All your festival listings for Jackson, Biloxi, Gulfport, Cleveland, Olive Branch, Tupelo, Hattiesburg and all of Mississippi.

Welcome to Mississippi’s most comprehensive festival guide where you can find all of the music festivals, food festivals, cultural festivals, art festivals, historical festivals, wine and beer festivals and more in such cities as Jackson, Biloxi, Gulfport, Cleveland, Olive Branch, Tupelo, Hattiesburg and everywhere in-between in Mississippi.

This guide does NOT include conventions/expos or events lacking the 3 essentials of a festival (food, vendors and entertainment). Feel free to contact me if you have a question about your event.

“My Review” means that it’s a link to my review of that festival.

If there is a festival you do not see but would like listed, please Contact Me and let me know about it, especially smaller festivals that don’t have the advertising.

Before traveling to any festivals, please be sure to double check events via the link provided as events could have been rescheduled or cancelled without my knowledge, especially after damaging weather. If there is an * (asterisk) next to the date, this means that I have not confirmed the date.

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JULY

7/8-7/12 – Choctaw Indian Fair – Philadelphia
7/11-7/12 – Slugburger Festival – Corinth
7/12 – Cherry Creek Orchards Peach Festival – Pontotoc

7/18-7/19 – Mississippi Watermelon Festival – Mize

AUGUST

8/1-8/2 – Overbrook Songwriters Festival – Brookhaven
8/1-8/2* – Watermelon Carnival – Water Valley

8/8-8/10 – Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival – Clarksdale

8/16 – Prairie Point Food Festival – Macon
8/16* – Jackson Water Lantern Festival – Jackson
8/16* – Tri-State Blues Festival – Southaven

8/23-8/25 – Farish Forward Festival – Jackson

8/29-8/31* – Change Festival – Tupelo
8/29-8/31* – Booker Fest – Bay St. Louis
8/30 – Red’s Old Timers Blues Festival – Clarksdale
8/30 – Iuka Heritage Festival – Iuka
8/30* – September Fest – Mound Bayou
8/30 – Prairie Arts Festival – West Point

SEPTEMBER

9/6 – Cruisin’ the Pearl Car Show and Family Fun Day – Columbia
9/6 – Ben Fest – Columbus
9/6 – Blues and Heritage Festival – Pascagoula

9/13 – Biloxi Seafood Festival – Biloxi
9/13 – Columbia Food and Music Festival – Columbia
9/13 – Grenada Downtown Jubilee – Grenada
9/13 – Mississippi Book Festival – Jackson
9/13 – Bodock Festival – Pontotoc

9/17-9/20 – Chainsaws and Art Festival – Eupora
9/18* – Merigold Rice Festival – Merigold
9/18-9/21 – Mississippi Songwriters Festival – Ocean Springs
9/20 – Cruizin’ Clinton Car Show – Clinton
9/20 – Delta Blues and Heritage Festival – Greenville
9/20* – Chulahoma Blues Festival – Holly Springs
9/20 – Iron Horse Festival – McComb
9/20- Festival Hispano – Pascagoula
9/21* – Bright Lights Belhaven Nights – Jackson

9/25* – Taste of Long Beach – Long Beach
9/25-9/28 – Mid-South Fair I – Southaven
9/26-9/27 – Burnsville Waterway Festival – Burnsville
9/26-9/27* – Mobile Street Renaissance Festival – Hattiesburg
9/26-9/27* – Fall Flywheel Festival – Houston
9/26-9/27 – MS Capital City Pride Festival – Jackson
9/26-9/27 – Hummingbird and Nature Festival – Moss Point
9/26-9/28 – Mississippi Pecan Festival – New Augusta
9/27* – Wing Dang Doodle Festival – Forest
9/27 – Hernando Water Tower Festival – Hernando
9/27* – Sam Chatmon Blues Festival – Hollandale
9/27* – WellsFest – Jackson
9/27* – Tallahatchie Riverfest – New Albany
9/27* – Cotton Gin Festival and Car Show – Noxapater
9/27* – Clarke Fest – Quitman

