Mississippi Pecan Festival — Local services in Petal

Lines, lines, and more lines. Hard to walk through the crowd. Took 20 minutes to order food and 20 more minutes to get it. Hard to find a available spot to eat. Line to the portojohns. Tried to go into the country store twice but it was packed. It was obvious they were not prepared for the crowds. It was noon on Saturday for a festival that was supposed to last through Sunday evening and they were already running out of things at a rapid pace. Cash only. No cell service. Placement of the vendors were good. Parking was organized. Parking was close. Prices were good. Quality vendors. Completely under planned, unprepared, and overwhelmed. Lines,...

I have been looking forward to this festival all year. Great parking and nice prices, but very crowded. I would suggest spreading everything out further apart and not have everything so close together then it would not seem so congested. Only takes cash also. I heard the reason why only cash was because their was no internet service for credit card machines. Cspire service works here. Credit card machines run on their internet. Lines were very long maybe have more food vendors. I know a local carpenter also who builds pick-nick tables. Was very limited...

It was fun and I do recommend it everyone was was pleasant and we all had a good time and it is definitely a festival but a Pecan Festival it is not because there were almost no pecans there were no glazed, candy or pecan related food vendors except for 1... And the only pecans offered by the store we're raw pecans and pecan pies that was terribly disappointing

And that was my only negative critique of our experience was I expected more pecan related food items.... it's like going to the Shrimp Festival and they're...