Entertainment Districts

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi's Back Bay area and downtown Old Biloxi neighborhoods provide a local bar and restaurant scene away from the casino strip, featuring seafood restaurants, oyster bars, and local watering holes that serve Biloxi's permanent community in the city's historic pre-casino neighborhoods.

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi Arts and Cultural Center in Biloxi MS presents visual arts exhibitions, cultural programs, and community events serving the Gulf Coast permanent resident community alongside the casino resort tourism economy, providing local residents with arts programming that reflects Mississippi's rich cultural heritage.

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi's Back Bay neighborhood provides the Gulf Coast casino resort city with a residential entertainment area separate from the tourist-facing Beach Boulevard casino strip, with local restaurants and bars serving the permanent Biloxi community in the historic back bay waterfront neighborhoods.

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi's beachfront along US Highway 90 is one of the Gulf Coast's most active entertainment strips, with casino resorts, seafood restaurants, bars, and nightclubs stretching the length of the Biloxi peninsula. The beach strip serves as the non-casino complement to the casino resort entertainment with a more local and residential character.

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi's Casino Row is the Gulf Coast's most concentrated gaming and entertainment destination — a stretch of waterfront casinos including Beau Rivage (MGM's premier Gulf Coast resort), Harrah's Gulf Coast, and the Island View Casino that collectively offer shows, restaurants, gaming, and entertainment for millions of visitors annually. The Gulf Coast casino industry, rebuilt bigger than ever after Hurricane Katrina, represents a $3+ billion entertainment economy centered on Biloxi's waterfront.

Beach Blvd, Biloxi, MS 39530

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi's historic Lighthouse and the surrounding 'Back Bay' neighborhoods provide residents with a non-casino entertainment environment in the city's historic downtown core, with locally owned restaurants and bars serving the permanent resident population who navigate around the casino resort tourism economy.

Biloxi, Mississippi

Downtown Biloxi's Rue Magnolia and surrounding historic district houses the city's cultural institutions alongside several local restaurants and bars that provide a counterpoint to the casino strip's entertainment. The Biloxi Mardi Gras Museum, local seafood restaurants, and the historic downtown architecture give visitors a sense of Biloxi's pre-casino character and Gulf Coast cultural heritage.

119 Rue Magnolia 39530

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi's casino corridor along Beach Boulevard is the Gulf Coast's premier gaming entertainment strip — home to Beau Rivage, Hard Rock Biloxi, IP Casino, Golden Nugget, and six other major casino resorts on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The 10-mile beachfront stretch offers integrated casino entertainment, seafood restaurants, live music bars, and outdoor events unique to the Gulf South market.

Beach Blvd, Biloxi 39530

Biloxi, Mississippi

Point Cadet in east Biloxi is a historic Vietnamese and Croatian fishing community neighborhood with authentic seafood restaurants, neighborhood bars, and a distinct cultural character that provides an alternative to the casino resort entertainment strip for visitors seeking authentic Gulf Coast culture.

Biloxi, Mississippi

The Biloxi Beach Strip along Beach Boulevard concentrates the Mississippi Gulf Coast's nine casino hotels and associated entertainment venues in a 3-mile corridor between downtown Biloxi and D'Iberville. The dense cluster of resorts including Beau Rivage, Harrahs, Golden Nugget, Scarlett Pearl, and IP Casino creates one of the South's most complete casino entertainment districts.

Beach Blvd, Biloxi MS 39530

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art in Clarksdale MS is the essential starting point for exploring the Mississippi Delta Blues Trail, operated by Roger Stolle as a blues record shop, folk art gallery, and live music booking hub that has connected international visitors with authentic Delta blues music and culture for over 20 years. Cat Head's Saturday afternoon concerts at Ground Zero feature the finest local blues artists in the most historically significant blues city in the world.

252 Delta Ave 38614

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Downtown Clarksdale's Blues entertainment district around the intersection of Highway 61 and Highway 49 is one of America's most historically significant entertainment destinations — the crossroads where Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul and the beating heart of Delta Blues music. The Delta Blues Museum, Ground Zero Blues Club, Red's Lounge, and other Clarksdale establishments together create the most authentic blues pilgrimage destination in the world for the millions of music lovers who consider the Mississippi Delta the holy land of American music.

