Kritya Foundation
Kritya Ensemble at The National Folk Festival Kickoff Event 2024
Sat, Nov 16
|Jackson
The National Folk Festival is excited to announce a special program for November 16, 2024. The one-day kickoff event will provide a taste of the nation’s premier celebration of the artistic traditions of all Americans.
Time & Location
Nov 16, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Jackson, Jackson, MS, USA
About the event
The National Folk Festival is excited to announce a special program for November 16, 2024. The one-day kickoff event will provide a taste of the nation’s premier celebration of the artistic traditions of all Americans. It will feature an eclectic and dynamic program ranging from Cajun to South Asian Kuchipudi dance and from blues to salsa dura.
This FREE event will take place at the “Welcome to Jackson” mural at the intersection of State & Pearl Streets. Seating opens at 3:30 PM, with music from 4:00–7:30 PM.
The prestigious National Folk Festival is the nation’s longest-running traditional arts event, a free, three-day, outdoor multicultural celebration of the nation’s finest traditional artists. Its producing organization, the non-profit National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA), works with a new local host community on a three-year cycle to present the National Folk Festival. Jackson, MS, was selected this spring to host the traveling…