An event filled with live music, arts and crafts vendors, games and activities for kids, amazing food, a chainsaw woodcarver, fireworks, and lots of friendly folk!
$5 entry fee. Kids 12 and under free. Free parking
Named a Top 20 Event by The Southeast Tourism Society

NO T-SHIRTS THIS YEAR
As we work to recover Rolling Fork, our plates are full. We appreciate your understanding and hope you will buy a shirt next year!
Instead, you can support the recovery efforts in Rolling Fork by making a donation.
THE LATEST NEWS
Bearly Here but Building Back
This article by Amy George appeared in the August 17 issue of the Deer Creek Pilot Even though the courthouse square will be fenced off, temporary county and city offices will take up a lot of the former vendor space, and most of downtown has been demolished—the show will go on. “Rolling Fork needs a…
Great Delta Bear Affair announces theme for 2023 Festival
The 2023 Great Delta Bear Affair will take place in downtown Rolling Fork on October 28. Although still reeling from the March 24 F4 tornado that destroyed much of the city, the Bear Affair committee is committed to putting on a festival for the community. Festival coordinator, Meg Cooper, stated, “the community needs this. We…
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Great Delta Bear Affair 2023 will take place
Despite a F4 tornado practically destroying the city of Rolling Fork on March 24, the Great Delta Bear Affair committee has decided they are going to go forward with planning the festival for October 28. Festival coordinator, Meg Cooper, stated that “while we don’t know what will be happening in Rolling Fork at that time,…
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