9/29-10/5 – Mid-South Fair II – Southaven

OCTOBER

10/3* – Bulldog Bash – Starkville
10/3-10/4 – Ole Brook Festival – Brookhaven
10/3-10/4* – 7th Avenue Heritage Festival – Columbus
10/3-10/4 – Mules and Blues Festival – Marks
10/3-10/4 – Mighty Roots Music Festival – Stovall
10/3-10/4* – Fall into Tupelo Fall Fest – Tupelo
10/4 – Okeelala Festival – Baldwyn
10/4* – Columbia Heritage Festival – Columbia
10/4* – Bullfrog Festival at Latimer Lakes Park – Horn Lake
10/4* – Nola Arts Festival – Indianola
10/4 – Loblolly Festival – Laurel
10/4* – Highway 61 Blues Festival – Leland
10/4* – Day in the Country – Madison
10/4* – Town Creek Festival – Nettleton
10/4 – Zonta Arts and Crafts Festival – Pascagoula
10/4 – Oktoberfest in Ripley – Ripley
10/4 – Robins Street Art Stroll – Tupelo
10/4-10/5* – Mississippi Peanut Festival – Collins

10/9-10/11 – Cruisin’ the Coast – Various Cities/Gulf Coast
10/10-10/11 – Cleveland Octoberfest – Cleveland
10/11* – Bukka White Blues Festival – Aberdeen
10/11 – Fall for Clinton Market and Pet Parade – Clinton
10/11 – Crystal Springs Harvest Festival – Crystal Springs
10/11* – Taste of the South Food Truck Festival – Hattiesburg
10/11 – Hopson Pumpkin Festival – Hopson
10/11 – Ham Jam Arts Festival – Philadelphia
10/11* – Smithville Harvest Festival – Smithville
10/11* – Summit Fall Festival – Summit
10/11* – Tupelo Pride – Tupelo
10/11-10/12 – CelticFest Mississippi – Brandon

10/16-10/18 – Tennessee Williams Festival – Clarksdale
10/16-10/19* – Deep Blues Fest – Clarksdale
10/17-10/18* – Caledonia Day – Caledonia
10/17-10/18* – Delta Hot Tamale Festival – Greenville
10/17-10/18* – Fertile Ground Beer Co. Oktoberfest – Jackson
10/17-10/18 – Natchez Balloon Festival – Natchez
10/17-10/19 – Beauvoir’s Fall Muster – Biloxi
10/18* – Gulf Coast Equality Fest – Biloxi
10/18* – Shrimp Tasting Festival – Biloxi
10/18* – Gautier Mullet and Music Fest – Gautier
10/18* – Ole Tyme Fall Festival at Landrum’s Homestead and Village – Laurel
10/18* – Otherfest – Merigold
10/18* – Downtown BBQ Cook-Off – Pascagoula

10/23* – Madison Scarecrow Festival – Madison
10/23-10/26 – Hambone Festival – Clarksdale
10/25 – Cruz’n the Crossroads Cars and Truck Show – Clarksdale
10/25* – Kosciusko Fall Festival – Kosciusko
10/25* – Blue Barns Farm Fall Alpaca Festival – Laurel
10/25 – Magee Crazy Day Fall Festival – Magee
10/25 – Homochitto River Festival – Meadville
10/25* – Great Delta Bear Affair – Rolling Fork

NOVEMBER

11/1* – Sweet Potato Festival – Vardaman
11/1* – Vicksburg PorchFest – Vicksburg
11/1-11/2* – Picayune Fall Street Festival – Picayune

11/7-11/9 – Christmas City Gift Show – Biloxi
11/7-11/9* – Hernando Dickens of a Christmas – Hernando
11/8 – Olde Towne Holiday Market – Clinton
11/8 – Diamondhead Fall Festival and BBQ Competition – Diamondhead
11/8* – Gumbo Fest – Gulfport
11/8* – Gingham Tree Arts and Crafts Festival – Lucedale
11/8* – Purvis Street Festival – Purvis
11/8-11/9 – 50 Nights of Lights I – Cleveland
11/8-11/9 – Highlands and Islands Celtic Heritage and Music Festival – Gulfport
11/8-11/9 – Peter Anderson Festival – Ocean Springs

11/10-11/16 – 50 Nights of Lights II – Cleveland

11/17-11/23 – 50 Nights of Lights III – Cleveland
11/21-11/23* – Brandon Magic of Lights I – Brandon
11/21-11/23 – Light Garden I – Olive Branch

