Schedule your Vicksburg vacation around the city's exciting events!
No matter when you want to plan your Vicksburg vacation, there is always a fun festival or event on the schedule.
During any given week you'll be able to choose Mississippi festivals and events ranging from art exhibits, casino entertainment, film festivals and theater performances to sporting events, historical celebrations, music concerts and more.
We are also looking forward to many fabulous events to enjoy throughout the year in Vicksburg. Traditional and special events fill Vicksburg's calendar. Come tour our pilgrimage of homes during Tapestry: The Pilgrimage to Vicksburg where 19 historic properties will have presentations that bring to life the heritage and culture of this remarkable river city throughout the entire month of April. Join us this summer and witness the living history program at the Vicksburg National Military Park with live cannon firing and demonstrations.
Vicksburg's largest festival, RiverFest celebrates its 25th anniversary this year in April with two nights of live music concerts featuring Easton Corbin, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Honey Island Swamp Band, the Dirty Guv'nahs, Bobby Rush, Patrick Smith and Co., Band Camp, and The Chill. Saturday activities features a full day of free daytime exhibitions including the annual RiverFest Arts and Crafts Show around City Hall featuring all handmade crafts, Kid's Land, Gospel Fest and sidewalk sales from our downtown boutiques. Don't forget to mark your calendars for other annual arts and crafts festivals in Vicksburg- the Old Court House Flea Markets and the Holly Days Arts & Crafts Show. The Old Court House Flea Market will be in the spring on April 14 and in the fall on October 6 around the Old Court House Museum, a National Historic Landmark. Holly Days Arts & Crafts Show is inside the Southern Cultural Heritage Center and features handmade crafts and live music.
If you are up for a race, check out our various competitions throughout the year including the Chill in the Hills, Run Thru History, Gator Bait Triathlon, Bricks and Spokes and Over the River Run. All of these races are fun experiences as well as challenging.
If you would like to submit an event to the Vicksburg CVB's Calendar of Events, please email laural@vicksburgcvb.org for an event submission form. The event must be in the Vicksburg area and open to the public.
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52nd Annual Lebanese Dinner
Feb 6, 2012
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11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
The 52nd Annual Lebanese Dinner at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church is from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm and from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. The meal consists of cabbage rolls, kibbee, Lebanese green beans and tabooli. A selection of Lebanese pastries will...
Beginner Stained Glass Workshop
Feb 6, 2012 - Feb 9, 2012
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5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
This workshop will teach the student how to build a small stained glass panel using the Tiffany style (copper foil method). Students will learn a brief history of stained glass, pick out a pattern, learn to cut glass, put together a panel using copp...
Intro to Spanish Workshop for Kids
Feb 7, 2012
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4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
The Intro to Spanish Workshop for Kids will be at the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation Academy Building, 1302 Adams Street. Olivia Foshee will introduce kids to Spanish vocabulary words and simple phrases and sentences. This class is for kids a...
Westside Theatre Foundation Improv Workshop
Feb 9, 2012
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6:00 PM
The Westside Theatre Foundation is providing an improv workshop series at 6:00 pm in preparation for Westside Theatre Foundation Improv and Stand Up Night on February 24. The workshop is at the Coral Room Theatre inside The Vicksburg, 801 Clay Street...
Vicksburg Kiwanis Club Annual Chili Feast
Feb 10, 2012
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11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
The Vicksburg Kiwanis Club will host their annual Chili Feast from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm and then again from 5:00 -7:00 pm at the Purks YMCA, 267 YMCA Place. Tickets are $6. Dine-in or takeouts available. Proceeds to benefit Kiwanis Club service project...
Outlets at Vicksburg Rug Sale
Feb 10, 2012 - Feb 12, 2012
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10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
The Outlets at Vicksburg will have their annual Rug Sale Feb. 10-11 from 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Feb. 12 from 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Over 200 rugs with all new colors and patterns will be for sale with names like Heriz, Oshak, Serapi, Mashad, Semi Antiqu...
Intro to Spanish Workshop for Kids
Feb 14, 2012
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4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
The Intro to Spanish Workshop for Kids will be at the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation Academy Building, 1302 Adams Street. Olivia Foshee will introduce kids to Spanish vocabulary words and simple phrases and sentences. This class is for kids a...
"To Vicksburg, With Love"
Feb 14, 2012
The Four Season of the Arts presents its annual "To Vicksburg, With Love" program at the Southern Cultural Heritage Center, 1302 Adams Street.
Southern Book Club
Feb 15, 2012
The Southern Book Club discusses The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet: A Novel by Reif Larsen. Call the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation at 601-631-2997 for time and place.
Julie Cantrell Book Signing
Feb 16, 2012
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4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join Julie Cantrell at Lorelei Books, 1103 Washington Street, from 4:00-6:00 pm as she signs Into the Free. For more information contact Lorelei Books at (601-)634-8624 or visit www.loreleibooks.com.
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