Thousands attended Saturday's annual Cotton District Arts Festival in Starkville. The festival offered tastes of area restaurants, music, crafts, vendors and more. Mississippi State University's WMSV and the MSU Foundation each sponsored a stage for music performances, while members of the Bulldog community contributed their musical talents. President Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong's band, BARK, performed, along with many other bands whose members attend, taught or work at MSU.