Gulfport Mississippi Entertainment & Events
Special Events
Santa in the Park
Highway 90 • Gulfport, MS 39502
Jones Park
228-868-5882
Each December, young and old look forward to this event which featuers fun and games, Christmas treats, face painting, a petting zoo, space walks and, of course, Santa! more...Annual City Christmas Celebration
246 Dolan Avenue • Gulfport, MS 39501
Held at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center
228-897-6039
This will be a fun filled day with holiday treats that will bring out the child in everyone. Santa and Mrs. Claus, cookie decorating, creating holiday postcards, and much more will be offered. more...Jazz Society Christmas Party
12010 Klein Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
American Legion and Elks Lodge
228-392-4177
Celebrate the season with great jazz music, dancing, food and fun! more...Gulfport Community Center Christmas Celebration
3319 19th Street • Gulfport, MS 39501
228-868-5882
The Nineteenth Street Community Center sponsors this family event each December. Festivities include games, treats, and lots of fun! more...Holiday Open House
2615 Twenty Fifth Avenue • Gulfport, MS 39502
228-863-4394
This annual event invites children and their pets to take photos with Santa and enjoy refreshments and entertainment. Proceeds benefit the Humane Society of South Mississippi. more...Jazz Society Sweetheart Dance
12010 Klein Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
American Legion and Elks Lodge
228-392-4177
Jazz Society members are hosting their annual Sweetheart Dance with three different bands performing for your listening and dancing pleasure! Cash Bar is available and food is provided. Come out and celebrate a very jazzy Valentine! more...Gulf Coast Motorsports Swap Meet and Cruise In
17085 Racetrack Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
228-596-0664
At the Gulfcoast Dragway, this event will showcase hot rods, street rods, antiques and classics, race cars, drag cars, rat rods, motorcycles and more. There will also be vendors and lots of good family fun! more...Jazz Society Easter Bonnet Dance
12010 Klein Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
228-392-4177
This event offers lots of fun and music, with three different bands, dancing, a cash bar and food. Prizes will be awarded for the best Easter bonnet.Jazz Society April Showers Dance
12010 Klein Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
American Legion and Elks Lodge
228-392-4177
This dance will offer jazz bands, dancing and delicious food. Prizes will be awarded for the prettiest, funniest and most unusual umbrellas! more...Jazz Society Old Hat Dance
12010 Klein Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
American Legion and Elks Lodge
228-392-4177
This dance will feature a contest for the oldest, funniest and most unusual hats. Dancing, food and a cash bar are all part of the fun. more...Annual Fall Muster
County Farm Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
Held at the Harrison County Fairgrounds
228-388-9074
This event offers you the opportunity to experience the sights, sounds, and even the smells of the 1861-1865 conflict. There will be cavalry, infantry and cannon demonstrations, with a battle on each day. Food will be available. more...Jazz Society Sadie Hawkins Dance
12010 Klein Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
American Legion and Elks
228-897-2330
The women choose their escorts at this dance and everyone is sure to enjoy the dressed down festivities. Guests are asked to come in Dog Patch fashions including raggedy shirts and patched pants. Prizes will be awarded for best outfit. Old fashioned foods and Joy Juice will be served.Gulf Coast Camellia Society Show
13472 Highway 49 • Gulfport, MS 39501
Located at the Orange Grove Community Center
228-832-2405
This event will highlight beautiful buds! Activities include demonstrations on preserving camellia blooms for flower arrangements, a plant raffle, talks on camellia care, and a presentation of the camellia of the year. more...Asgard Motorcycle Club Toy Run
Held at East Hancock County Elementary School
228-392-1801
This event is open to motorcycles, cars and trucks or just about anything on wheels! This is an annual charity motorcycle ride to benefit needy children. more...
Cinema
Cinemark 16
15171 Community Road • Gulfport, MS 39503
228-539-0808
Office phone: 228-539-5294 more...
Night Life
Breakroom
614 East Beach Boulevard • Gulfport, MS 39503
228-896-8040
A 24-hour venue that features live entertainment every night of the week. A cafe is on site that serves pizza, burgers, subs, and appetizers.Orangutang's
690 East Beach Boulevard • Gulfport, MS 39503
228-896-5216
A great place for live entertainment on the beach. Orangutang's overlooks the Gulf of Mexico and serves great specialty drinks.Timothy O'Sullivans
622 Sixteenth Street • Gulfport, MS 39503
228-896-3515
A local neighborhood tavern with weekday happy hours.
