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PETER ANDERSON ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
Artwalk is an annual event held over Labor Day weekend showcasing a mixture of potters, painters, sculptors, and more as they partner with local businesses on the sidewalks outside downtown boutiques, galleries and restaurants bringing together creative commerce. Mississippi Songwriters Festival is an annual 4-day music event with over 100 national songwriters and thousands of fans starting the 3rd Thursday of September in Downtown Ocean Springs.
“Festival Season” begins in the fall and includes a kick-off party, silent auction, pre- parties and additional events leading up to the Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival, held the first weekend of November.
OCTOBER
Cruisin’ the Coast is an annual event hosted by the Cruisin’ the Coast committee welcoming more than 8,000 classic cars to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Over the course of a week, classic cars cruise the streets and guests can enjoy activities at different venues including three days in Ocean Springs with a Friday Night Sock Hop and Street Party, Chics Picks Car Contest, live music and more.
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival presented by Blue Moon is held the first full weekend in November each year. The largest fine arts festival in the state, this event brings in nearly 500 artists, crafters and food vendors, a state-wide Blue Moon art contest, and more than 150,000 visitors to Ocean Springs. Small Business Saturday is a shopping event hosted the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Shops provide specials, giveaways and more to kick off the holiday shopping season.
Annual Tree Lighting is a community event held to celebrate the holiday season with
the arrival of Santa Claus and the lighting of the town Christmas Tree. This event features Christmas carols, refreshments, Christmas crafts, letters to the North Pole provided by the U.S. Postal Service, a holiday movie on the lawn and more.
Holiday Open House is a celebration
of holiday festivities in downtown, uptown, all around town at participating shops, restaurants and galleries. Local businesses come alive with Christmas cheer offering holiday specials, warm refreshments, live music, Santa sightings and more during this two-day event.
Silent Lights Festival is a campus-wide light festival that transforms WAMA into a illuminated wonderland inspired by nature and the winter solstice. Featuring performers and shadow dancers, installations by Mississippi artists, a silent disco with DJs performing to your personal LED-equipped wireless headphones, and interactive light shows projecting animations of Walter Anderson’s timeless designs.
YEAR-ROUND
Ocean Springs Fresh Market is an open air Saturday market with food and plant growers
offering plants, flowers, and locally grown fruits and vegetables. Open rain or shine each Saturday at the L&N Depot Plaza in downtown Ocean Springs.
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