Rush Springs Watermelon festival

There's a small town in Oklahoma that's known as the watermelon capital of the world. If you've spent any time in the Sooner State or know your watermelons, you're familiar with this place and its EPIC MELONS!

It's the sweetest, juiciest and longest-running watermelon festival in Sooner State. Get ready for Oklahoma's premier watermelon festival returning in 2023 bigger and better than ever before.

Our in studio guest this morning was the 2015 Rush Springs Watermelon Queen Ms. Sydney Long. Sydney is the 16-year-old daughter of Regina and Shannon Long and will be a Junior at Rush Springs High School this year.

The second Saturday in August here is usually extremely hot. And it also means that the town of Rush Springs, Oklahoma has expanded its population from 1,800 to well over 20,000.