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.

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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JANUARY (2026)

1/17 – Hattiesburg Renaissance Fest – Hattiesburg

1/24 – Gumbo Fest – Gulfport

1/31-2/1 – After Dark Renaissance Festival – Hattiesburg

FEBRUARY

2/13 – Krewe de Roux Festival Parade and Block Party – Brandon
2/14 – Krewe de Roux Festival: Gumbo Cook-Off – Brandon
2/14 – Magnolia State Bank Chili Cook Off – Laurel
2/14 – Biggest Small Town Mardi Gras Festival and Parade – Noxapater
2/14 – Carnaval de Mardi Gras and Gumbo Cook-off – Vicksburg

MARCH

3/13 – Winter Jam: Southaven – Southaven
3/13-3/14 – Gulf Coast Beer and Bacon Festival – Gulfport
3/14* – Clovers and Kilts Fest (formerly Grillin’ on the Green) – Biloxi
3/14 – Hattiesburg Craft Beer Festival – Hattiesburg
3/14* – Ocean Springs St. Paddy’s Day Celebration – Ocean Springs

3/20 – Unity Festival – Gulfport
3/21* – Casey Jones Blues Fest – Water Valley
3/21-3/22 – Arts Alive! – Bay St. Louis
3/22* – Podcast Festival – Jackson

3/26-3/28 – Red Brick Roads Music and Arts Festival – Clinton
3/28* – Biloxi Chamber Craft Beer Fest – Biloxi
3/28 – Hubfest – Hattiesburg
3/28 – Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade and Festival – Jackson
3/28-3/29 – Natchez Powwow – Natchez
3/28-3/29 – Spring Arts Festival – Ocean Springs

APRIL

4/3-4/4* – Magnolia State Bluegrass Association Spring Show – Leakesville
4/4* – World Catfish Festival – Belzoni
4/4* – Downtown Throwdown – Corinth
4/4* – Desoto Wheels and Wings – Olive Branch
4/4* – Township Jazz Festival – Ridgeland
4/4* – Whistle Stop Festival – Waynesboro
4/4-4/5* – Picayune Spring Street Festival – Picayune

4/9-4/12 – Amory Railroad Festival – Amory
4/10-4/11 – Catfish in the Alley – Columbus
4/10-4/12 – Foodees Food and Culture Festival: Outlets of Mississippi – Pearl
4/11 – Juke Joint Festival – Clarksdale
4/11* – Caterpillar Parade and Spring into Green Market – Clinton
4/11* – Rockin’ Railroad Festival – Hazlehurst
4/11 – Sipp and Savor – Meridian
4/11* – Loose Caboose Arts and Crafts Festival – Newton
4/11* – Brewfest at Mississippi Ale House – Olive Branch
4/11 – Celebrate the Gulf Marine Education Festival – Pass Christian
4/11-4/12 – Art in the Pass – Pass Christian
4/12 – Cat Heat Mini Blues Fest – Clarksdale

4/17-4/18* – Threefoot Festival – Meridian
4/17-4/18 – Smokin’ on the Tracks – Summit
4/18 – Crosstie Arts and Jazz Festival – Cleveland
4/18* – Chandyfest – Gulfport
4/18 – Mudbug Bash – Hernando
4/18 – Community Bank’s Downtown Crawfest – Laurel
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* – Pine Hill Festival – Wiggins
4/25* – County Line Music Festival – Baldwyn
4/25 – Gulf Coast Cannabis Festival – Biloxi
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 – Santé South Wine and Food Festival – Jackson
4/25* – SpringFest Arts and Crafts Festival – Lucedale
4/25 – Double Decker Arts Festival – Oxford
4/25* – King Cotton Crawfish Boil – Starkville
4/25 – The Starkville Derby: Dachshund Dash – Starkville
4/25* – Vicksburg Arts and Music Festival – Vicksburg

4/30-5/2 – Blue Suede Cruise – Tupelo

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
5/2* – Okatoma Festival – Collins
5/2* – Market Street Festival – Columbus
5/2* – Eupora Crawfish Cook-Off – Eupora
5/2* – McLaurin Day Festival – Florence
5/2* – Laurel Day in the Park – Laurel

