Festivals & Annual Events

Traditional and special events, such as the Spring Historic Home Tours, RiverFest, Civil War reenactments, the Miss Mississippi Pageant, arts and music programs, flea markets, festivals, holiday celebrations, parades, races and sports tournaments fill Vicksburg’s calendar throughout the year.To see what’s coming up, click on our Calendar of Events.

Annual Events include:

January

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade
• Full Orchestra Pops Concert
• YMCA Downtown Chill in the Hills

February

• Mardi Gras Parade
• Mardi Gras Ball

March

• Gold in the Hills
• Hit the Bricks
• Junior Auxiliary Golf Tournament
• Lenten Fine Art Series
• Run Thru History

April

• Alcorn State University Jazz Fest
• Civil War Show
• GospelFest
• Lenten Fine Art Series
• Red Carpet Classic Auto Show
• Riverfest
• Tapestry: The Pilgrimage to Vicksburg

May

• A Chocolate Affair
• American Heart Association Golf Scramble
• Chamber Music Festival
• Holt Collier Sacred Harp Singing
• Memorial Day Activities
• National Travel & Tourism Week

June

• Birthday Tribute Concert to Milt Hinton
• Coin & Collectibles Show
• Fairy Tale Theatre
• Faith Fest
• Farmer's Market
• Miss Mississippi Outstanding Teen
• Vicksburg National Military Park Living History

July

• Birthday Tribute Concert to Hank Jones
• Birthday Tribute to Willie Dixon
• Farmer's Market
• Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration
• Gold in the Hills
• Governor's Cup
• Miss Mississippi Pageant
• "Red, Whites, & Blues" Fourth of July Weekend
• Vicksburg National Military Park Living History

August

• Bottle Show & Sale
• City Wide Pep Rally
• Coin & Collectibles Show
• Governor's Cup
• Farmer's Market
• Vicksburg National Military Park Living History

September

• Hit the Bricks
• Beautiful Bride

October

• Classics in the Courtyard
• Downtown Fall Festival
• Old Court House Flea Market
• Over the River Run
• Shopping Extravaganza

November

• Candlelight Series
• Classics in the Courtyard
• Old Fashioned Christmas Open House
• Taste of Vicksburg
• Veteran's Day Parade

December

• Breakfast with Santa
• Confederate Ball
• "Find Your Flavor" Annual New Year's Eve Citywide Gala
• Holly Days Arts & Crafts
• Old Court House Christmas
• Vicksburg Blues Society New Year's Eve Gala
• Vicksburg Main Street's Annual Christmas Parade