Concerts & Performances
Scottish Games and Celtic Festival
15321 County Farm Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
228-547-6525
This festival promotes and celebrates Scottish and Irish cultures and traditions. Festivities will include live music, Irish dance workshops, children’s games, a parade, Scottish vendors, food, a medieval village, and a piping competition. more...Long Beach Madrigal Singers
5005 Lawson Avenue • Gulfport, MS 39503
Westminster Presbyterian Church
228-539-2500
Come get in the holiday spirit at the Christmas concert featuring the Long Beach Madrigal Singers under the direction of Joel Dunlap. Christmas music also by Kay Lang, organist, and Erica Hopkins, pianist. Saturday, December 3rd at 7 p.m. more...Southern Chamber Singers
5005 Lawson Avenue • Gulfport, MS 39503
Located at Westminster Presbyterian Church
228-864-3143
Westminster is pleased to present its next concert on Sunday March 4th at 3 p.m. The program will feature the Southern Chamber Singers of the University of South Mississippi. The Southern Chamber Singers serves as an elective lab choir for graduate students in choral conducting and provides an opportunity for students to experience choral and vocal music in a chamber setting. It also serves as an opportunity for undergraduate music majors to learn from students seeking advanced conducting degrees. The repertoire is vast and primarily a cappella. The Singers will be under the direction of Doctoral Students, Mr. Joel Dunlap and Mr. Whitney Gillespie. The concert is free. more...Dr. Carol Williams Concert
5005 Lawson Avenue • Gulfport, MS 39503
228-539-2500
Dr. Carol Williams, International Concert Organist, will perform in concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church Gulfport, MS, at 2 p.m. on October 14th. Whether it is a march by Sousa, a Rag by Joplin, 60s rock by McCartney, the amazing Sabre Dance by Khachaturian, or a Fugue by Bach, Carol will have the audience excited and enthralled. Carol gives a new spin to classical organ concerts with her charismatic humor. International audiences have received Carol's live performances with a rock star enthusiasm. more...
Plays & Productions
Gulfport Little Theatre
2600 Thirteenth Avenue • Gulfport, MS 39502
228-864-7983
Providing quality entertainment to the Gulfport community for over 50 years, this community theater presents 11 shows a year that include comedies, musicals, and dramas. Children's activities are available year round and include workshops, productions, and summer performance camps.Greater Tuna
100 Perry Street • Gulfport, MS 39501
Gulfport High School
228-896-9567
This play about life in a small Texas town is a delightfully fun look at rural America. The beautiful Admiral Theatre is the venue for this production that is sure to please. more...Clumsy Custard Horror Show, The
100 Perry Street • Gulfport, MS 39501
Gulfport High School
228-896-9567
Gulfport High Schools Admiral Theatre Department presents a hilarious comedy about a King who is ready for his daughter to select a husband. The story of the Princess and her suitors is heart warming and fun to watch. more...A Piece of My Heart
100 Perry Street • Gulfport, MS 39501
Gulfport High School
228-896-9567
This production in the Admiral Theatre tells the story of American women who served in the Vietnam War. more...
Festivals & Fairs
Fire in the Sky Freedom Fest
228-868-5810
The annual Fire in the Sky Freedom Fest takes place in Jones Park and around the Gulfport Small Craft Harbor. The whole family will be able to enjoy fireworks, live entertainment, food vendors and activities for children.St. James Fall Festival
366 Cowan Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
228-896-6631
First weekend in October after Columbus Day. This annual festival is a great way to welcome fall. Festivties include , Food, childrens games, rides, live entertainment, crafts, plants, pumpkin patch, a White Elephant Sale, raffle and a silent auction.Oktoberfest
1600 East Beach Boulevard • Gulfport, MS 39501
Located at the Holiday Inn Gulfport Beachfront
228-864-4310
A wonderful six day festival that includes a wide selection of German beer and authentic German food, traditional German music, and contests.Bear Creek Bluegrass Festival
246 Dolan Avenue • Gulfport, MS 39501
Held at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center
228-897-6039
Several bluegrass bands performing live, guitar and fiddle workshops, fiddling contests and interactive children’s activities are just some of what can be enjoyed at the annual Bear Creek Bluegrass Festival in Mississippi.St. Ann's Catfish Festival
23529 Highway 53 • Gulfport, MS 39502
St. Ann Church
228-832-2560
This annual festival offers delicious food and live entertainment. Games and activities will also be part of the fun. more...Harley Memorial Day Blowout
Canal Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
Gulfport Dragway
228-392-1801
This four day event offers a wide array of events such as five racing classes with over a huge cash prize purse, nine bike show classes, a swap meet and flea market, eight other unique events to enjoy, and live music. more...Cajun Country Swamp Pop Music Festival
15321 County Farm Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
Harrison County Fairground
228-831-2814
This music festival is sure to entertain with live performances, a car show, lots of vendors, food and fun.
