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Marketplace Vendor Applications Now Open for the 83rd National Folk Festival

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Jackson, MS — The National Folk Festival is returning to Jackson, Mississippi, for the second year of its three-year residency. The 83rd National Folk Festival will take place in Downtown Jackson from November 13 – 15, 2026. The festival is now accepting vendor applications for the Festival Marketplace. Downtown Jackson will come alive for three days of FREE outdoor music, non-stop dancing, family activities, storytelling, crafts demonstrations, parades, and so much more—don’t miss out on being part of a new Jackson experience. Vendor applications are available via the festival website.


Marketplace Vendors

The Festival Marketplace at the National Folk Festival exclusively features the juried, handmade creations of the finest artists and craftspeople from the State of Mississippi and the Deep South. Priority will be given to artists from Mississippi. The Marketplace will include both deeply traditional crafts and more contemporary artistic expressions.

 

In order to ensure quality and integrity, a committee selects vendors based on a set of criteria that includes:

  • artistry

  • distinctiveness

  • craftsmanship

  • traditionality (if applicable)

  • connection to state/regional/local traditions

  • artist’s relationship to his/her/their cultural/artistic community

  • booth presentation

 

The committee reviews all applications and selects vendors who best meet these criteria.

Eligible items include, but are not limited to:

  • pottery

  • jewelry

  • paintings*

  • quilts

  • custom furniture

  • sculpture

  • mixed media*

  • textile art

  • stained & blown glass

  • photography

  • woodwork

  • packaged made-in-Mississippi/Deep South food products

 

*For vendors interested in selling paintings or mixed media, the artist may sell prints of an original work as long as the original work is displayed at the festival.

 

Ineligible items include, but are not limited to:

  • work made from store-bought kits or molds

  • commercial reproductions

  • alcohol or tobacco products

  • imported finished goods

  • manufactured items that have been assembled

 

Applicants MUST read through the Festival Marketplace Guidelines BEFORE they consider applying. The guidelines may be found and downloaded on the festival website at: NationalFolkFestival.com/marketplace





 
 
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