STOVALL — Featuring 15 bands, five food trucks, four stages, two late night jam sessions and one burning guitar, the Mighty Roots Music Festival returns Friday, Oct. 3 and Saturday, Oct. 4 to historic Stovall Farms.
Mighty Roots happens just outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi, 70 miles south of Memphis and 70 miles west of Oxford.
The fifth annual event promises music, camping and revelry, as well as the return of the popular Delta Artist Market, the Kids Zone, and the Mimosas on the Mat Yoga Session.
The Mighty 2025 lineup features a wide range of roots, indie, Americana and bluegrass artists, including:
• Tulsa indie rock band Wilderado, who blend expansive melodies with Americana roots, earning over 200 million streams and a reputation for electrifying live shows. Their Sept 2024 sophomore album, Talker captures a sense of home and identity.
• Ax and the Hatchet-men, who come to party. The Chicago based rock and roll band’s shimmering guitar attack, earthy rhythms and blistering horns have gained them a loyal following nationwide.
• Oxford’s Happy Landing, is returning to Mighty Roots for the second time. They bring their signature energetic live show and fresh sound, blended from the roots of southern rock, punk and folk.
• Portland, Oregon natives The Takes, who are at the crossroads of rock riffs and folk songwriting, weaving emotion and escapism through their songs, all while sticking to the roots of rock. With over 1 million career streams and counting, The Takes are creating music for the moment and community wherever they happen to be.
• Shenadoah Valley-based farmers-turned-rockers, Illiterate Light who can be hard to categorize. Part indie rock duo and part jam band and part harmony-laden folk, these guys deliver an amazing live show.
• Charleston, SC natives Easy Honey, who also return for a second festival appearance. Their throwback sense of touch, taste, and tone promise to light up the gin for the late night set on Saturday night.
• Chinese Connection Dub Embassy, whose awesome reggae stylings are already loved by Mighty Roots fans. They are set to light up late-night Friday with Reggae at the Gin.
• Mississippi-based Joe Austin and the Tallahat-chies, a Delta favorite currently at work on their first album. Joe brings an undeniably southern-rooted sound that blends country and soul.
• Newcomers from Memphis, Crooked Diehl bringing rock with a bluesy edge to the festival stage.
• New Orleans-based singer songwriter Olivia Barnes, making her Mississippi debut at Mighty Roots.
• Fantastic retro western swing with Papa Top’s West Coast Turnaround and late-night jams featuring Magnolia State singer/songwriter Trey Gardo, Delta bluesman Terry “Big T” Williams, and Quint and Aaron from New Orleans band Tuxedo Park
2025 marks the return of several popular Mighty Roots traditions:
• The Delta Artists Market offers a curated selection of the best in regional painting, sculpture, photography, foods and hand-made items from Delta artisans. • The Kids Zone will return with a bouncy house, petting zoo, face painting and more so parents can enjoy the day!
• The increasingly popular Mimosas on the Mat with Delta Yoga Collective will again start the festival on Saturday with live music from EsMod and a glass of bubbly at the end of the session.
• The festival’s signature incineration of the Mighty Wooden Guitar will celebrate the 2025 event at the Stovall Store at midnight Saturday. This signature event has become the emblem of Mighty Roots and a great celebration of a festival well enjoyed.
The camping community continues to grow at Mighty Roots, with overnight options available including dozens of primitive camp sites and a selection of van sites, full service RV sites and RV boondocking sites.
As always, the best food trucks in the region with names like Doe’s Eat Place, Robinson’s BBQ, and Sweet Brown Sugar will be on hand with full bar service including specialty drinks that stay open with the late night stages until 3AM (maybe later!) thanks to the Stovall Gin’s Resort Status.
The festival has again partnered with Delta Council, an area economic development organization representing the 19 Delta and part-Delta counties of Northwest Mississippi. Delta Council will bring its Young Delta group of farmers and agribusiness stakeholders to an educational and social gathering at Mighty Roots on Friday night. Celebrating area agribusiness is a unique facet of Mighty Roots and fundamental to the event.
Find The Might Roots Music Festival at: www.mightyrootsmusicfestival.com.