Seminars & Symposiums
Boogie Nights
246 Dolan Avenue • Gulfport, MS 39501
228-897-6039
This annual fundraiser is a party primarily for young parents featuring food and entertainment. Proceeds benefit the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center. more...
Sporting Events
Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
Cleveland Avenue & Highway 90 • Gulfport, MS 39501
Long Beach Harbor
228-832-0079
The Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is an annual salt and fresh water national competition for all ages. more...Gulfport Dragway
101 Race Track Road • Gulfport, MS 39503
228-863-4408
Enjoy exciting and action-packed hot rod, motorcycle, and car racing on a 1/4 mile drag strip every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at this dragway. more...Winter Classic Horse Shows
Harrison County Fairgrounds and Equestrian Center
228-832-3691
Series of AHSA A3 rated Hunter/Jumper horse shows are held throughout February and March.All Harley Memorial Day Blowout
17085 Racetrack Road • Gulfport, MS 39503
Located at the Gulfport Dragway
228-863-4408
This four day event offers a wide array of events such as five racing classes with over a $17,000 prize purse, nine bike show classes, a swap meet and flea market, eight other unique events to enjoy, and live music. more...Gulf Coast Winter Classic
15321 County Farm Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
Harrison County Fairgrounds
843-768-5503
This equine event will feature some of the best hunter-jumper competitions in the southern United States. more...Annual Hooters Hot Rod Weekend
17085 Racetrack Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
228-596-0664
This annual event takes place at the Gulfport Dragway and offers drag racing excitment, music, games and fun for the whole family. more...Special Olympics Regional Competition
15321 County Farm Road • Gulfport, MS 39501
Harrison County Fairgrounds
228-861-9292
Regional competions for the Special Olympics are a great opportunity for individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and learn valuable lessons in competition and sportsmanship. more...Gulf Coast Winter Classics
15321 County Farm Rd. • Gulfport, MS 39503
Harrison County Fairgrounds
843.768.5503
The Gulf Coast Winter Classic welcomes hundreds of riders of all riding levels to compete. Week 1 is a $25,000 Grand Prix, Weeks 2-4 is a $35,000 Grand Prix, and Week 5 is a $50,000 Grand Prix. The riders will be competeing at the state of the art Harrison County Equestrian Center in Gulf Port, MS. Not only will there be a weekly Grand Prix but there will also be a USHJA International Hunter Derby, the World Championship Rider Event, and this year introduces a new and exciting rodeo to be held in conjunction with Classic Company's events. These events will be fun for the whole family and will be a great show to compete in! more...
Parades
Orange Grove Carnival Mardi Gras Parade
Harrison Central • Gulfport, MS 39503
Orange Grove Community
228-832-0079
This fun and fabulous Mardi Gras celebration procedes through the Orange Grove community bringing all the pomp of the season to Gulfport.Second Liners Mardi Gras Parade
590 Division Street • Gulfport, MSNichols Elementary
228-209-8113
Beginning at 1 pm, this parade is an opportunity for the Second Liners club to give back to the community. A themed parade celebrating Mardi Gras kicks off the festivities, then a Block Party with food and fun takes place at DC Bush Park.Mardi Gras Night Parade
19th Street • Gulfport, MS 39501
Downtown Gulfport
228-831-0446
See all of the wonderful sights of Mardi Gras during this unique night parade that is complete with colorful costumes, floats and other interesting Mardi Gras themed items.Shenanigan's St. Patrick's Day Parade
Held in Downtown Gulfport
228-863-0907
A family-oriented parade that is held on the third Sunday in March each year, this popular event celebrates the Irish heritage on the greenest day of the year! The parade includes more than 50 floats and units including bagpipes, antique cars and marchers. Prizes are thrown from the floats and a Grand Marshal, Colleen and mascot that are selected each year by members of the Quota Club. more...
Sponsored By: The MS Gulf Coast Chapter of Quota International
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