Levy County Visitors Bureau

CHIEFLAND WATERMELON FESTIVAL Annual Watermelon Festival held the first Saturday in June: Free fresh sliced watermelon, live entertainment, plus numerous craft and food vendors to fill your day.

TOUR de MELON is a family trail ride and a century ride on an area highway route sponsored by the Suwannee Valley Rotary Club. The ride takes place each year in Chiefland, Florida where you`ll see a fading part of Florida history. Join us on Saturday, June 2, 2012, 7:30 a.m. starting time, for an unforgettable ride through rural America. Enjoy the beautiful scenery with broad areas of ranches, crop land and nature; the camaraderie of hundreds of other cyclists, and delicious fresh sweet watermelon! Proceeds from this ride benefit national and local charities.

JULY 4TH CELEBRATION Williston puts on an outstanding Independence Day celebration each year on July 3 with a show-stopping parade, a festival and a spectacular fireworks display to top off the evening. The parade usually includes over 100 different entries ranging from floats to fire trucks to politicians. After the parade downtown the crowd heads over to the Williston Horseman's Park for the July 3 festivities put on by the city and the Chamber of Commerce. There are plenty of free activities for children as well as food and entertainment. At nightfall the sky lights up with the much-anticipated fireworks extravaganza.

EERIE ACRES Once the site of a booming sawmill town the forest there today stands as a monument to the almost century and a half of horror and mayhem associated with a curse bestowed upon it by a voodoo priestess, prior to her demise in the late 1800's. As you wind your way deep into the unknown, you'll experience up close and personal encounters with some of the site's most notorius characters, both past and present. Visit our story tab to follow along with author Amanda Wright as she reveals the history of Eerie Acres and finds out if its true what locals say, "Evil Still Lurks There!" Hayride - Haunted Woods Trail - Maze - Kid's Zone

CENTRAL FLORIDA PEANUT FESTIVAL This is a family-friendly event sponsored by the Williston Area Chamber of Commerce. It features a variety of delicious foods and assorted types of peanuts and peanut products, including our famous southern peanut pie! Rides, music, crafts and antique tractors will also be here for your enjoyment. The festival also ha a Little Peanut King and Queen and a Baby Peanut contest. Stop by to get some peanuts and enjoy some good old fashioned fun.

CEDAR KEY SEAFOOD FESTIVAL This major event features well over 200 arts and crafts exhibits, and great local seafood in City Park. There will be live musical entertainment at several places around town during the days and nights, and a parade on Saturday morning. In addition on this weekend, there is an open house at the lighthouse on Seahorse Key, the big island 3 miles to the west of Cedar Key. Explore the lighthouse, look at the exhibits and wander this beautiful island. Shuttle boats are available at City Marina. Be sure to remember your camera and binoculars!

INGLIS-YANKEETOWN SEAFOOD FESTIVAL The event is in it's 30th year.The weekend before Thanksgiving, food vendors, over one hundred arts & crafts vendors, and entertainment fill this coastal village, on the Withlacoochee River a short drive from the Gulf of Mexico, with fun for everyone. Proceeds support Lions Club activities related to sight, hearing, diabetes and other community needs.

CHIEFLAND CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Arts & crafts, food, entertainment and DJ by local talent, children's activities at Trailhead Park. 6:00-7:00 p.m. Lighted Parade from Chiefland High, south on Highway 19 to South 3rd Avenue. 7:00- 8:00 p.m. Back to Trailhead Park for the lighting ceremony, contest winners, music & carols & Santa.

LIGHT UP WILLISTON Long before the starting time of 6 p.m., folks fill up parking spots and gather along Noble Ave. to claim the best vantage points from which to view the holiday extravaganza. Children scramble for the candy tossed out along the street. Adults watch expectantly for an anticipated favorite float to pass by. With the Williston High School marching band, the fire department, local floats and more than a dozen seated riders from the horse club, the parade is truly a hometown celebration. Before the parade, many people stop by the GFWC Woman's Club tent to purchase dinner, snacks and hot chocolate. After the parade, everyone treks back down Linear Park to the city's pavilion where the structure is put to good use as folks gathered to hear children and adults alike sing many holiday favorites. The annual reading of a favorite Christmas fable provides entertainment for the children. Decorated with lights, the circular building provides the perfect venue for performances and then everyone is able to watch as the festival's namesake comes to pass: the illumination event. The mayor, Miss Williston and Little Miss Williston throw the switch to "Light Up Williston." The audience gasps and claps as the city is lit for the holiday season.