Commissioner of Agriculture & Commerce Andrew Gipson issued the following statement.
The
Mississippi Mudbug Festival, held at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds,
will
officially kick-off on Wednesday, April 7, at 5:00 p.m. The festival
runs through Sunday, April 11, and will include a crawfish boil, live
musical performances and over 20 carnival rides. General admission is
free and parking is $5 per car.
“We
at the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce are excited
to host the inaugural Mississippi Mudbug Festival starting this
Wednesday,” said Commissioner of Agriculture
and Commerce Andy Gipson. “We have all kinds of exciting events planned
such as our crawfish eating contest and the 2021 Battle of the Crawfish
cooking contest with celebrity judges. So, bring your family and
friends out for some mouth-watering crawfish and
a good time.”
The
Festival will include live entertainment featuring Frank Foster, Doctor
Zarr, Chad Wesley, Fordie Hays and J Edwards; a crawfish eating contest
on Friday; and on Sunday, crawfish enthusiasts will vie for the
ultimate title of Champion of the 2021 Battle of the Crawfish. Other
attractions include food vendors and amusement rides provided by North
American Midway Entertainment with daily ride specials;
beverages provided by Southern Beverage Company and Clark Beverage
Group; and crawfish plates provided by The Back Porch restaurant for $15
per plate.
Rides will open each day and advanced ride wristbands can be purchased online for $20 at
https://tickets.authentigate.
To find a complete schedule of events or more information on the Mississippi Mudbug Festival, visit www.MississippiFairgrounds.com online or follow the Mississippi State Fairgrounds on Facebook.
6 comments:
Andy putting on, his own Mini Covid Festival !
And this promotes agriculture how? Think old Cowboy Andy is more interested in money producing events that he can “steer” cash to his buddies than doing his elected job description .
I hope those are Mississippi grown crawfish. Otherwise, Andy is promoting Lousiana's aquaculture, not our's.
His job is also to make money to have the resources to pay for the fairgrounds. Who cares if the crawfish are from Louisiana as we have the function and we have an extra event to go to. Are you complaining cause the rodeo riders and bulls are not from MS?
A 5 day crawfish festival? That's a long time for something that isn't established like the fair. I hope they end up in the black and not the red. We ain't Breaux Bridge.
You boys c'mon down. Getchu a mess O crawfish purged in Jackson water.
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