Jute Manufacturers Development Council and Ministry of Textiles of India together organize the Jute Festival in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is a four day long festival. The dates of Jute Festival 2010 are from 15th February to 16th February 2010. The festival will be inaugurated by Mr. Dayanidhi Maran(Union Minister of Textiles) today. Its a display cum sale festival. In this festival you can see and buy jute mats and carpets, fashion accessories, jute shopping bags and many more..... Shankar Mahadevan will perform a concert on the opening ceremony. Jute Art Exhibition is one of the highlight of this festival. The venue of Jute Festival 2010 is Co-optex Grounds, Egmore, Chennai.