Submitted by Wells United Methodist Church
WellsFest is back for 2025 but is moving to a new location: This year’s festival will be held from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. October 4 at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum, at 1150 Lakeland Dr. in Jackson. The Ag Museum is across the parking lot from Jamie Fowler Boyll Park, where the festival has been held in recent years.
As always, WellsFest is a family-friendly, alcohol-free music and children’s festival, from which all proceeds benefit a local nonprofit. What began as a small church-sponsored afternoon of music 41 years ago is now one of Jackson’s major festivals, with top musical talent on two stages, food trucks, children’s activities, arts and crafts vendors, and more!
This year’s WellsFest beneficiary is the Jackson Free Clinic, which provides medical services to the area’s homeless and disadvantaged populations with medical professional volunteers from The University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Although the festival is put on by Wells United Methodist Church in partnership with community volunteers, all proceeds will go to the Jackson Free Clinic. Since the festival began in 1984, WellsFest has raised more than $1.5 million for local nonprofits.
WellsFest is grateful for the sponsors who allow this festival to continue:
Fountain Family Foundation
Golding Barge Line / Golding Foundation
Junior League of Jackson
Keesler Federal Credit Union
LogoStore USA
Pigott Law Firm
Raymond James and Associates
Trustmark Bank
Several anonymous individual donors
For more information, visit wellsfest.org or call 601-353-0658.