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Other cities should be jealous. Downtown Vickbsurg's natural setting is a gorgeous backdrop for a vibrant array of events and festivals, lively nightlife, and tourist attractions, supported by a vibrant cultural and performing arts community.
Below is a partial list of fesitvals, concerts and shopping events Main Street sponsors:
- Riverfest - this 2-day festival, recognized as one of the "top twenty events in the Southeast United States"
- Christmas Parade through downtown.
- Mardi Gras Parade
- Bi-annual Hit the Bricks and Adjoining Streets
- Miss Mississippi Outstanding Teen Autograph Party
- Miss Mississippi Parade and Autograph Party
- Fall Festival
- Treats on the Streets
- Let's Go Walkin' Down Main Street
- Old Fashioned Christmas Open House
- Downtown Vicksburg Christmas Parade of Lights
- Vicksburg Farmers' Market
- Gifts Under the Tree
- The Main Street Program also co-sponsors:
- International Chamber Music Festival
- MS Diabetes Walk
- Walk MS – Multiple Sclerosis Society
- YMCA "Chill in the Hills"
- Paint Downtown Purple – Relay for Life
- 4th of July
- Alcorn State University Hospitality Academy
- Meet Me at the River
- Jacob's Ladder
- American Heart Association
- Shape Up Vicksburg
- Kansas City Holiday Express