Jerk, Seafood & Vegan Fest

CTL-E-0437 · Event · other · unspecified

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Ephraim Malachi Martin launched the Jerk, Seafood & Vegan Fest in downtown Chicago/South Loop in 2017; a dated 2018 listing confirms Martin's International presenting it at 24th and State.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-121; source research type(s): Event. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

International Festival of Life official biography PDF; Eventbrite (2018 listing) (primary source)

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