11/24-11/30* – Brandon Magic of Lights II – Brandon
11/24-11/30 – 50 Nights of Lights IV – Cleveland
11/24-11/30 (Closed 11/27) – Light Garden II – Olive Branch
11/27-11/30* – Southern Lights in Central Park I – Southaven
11/28-11/30 – Canton Christmas Festival I – Canton
11/28-11/30* – Askew’s Landing RV Campground ‘Christkindlmarkt’ Christmas Market – Edwards
11/28-11/30* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival I – Gulfport
11/29* – Lighting of the Tree (Christmas in Natchez) – Natchez
11/29-11/30* – Christmas at Landrum’s Homestead – Laurel

DECEMBER

12/1-12/7* – Brandon Magic of Lights III – Brandon
12/1-12/7 – 50 Nights of Lights V – Cleveland
12/1-12/7* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival II – Gulfport
12/1-12/7* – Light Garden III – Olive Branch
12/1-12/7* – Southern Lights in Central Park II – Southaven
12/4-12/6* – Chimneyville Arts Festival – Ridgeland
12/5* – Capital City Lights – Jackson
12/5 – Christmas in the Pass – Pass Christian
12/5* – Festival of Lights – Perkinston
12/5-12/7 – Canton Christmas Festival II – Canton
12/5-12/7* – Lights of the Wild I – Hattiesburg
12/6* – Christmas on Deer Creek – Leland

12/8-12/14* – Brandon Magic of Lights IV – Brandon
12/8-12/14 – Canton Christmas Festival III – Canton
12/8-12/14 – 50 Nights of Lights VI – Cleveland
12/8-12/14* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival III – Gulfport
12/8-12/14* – Light Garden IV – Olive Branch
12/8-12/14* – Southern Lights in Central Park III – Southaven
12/12-12/13 – Country Christmas Festival – Tylertown
12/12-12/14* – Lights of the Wild II – Hattiesburg
12/13 – Christmas on the Town Green – Diamondhead
12/13* – HCAC Holiday Art Market – Hattiesburg

12/15-12/21* – Brandon Magic of Lights V – Brandon
12/15-12/21 – Canton Christmas Festival IV – Canton
12/15-12/21 – 50 Nights of Lights VII – Cleveland
12/15-12/21* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival IV – Gulfport
12/15-12/21* – Light Garden V – Olive Branch
12/15-12/21* – Southern Lights in Central Park IV – Southaven
12/18-12/21* – Lights of the Wild III – Hattiesburg
12/20* – A Very Dickens Holiday Festival – Bay St. Louis

12/22* – Lights of the Wild IV – Hattiesburg
12/22-12/23 – Canton Christmas Festival V – Canton
12/22-12/28* – Brandon Magic of Lights VI – Brandon
12/22-12/28 – 50 Nights of Lights VIII – Cleveland
12/22-12/28* (Closed 12/24) – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival V – Gulfport
12/22-12/28* (Closed 12/25) – Light Garden VI – Olive Branch
12/22-12/28* – Southern Lights in Central Park V – Southaven

12/29-12/31* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival VI – Gulfport
12/29-12/31* – Southern Lights in Central Park VI – Southaven
12/29-1/1 – 50 Nights of Lights IX – Cleveland
12/29-1/1* – Light Garden VII – Olive Branch
12/29-1/4* – Brandon Magic of Lights VII – Brandon
12/31* – Midnight on Front Street – Hattiesburg
12/31* – Tupelo’s New Year’s Eve Party – Tupelo

JANUARY (2026)

1/23-1/24* – After Dark Renaissance Festival – Hattiesburg

FEBRUARY

2/7* – Magnolia State Bank Chili Cook Off – Laurel

2/21* – Biggest Small Town Mardi Gras Festival and Parade – Noxapater
2/21-2/22* – Renaissance Festival at the Hattiesburg Zoo – Hattiesburg

2/27* – Krewe de Roux Festival Parade and Block Party – Brandon
2/28* – Krewe de Roux Festival: Gumbo Cook-Off – Brandon
2/28* – Gulf Coast Beer and Bacon Festival – Gulfport
2/28* – Beast and Brews – Senatobia
2/28* – Carnaval de Mardi Gras and Gumbo Cook-off – Vicksburg

