A lot goes into the planning and preparation for the international festival. In order to achieve the goals we set out each year we need sponsors to help shoulder the financial burden that comes with throwing a festival for over 20,000 people! JIFAF is very lucky to have generous sponsors that believe in JIFAF’s mission and invest in the success of that mission. Without these very generous sponsors the JIFAF wouldn’t be what it is today. A special thanks to The City of Jackson for their unwavering support; specifically the Mayor, Scott Conger  and the team in the mayor’s office, the Jackson Fire Department, The Jackson Police Department, Parks and Recreation Department, Tony Black, Bridgett Parham and the Mayor’s hospitality team, and Patrick Williams, our map master.

Thank you to our generous sponsors for their continued support in bringing this event to our community. A special thanks to our area universities and colleges, the Jackson Arts Council, Rotary International, the Jackson Madison County School System, the Jackson/Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Jackson Downtown Development Corporation. Without all these groups and people working together there wouldn’t have ever been a JIFAF.

If you would like to sponsor the festival, or become a friend of the JIFAF, please click the button below and specify "International Food and Art Festival Fund" or send us an email.

For more information about the benefits of sponsoring the JIFAF, view our sponsorship packet in the Be a Sponsor tab above.

Any amount you can contribute goes a long way toward making the JIFAF happen! Donate here by filling out The Community Foundation of West Tennessee form and selecting Jackson International Food and Art Festival in the dropdown menu.