General FAQs

Q: WHEN IS IT?

A: Friday September 13 5PM - 3AM?

Saturday September 14 1PM - 3AM?

with the Stovall Store staying open late with jam sessions and full bar!

Q: WHAT'S THE CLOSEST AIRPORT / TRAIN STATION?

A: Memphis International Airport is 70 miles north of the site.
Amtrak’s City of New Orleans stops daily at Marks, MS, 30 miles east.

Q: WHAT ABOUT LODGING?

A: The festival is six miles northwest of Clarksdale, MS, a really cool place that has a variety of both mainstream and quirky, off-beat places to stay.

Other options can be explored at https://www.visitclarksdale.com/stay-all

Q: IS THERE AN AGE RESTRICTION?

A: Nope! Mighty Roots Music Festival is an All-Ages Show.
In fact, music fans 10 years old and younger get in FREE! - must be accompanied by an adult 25 or older.
If you bring a child to the event, you are 100% responsible for that child. Respect other adults and do not allow an unsupervised child to diminish the experience of other ticket buyers. If your child is unsupervised and a buzzkill for someone, the festival has the right in its sole opinion to eject you and your child from the event.

Q: WHAT CAN I BRING IN WITH ME?

Please feel free to bring your lawn chair or camp chair, as well as blankets.

Please keep your festival kit in a clear bag no larger than 17 x 13 x 9

Single strollers are of course allowed, but subject to search

Empty poster tubes are cool.

A personal water bottle is fine, and we will have festival water bottles for sale on site. There will be two hydration stations for refills.

Q: WHAT’S NOT ALLOWED?

• No outside alcohol or food can be brought into the festival (although campsites may be provisioned, but it doesn’t come into the festival perimeter).

• No large, staked or golf umbrellas (small handheld ok)

• No golf carts or four-wheelers

• No frames, no camping gear

• No backpacks

• No glass

• No coolers

• No camelback or similar water-carrying backpacks (Camelbacks clear insert bag is allowed if it fits our ‘clear bag size requirement’ noted above*)

• No illegal drugs including inhalants
  (THC seltzer will be available for purchase at all festival bars!)

• No pressurized tanks

• No balloons

• No weapons

• No fireworks

• No unlicensed vending of any kind

• No hammocks

• No professional photography or video equipment

• No audio recording equipment or microphone stands

• No drones without prior approval

• No laser pointers

Q: IS MIGHTY ROOTS ADA ACCESSIBLE?

A: While the site is ADA accessible, much of the site is rough terrain. ADA accessible toilets are available.

Q: PETS & SERVICE ANIMALS

A: Mighty Roots is a pet-friendly event. Pets must be on a leash, and if your pet poops, we fully expect you to pick that sh*t up!

Of course, Service Animals are always allowed.

All animals MUST HAVE AND WEAR A CURRENT ANTI-RABIES VACCINATION TAG!!!!!

All animals must be accompanied by the owner or designated controller at all times.

Pets and service animals shall not be left unattended under any circumstances.

Handlers are required to be prepared for, and clean-up after, their animals at all times. Management reserves the right to remove and/or refuse access to any animal from the campground or venue if that animal is deemed to be a health or safety threat to festival patrons, staff, or other animals, or in violation of these policies.

Q: WHAT ABOUT PARKING?

A: Mighty Roots will have free parking available onsite in multiple locations. Follow the parking teams directions when arriving to the festival, they will guide you an available parking spot.

Q: ARE THERE ONSITE STORAGE LOCKERS?

A: There are no storage lockers on site and event staff will NOT store items that are not allowed on site. If you decide to leave items at any entrance gate, they will be considered a security risk and disposed of.

Q: WHAT ELSE SHOULD I KNOW?

A: Pace yourself!

Eat enough, drink enough water (it’s really important to stay hydrated), and get enough sleep so that you can enjoy the second day as much as the first.

Also, if you can bring patience and a sense of humor, it will be a great gift to yourself as well as those around you, and it will help you to get the most out of your experience.

Be a good neighbor – get to know your neighbors, watch their stuff and they will return the favor.

Q: IS THERE A LOST AND FOUND?

A: Yep! On site, you can look for your lost item at the Security/Medical shed by the VIP area, which is where lost items and people are sent.