Annually, Mayor Toby Barker proclaims October as “The Greatest Month to Be a Hattiesburger,” and encourages all Hattiesburg citizens and visitors to get out and enjoy our magnificent, creative and premier city in the Gulf South. See below for a full list of 2023’s October events.

EVERY WEEK IN OCTOBER

  • Every Tuesday: HAC Drum Circle, at The Jook, 6 p.m. (Does not take place on October 31)
  • Every Thursday: Brown Bag Concert Series, at City Hall Fountain Plaza, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • Every Thursday: Farmer’s Market, at Town Square Park, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
  • Every Friday: Live at Five, at Town Square Park, 5 p.m
  • Every Friday: Outdoor Spooky Market, at The Lucky Rabbit
  • Every Saturday: Smith Drug Company, Noon – 4 p.m.

MULTIPLE DAYS IN OCTOBER

  • October 1 – 31: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • October 1 – 31: National Crime Prevention Month
  • October 1 – 31: Down Syndrome Awareness Month
  • October 1 – 31: October Exhibit, at Hattiesburg Pocket Museum
  • October 2 – 7: Southern Miss Homecoming Week
  • October 5 – 7: The Importance of Being Ernest, at William Carey University
  • October 8 – 14: Sixth Annual Hattiesburg Restaurant Week
  • October 8 – 14: Fire Prevention Week
  • October 9 – 15: Pine Belt PRIDE Week
  • October 12 – 14: Hattiesburlesque, at Fat Cat
  • October 18 – 22: Old Fashioned Week, at Southern Prohibition
  • October 19 – 21: Homegrown Revival, at Elks Lake
  • October 20 – 30: Zoo Boo, at Hattiesburg Zoo
  • October 22 – 28: National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
  • October 27 – 29: Spooky Hollow, at Lake Thoreau Environmental Center
  • October 27 – 28: Monster Mash, at Southern Prohibition
  • October 28 – 31: Little Shop of Horrors by Hub City Players, at Hattiesburg Community Arts Center

 

Date Event Location Time
10/03/2023 National Night Out Neighborhood Parties Various 5:00 PM
10/03/2023 USM Symphony Orchestra Manoni Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
10/04/2023 Hattiesburg Avenues Run For Your Life (Almost 4K) Murky Waters 6:00 PM
10/05/2023 Inauguration of the University of Southern Mississippi’s President Dr. Joe Paul Bennett Auditorium-USM 3:00 PM
10/05/2023 WCU October Nights ft. Thomas Hall and Restoration Band Common Grounds Cafe at WCU 7 PM
10/06/2023 Office Hours at Equinox Coffee Equinox Coffee 8:30 AM
10/06/2023 Hocus Pocus at the Saenger Saenger Theater Block Party at 6, Show at 7
10/06/2023 Friday Night at Spirit Park Southern Station USM 7:00 PM
10/07/2023 NAMI Walk Pinebelt Kamper Park Pavillion 9:00 AM
10/07/2023 Oktoberfest at St. John’s Lutheran Church St. John’s Lutheran Church 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
10/07/2023 USM Homecoming Parade USM/ Hardy St. 1 PM
10/07/2023 USM vs. Old Dominion Homecoming Game The Rock 6 PM
10/9/2023 10th Annual Pink Monday Town Square Park 4 PM to 7 PM
10/9/2023 WCU Dinner with Kirk Cameron Lake Terrace Convention Center
10/9/2023 Pine Belt Pride Community Cookout The Spectrum Center 6:30 to 9:00 PM
10/12/2023 DuBard Speakeasy Bottling Company 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
10/12/2023 WCU Orchestra & Symphonic Winds Concert Thomas Fine Arts Center 7 PM
10/12/2023 FestivalSouth’s Hank Williams Centennial Concert Saenger Theater 7:30 PM
10/13/2023 Night of the Marauding Pirates Hattiesburg Pocket Museum 7 PM – 8:30 PM
10/13/2023 Pine Belt Pride Open Mic Night The Spectrum Center 8:00 PM
10/14/2023 Pine Belt Pride in the Park Town Square Park 10:00 AM
10/14/2023 3rd Annual Taste of the South Food Truck Fest Fairley’s Wings & More 11 AM – 6 PM
10/14/2023 Fall Festival at the Market Forrest County Farmer’s Market 8 AM – 2 PM
10/14/2023 Murder Mystery Night Hub City Beers 7 PM
10/17/2023 WCU October Nights ft. The Carey Chorale, The Women’s Choir & CareyOn Thomas Fine Arts Center at WCU 7 PM
10/18/2023 Largest Pumpkin Carving in the Gulf South Keg and Barrel 5:30 PM
10/19/2023 WCU October Nights ft. Knights of Jazz and Carey Big Band Common Grounds Cafe at WCU 7 PM
10/21/2023 Forrest General Cancer Center Fuel to Fight Forrest General Cancer Center 7:30 AM
10/21/2023 COH Community Outreach Safety Festival Dewitt Sullivan Park 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
10/21/2023 National Reptile Awareness Day Hattiesburg Pocket Museum 10 AM
10/21/2023 P&R Scary Movie Saturday Town Square Park 6:30 PM
10/21/2023 Movie at The Lucky Rabbit The Lucky Rabbit 6:15 PM
10/21/2023 Coffee or Death Southern Prohibition TBA
10/26/2023 Trick-or-Treat at The Pete Pete Taylor Park 5 PM – 7 PM
10/27/2023 Booseum at Museum The African American Military History Museum 6 PM to 8 PM
10/27/2023 The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Saenger Block Party and Movie Saenger Theater 6:30 PM
10/27/2023 Trunk-or-Treat at Tatum Park Tatum Park 6 PM – 7:30 PM
10/28/2023 Trick-or-Treat at the Hattiesburg Library Hattiesburg Library 10:00 AM
10/28/2023 Pine Belt Walk to End Alzheimer’s Spirit Park- USM 9 AM – Noon
10/28/2023 Hattiesburg Halloween Parade Hardy St 5:30 PM
10/28/2023 Dead Authors Eve The Author Shoppe 7 PM
10/28/2023 Halloween Party at Fat Cat Fat Cat 8:00 PM
10/29/2023 Wheel of Fortune Live Saenger Theater 7:00 PM
10/31/2023 Trick or Treating Citywide 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
10/31/2023 Trunk or Treat St. Thomas Catholic Church 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
10/31/2023 Trunk or Treat West Point Baptist Church 5PM – 8 PM