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

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Great Delta Bear Affair announces 2022 schedule
Over its 21 years, the Great Delta Bear Affair has grown and improved, but its founding purpose has remained the same. The mission of the Great Delta Bear Affair is to bring attention to black bears and their native habitat and territory in Mississippi’s South Delta, to celebrate Teddy Roosevelt’s famous 1902 black bear hunt…
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Mark your calendar for October 22
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Chuckburger Eating Contest
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