5/8-5/9* – Five Star City Fest – Senatobia
5/9 – Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest – Clarksdale
5/9* – May Makers Market – Clinton
5/9* – Festival of the Fae – Columbus
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
5/23 – Tater Superbad Blues Festival – Clarksdale
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

5/27-5/31 – Jeepin the Coast – Long Beach

JUNE

6/3-6/6 – 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

6/10-6/14* – Thunder on Water – Grenada
6/13* – Taste of Byram – Byram
6/13* – Hattiesburg Juneteenth Festival – Hattiesburg
6/13* – Poplarville Blueberry Jubilee – Poplarville
6/13* – Vicksburg Juneteenth Celebration – Vicksburg
6/13-6/14 – Mississippi Pickle Fest – Jackson

6/18-6/20* – Bentonia Blues Festival – Bentonia
6/19-6/21 – Birthplace of American Music Festival/BAM Fest – Clarksdale
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

7/31-8/1* – Overbrook Songwriters Festival – Brookhaven
7/31-8/1* – Watermelon Carnival – Water Valley

AUGUST

8/7-8/9* – Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival – Clarksdale

8/15* – Prairie Point Food Festival – Macon
8/15* – Tri-State Blues Festival – Southaven

8/22-8/24* – Farish Forward Festival – Jackson

8/28-8/30* – Booker Fest – Bay St. Louis
8/29* – Red’s Old Timers Blues Festival – Clarksdale
8/29* – Iuka Heritage Festival – Iuka
8/29* – September Fest – Mound Bayou
8/29* – Prairie Arts Festival – West Point

SEPTEMBER

9/4-9/6* – Gulf Coast Shrimp Cookoff and Festival – Biloxi
9/5* – Cruisin’ the Pearl Car Show and Family Fun Day – Columbia
9/5* – BB King Museum Community Day Festival – Indianola
9/5* – Ben Fest – Columbus
9/5* – Blues and Heritage Festival – Pascagoula

9/12* – Biloxi Seafood Festival – Biloxi
9/12* – Columbia Food and Music Festival – Columbia
9/12* – Grenada Downtown Jubilee – Grenada
9/12* – Mississippi Book Festival – Jackson
9/12* – Bodock Festival – Pontotoc
9/12* – Country Day – Union

9/16-9/19* – Chainsaws and Art Festival – Eupora
9/17-9/20* – Mississippi Songwriters Festival – Ocean Springs
9/18-9/19* – Bugfest: BeetleMania – Picayune
9/19* – Cruizin’ Clinton Car Show – Clinton
9/19* – Delta Blues and Heritage Festival – Greenville
9/19* – Chulahoma Blues Festival – Holly Springs
9/19* – Iron Horse Festival – McComb
9/19*- Festival Hispano – Pascagoula

9/24* – Taste of Long Beach – Long Beach
9/24-9/27* – Mid-South Fair I – Southaven
9/25-9/26* – Burnsville Waterway Festival – Burnsville
9/25-9/26* – Mobile Street Renaissance Festival – Hattiesburg
9/25-9/26* – Fall Flywheel Festival – Houston
9/25-9/26* – MS Capital City Pride Festival – Jackson
9/25-9/26* – Hummingbird and Nature Festival – Moss Point
9/25-9/27* – Mississippi Pecan Festival – New Augusta
9/26* – Wing Dang Doodle Festival – Forest
9/26* – Hernando Water Tower Festival – Hernando
9/26* – Tallahatchie Riverfest – New Albany
9/26* – Cotton Gin Festival and Car Show – Noxapater
9/26* – Clarke Fest – Quitman

