The National Folk Festival is coming to Jackson, Mississippi, from 2025-27, with Jackson’s inaugural festival launching November 7 – 9, 2025.

The festival is now accepting vendor applications for the festival food courts.

The National Folk Festival seeks food vendors that can provide high quality, diverse, efficient, friendly service to thousands of festivalgoers. The festival features a wide variety of regional foods, as well as classic festival fare that will take diners on a culinary journey around Mississippi, the United States, and the world.

 

As an added incentive, anyone who applies and completes their contract by LABOR DAY, gets an additional $100 discount, on top of already announced discounts! 

Secure your spot today!

Please attach current photos that exemplify your menu items and vending operation.

 

Please list all items you wish to sell, including specialty beverages. Please include the price range for each item in the PRICE MIN & PRICE MAX fields. Provide the following information for each menu item.

You may use this form or you may attach your own document at the end of this section.

The National Folk Festival can draw up to 60,000 people over three days, in the first year at a new location.

Service and Size Specifications

Food vendor space is allocated by the frontage foot. Standard booth spaces are 10 frontage feet and 20 frontage feet. Food vendor spaces are a maximum of 20’ deep.

For food trucks: Frontage foot allocation is based on the bumper to bumper length plus three feet.

For trailers: Frontage foot allocation is based on total length including tongue, plus three feet.

For food operations that have a unique footprint that can’t fit in these dimensions, it may be possible to negotiate a special space allocation and fee. Pricing is as follows:

Frontage Feet	Standard Fee	First Year 25% Discount Fee
10	$800	$600
20	$1,100	$825
21	$1,155	$866.25
22	$1,210	$907.50
23	$1,265	$948.75
24	$1,320	$990
25	$1,375	$1,031.25
26	$1,430	$1,072.50
27	$1,485	$1,113.75
28	$1,540	$1,155
29	$1,595	$1,196.25
30	$1,650	$1,237.50
31	$1,705	$1,278.75
32	$1,760	$1,320

Electricity

The first 20 amp/120V circuit of electricity is included in the basic vendor fee. Any additional electrical service carries an additional fee based on the type and amount (as defined in the Food Vendor Application Guidelines). Additional needs or requests for electricity beyond this base amount must be included in the application. Use of generators are not allowed. 

Vendors selected to participate in the 82nd National Folk Festival will be responsible for providing their own power cords and power distribution from the service connection to and within their vending space. The National Electrical Code requires that all circuits provided by the Festival be equipped with a ground fault interrupt. Vendors are responsible for insuring that their equipment and power cables are compatible with ground fault interrupt circuits.

Note: You will NOT be charged these fees with your application submission. If you are selected to be a food vendor at the National Folk Festival, these charges will be added to your basic vendor fee.