BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - St. Patrick’s Day is on Tuesday, March 17, and festivities are planned in cities across the Coast to celebrate the holiday.
Take a look at the events below and let us help you plan your Gulf Coast Weekend!
Saturday, March 7
- OCEAN SPRINGS: Comeallyee Ball, 6 p.m. Ocean Springs Civic Center
Saturday, March 14
- BILOXI: St. Patrick’s Day 5K
- 9 a.m. at Point Cadet Park
- GULFPORT: Shamrock the Sea at the Mississippi Aquarium
- Diving leprechauns, trivia, photo opportunities, and activities— all included in general admission to the Aquarium
- OCEAN SPRINGS: St. Paddy’s Day Celebration
- Begins at 10 a.m. with local shops, restaurants, and businesses throughout downtown offering St. Paddy’s Day-themed specials, promotions, and experiences.
- Hibernia Irish Society Parade rolls at 1 p.m., beginning on Front Beach and traveling through downtown Ocean Springs
- Bars will join the festivities with specials after 4 p.m.
- PASCAGOULA: St. Patrick’s Party, downtown Pascagoula
- Shop and bar crawl all day, live music from 4-7 p.m., parade rolls at 7:30 p.m.
- PASS CHRISTIAN: Krewe of Blarney St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 1 p.m., starts at E 2nd Street and Davis Avenue, then travels west on E Scenic Drive, ending at Bacchus on the Beach
Sunday, March 15
- GULFPORT: Shamrock the Sea at the Mississippi Aquarium, diving leprechauns, trivia, photo opportunities, and activities all included in general admission to the Aquarium
Saturday, March 21
- WAVELAND: Waveland Civic Association St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 1 p.m.
- Starts at Bienville Boulevard and North Beach Boulevard, travels west along N. Beach Boulevard to Nicholson Avenue, to Central, and comes down Coleman Avenue to South Beach. Then turns right onto South Beach Boulevard to Waveland Avenue, where the parade ends.
Local Breweries
- Altered Reality Brewing in Biloxi
- Chandeleur Island Brewing Company in Gulfport
- Crittenden Distillery LLC in the Kiln
- Fly Llama Brewing in Biloxi
- Fort Bayou Brewing Company in Ocean Springs
- Hops and Growlers in Ocean Springs
- Lazy Magnolia Brewery in the Kiln
- Lost Spring Brewing Co. in Ocean Springs
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