9/28-10/4* – Mid-South Fair II – Southaven

OCTOBER

10/2* – Bulldog Bash – Starkville
10/2-10/3* – Ole Brook Festival – Brookhaven
10/2-10/3* – 7th Avenue Heritage Festival – Columbus
10/2-10/3* – Mules and Blues Festival – Marks
10/2-10/3* – Mighty Roots Music Festival – Stovall
10/3* – Okeelala Festival – Baldwyn
10/3* – Columbia Heritage Festival – Columbia
10/3* – Taste of the South Food Truck Festival – Hattiesburg
10/3* – Nola Arts Festival – Indianola
10/3* – WellsFest – Jackson
10/3 – Loblolly Festival – Laurel
10/3* – Highway 61 Blues Festival – Leland
10/3* – Lumberfest – Lumberton
10/3* – Day in the Country – Madison
10/3* – Town Creek Festival – Nettleton
10/3* – Zonta Arts and Crafts Festival – Pascagoula
10/3* – Oktoberfest in Ripley – Ripley
10/3* – Beast and Brews – Senatobia
10/3* – Robins Street Art Stroll – Tupelo
10/3-10/4* – Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival – Avalon
10/3-10/4* – Mississippi Peanut Festival – Collins

10/8-10/10* – Cruisin’ the Coast – Various Cities/Gulf Coast
10/9-10/10* – Cleveland Octoberfest – Cleveland
10/10* – Bukka White Blues Festival – Aberdeen
10/10* – Hopson Pumpkin Festival – Clarksdale
10/10* – Fall for Clinton Market and Pet Parade – Clinton
10/10* – Festival of the Fae Harvest Market – Columbus
10/10* – Crystal Springs Harvest Festival – Crystal Springs
10/10* – French Camp Harvest Festival – French Camp
10/10* – MonstroBEERfest – Pearl
10/10* – Ham Jam Arts Festival – Philadelphia
10/10* – Smithville Harvest Festival – Smithville
10/10* – Summit Fall Festival – Summit
10/10-10/11* – CelticFest Mississippi – Brandon

10/15-10/17* – Tennessee Williams Festival – Clarksdale
10/16-10/17* – Caledonia Day – Caledonia
10/16-10/17* – Delta Hot Tamale Festival – Greenville
10/16-10/17* – Fertile Ground Beer Co. Oktoberfest – Jackson
10/16-10/17* – Natchez Balloon Festival – Natchez
10/16-10/18* – Beauvoir’s Fall Muster – Biloxi
10/16-10/18* – Still Here Still Queer Street Fest – Tupelo
10/17* – Booneville Fall Festival – Booneville
10/17* – Gautier Mullet and Music Fest – Gautier
10/17* – Kosciusko Fall Festival – Kosciusko
10/17* – Ole Tyme Fall Festival at Landrum’s Homestead and Village – Laurel
10/17* – Downtown BBQ Throwdown – Pascagoula
10/17* – Ridgeland Pecan Festival – Ridgeland

10/22-10/25* – Hambone Festival – Clarksdale
10/23* – Tupelo Chili Festival – Tupelo
10/23-10/24* – Madison Scarecrow Festival – Madison
10/24* – Gulf Coast Equality Fest – Biloxi
10/24* – Cruz’n the Crossroads Cars and Truck Show – Clarksdale
10/24* – Magee Crazy Day Fall Festival – Magee
10/24* – Homochitto River Festival – Meadville
10/24* – Great Delta Bear Affair – Rolling Fork
10/24* – Fall into Tupelo: Family Fun Day – Tupelo

10/31* – Sweet Potato Festival – Vardaman
10/31-11/1* – Picayune Fall Street Festival – Picayune

NOVEMBER

11/6-11/8* – Christmas City Gift Show – Biloxi
11/6-11/8* – National Folk Festival – Jackson
11/7* – Olde Towne Holiday Market – Clinton
11/7* – Diamondhead Fall Festival and BBQ Competition – Diamondhead
11/7* – Gingham Tree Arts and Crafts Festival – Lucedale
11/7* – Purvis Street Festival – Purvis
11/7* – Vicksburg PorchFest – Vicksburg
11/7-11/8* – 50 Nights of Lights I – Cleveland
11/7-11/8* – Highlands and Islands Celtic Heritage and Music Festival – Gulfport
11/7-11/8* – Peter Anderson Festival – Ocean Springs

11/9-11/15* – 50 Nights of Lights II – Cleveland
11/12-11/14* – Chimneyville Arts Festival – Ridgeland