Delta Ave, Clarksdale, MS 38614

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale MS is the centerpiece of the Mississippi Blues Trail experience in the birthplace of the blues, presenting artifacts and exhibits on Muddy Waters, Son House, Robert Johnson, and the Mississippi Delta musicians who created America's most influential music genre. The museum anchors the downtown Clarksdale cultural tourism ecosystem.

1 Blues Alley 38614

Clarksdale, Mississippi

The Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale MS and the surrounding Blues Alley district constitute the most important blues heritage tourism destination in America, honoring the Mississippi Delta's foundational role in creating the blues music form that became the root of virtually all popular American music. The museum, Ground Zero Blues Club, and numerous juke joints make Clarksdale the blues pilgrimage capital of the world.

1 Blues Alley 38614

Cleveland, Mississippi

Dockery Farms between Cleveland and Ruleville MS is one of the most sacred sites in American music history, a Mississippi Blues Trail marker location where Charley Patton worked and developed the Delta blues style in the early 20th century, influencing Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, and essentially all of American popular music that followed.

Columbus, Mississippi

Columbus MS's downtown along Main Street and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway provides the Golden Triangle region with local entertainment options, with an annual pilgrimage trail and the Riverwalk serving as community gathering spaces.

Columbus, Mississippi

GRAMMY Museum Mississippi in Columbus MS is the only GRAMMY Museum outside California, presenting interactive exhibits on the full spectrum of American music in the state that produced Elvis, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Charley Patton, Leontyne Price, Jimmy Buffett, and countless other American music legends.

800 W Alabama St 39701

Columbus, Mississippi

Columbus MS honors native son Tennessee Williams with an annual festival and the historic home where the playwright was born in 1911. Columbus's antebellum mansion tours, the Riverwalk district along the Tombigbee River, and the annual Spring Pilgrimage historic home tour create a distinctive cultural tourism entertainment experience for the Golden Triangle area.

Corinth, Mississippi

Corinth MS's Crossroads area at the junction of US-72 and US-45 provides northeast Mississippi with entertainment options along Alcorn Street, serving the Crossroads region where Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi borders converge.

D'Iberville, Mississippi

D'Iberville MS north of Biloxi along US-90 and I-110 provides the inland Harrison County community with shopping and entertainment options serving the permanent residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast who live away from the tourist beachfront.

Greenville, Mississippi

Greenville MS in the heart of the Mississippi Delta provides the region with entertainment options along Nelson Street and Washington Avenue, historically significant as a delta blues hub during the golden age of the blues and now the commercial center for Washington County.

Greenwood, Mississippi

Greenwood MS's Cotton Row along Howard Street and the Yazoo River waterfront provides this prosperous Delta market town with local bars, the Alluvian Hotel boutique property, and cultural sites along the Mississippi Blues Trail in a community that produced blues legends and remains one of the Delta's most architecturally preserved commercial districts.

Grenada, Mississippi

Grenada Lake in central Mississippi provides outdoor recreation and associated entertainment options for the north-central Mississippi communities, with the lake's marinas, campgrounds, and waterfront establishments serving fishermen and recreational visitors to the reservoir created by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Gulfport, Mississippi

Downtown Gulfport MS along 25th Avenue has developed a growing restaurant and bar scene in the historically significant port city that serves as the Gulf Coast's transportation hub, with locally owned establishments serving the Harrison County community.

Gulfport, Mississippi

Gulfport MS's historic downtown along 25th Avenue provides the Harrison County seat with local restaurants and bars serving the permanent resident community in the Mississippi Gulf Coast's second major city, with the annual Cruisin the Coast antique car show bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors to the coastal highway each October.

Gulfport, Mississippi

Gulfport's Town Green is an outdoor performance space in the city's resurgent downtown, providing free outdoor concerts and community events for Harrison County residents as the City of Gulfport invests in downtown revitalization and arts programming.

