# Events & Things To Do In Ocean Springs This Weekend | August 28-30, 2026| AllEvents

- **Subtitle**: Ocean Springs is a city full of experiences, activities and events. Explore some of the best things to do in Ocean Springs this weekend and make your Friday, Saturday and Sunday full of fun and excitement.
- **Category**: Weekend
- **Display Name**: Events this weekend
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Weekends become special if you know how to make the most out of it. There are a lot of fun things to do and events in Ocean Springs this weekend for you to explore.

Make your weekends memorable. Check out all upcoming weekend events in Ocean Springs.

## Weekend Events in Ocean Springs

- **Event Name**: Fridays at the Fort
  - **Description**: 🎶🌅 Fridays at the Fort is BACK for 2026! 🌅🎶

Mark your calendars, Ocean Springs — we’re kicking off another season of waterfront fun at beautiful Fort Maurepas beginning Friday, May 29!

If you're FACING the stage, we typically meet/sit on the right at th
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  - **Date**: Fri Aug 28 2026 (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ocean-springs/fridays-at-the-fort/200030068286642
  - **Venue**: Fort Maurepas
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- **Event Name**: Friday at the Fort - The Chuck Lofton Band
  - **Description**: Get ready for an unforgettable summer night at Fridays at the Fort on Friday, August 28, from 6–9 p.m. at Fort Maurepas in beautiful Ocean Springs! Enjoy high-energy live music by The Chuck Lofton Band, delicious eats from local food trucks, and breathtak
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  - **Date**: Fri Aug 28 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri Aug 28 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ocean-springs/friday-at-the-fort-the-chuck-lofton-band/200030545498601
  - **Venue**: Fort Maurepas
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, live-music, food-drinks
- **Event Name**: Sunday Funday: A Gay Afternoon Garden Party!
  - **Description**: Join Ocean Spring’s Newest Hottest Drag Garden Party!About this EventSunday, August 30th! Eleven Cocktail Lounge is hosting Sunday Funday, an afternoon drag party featuring Crystal Edge and Lexis Redd D’Ville!
  - **Date**: Sun Aug 30 2026 at 04:00 pm – Sun Aug 30 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ocean-springs/sunday-funday-a-gay-afternoon-garden-party/100001995696728638
  - **Venue**: Eleven XI Cocktail Lounge
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: fitness
- **Event Name**: YMCA Dance Party!
  - **Description**: 🎉💃 YMCA DANCE PARTY — FITNESS IN DISGUISE! 🕺🎶

Looking for a fun way to move your body without feeling like you’re “working out”? This is it! Join us for the Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA Dance Party. 90 minutes of exercise in disguise packed with music, mo
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  - **Date**: Fri Aug 28 2026 (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ocean-springs/ymca-dance-party/200030120855926
  - **Venue**: 1810 Government St., Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564
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- **Event Name**: Spiral Light (Grateful Dead Tribute) Live @ The Grocery Satruday August 29th $10 COVER
  - **Description**: Saturday August 29th
Spiral Light  returns to the grocery for a night of Grateful Dead Tunes
$10 Cover

Show starts at 9pm
Kitchen open until 10pm
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  - **Date**: Sat Aug 29 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ocean-springs/spiral-light-grateful-dead-tribute-live-the-grocery-satruday-august-29th-$10-cover/200030536422432
  - **Venue**: 1210 Government St., Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564
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- **Event Name**: Americana: A Watercolor Workshop with Erinn Carty
  - **Description**: Americana: A Watercolor Workshop with Erinn Carty
Aug 29 |  12–3:30

Paint a nostalgic coastal harbor scene with the American flag, reflections, and expressive water.

