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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 2022’s October events.
EVERY WEEK IN OCTOBER
- Every Tuesday: HAC Drum Circle, at The Jook, 6 p.m.
- 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 Saturday: Smith Drug Company, Noon – 4 p.m.
MULTIPLE DAYS IN OCTOBER
- Every Thursday – Saturday: Zombieburg, at Thomley’s Christmas Tree Farm
- October 2 – 8: Hattiesburg Restaurant Week
- October 9 – 15: Fire Prevention Week
- October 10 – 15: Southern Miss Homecoming Week
- October 20 – 22: Homegrown Revival at Elks Lake
- October 21 – 30: Zoo Boo
- October 21 – 23: Spooky Hollow at Lake Thoreau Environmental Center
- October 23 – 29: Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
- October 27 – 29: Hattiesburlesque
Date | Event Name | Location | Time |
10/1 | Lucky Rabbit Street Market | Lucky Rabbit | 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
10/1 – 10/2 | 17th Annual Mobile Street Festival | Mobile Street District | |
10/1 | Taste of the South Food Truck Festival | Main Street & Batson Street | 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. |
10/1 | The Band Camino | The Lawn | 8 p.m. |
10/1 | Deen/Tate Memorial Ride | Chain Park | 10 a.m. |
10/1 | Community Bike Ride | Longleaf Trace – USM Gateway | 11 a.m. |
10/1 | Oktoberfest | St. John Lutheran Church | |
10/1 | Downtown Bar Crawl | SouthernProhibition | 5 p.m. |
10/1 | Oktoberfest | The Porter | 9 a.m. |
10/1 | First Friday | Downtown Hburg Assoc. | 9 a.m. |
10/1 | Moore’s Bike Bash | Moore’s Bike Shop | 5 p.m. |
10/1 | Hub City Sound Machine | Brewsky’s | 8 p.m. |
10/1 | Pop-Up Concert with Holley Rumbarger | Sage Den | 2 p.m. |
10/3 | Parks & Rec: Cooking with Beer Class | Colludium | 5:30 p.m. |
10/4 | National Night Out Neighborhood Parties | All over. | 5 p.m. |
10/6 | Run For Your Life Almost 4 K | Murky Waters | 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. |
10/6 | DuBard School Speakeasy | The Bottling Company | 6:30 p.m. |
10/7 | Hocus Pocus | The Saenger | 7 p.m. |
10/7 | VFW First Friday Fish Fry | VFW 3036 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
10/8 | NAMI Walk | Kamper Park Bridge | 9 a.m. |
10/8 | PRIDE in the Park | Town Square Park | 10 a.m. |
10/8 | Southern Miss Pow Wow | Spirit Park at The University of Southern Mississippi | 11 a.m. |
10/8 | Oh Jeremiah | The Thirsty Hippo | 7 p.m. |
10/13 | The Largest Pumpkin Carving in the Gulf South | Keg and Barrel | 5:30 p.m. |
10/13 | Sacred Heart Homecoming Parade | Sacred Heart School | 1:30 p.m. |
10/14 | Pink Friday – A Party with a Purpose | Train Depot | 7 p.m. – Midnight |
10/14 | Friday Night at Spirit Park | The University of Southern Mississippi | 6:30 p.m. |
10/14 | Rocky Horror Picture Show | The Saenger | 8 p.m. |
10/14 | 24th Annual Alumni Homecoming Golf Tournament | Hattiesburg Country Club | 7:30 a.m. |
10/15 | Southern Miss Homecoming Parade | Hardy Street | 1 p.m. |
10/15 | Southern Miss v. Arkansas State Homecoming | The Rock | 6 p.m. |
10/15 | The Night of Marauding Pirates | Hattiesburg Pocket Museum | 7 p.m. |
10/17 | 12th Judicial District’s Fall Fest | 316 Forrest Street | 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. |
10/19 | Domestic Violence Awareness Proclamation & Vigil | HPD | 10 a.m. |
10/20 | Movies Under the Stars | Town Square Park | 6:30 p.m. |
10/20 | An Evening with David Sedaris | The Saenger | 8 p.m. |
10/21 | Hattiesburg High v. Wayne County | DI Patrick Stadium | 7:30 p.m. |
10/21 | Trunk or Treat | The Y | 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. |
10/22 | Make a Difference Day | All over Hattiesburg | |
10/22 | Flatland Cavalry | Brewsky’s | 8 p.m. |
10/22 | Downtown Duck Hunt | Hattiesburg Pocket Museum | 10 a.m. – Noon |
10/22 | Empty Bowls | Main Street, between Buschman & Walnut | 8 a.m. |
10/22 | 5K Color Run | The Family Y Hattiesburg | 8 a.m. |
10/22 | Innova Prep’s Run a Mile in Our Shoes 5K – Color Run | Payne Center at Southern Miss | 8 a.m. |
10/22 | Walk to End Alzheimer’s | Spirit Park at Southern Miss | 9 a.m. |
10/22 | Sacred Heart Trunk or Treat | 608 Southern Avenue | 6 p.m. |
10/22 | Witches Ride of Hattiesburg Pub Crawl | Begins at Keg & Barrel | 3 p.m. |
10/23 | Neal McCoy | The Saenger | 4 p.m. |
10/25 | Kick or Treat Community Kickball Game | Tatum Park | 6 p.m. |
10/26 | Trick or Treat at the Pete | The Pete (Southern Miss Baseball Fields) | 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. |
10/27 | Southern Miss v. Louisiana | The Rock | 4 p.m. |
10/28 | Disney Princess – the Concert | The Saenger | 7 p.m. |
10/28 | Halloween Party | Southern Prohibition | 5 p.m. |
10/28 | Youth Costume Party | GEMS Youth Center (116 Broadway Drive) | 7 p.m. |
10/28 | Booseum (fit for ages 3 – 12) | African American Military History Museum | 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. |
10/29 | Hattiesburg Arts Market | Community Arts Center | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. |
10/29 | Front Street Fall Festival | Front Street, Main Street to Mobile Street | Noon – 8 p.m. |
10/29 | Run the River Ultra Challenge & Relay | Petal River Park | 7:30 a.m. |
10/29 | Halloween House Party | The Porter | 7 p.m. |
10/29 | Dead Authors Eve | The Author Shoppe | 7 p.m. |
10/29 | Fall Festival | West Point Baptist Church | 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. |
10/29 | Halloween Parade | Hardy Street, between Hwy 49 and South 14th | 5:30 p.m. |
10/31 | Halloween Bash | Hattiesburgers and Blues | 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
10/31 | Trick or Treat on President’s Street | Southern Miss President’s Home at 3701 Jamestown | 4:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. |
10/31 | Trunk or Treat | St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church | 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
(Mass begins at 5:30 p.m.) |
10/31 | Trick-or-Treat Hours | 4:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. |