27th St, Gulfport MS 39501

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Downtown Hattiesburg's arts district along Mobile Street and Main Street concentrates galleries, restaurants, bars, and music venues serving the University of Southern Mississippi community in one of Mississippi's most active small-city arts scenes.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Downtown Hattiesburg's revitalized Main Street and Depot District has transformed from a struggling commercial zone into one of Mississippi's most vibrant small-city entertainment districts. The University of Southern Mississippi's 14,000-student population, combined with Hattiesburg's emergence as a healthcare and military hub, creates a young professional and student market that the downtown entertainment corridor increasingly serves.

Main St, Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Downtown Hattiesburg's Main Street and Mobile Street arts districts serve the University of Southern Mississippi community with restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues in one of the Mississippi Pine Belt's most culturally active small cities, recently recognized as one of the top cities for arts in Mississippi.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Hattiesburg MS area entertainment venues serve the University of Southern Mississippi community and the broader Pine Belt region in one of Mississippi's most educationally active cities.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Hattiesburg Arts Council anchors the downtown Mobile Street arts district in Hub City, presenting visual arts exhibitions, community arts events, and cultural programming that serves the University of Southern Mississippi community and broader Forrest County arts audience.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Downtown Hattiesburg's Mobile Street entertainment corridor is experiencing significant growth with bars, restaurants, and the Saenger Theatre performing arts center serving the University of Southern Mississippi community and Hattiesburg's growing metropolitan area in south-central Mississippi.

E Mobile St, Hattiesburg MS 39401

Jackson, Mississippi

Farish Street is Jackson's most historically significant entertainment corridor — the African-American commercial and cultural district that was the heart of Black Mississippi's cultural life during the Jim Crow era, hosting B.B. King and countless Blues legends. Ongoing revitalization efforts seek to restore Farish Street to its historic status as Mississippi's most important entertainment destination while honoring the extraordinary cultural legacy of the Blues musicians who defined the street's character.

Farish St, Jackson, MS 39201

Jackson, Mississippi

Farish Street in Jackson MS is a Mississippi Blues Trail landmark and historically significant African-American commercial corridor that once served as the heart of Jackson's Black business and entertainment district. Cathead Distillery and ongoing revitalization efforts are restoring this historic street to its former status as a center of Mississippi cultural and entertainment life.

Farish St, Jackson MS 39202

Jackson, Mississippi

Farish Street in Jackson MS is a National Register Historic District known as the Harlem of the South during its 1920s-1960s heyday when it hosted nationally known jazz and blues musicians. Today the district is being revitalized with blues venues, restaurants, and cultural organizations that celebrate Mississippi's foundational role in American music history.

Jackson, Mississippi

Fondren is Jackson's most vibrant arts and entertainment neighborhood — a midtown district of independent galleries, craft cocktail bars, restaurants, and the Duling School community arts center that serves as the gathering place for Mississippi's capital city creative community. Its walkable streetscape and concentration of independent businesses make it Jackson's most pleasant evening destination for those seeking alternatives to chain entertainment.

State St, Fondren, Jackson, MS 39216

Jackson, Mississippi

Fondren District in Jackson MS along Old Canton Road is Mississippi's most vibrant arts and creative neighborhood, with galleries, Fondren Corner boutique retail, restaurants, the Fondren Music Festival, and independent bars serving the midtown Jackson creative community that has developed one of the South's most authentic neighborhood arts districts in a city not typically associated with arts culture.

Jackson, Mississippi

Fondren in Jackson MS is the city's most vibrant arts and entertainment neighborhood, a walkable district centered on Old Canton Road with independent restaurants, craft bars, art galleries, the Mississippi Museum of Art, and independently owned boutiques that collectively make Fondren the cultural center of Mississippi's capital city.

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson MS's Belhaven University neighborhood adjacent to the Jackson Zoo provides an established entertainment and residential area in midtown Jackson, with the zoo's public events and the surrounding neighborhoods' restaurants and bars serving the professional class communities of central Jackson.

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson MS's Mississippi Blues Trail markers throughout the metropolitan area document the city's role in the development of Delta blues, with markers at the Alamo Theater and sites connected to Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Johnson, and the migration of blues musicians to Chicago and other northern cities during the Great Migration.

Jackson, Mississippi

Mississippi Museum of Art in downtown Jackson presents the state's premier visual arts collection alongside special exhibitions, public art programming, and the Mississippi Invitational show that document Mississippi's rich artistic tradition from folk art to contemporary visual practice.

