If you’re driving in or near downtown Gainesville this weekend, prepare to take some alternate routes. Roads on the square will close at 5:30 p.m. Thursday for the annual Mule Camp Market festival and won’t reopen until 10 p.m. Sunday. The festival begins Friday morning and runs through 5 p.m. Sunday. Learn more about the festival's history. Gainesville Police Sgt. Kevin Holbrook said the city’s downtown parking deck and Hall County’s courthouse parking deck will be open.