National Folk Festival 2025

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November 7-9, 2025

The nation’s longest-running traditional arts event is coming to Jackson!

About the National Folk Festival

First presented in St. Louis in 1934, the National Folk Festival is the flagship event of the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA). The festival celebrates the roots, richness, and variety of American culture. Championed in its early years by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was the first event of national stature to present the artistic traditions of all Americans on equal footing. It was also the first to present to the public musical forms such as the blues, Cajun music, polka, Tex-Mex conjunto, Peking Opera, and many others.

Today, the National is an exuberant traveling festival, produced by the NCTA in partnership with communities around the country—including Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia—that embraces the diverse cultural expressions that define us as a people in the 21st century.

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$179.00 + tax per room night

AC Hotel by Marriott

221 Township Avenue Ridgeland, MS 39157

(601) 605-1101

Last booking date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

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$174.00 + tax per room night

Embassy Suites

200 Township Place Ridgeland, MS 39157

(601) 607-7112

Last booking date: Friday, October 17, 2025

To book: Call and mention the National Folk Festival.

*Reminder: This rate covers a full hot breakfast and made to order omelets, an evening hospitality reception from 5:30 - 7:30 pm, and all the rooms are suites.

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