Best Bets

Best Bets

Check your Best Bets before you make your weekend plans, so you don't miss out! We've got local events, concerts and more all along the Gulf Coast.Full Bio

 

Best Bets for the Weekend, Jan 23- Jan 25

PARADES:

SATURDAY

People’s Parade- Sat 12 noon (start time moved up due to wx forecast), Dauphin Island 

Kids and Kritters ParadeSat 1pm registration, 2pm parade, Pensacola Beach

Order of MisfitsSat 6:30pm, Robertsdale (from Baldwin Co. Coliseum to Honey Bee Park)

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MOBILE MARDI GRAS KICK-OFF with KELSEY HART- Fri 8pm, The Merry Widow, Downtown Mobile

Benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. With special guest Wes Loper. Special Auction Items with all funds going to St. Jude, including 2 spots on a huge float in the Miracle On the Bay St. Jude Parade on February 9th!!! 21+ only.  CLICK HERE   

2026 KING CAKE-OFF - Fri 5pm-7:30pm, Mobile Convention Center, Downtown Mobile

Local bakeries, eateries, and grocery stores compete to see who has the tastiest King Cake and King Cake-inspired treat on the Gulf Coast. This family-friendly event features live music, local vendors, kids' activities, specialty cocktails, King Cake tastings, and more! Proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Gulf Coast.  CLICK HERE  

BLACK JACKET SYMPHONY performs PINK FLOYD’S “THE WALL” - Sat 7:30pm, Mobile Saenger Theatre

The Black Jacket Symphony recreates Pink Floyd’s iconic album The Wall live in its entirety—note for note, sound for sound—plus a full set of Pink Floyd’s greatest hits.  CLICK HERE   

PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO- MONDAY 7:30pm, Mobile Saenger Theatre, CLICK HERE  

LOGAN CROSBY- Thurs 8pm, Soul Kitchen, Downtown Mobile, CLICK HERE  

WADE BOWEN - Sat 8pm, Soul Kitchen, Downtown Mobile, CLICK HERE  

RODNEY CARRINGTON- Fri/Sat 8pm, Beau Rivage Biloxi, CLICK HERE  

THE 77 EXPERIENCE- Sat/Sun 7:30pm, OWA Theater, OWA Parks & Resort, Foley

This is a show dedicated to yacht rock and chart-topping hits from the 1970s. Between songs, classic commercials and nostalgic TV clips play on screen, tying the music together into a full-scale throwback experience.  CLICK HERE  

6th Annual OWA ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL- *****RESCHEDULED TO February 20th - 22nd***** Downtown OWA, OWA Parks & Resort, Foley

This free family-friendly festival features a variety of local artists, vendors, and small businesses showcasing their handmade goods. CLICK HERE  

PENSACOLA OPERA presents VERDI’S LA TRAVIATA- Fri 7pm; Sun 2pm; Pensacola Saenger Theatre

Verdi’s heartbreaking score highlights one of opera’s most romantic and devastating stories.  CLICK HERE   

1776: THE MUSICAL- Thurs/Fri/Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2:30pm, (Jan 15-25), Chickasaw Civic Theatre, Chickasaw

January marks the start of America’s 250th year, and CCT will honor the occasion with its presentation of the musical 1776. The story follows the activities of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and the other founding fathers as they struggle to create a new government for the infant United States during a sweltering July in Philadelphia. The music is rousing and the story funny, moving, and inspirational.  CLICK HERE    

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE- Fri/Sat 7:30pm; Sat 2pm; (Jan 16-Feb 1), Joe Jefferson Playhouse, Mobile

In this theatre classic the world’s greatest-ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas, and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.  CLICK HERE   

PRIDE & PREJUDICE- Thurs/Fri/Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:30pm; (Jan 16-Feb 1), Theatre 98, Fairhope

This version of Jane Austen’s delightful, timeless tale of romance, society husband-hunting, and English country manners is based on the hit 1995 BBC miniseries. Opinionated, high-spirited Elizabeth Bennet and wealthy, proud Mr. Darcy take an instant dislike to one another when they first meet but eventually find that what you most want may be what you least expected.  CLICK HERE    

MOBILE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL– Jan 11-Jan 25, various dates/times/venues

Films include:

The Road Between Us- Thurs Jan 22 - 7:00PM - USA Laidlaw

The Property - Sun Jan 25 - 2:00PM - Springhill Avenue Temple

CLICK HERE   

PALAFOX MARKET- Sat 9am-2pm, TWO LOCATIONS: Martin Luther King Jr Plaza and Plaza Ferdinand, Pensacola

Join us every Saturday, rain or shine for farm-fresh produce, plants, flowers, baked goods, hand-crafted works of art, sculpture, fresh tea and coffee, delicious food and spices, hand-blown glass, ceramics and much more at the event that was named Florida's Best Farmers Market by Southern Living magazine.  CLICK HERE  

 

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King cake with Mardi Gras beads and baby

Photo: Lynne Mitchell / iStock / Getty Images


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