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Jackson Homecomers Festival
Jackson, MO · Festival
- When
- July 20–24, 2027
- Where
- Uptown Jackson · Jackson · MO
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
Uptown Jackson closes its streets for five nights of carnival rides, food vendors, and live music each summer. It has run since 1909 and marked its 118th year in 2026, making it one of Missouri's longest-running community festivals. (2027 dates approximate, based on the usual late-July slot.)
The history within reach
- Jackson Homecomers Festivalsame spot
Uptown Jackson closes its streets for five nights of carnival rides, food vendors, and live music each summer.
A hewn log Methodist meeting house put up in 1819 and still standing on its original ground, which makes it the oldest Protestant church building west of the Mississippi.
A four storey mill of stone and brick on the Whitewater River, rebuilt after Union troops burned the wooden one in the war, standing beside the oldest of the four covered bridges left in Missouri.
- Battle of Cape Girardeau8.1 mi
Confederate cavalry under Marmaduke probed the forts for four hours and withdrew.
Lorimier gave the ground and is buried in it beside his Shawnee wife Charlotte Pemanpieh Bougainville, whose descendants remained prominent in the town for generations..