# Mules & Blues Fest 5K Run/Walk

- **When:** Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 7:00 PM CDT
- **Where:** 220 Chestnut Street, Marks, MS, 38646
- **Event page:** https://runthis.run/event/rs-188499-mules-blues-fest-5k-run-walk

## Registration

Register on the event's own site: https://runsignup.com/Race/MS/Marks/MulesBluesFest5K?aflt_token=58wBqomPr6bPwa1YDhuKo0IQvrNCjzTq

## Description

Join us for this annual event.  Marks Mules & Blues Fest is centered on the 1968 historical event of the “Mule Train” which kicked-off the Poor People’s Campaign to Washington, DC. It is linked to the established Delta Blues and the Mississippi Freedom Trails. The Marks Mules & Blues Festival showcases  the north delta region's historical treasures, artistic talents - music, art, literature - and our southern style culinary skills.

T-shirt guaranteed to all timely pre-registered runners. Register early to assure your chosen size!

The course is relatively flat with one or two hills.
View route map above for more information.

- Plenty of goody bags
- Water table at half-way point
- Free post-race soft drinks & refreshments

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Source: [https://runthis.run/event/rs-188499-mules-blues-fest-5k-run-walk](https://runthis.run/event/rs-188499-mules-blues-fest-5k-run-walk) — data from Run This (runthis.run).