MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Thousands of people have flocked to Mempo Music Fest, the festival has been going on since Friday at the Memphis Botanical Garden.

People are beginning to pack in as Sunday night's headliner, Tyler Childers, is performing from 8:30 to 10:00. Childers is widely seen as one of country music’s biggest stars.

Event organizers at Mempo Fest emphasized safety as the festival is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office to promote responsible driving.

You do see a lot of private security, as well as MPD officers, scattered within the grounds.

The festival is going smoothly, in a week when Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that there have been 273 arrests and 73 illegal guns seized by the Memphis safe task force. The focus at Mempo Fest is on music, and people ar

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