Event Details
- Date(s): Sat, Nov 16
- Time: 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm
- Website: https://www.nationalfolkfestival.com/kickoff
- Location: Welcome to JXN Mural, 511 E Pearl Street, Jackson
Other Information
Exciting news! The National Folk Festival will hold a special one-day kickoff event on November 16, 2024, to give a taste of what to expect when this exciting and dynamic arts event begins in Jackson, MS, in 2025.
This FREE event will take place at the “Welcome to Jackson” mural at the intersection of State & Pearl Streets in Downtown Jackson. Seating opens at 3:30 PM, with music from 4:00–7:30 PM. With performances ranging from Cajun to South Asian Kuchipudi dance, from blues to salsa dura, discover just a glimpse of the breadth of cultures and virtuosic artistry that audiences can experience at the National Folk Festival in Downtown Jackson in 2025-2027!
Prior to the kickoff program, spend the day exploring several of the sites that enrich Jackson’s cultural landscape. Visit the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument; free tours begin at 9am. Then from 11am – 3pm, head to the Mississippi Museum of Art’s “Of Salt & Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South” exhibition opening, which will feature demonstrations, panel discussions, performances, and more. A free public shuttle will be running Saturday morning between Downtown Jackson and the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument.
Food and beverage will be for sale. Food is provided by Hal & Mal’s, and beverages are provided by Martin’s Downtown and Cathead Distillery.