Crews began placing street closures in downtown Jackson Monday, Nov. 9, ahead of the 83rd Annual National Folk Festival, scheduled for Nov. 13-15.
Affected streets include E. Capitol Street, State Street, S. President Street, S. Congress Street, S. West Street, S. Lamar Street and E. Amite Street. Reopenings are set to begin Monday, Nov. 16.
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Access to downtown from the I-55 Pearl Street exit will be restricted from 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, through Monday, Nov. 16.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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