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Capitol City Hamfest (Jackson, MS) 2024

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Capitol City Hamfest (Jackson, MS) 2024

  A lot of hamfests had their dates changed in 20024, including Jackson.  Usually the end of January, the Jackson Hamfest moved to the first weekend of February in 2024, due to a venue scheduling conflict.   The new Trade Mart facility was a grand location as usual, Load-in for vendors started around noon Friday, and the doors opened to the public at 4:00 Friday and  lasted until 7:00 that evening.  Saturday the event was 8:00 until around 3:00 in the afternoon. The flea market and vendor tables were very full, with only a few vendor tables not sold.  The crowds...

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Capitol City Hamfest (Jackson) 2023

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Capitol City Hamfest (Jackson) 2023

The 2023 Capitol City Hamfest (aka Jackson Hamfest) was held January 27-28 at the Trade Mart in Jackson, MS.  The room opened for load-in and setup at noon Friday, and opened to the public Friday night 5:00 to 8:00.   The following day, the event started at 8:00 AM and closed shop at 3:00 PM.  Plenty of flea market vendors and a few commercial vendors were present for the event.

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Capitol City Hamfest, Jackson, MS Jan. 2022

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Capitol City Hamfest, Jackson, MS  Jan. 2022

Capitol City Hamfest.  I just needed to get that phrase said on the front end, and be done with it.  Nobody I know actually calls it that, everyone calls it the "Jackson Hamfest", with no further explanation needed.   This is the granddaddy of all Mississippi hamfests, and it (usually) pulls a good crows.  Attendance seemed to be down in 2022, but we were just coming out of the pandemic era, and a lot of folks were probably still skittish about getting out in public.  A lot of folks were still wearing face masks at the event. This took place in...

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