The Inaugural Tupelo Caribbean Festival

2 min readOct 11, 2016

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Fairpark in Tupelo, MS, gets ready for the Inaugural Tupelo Caribbean Festival this past Saturday.

Organizers from the Tupelo Social Network put on the first ever Caribbean Fest and bring something different to the area.

Aunt B’s Soul Food, just one of the local vendors on hand to participate in the first ever event.

Memphis area band, Chinese Connection Dub Embassy, serenade the festival with a little reggae early in the day.

T-Shark of Chinese Connection Dub Embassy takes a solo for the crowd.

DJ Saxy, who closed out the night, waits to go on stage.

The Haiti Flag displayed by an organizer of the event. Donations at the event went to relief efforts in Haiti.

Natasha Pierre-Louis, of Tupelo, the chief organizer of the event, shows her pride for Haiti.

Natasha’s mother, Jeanine, smiles as she serves her own Haitian style cuisine.

Thomas Woods of Aunt B’s Soul Food serves up some old fashioned southern soul food.

Families enjoy the day in the park as the kids play on the playground during the Inaugural Tupelo Caribbean Festival.

A shot of chicken wings from Aunt B’s Soul food waiting to be served up to the crowd.

Former New Orleans Saints and ICC football star, Joe Horn soaking in the atmosphere of the day.

Cultures collide as the first ever Tupelo Caribbean Fest takes place at the spot of Elvis Presley’s homecoming 60 years ago.

Spectators and vendors show love for one another, the overall theme of the day.

Josh Stuart

Written by Josh Stuart

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