The National Folk Festival, a three-day festival taking place in downtown Jackson, is scheduled for November 7 through 9.
The free festival is a partnership of the National Council for the Traditional Arts, the City of Jackson, Visit Jackson, Downtown Jackson Partners, the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, the Community Foundation for Mississippi, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the Mississippi Humanities Council, Visit Mississippi, and the National Park Service.
The Festival Marketplace will showcase the handmade creations of 20 of Mississippi and the Deep South’s finest artists and craftspeople, featuring traditional and contemporary crafts inspired by the South’s cultural heritage and landscape…