Upcoming Events - January 2016 - The Shoofly Magazine

Upcoming Events - January 2016

1/1/2016

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Rotary Chili Cook-off
Surrender Art Show/Mr. Atticus's Night Market
Krewe of Kids Parade
Krewe of Nereids Parade
Krewe of Seahorse Parade
Krewe of Diamonds Parade

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1/22-24, 29-31 – Friday and Saturday nights,
Sunday matinee

Ransom of Red Chief
Bay St. Louis Little Theatre
398 Blaize Avenue
Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.
Sunday, 2 p.m. matinee
Tickets

Settle into some poetic justice with this play based on a 1907 short story by O. Henry about two men who kidnap and attempt to ransom a wealthy Alabaman’s son, but then must deal with the consequences when their plan backfires.

1/28 – Thursday

BSL Rotary Club Chili Cook-Off
Bay St. Louis Community Hall
301 Blaize Avenue
5-8 p.m.
Tickets $6. See rotarybaystlouis.com or call Gary Knoblock at 228-216-0800

Yum! This popular annual tongue-burner promises live entertainment, a silent action, raffles, and more. The poster says the antacid is up to you, so throw it in your purse and get on down to the community hall for some CHILI, music, and fun!

1/29 – Friday

A short video from last year's "Surrender" show

Surrender Art Show &
Mr. Atticus’s Night Market
Smith & Lens and Mockingbird Café
106 & 110 South Second Street
5-8 p.m.
Free

Two really cool things rolled into one extraordinarily awesome evening: A night market at the Mockingbird and an art show opening next door at Smith & Lens!

The show is a reprise on last year's wildly popular Surrender concept. Participants each “surrender” an unfinished piece at the beginning of January, so they each get to finish a piece by another participant over the month. Everyone brings their piece back to exhibit at the show opening, where all the pieces are put up for sale.

The other really cool thing is the monthly Friday night Mr. Atticus’s Market, which features a band and craft-and-art vendors’ booths in the parking lot of the ‘bird. Grab a beer in the Mockingbird, turn the kids loose, and marvel that it’s Friday night and you are here in this fantastic town.

1/30 – Saturday

Krewe of Kids parade
Dunbar Avenue
11 a.m.
Dunbar Avenue to Highway 90 AND BACK, Bay St. Louis
Fuh-reeeee
Contact info: 228-463-9222

Kids’ parade and anything goes as long as it’s not motorized! That means skateboards, bikes, trikes, Bigwheels, feet, pogo sticks, rollerskates, wheelbarrows, wagons, and that dolly in the garage are fair game.

1/31 – Sunday

Krewe of Nereids Parade
Hwy 90 Bay/Waveland
1 p.m. start

This all-female krewe has one of the oldest and biggest of carnival parades on the coast. Last year had a record turnout, and this year is sure to be great as well! Read all about how this fantastic tradition got started here!

The parade begins in front of the Hancock County Governmental Annex Building in Bay St. Louis and rolls west on Highway 90, ending at the intersection of Auderder Street and Highway 90 in Waveland. Both lanes on Highway 90 in Waveland will be closed from the Bay St. Louis-Waveland city line to Waveland Avenue.

2/8 – Monday

2/8 – Monday
Krewe of Seahorse Parade
Downtown Bay St. Louis
6 p.m.
Info: 228-547-4873

This year the Krewe of the Seahorse toasts bars of the past! So put on your Studio 54 outfit and head on out to Margaritaville via CBGB, right? It’s the only Lundi Gras parade on the Coast!

2/9 – Tuesday

Krewe of Diamonds Parade
Downtown Bay St. Louis
1 p.m.
Info: 228-671-1471 and 228-493-2092

Lots of throws! Lots of fun! This is the only predominately African-American Krewe with Mardi Gras Indians to parade on Mardi Gras on the Mississippi Coast. Mardi Gras! It’s a big deal! Let’s all get out there and have BIG FUN.