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Mississippi's capital city has been tapped to host the National Folk Festival from 2025 through 2027. The free, three-day festival is set to be held in downtown Jackson during the second week of November in each of those years and will feature music, art, dance and food from cultures throughout the nation and around the world, The Clarion Ledger reported. "As we were aiming to be the selected city for the National Folk Festival, part of our charge and part of our effort to entice the selection of the City of Jackson was to make it clear where we have roots in the creation of blues and jazz and genres like gospel music, that this is the opportunity for America’s music to come home to Mississippi," Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said at a news conference Tuesday.
"We want to make it clear that this National Folk Festival is Mississippi’s National Folk Festival, not just the City of Jackson." Mississippi’s capital city has been tapped to host the National Folk Festival from 2025 through 2027. SOLD OUT NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL KICKS OFF Jackson beat 42 other cities vying to host the event.
It is estimated the festival will bring 60,000 attendees in its first year and 100,000 each year after that, Lumumba said. It is also estimated to have a $60 million impact during the festival’s three-year residency, officials said. The National Council f.