MARCH

3/14* – Clovers and Kilts Fest (formerly Grillin’ on the Green) – Biloxi
3/14* – Unity Festival – Gulfport
3/14* – Hattiesburg Craft Beer Festival – Hattiesburg
3/14* – Ocean Springs St. Paddy’s Day Celebration – Ocean Springs
3/15* – Winter Jam: Southaven – Southaven

3/21* – Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade and Festival – Jackson
3/21* – Casey Jones Blues Fest – Water Valley
3/21-3/22* – Spring Arts Festival – Ocean Springs
3/22* – Podcast Festival – Jackson

3/27-3/28* – Red Brick Roads Music and Arts Festival – Clinton
3/28* – Biloxi Chamber Craft Beer Fest – Biloxi
3/28* – Tater Superbad Blues Festival – Clarksdale
3/28* – Hubfest – Hattiesburg
3/28-3/29* – Arts Alive! – Bay St. Louis
3/28-3/29* – Natchez Powwow – Natchez

APRIL

4/3-4/4* – Magnolia State Bluegrass Association Spring Show – Leakesville
4/4* – World Catfish Festival – Belzoni
4/4* – Crosstie Arts and Jazz Festival – Cleveland
4/4* – Downtown Throwdown – Corinth
4/4* – Desoto Wheels and Wings – Olive Branch
4/4* – Celebrate the Gulf Marine Education Festival – Pass Christian
4/4* – Township Jazz Festival – Ridgeland
4/4* – Whistle Stop Festival – Waynesboro
4/4-4/5* – Picayune Spring Street Festival – Picayune
4/4-4/5* – Art in the Pass – Pass Christian

4/9-4/12* – Amory Railroad Festival – Amory
4/10-4/11* – Catfish in the Alley – Columbus
4/11* – Juke Joint Festival – Clarksdale
4/11* – Caterpillar Parade and Spring into Green Market – Clinton
4/11* – Rockin’ Railroad Festival – Hazlehurst
4/11* – Mudbug Bash – Hernando
4/11* – Sipp and Savor – Meridian
4/11* – Loose Caboose Arts and Crafts Festival – Newton
4/11* – Brewfest at Mississippi Ale House – Olive Branch

4/17-4/18* – Threefoot Festival – Meridian
4/18* – Chandyfest – Gulfport
4/18* – Cotton District Arts Festival – Starkville
4/18* – Wings Over Wiggins – Wiggins

4/21-4/25* – Southaven Springfest – Southaven
4/22-4/26* – Crawfish Music Festival – Biloxi
4/23-4/25* – Tunica Rivergate Festival – Tunica
4/24-4/25* – Gulf Coast Dragon Boat Festival – Gulfport
4/24-4/25* – Spring Flywheel Festival – Houston
4/24-4/25* – Natchez Trace Festival – Kosciusko
4/24-4/25* – Double Decker Arts Festival – Oxford
4/24-4/25* – Smokin’ on the Tracks – Summit
4/24-4/25* – Pine Hill Festival – Wiggins
4/25* – County Line Music Festival – Baldwyn
4/25* – Downtown Crawfish Jam Music Festival – Hattiesburg
4/25* – DeSoto County Earth Day Celebration – Hernando
4/25* – The Desoto Spring Arts Festival – Hernando
4/25* – Community Bank’s Downtown Crawfest – Laurel
4/25* – SpringFest Arts and Crafts Festival – Lucedale
4/25* – King Cotton Crawfish Boil – Starkville
4/25* – Vicksburg Arts and Music Festival – Vicksburg
4/25-4/26* – Gulf Coast Cannabis Festival – Biloxi

MAY

5/1-5/2* – Byram Swinging Bridge Festival – Byram
5/1-5/2* – Que on the Yazoo – Greenwood
5/1-5/2* – Wildlife Heritage Festival – Leland
5/1-5/2* – Liberty Heritage Days – Liberty
5/1-5/3* – Blue Suede Cruise – Tupelo
5/2* – Okatoma Festival – Collins
5/2* – Market Street Festival – Columbus
5/2* – Eupora Crawfish Cook-Off – Eupora
5/2* – McLaurin Day Festival – Florence
5/2* – Santé South Wine and Food Festival – Jackson
5/2* – Laurel Day in the Park – Laurel
5/2* – The Starkville Derby: Dachshund Dash – Starkville

