Events

Annual Events & Festivals

Join us for one of our many annual events. Like live music? Check out Hubfest or Live at Five. Want more art in your life? Mobile St. Renaissance Fest has what you’re looking for. Need to get in the holiday spirit? Stop by the Hattiesburg Zoo for Zoo Boo in October and Zoo Lights in December. No matter how you like to have fun, Hattiesburg has something for you!

Hattiesburg Half Marathon

04/06/2024
United Way of Southeast Mississippi is honored to host the 13th Annual Hattiesburg Half-Marathon, 10K & 5K.

Pinnacle Awards

04/09/2024
Join SMP as we host our annual Pinnacle Awards for 2024.

The Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival

04/10/2024 - 04/12/2024
The 2024 Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival will take place April 10-12 on campus at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. We’re honored to announce that Cynthia Leitich Smith is the 2024 Southern Miss Medallion winner. Smith is a New York Times bestselling author and the 2021 NSK Neustadt Laureate. Her novel Hearts Unbroken won an American Indian Youth Literature Award and she has been named one of the 10 Must-Read Native American Authors by Book Riot. Smith’s anthology Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids was an ALA Children’s Notable Book in addition to winning the Reading the West Young Readers Book Award.

Downtown Crawfish Jam

04/20/2024
The Downtown Crawfish Jam Music Festival, Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Walthall Park. Family Friendly, Live, music, food, beer and crawfish.

Midtown Sounds

05/04/2024
Meet us at Southern Station at USM for Midtown Sounds 2024 on Saturday, May 4.

VetFest

05/18/2024
The Hattiesburg Disabled American Veterans will host their 3nd Annual VetFest on Saturday, May 18, 2024 in Town Square Park

Dog Days 5k and 2 Mile Walk at FestivalSouth

06/08/2024
Dog Days 5k and 2 Mile Walk at FestivalSouth is an event benefitting Hub City Service Dogs, a nonprofit organization in Hattiesburg, MS, that trains service dogs for individuals with medical disabilities.