Upcoming Events - Bay St. Louis & Waveland

Upcoming Events
Bay St. Louis & Waveland, Mississippi Gulf Coast

Due the recent COVID-19 crisis, we recommend checking with event organizers before making plans.

Below you'll find the Shoofly Magazine's curated Bay-Waveland events - with all the juicy details. We update this page each week, so mark your own calendars and share with friends! For a complete list of Bay-Waveland events, see our Community Calendar!

- by Ana Balka

Upcoming Events is sponsored by these local businesses:

5/29 - Friday

Nathan Foust:
Batteries Not Included
Smith & Lens
106 South Second Street
6pm - 9pm

Enjoy great art and people at Smith & Lens, recently named Best Gallery by Mississippi Magazine!

Distancing will be practiced: Masks are requested, and masks will be for sale for those who don't have them; entry to gallery will be for limited persons at one time, and social distancing is requested in and around the gallery. For more info, see here!

5/30 - Saturday

Hancock County
Farmers’ Market
3068 Longfellow Road
Bay Saint Louis
8am - Noon (or until vendors sell out)

The Hancock County Farmers Market is Back on Track! Some new vendors have been added to the mix, and you'll find high quality and great deals galore, as always. Vendors and customers practice distancing, and foot traffic is now self regulated, with all vendors wearing masks and gloves. Check out the market for all the nutritious and locally grown produce, meats, breads, honey, and other specialties you've come to expect! Keep in touch here.

5/30 - Saturday

Community Healing Listening Booths
100 Men Hall
303 Union Street
1pm - 5pm

The 100 WOMEN DBA, a program under the 100 Men Hall, will be hosting six listening booths for members of the community to express themselves about racism in the community and the killing of African Americans across the country. Listeners wearing masks will listen (not speak) to participants' thoughts on recent events. Participant chairs and areas will be sanitized between participants.

6/1 - Monday

INFINITY Re-Opens!
1 Discovery Circle
Pearlington
10am - 5pm 7 days
visitinfinity.com

The coolest science center in the land is up and running again on Monday! Plenty of protective measures will be in place, including limited visitor capacity, hand sanitizing stations, frequent cleaning of all exhibits and high-touch areas, and more. Visitors encouraged to wear their own masks. For more info see here.

6/2 - Tuesday

CASA: Ask an Advocate
Click for Zoom Meeting Link
7pm - 8pm

You've been meaning to check out advocacy training with CASA. Join this Zoom meeting and learn more from CASA's staff and volunteers about being a court-appointed special advocate for Hancock County kids and families with CPS involvement.

Pre-Service advocacy training begins in August. Start the process and do it! Those kids and families need you!

6/13 - Saturday

Second Saturday Artwalk
Old Town BSL
4pm - 8pm

For over 20 years, the monthly Artwalk has become one of the most popular events in the region. Old Town stays lively all day, with many merchants and restaurants offering specials. The pace picks up from 4 - 8pm, when gallery openings and live music keep the streets humming with activity. You'll find cool deals, fresh meals, and lots of art and live music.

Please note that many merchants have new guidelines that shoppers and diners will be required to follow in order to enter their brick and mortar shops or to sit down for a meal. All decisions are those of the individual business owners, in keeping with guidelines set by Governor Tate Reeves. These protocols are for the benefit of employees and overal public health.

Not all merchants are requiring preventative measures for entering their stores, but it is a good idea to come prepared with a face mask and hand sanitizer in the event the business you are visiting does have protocols in place.

We are excited to see friendly faces once again exploring the streets of Old Town Bay St. Louis, even if those smiles are behind masks!

Now through June 22

Third Annual Diaper + Wipes Drive by BSL Satellite Rotary
S&L Office Supply
1201 US Hwy 90
8am - 5pm M-F

Donate diapers of any size at drop-off point S&L Office Supply to help those struggling to make ends meet. Family advocacy center Brenda's House will distribute donations to community partner organizations.

CASA -
7th Annual Poker Run
Location TBA
8:30am - 8pm
More info:
228-344-0419
or cynthia@casahancockcounty.org

This fun event supports the recruitment, training and support of CASA volunteers who advocate for the abused and neglected children of Hancock County.

Businesses and individuals interested in more info about sponsoring or participating please contact via phone or email listed above.

7/11 - Saturday

The Annual Tea was cancelled, but please
see the ONLINE AUCTION linked below
to help Friends of the Animal Shelter!

The Friends organization supplies aid and support to the Hancock County Animal Shelter, works to reduce admissions and euthanasias at the shelter, and advocates in myriad ways so that Hancock County's animal population will have better lives. The Annual Tea Party, which was cancelled, is the organization's biggest fundraiser. They still need your help. Make a difference by joining Friends here. Keep in touch and check out items for auction HERE. Send donations to Susan McManus, 304 Nicholson Avenue, Waveland, 39576. You can also select Friends of the Animal Shelter in Hancock County to receive donations based on your purchases via Amazon Smile.

100 Men Hall Returns in 2021

100 Men Hall D.B.A. looks forward to returning to what they do best in 2021. Until then, all live music (including Open Mic Night), the Writing Room, and other cultural events are on hold. Refunds are available for tickets sold in 2020, but the donation of ticket purchases toward the maintenance and preservation of the Hall is welcomed. Keep in touch here and here!

Savage Skillet temporarily closed. Recurring when conditions allow:

Art Soirée
Savage Skillet
1248 US Hwy 90, Suite C
6:30pm
$5

On the last Friday of each month: Local and regional artists and the public are invited to bring art for display and discussion, and to hang out and nosh on hors d'oevres with others in the scene! Stay in touch here.

Mockingbird is back open! Open mic continues when conditions allow:

Open Mic Night
Mockingbird Café
110 S. 2nd Street
6pm - 9pm

Every first Saturday of the month, the town's living room hosts an open mic night for any and all aspiring, practicing, working, seeking, secret, jaded, green, real live musicians, poets and/or storytellers to unfurl their craft. This means you!

Studio Waveland temporarily closed. In the meantime:

Studio Waveland
228 Coleman Avenue, Waveland
studiowaveland.com
Glass Studio, Studio Inferno, is set up!
Main gallery is reconfigured! New Art Shop! Expanded studios!

7/10: Art Exhibition TBA

8/1: Art + Coffee with the Artists

Studio Waveland is closed, but wants to hear from you with tagged photos of what you've been doing in lockdown. See here for more info!

Recurring once a month when conditions allow. Check back on this page in May, and keep an eye out here for more information.

Waveland Food Truck Friday
Coleman Avenue
5pm - 8pm

Check out this month's food truck offerings on Coleman Avenue! More info on vendors as we get it!

Prime Sponsors

Thank these Shoofly Magazine supporters for making this feature possible!

Gurley & Associates

The Bay Town Inn

Gallery 220 Artists' Co-op

The Peoples Bank

Dr. Frank Conaway

Antique Maison

Custom Movers Select

California Drawstrings

Gerald W. Rigby, CPA, LLC

The Mockingbird Café

Hancock County Tourism

Bodega on Court Street

The Cultured Oak

Hansen Custom Painting

Compretta Insurance Agency

Brehm Bell, Attorney

HL Raymond Properties

Bubba & Teri Wyly

Crane Builders, LLC

Second Saturday Artwalk in Old Town. Photo by Ellis Anderson

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