5/8-5/9* – Five Star City Fest – Senatobia
5/9* – Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest – Clarksdale
5/9* – May Makers Market – Clinton
5/9* – Flowood Family Festival – Flowood
5/9* – Mississippi Makers Fest – Jackson
5/9* – Lake Fest – Lake
5/9* – Red Hills Festival – Louisville
5/9* – Mooreville May Day – Mooreville
5/9* – Free Flowin’ Fest – Pascagoula
5/10* – Mothers’ Day Blues Festival – Hattiesburg

5/11-5/17* – Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival – Meridian
5/14* – Taste of Ocean Springs Food and Wine Festival – Ocean Springs
5/15-5/16* – Pirate Day in the Bay – Bay St. Louis
5/15-5/16* – Women in Blues Festival – Clarksdale
5/16* – VetFest – Hattiesburg
5/16* – A’Fair Arts and Crafts Festival – Hernando

5/22-5/23* – Unity in the Community (Metcalfe Homecoming) – Metcalfe
5/22-5/23* – Atwood Music Festival – Monticello
5/22-5/23* – St. Clare Seafood Festival – Waveland
5/23* – Rock-N-Roll Car, Jeep, Truck and Bike Show – Biloxi
5/24* – Gulf Coast Oyster Cook-Off and Festival – Biloxi
5/24* – Bad Apple Blues Festival – Clarksdale
5/24* – Jazz in the Pass – Pass Christian

5/29-5/31* – Jeepin the Coast – Long Beach

JUNE

6/3-6/7* – Tupelo Elvis Festival – Tupelo
6/5 – LRMA Blues Bash – Laurel
6/5-6/6* – Cathead Jam – Jackson
6/6* – Gulf Coast Pride Day – Biloxi
6/6* – Red, White and Blueberry Festival – Ocean Springs
6/6* – Walthall County Dairy Festival – Tylertown
6/6* – Mississippi Music, Food, and TrailRide Festival – Wiggins
6/6-6/7* – Mississippi Pickle Fest – Jackson

6/10-6/14* – Thunder on Water – Grenada
6/12-6/14* – Birthplace of American Music Festival/BAM Fest – Clarksdale
6/13* – Taste of Byram – Byram
6/13* – Hattiesburg Juneteenth Festival – Hattiesburg
6/13* – Poplarville Blueberry Jubilee – Poplarville
6/13* – Vicksburg Juneteenth Celebration – Vicksburg

6/18-6/20* – Bentonia Blues Festival – Bentonia
6/19-6/21 – Tate County Fair – Senatobia
6/19-6/20* – Bruce Mississippi Sawmill Festival – Bruce
6/20* – Pontotoc County Juneteenth Freedom Day Parade and Festival – Pontotoc
6/21* – Gulfport Juneteenth Freedom Festival – Gulfport

6/26* – Ridgeland Celebrate America Balloon Glow – Ridgeland
6/26-6/27* – St. Rose Blues and BBQ Festival – Bay Saint Louis
6/26-6/28* – Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest – Canton
6/27* – Brookstock – Brookhaven
6/27* – Crystal Springs Tomato Festival – Crystal Springs

JULY

7/2-7/4* – Our Lady of the Gulf Crab Fest – Bay St. Louis
7/2-7/4* – Southside Townsend Blues Festival – Columbus
7/2-7/5* – Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo – Gulfport
7/3* – Star-Spangled Celebration – Hattiesburg
7/3* – Horn Lake Grand Fireworks Display and Festival – Horn Lake
7/3-7/4* – Light the Way Music Fest – Olive Branch
7/4* – Highland Oaks 4th of July Celebration – Sturgis

7/7-7/11* – Choctaw Indian Fair – Philadelphia
7/10-7/11* – Slugburger Festival – Corinth
7/11* – Cherry Creek Orchards Peach Festival – Pontotoc

7/17-7/18* – Mississippi Watermelon Festival – Mize