380 S Lamar St 39201

Jackson, Mississippi

Smith Park in downtown Jackson MS along Congress Street serves as a gathering place for community events and the Capitol District arts programming, with outdoor performances and farmers markets serving the revitalization of Jackson's downtown core adjacent to the State Capitol complex.

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson MS's Farish Street Historic District is Mississippi's most significant African-American cultural heritage corridor, an entertainment district that was known as 'the Harlem of the South' during its jazz age peak. The district's revival with blues venues, soul food restaurants, and cultural programming represents Mississippi's most important urban arts preservation project.

Jackson, Mississippi

Two Mississippi Museums complex in downtown Jackson encompasses the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, presenting the state's full story from the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations through the civil rights movement. The museums' combined programming and public events anchor the Capitol District cultural development in Mississippi's capital city.

222 North St 39202

Laurel, Mississippi

Downtown Laurel MS has been transformed by the Home Town HGTV series featuring Ben and Erin Napier, becoming one of Mississippi's fastest-growing tourism destinations with restaurants, shops, galleries, and entertainment venues in beautifully restored historic commercial buildings in the Jones County seat.

Laurel, Mississippi

Laurel MS, made famous by the HGTV show 'Home Town,' has developed a vibrant downtown entertainment and arts scene along Laurel's historic downtown with the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, restaurants, and shops that have made it a tourism destination in the Mississippi pine belt region.

Leland, Mississippi

Highway 61 Blues Museum in Leland MS presents Delta blues artifacts and exhibits honoring the musicians of the Greenville-Leland area, including the birthplace of Jim Henson (creator of the Muppets) who grew up here in the Mississippi Delta. The museum serves as a cultural anchor for the Washington County blues heritage tourism economy.

307 N Broad St 38756

Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian MS's downtown along 22nd Avenue and 5th Street provides the east Mississippi hub city with a growing arts and entertainment scene anchored by the MSU Riley Center, restaurants, and the intersection of Alabama and Mississippi cultural influences in this cross-cultural border city.

Natchez, Mississippi

Downtown Natchez on the Mississippi River is one of America's most historic cities and a growing tourism and entertainment destination, with bars, restaurants, and live music venues in the historic downtown combining Antebellum architecture with a revitalized local culture scene on Natchez Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River.

Natchez, Mississippi

Downtown Natchez along Main Street and Canal Street provides one of America's most historically significant small-city entertainment districts, with antebellum mansions, the Silver Street under-the-hill district, live music venues, and restaurants serving the Natchez Trace tourism corridor and one of Mississippi's most visited historic destinations.

Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez MS's annual Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration and the Natchez Spring Pilgrimage present the historic river city's antebellum mansion culture through literary readings, film screenings, and historical tours that attract visitors who come to experience one of the Deep South's most beautifully preserved antebellum landscapes.

Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez Under-the-Hill is one of America's most historically atmospheric entertainment districts — a collection of bars and restaurants along the Mississippi River waterfront beneath the historic bluffs of antebellum Natchez that was once the most notorious vice district on the entire Mississippi River. Today's tamer incarnation of historic saloons, riverboat casino, and live music bars preserves the Wild West river town spirit that made Under-the-Hill legendary among 19th-century Mississippi River travelers.

Silver St, Natchez, MS 39120

Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez Under-the-Hill on the Mississippi River landing below the bluffs of Natchez MS is one of the oldest and most historically evocative entertainment districts in America, a working riverfront since the early 1800s with the Under-the-Hill Saloon serving as the anchor of a small but vibrant bar and entertainment district in one of Mississippi's most historically significant and picturesque cities.

Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Government Street in Ocean Springs MS is the center of one of the most vibrant small arts communities in the Gulf South, with galleries, the Walter Anderson Museum of Art, restaurants, wine bars, and live music venues serving this creative community that has earned Ocean Springs the designation of 'Art Colony of the South.'

Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Ocean Springs is one of the Gulf Coast's most charming art and entertainment destinations — a small Mississippi coastal town whose Washington Avenue arts district features galleries, restaurants, and live music venues that attract visitors from throughout the Gulf South. The town's extraordinary concentration of working artists, its Walter Anderson Museum of Art, and its annual Peter Anderson Festival make it Mississippi's most artistically vibrant small coastal community.

