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Mule Camp brings crowd, road closures
75K expected to attend annual festival on Gainesville square
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Jessica Marmolejos prepares the Mainely Stichers booth Thursday evening in downtown Gainesville for today’s opening of the Mule Camp Market Festival.
More than 75,000 people are expected to visit downtown Gainesville this weekend during the 2012 Mule Camp Market. With such a large crowd attending the festival, which runs today through Sunday, only pedestrian traffic will be allowed on the square. Gainesville Police spokesman Cpl. Kevin Holbrook said there will be numerous road closures for the event.