11/16-11/22* – 50 Nights of Lights III – Cleveland
11/20-11/21* – Hernando Dickens of a Christmas – Hernando
11/20-11/22* – Brandon Magic of Lights I – Brandon
11/20-11/22* – The Southern Lights I – Pearl

11/23-11/29* – Brandon Magic of Lights II – Brandon
11/23-11/29* – 50 Nights of Lights IV – Cleveland
11/24-11/29* – The Southern Lights II – Pearl
11/27-11/29* – Canton Christmas Festival I – Canton
11/27-11/29* – Askew’s Landing RV Campground ‘Christkindlmarkt’ Christmas Market – Edwards
11/27-11/29* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival I – Gulfport
11/27-11/29* – Light Garden I – Olive Branch
11/28* – Lighting of the Tree (Christmas in Natchez) – Natchez
11/28-11/29* – Christmas at Landrum’s Homestead – Laurel

DECEMBER

11/30-12/6* – Brandon Magic of Lights III – Brandon
11/30-12/6* – 50 Nights of Lights V – Cleveland
11/30-12/6* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival II – Gulfport
11/30-12/6* – Light Garden II – Olive Branch
12/1-12/6* – The Southern Lights III – Pearl
12/4* – Capital City Lights – Jackson
12/4* – Christmas in the Pass – Pass Christian
12/4* – Festival of Lights – Perkinston
12/4-12/6* – Canton Christmas Festival II – Canton
12/4-12/6* – Lights of the Wild I – Hattiesburg
12/5* – Christmas on Deer Creek – Leland

12/7-12/13* – Brandon Magic of Lights IV – Brandon
12/7-12/13* – Canton Christmas Festival III – Canton
12/7-12/13* – 50 Nights of Lights VI – Cleveland
12/7-12/13* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival III – Gulfport
12/7-12/13* – Light Garden III – Olive Branch
12/7-12/13* – The Southern Lights IV – Pearl
12/11-12/12* – Country Christmas Festival – Tylertown
12/11-12/13* – Lights of the Wild II – Hattiesburg
12/12* – Christmas on the Town Green – Diamondhead

12/14-12/20* – Brandon Magic of Lights V – Brandon
12/14-12/20* – Canton Christmas Festival IV – Canton
12/14-12/20* – 50 Nights of Lights VII – Cleveland
12/14-12/20* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival IV – Gulfport
12/14-12/20* – Light Garden IV – Olive Branch
12/14-12/20* – The Southern Lights V – Pearl
12/18-12/20* – Lights of the Wild III – Hattiesburg

12/21-12/23* – Canton Christmas Festival V – Canton
12/21-12/23* – Lights of the Wild IV – Hattiesburg
12/21-12/27* – Brandon Magic of Lights VI – Brandon
12/21-12/27* – 50 Nights of Lights VIII – Cleveland
12/21-12/27* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival V – Gulfport
12/21-12/27* – Light Garden V – Olive Branch
12/21-12/27* – The Southern Lights VI – Pearl

12/28-12/31* – Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival VI – Gulfport
12/28-1/1* – 50 Nights of Lights IX – Cleveland
12/28-1/1* – Light Garden VI – Olive Branch
12/28-1/2* – Brandon Magic of Lights VII – Brandon
12/28-1/3* – The Southern Lights VII – Pearl
12/31* – Midnight on Front Street – Hattiesburg
12/31* – Tupelo’s New Year’s Eve Party – Tupelo

JANUARY (2027)

1/16* – Hattiesburg Renaissance Fest – Hattiesburg

1/23* – Gumbo Fest – Gulfport

1/30-1/31* – After Dark Renaissance Festival – Hattiesburg

FEBRUARY

2/12* – Krewe de Roux Festival Parade and Block Party – Brandon
2/13* – Krewe de Roux Festival: Gumbo Cook-Off – Brandon
2/13* – Magnolia State Bank Chili Cook Off – Laurel
2/13* – Biggest Small Town Mardi Gras Festival and Parade – Noxapater
2/13* – Carnaval de Mardi Gras and Gumbo Cook-off – Vicksburg