-Step-by-step instruction
-No drawing required
-All skill levels welcome

Leave with a
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 29 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat Aug 29 2026 at 03:30 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ocean-springs/americana-a-watercolor-workshop-with-erinn-carty/200030609166336
  - **Venue**: 432 Porter Avenue, Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564
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  - **Categories**: Workshops, Art, fine-arts
- **Event Name**: Mantra Music: Yoga and Live Music Experience with Gershone & Gina
  - **Description**: Ecstatic Chants
Mantra Music
Yoga and Live Music Experience 
with Gershone & Gina!

Saturday 
August 29
6-7:30pm

$35

Merging raw and edgy with sublime and transcendent, G&G’s uniquely soul-stirring, nectar-filled, high-energy mantra music will o
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  - **Date**: Sat Aug 29 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sat Aug 29 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ocean-springs/mantra-music-yoga-and-live-music-experience-with-gershone-and-gina/200030516274209
  - **Venue**: 3670 Groveland Rd. Suite A, Ocean Springs, MS
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- **Event Name**: GOOD BOY CAR WASH!
  - **Description**: Car wash to help raise some funds for Frets For Pets 2026!
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 29 2026 at 01:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ocean-springs/good-boy-car-wash/200030596586727
  - **Venue**: The Juke Joint
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- **Event Name**: Sketch Club ✏️✨
  - **Description**: Introducing our new teen programming for the 2026–2027 school year! Film Club 🎬 + Sketch Club✏️ 

Programs will be offered on the last Saturday of the month from 12-1:30PM and take place in the Jo Love Gallery between the months of July-October and Februa
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  - **Date**: Sat Aug 29 2026 (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ocean-springs/sketch-club/200030503170156
  - **Venue**: 510 Washington Ave, Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564
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## Trending Events in Ocean Springs

- **Event Name**: Fridays at the Fort
  - **Description**: 🎶🌅 Fridays at the Fort is BACK for 2026! 🌅🎶

Mark your calendars, Ocean Springs — we’re kicking off another season of waterfront fun at beautiful Fort Maurepas beginning Friday, May 29!

If you're FACING the stage, we typically meet/sit on the right at th
  - **Venue**: Fort Maurepas
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- **Event Name**: Downtown Ocean Springs Artwork
  - **Description**: Join us in historic downtown Ocean Springs for the annual Art Walk on Saturday, September 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.!

This beloved community event celebrates the creativity and talent of Gulf Coast and regional artists as downtown businesses, galler
  - **Venue**: 1000 Washington Ave, Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564
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- **Event Name**: Friday at the Fort - The Chuck Lofton Band
  - **Description**: Get ready for an unforgettable summer night at Fridays at the Fort on Friday, August 28, from 6–9 p.m. at Fort Maurepas in beautiful Ocean Springs! Enjoy high-energy live music by The Chuck Lofton Band, delicious eats from local food trucks, and breathtak
  - **Venue**: Fort Maurepas
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- **Event Name**: 2026 Mississippi Songwriters Festival-coast edition
  - **Description**: We are proud to announce the 17th Annual Mississippi Songwriters Festival-coast edition!  The kick off of the festival begins with the Hall of Fame Inductees ceremony on Thursday, September 17 and then the after party at Neon Moon.  Beginning on Friday ev
  - **Venue**: Ocean Springs, Mississippi
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- **Event Name**: Sunday Funday: A Gay Afternoon Garden Party!
  - **Description**: Join Ocean Spring’s Newest Hottest Drag Garden Party!About this EventSunday, August 30th! Eleven Cocktail Lounge is hosting Sunday Funday, an afternoon drag party featuring Crystal Edge and Lexis Redd D’Ville!
  - **Venue**: Eleven XI Cocktail Lounge
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- **Event Name**: Science Saturday on the MS Gulf Coast 🤖
  - **Description**: This event is FREE and open to the public; FREE Admission to the Museum ✨ 

