From light shows to festivals to visits from Santa, the Coast is getting into the festive spirit this season.

From haunted houses and pumpkin patches to festivals and other family-friendly fall fun, several events across the Coast are ready to help you get out in the community and embrace the autumn spirit.

With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, the bakery said it is seeing an especially busy season.

Children and adults in costume visited downtown businesses for candy.

Haunted house, fire truck exploration and candy offered to families.

Doris’ Hot Tamales in D’Iberville is celebrating 50 years on the Coast.

Dog owners tossed beads, moon pies, and other throws during the parade to maintain the traditional Mardi Gras feel.

Visitors praise city's Carnival experience

This year’s theme was pop art, an artistic style blurring the lines between pop culture and fine art.

The city traded its workday routine for beads, music and Mardi Gras spirit Tuesday as the Krewe of Real People the Next Generation held its annual Fat Tuesday parade.

The good times are rolling earlier this year in South Mississippi, with Fat Tuesday landing on February 17.

For more than a decade, the streets of Bay St. Louis have been filled with the swashbuckling pirate spirit for the Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse Parade.

The Halloween event comes as campground renovations continue.

The Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum is transforming one hall into a Haunted Hangar with an alien encounter theme.

A film crew has transformed the Magnolia Room in Gulfport into a Hamptons hot spot for the movie “The Sleeping Dogs of Southampton.”

There’s a place not that far away where you can enjoy fun on the farm. The family running Green Acres Creamery is doing their part to create lasting memories during the fall.

The Biloxi Lighthouse has officially reopened after its restoration project, the first since Hurricane Katrina. The $52,000 restoration was first announced in late August, aiming at keeping the 178-year-old lighthouse well-kept, safe, and clean.

Both festivals will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Performers at Terror on the Coast say the haunted attraction has become a place where they feel like they belong, according to TJ O’Brien, head of the effects department and one of the attraction’s icon scare actors.

Annual event draws Jimmy Buffett fans for music and charity fundraising.

Fawkes Party Boat held a ribbon cutting at the Point Cadet Marina, the boat’s dock.

The list featured four Coast restaurants, including one making its debut.

The eight-horse hitch will pull the iconic Budweiser beer wagon during three stops in South Mississippi.

Lay’s is releasing holiday-inspired chips flavored like turkey, scalloped potatoes, maple bacon and chocolate. Here’s when and where to find them.