Washington Ave, Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Ocean Springs MS's Government Street and Washington Avenue arts district is one of Mississippi's most vibrant small-town entertainment scenes, with art galleries, independent restaurants, cocktail bars, and live music venues serving the artistic community that has made Ocean Springs the 'Art Colony of the South.' One of the most charming and walkable entertainment districts on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Oxford, Mississippi

Oxford Square surrounding Courthouse Square in Oxford MS is the social and cultural hub of a University of Mississippi community that punches far above its weight class in food, drink, and culture. The Square's collection of independent bars, restaurants, music venues, and bookstores makes Oxford one of the most culturally rich small university towns in America.

Oxford, Mississippi

South Lamar Boulevard in Oxford MS, home to Proud Larry's, The Lyric, and multiple restaurants and bars, is the connector between the Oxford Square and the University of Mississippi campus that forms the spine of one of the South's most celebrated college entertainment districts.

Oxford, Mississippi

Oxford's Courthouse Square is one of the South's most celebrated small-town entertainment destinations — the University of Mississippi college town's social heart, surrounding a 19th-century courthouse with acclaimed restaurants, independent boutiques, and bars that have drawn writers, musicians, and visitors for generations. The combination of Oxford's literary heritage (Faulkner country), SEC football culture, and extraordinary food and cocktail scene makes The Square one of America's most unique entertainment destinations.

Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS 38655

Pascagoula, Mississippi

Pascagoula and Jackson County on Mississippi's eastern Gulf Coast provide the entertainment options for the Singing River region, with the waterfront and occasional events at the Jackson County Civic Center serving the local community.

Picayune, Mississippi

Pearl River County along the Pearl River in south Mississippi provides the communities between New Orleans and Hattiesburg with local entertainment options including the Pearl River Casino Resort and local establishments in Picayune serving the tri-state area where Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Gulf Coast converge.

Starkville, Mississippi

Downtown Starkville's Maxwell Street District near Mississippi State University is one of Mississippi's most vibrant university entertainment districts, with bars, restaurants, and live music venues serving MSU's student community and the broader Oktibbeha County area.

Starkville, Mississippi

Starkville's revitalized Main Street entertainment district serves Mississippi State University's community with bars, restaurants, and live music venues. The Bulldog city's entertainment corridor provides the social infrastructure for one of Mississippi's largest university communities and the regional hub for northeast Mississippi's entertainment and dining market.

Main St, Starkville, MS 39759

Starkville, Mississippi

Starkville MS's Main Street Starkville area and the Oktibbeha County Entertainment District serve the Mississippi State University community with bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues for the 20,000+ Bulldog student population in the Golden Triangle region of northeast Mississippi.

Tupelo, Mississippi

Downtown Tupelo along Main Street has developed a growing entertainment and dining scene building on the city's birthplace-of-Elvis tourism and the Natchez Trace Parkway corridor, with restaurants, cocktail bars, and entertainment venues serving the northeast Mississippi hub city.

Tupelo, Mississippi

Tupelo MS's Convention Center District and surrounding east Tupelo retail corridor provide the north Mississippi hub city with entertainment and event facilities that complement the city's birthplace-of-Elvis tourism economy.

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg MS's casino row along Washington Street and the Mississippi River presents multiple riverboat casino resorts including Ameristar Vicksburg and IP Casino Vicksburg, providing the Civil War city with entertainment options that draw visitors from the Jackson metro area and eastern Louisiana along the I-20 corridor.

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg MS's downtown along Washington Street and the riverfront provides the historic Civil War city with restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues serving the Vicksburg National Military Park tourism community and local Harrison County residents.

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Downtown Vicksburg's historic Washington Street entertainment corridor serves Mississippi's most historically significant Civil War city with restaurants, bars, and venues that attract the heritage tourism visitors who come to see the Vicksburg National Military Park. The city's antebellum architecture and Mississippi River waterfront create a distinctive backdrop for an entertainment district that balances historical significance with contemporary nightlife.

Washington St, Vicksburg, MS 39180