅ Two voting lines will be available:
• Ages 10 & Under
• Ages 11 & Up
✅ Assistance will be available for voters with disabilities who are unable to exit their vehicle.

A special thank you to Cortes Insurance Agency-Farmers Insurance, proud Official Sponsors of the Watermelon Thump and supporters of our Queen’s Court.

🔥2 Stages - Big Entertainment 🔥

Beer Garden performances FREE with Festival Admission ($5 at the gate)
Main Stage concert presale GA & VIP tickets include grounds and ALL concerts.
🎟️ https://bit.ly/Thump2026

FRIDAY, JUNE 26th
🍉MAIN STAGE
🎶 Los Rieleros Del Norte + Janeth Valenzuela

🍺BEER GARDEN STAGE
6 PM | Trey Gonzales
8 PM | Ryan Snipes & Dynomite Eldorado
10 PM | Dean Willeford

🗳 Queen Voting Day
📅 Saturday, June 20th
⏰ Polls Open: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
📍 Watermelon Thump Pavilion

Get to know our candidates:
➡️ bit.ly/WTQueen
➡️ Live interviews via Luling Eagles Sports Broadcast Watermelon Thump Show Friday, June 19th
2:00p - Makenna Key
2:30p - Amiyah Lampkin
3:00p - Victoria “Vic” Reyes
3:30p - Yadira Reyna
4:00p - Layla Zamora

Voting Information:
✅ Anyone may vote as long as they can write their own name and independently identify the candidate they wish to support.
✅ Two voting lines will be available:
• Ages 10 & Under
• Ages 11 & Up
✅ Assistance will be available for voters with disabilities who are unable to exit their vehicle.

We encourage everyone to come out, participate in this long-standing Watermelon Thump tradition, and support these remarkable young ladies as they pursue the crown.

Best of luck to all of our candidates! 👑🍉

🍉❤️Be part of one of Texas’ most beloved small-town traditions at the 73rd Annual Luling Watermelon Thump Parade!

⏰ Parade applications are due by Noon on Tuesday, June 23rd
📋 Register here: bit.ly/Thump-Parade⁠

A special thank you to Bulldog Oil Well Service, a proud Official Sponsor Partner of the Luling Watermelon Thump, for helping keep these hometown traditions alive.

🍉👑As the reign of our 72nd Watermelon Thump Royal Court begins to wind down, please join us in congratulating Queen Lilli Reyes, Princess Janelle Zamarripa, and Duchesses Victoria Castillo and Layla Ellison on earning Grand Prize at the Chisholm Trail Roundup Parade in Lockhart at their last parade!

From parades and festivals to community events across Texas, we honor these outstanding young ladies for the incredible job they have done representing the Luling Watermelon Thump and Luling, TX.

A special thank you to Townsend Operating, a proud Official Sponsor of the Luling Watermelon Thump, for helping support our traditions, our youth, and our community.

🌟 The tradition continues this Saturday! Join us at the Watermelon Thump Pavilion for 73rd Queen Candidate Voting Day and help support the young ladies who will carry on this cherished Thump legacy as the new Queen’s Court.