Get ready for a day of hands-on discovery and innovation at Science Saturday, part of the statewide Mississippi Science Festival! Hosted at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in pa
  - **Venue**: 510 Washington Ave, Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564
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- **Event Name**: MS Songwriters Hall of Fame 2026 Inductees Show
  - **Description**: The Mississippi Songwriters Alliance in collaboration with The Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center, the City of Ocean Springs, the City of Gautier, and the Jackson County Board of Supervisors is proud to announce the 2026 Mississippi Songwriters Hall of Fame
  - **Venue**: The Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center
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- **Event Name**: 2026 Witches Ride of Ocean Springs
  - **Description**: The 9th Annual Witches Ride of Ocean Springs invites you to Tales Unbound by Time! Join us on Saturday, October 24th at 6PM for our 9th annual Witches Ride of Ocean Springs through Downtown Ocean Springs! 
Witches and Warlocks over 18 are encouraged to re
  - **Venue**: Downtown Ocean Springs
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- **Event Name**: Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
  - **Description**: ⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Mississippi Gulf Coast. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons at Trent Lott Theate
  - **Venue**: Trent Lott Theater - The Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Weekend events in Ocean Springs?
  - **A:** Fridays at the Fort (Fri Aug 28 2026 at Fort Maurepas), Friday at the Fort - The Chuck Lofton Band (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 06:00 pm at Fort Maurepas), Sunday Funday: A Gay Afternoon Garden Party! (Sun Aug 30 2026 at 04:00 pm at Eleven XI Cocktail Lounge), YMCA Dance Party! (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 1810 Government St., Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564), Spiral Light (Grateful Dead Tribute) Live @ The Grocery Satruday August 29th $10 COVER (Sat Aug 29 2026 at 09:00 pm at 1210 Government St., Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564).
- **Q**: What are the top free Weekend events in Ocean Springs?
  - **A:** Sunday Funday: A Gay Afternoon Garden Party! (Sun Aug 30 2026 at 04:00 pm at Eleven XI Cocktail Lounge).
- **Q**: What Weekend events are happening in Ocean Springs this weekend August 28–30, 2026?
  - **A:** Fridays at the Fort (Fri Aug 28 2026 at Fort Maurepas), Friday at the Fort - The Chuck Lofton Band (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 06:00 pm at Fort Maurepas), Sunday Funday: A Gay Afternoon Garden Party! (Sun Aug 30 2026 at 04:00 pm at Eleven XI Cocktail Lounge), YMCA Dance Party! (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 1810 Government St., Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564), Spiral Light (Grateful Dead Tribute) Live @ The Grocery Satruday August 29th $10 COVER (Sat Aug 29 2026 at 09:00 pm at 1210 Government St., Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564).
- **Q**: What Weekend events are happening in Ocean Springs in August 2026?
  - **A:** Fridays at the Fort (Fri Aug 28 2026 at Fort Maurepas), Friday at the Fort - The Chuck Lofton Band (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 06:00 pm at Fort Maurepas), Sunday Funday: A Gay Afternoon Garden Party! (Sun Aug 30 2026 at 04:00 pm at Eleven XI Cocktail Lounge), YMCA Dance Party! (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 1810 Government St., Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564), Spiral Light (Grateful Dead Tribute) Live @ The Grocery Satruday August 29th $10 COVER (Sat Aug 29 2026 at 09:00 pm at 1210 Government St., Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564).
- **Q**: How can I find Weekend events in Ocean Springs?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Weekend events in Ocean Springs on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Weekend events in Ocean Springs?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Weekend events in Ocean Springs?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Weekend events in Ocean Springs include Fort Maurepas, Eleven XI Cocktail Lounge, 1810 Government St., Ocean Springs, MS, United States, Mississippi 39564.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Weekend events in Ocean Springs?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Weekend events in Ocean Springs include Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce-Main Street-Tourism Bureau, Crystal Edge, Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA.
- **Q**: Are there any online Weekend events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Weekend events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Weekend events in Ocean Springs?
  - **A:** Follow the Weekend category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Weekend events are listed in Ocean Springs.

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