Upcoming Events - October 2015

• Octoberfest Business After Hours
  
• St. Rose de Lima Heritage Festival
  
• ​Cruisin' the Coast
  
• Second Saturday Art Walk
  
• Sangha Sunday
  
• Coastal Clean-Up
  
• Marcia Ball Show
  
• Swing for the Cause
  
• Hope Haven Masquerade Ball & Costume Contest
  
• Cedar Rest Cemetery Tour​

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10/1 - Thursday

Octoberfest Business After Hours
Hancock Medical Center
5435 Gex Drive
Diamondhead
5-7 pm

Hancock Medical, Coast Electric, and the Hancock Chamber of Commerce present Oktoberfest Business After Hours in Diamondhead. Come ring in autumn with brats, burgers, and knockwurst served with sauerkraut and plenty of cold beverages.

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10/3 - Saturday

St. Rose de Lima Heritage Festival
Holy Spirit Center
301 S. Necaise Avenue (across from church)
Bay St. Louis
11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Free admission and parking

Enjoy a full day of music, food, and fun at St. Rose de Lima! Plenty of toys for the kids like water slides and castles, great food, a raffle, and bands all day and night, with headliners the Starz Band!

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10/8 - 11 in the Bay!

Cruisin' the Coast
Phone: (888) 808-1188 or (228) 385-3847
Old Town Bay St. Louis
Free admission

It’s back! The 19th annual classic car fest, the biggest of its kind featuring cruise-ins, rock ‘n’ roll, drag races, sock hops, swap meet, CTC/Vicari auto auction and so much more.!  Over 7000 entrants cruise up and down Highway 90 from Ocean Springs to the Bay all week, with the biggest crowds hitting Bay St. Louis from Wednesday through Sunday. Here in Bay St. Louis we’ll have afternoon bands Wednesday through Saturday, capped off with Vince Vance and the Valiants! See the website for more info!

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10/10 - Saturday

Second Saturday Art Walk
Old Town Bay St. Louis
Lively All Day
Gallery openings and live music  4-8 p.m.

Come early to check out the Cruisin’ the Coast festivities, then stay for Bay St. Louis’s monthly art walk and evening hangout! Stores stay open late. Kelsey Moran will be playing on the street down by this month’s hotspot Southern Accents, the Mockingbird Cafe hosts music on their outdoor stage as well, and shops and galleries stay open until 8 p.m.

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10/11 - Sunday

Sangha Sunday
Treehouse Yoga
110 South Second Street
(upstairs at the Mockingbird)
Bay St. Louis
5 - 6pm
By donation

You’ve been intending to slow down, but you haven’t had the time. Well, set the irony of that conundrum to the side for an hour on Sunday evening, and get back to your center before starting the week with mindfulness meditation and breathing at the Treehouse. Sangha means a kinship or community coming together with a common purpose, and the intention of this monthly second Sunday gathering is to cultivate peace and connection in our community.   

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10/17 - Saturday

​Register at the website, and see the poster for cleanup sites, which in Hancock County include almost 20 sites in Diamondhead, Kiln, Bay St. Louis, Waveland, and Lakeshore.

Coastal Clean-Up
Hancock County Coastline
8am - 11am

Every October, thousands of concerned citizens take to the streets and beaches all along the Gulf Coast to pick up trash that can pollute our waterways and endanger the lives of countless animals. Join the more than 65,000 volunteers who over the past 27 years have been making a difference one bag at a time, removing more than 1.6 million pounds of trash from Mississippi's coastal landshores, waterways, and barrier island beaches. Register at the website, and see the poster for cleanup sites, which in Hancock County include almost 20 sites in Diamondhead, Kiln, Bay St. Louis, Waveland, and Lakeshore.

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10/17 - Saturday

Marcia Ball Show
100 Men Hall
303 Union Street
Bay St. Louis
8 p.m.
$30

Gulf Coast AND Louisiana Hall-of-Famer Marcia Ball is back at the 100 Men Hall: an icon in an iconic venue on a night not to be missed! Ball is a roadhouse soul rocker and Grammy-nominated piano storyteller whose style veers between R&B, Gulf Coast blues, Louisiana swamp ballads, and Texas zydeco. Put it all in the legendary 100 Men Hall and you’ll be dancing all night.

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10/20 - Tuesday

Swing for the Cause
The Bridges golf course,
Hollywood Casino
711 Hollywood Boulevard, Bay St. Louis
11 a.m. lunch and registration,
12 p.m. shotgun start

Fundraising golf classic to benefit the Hancock Community Development Foundation. The foundation serves as an umbrella 501(c)(3) non-profit for organizations that enhance economic development and quality of life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Contests, refreshments, exhibits, and door prizes! Corporate sponsorships available. Contact (228) 467-9048 for more info on registration.

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10/31 - Saturday

Hope Haven Masquerade Ball & Costume Contest
Bay St. Louis Community Center
301 Blaize Avenue
Bay St. Louis
9 p.m.
$40 advance, $50 door, Tables of 8 for $280
RSVP (228) 466-6395

Exciting inaugural Halloween Masquerade Ball for Hope Haven, non-profit advocates for abused and neglected children. Food from local eateries, costume contest with $1,000 in prizes, (best single, best couple and best group costumes), music by Pat Murphy and the Jumpin’ Jukes, cash bar and silent auction! Adults 21 and over.

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10/31 - Saturday

Cedar Rest Cemetery Tour
Cedar Rest Cemetery
Second Street, between Main and Union
5:30-8:00 p.m.
Bay Saint Louis
Contact Charles Gray (228) 467-4090

A Halloween favorite in the Bay! Hosted by the Hancock County Historical Society, tour features locals dressed as historic Bay figures who tell their spooky tales to guests walking the candlelit paths. Stop into the Kate Lobrano House at 108 Cue Street afterward for refreshments.