Thursday, June 3, 2021

Pickle Fest Saturday

 Commissioner of Agriculture Andy Gipson issued the following statement. 

The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host the 2021 Mississippi Pickle Fest from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 12. Admission is $7 per adult and $5 for ages 3-17.

“I want to invite the public to come out to the 2021 Mississippi Pickle Fest at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum,” said Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson. “This open-air, outdoor event is the perfect outing that the entire family will enjoy. We’ll have several feature activities available throughout the grounds, as well as our usual attractions.”

In addition to the various exhibits and educational demonstrations offered on the grounds, visitors will enjoy live music, food and craft vendors, a slip-n-slide, dunking booth, obstacle course, miniature golf and other yard games. Competitions such as the Pickle Eating Contest and Pickle Jar Packing Contest will take place during this event. The Children’s Barnyard and Small Town, Miss., which will feature several antique cars, will also be open.

The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum, located at 1150 Lakeland Drive in Jackson, is open Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information about the Museum, call 601- 432-4500 or 1-800-844-8687, visit www.msagmuseum.org or visit the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum on Facebook. The Ag Museum is a division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wonder if Aunt Bee is going to enter her infamous kerosene pickles in the contest?

Barn said...

It ain't Pickles if Aunt Bee is not there!

Anonymous said...

man there is so much to do in this city LOLZ

Anonymous said...

Well Jackson IS in a pickle.....

Anonymous said...

I offered to take my wife to the pickle festival but she refused.

Anonymous said...

@10:56am - Yeah, mine usually refuses too. Aint been the same since we got married. Almost like bait and switch or something...

Anonymous said...

I wonder if the koolicle guy will be there?

Anonymous said...

I’m just gonna make my wife come.

Anonymous said...

I never understood as a Mississippi Tax Payer why do I have to pay to enter a state owned building for a “For Profit Event” where vendors are charged to participate. Has this been standard practice or is the result of tax cuts.

Anonymous said...

I predict within two years, this will become bigger than the old "Zippity Doo Dah" parade in The Fondren.

(And yes ... Aunt Bee's pickles were the first thing I thought of as well. The second thing I thought about was Andy's 40 gallon cowboy hat).

Personally, I hope Pelahatchie restarts their Muscadine Jubilee.
Nothing more entertaing than seeing cute little girls from local media have a grape stomping contest.

Jazz Fest & Memphis in May . . . watch out !
The Jack Town Pickle Fest is now in a position to overtake both of ya'll.

(provided we have water that weekend)

Anonymous said...

7 bucks ?! And I assume the old fellows will be collecting parking fees ? Overly priced event. I will take a hard pass.

Anonymous said...

" old fellows will be collecting parking fees ? "


That's much better than paying Jackson teens for the same parking spot.

Anonymous said...

I love pickles, I'm sick of being isolated by Covid, I'm vaccinated, and I'm going to make my husband come with me. I hope they are selling pickles by the jar so I can bring some home with me.



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