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, 10/16-10/18

32nd Annual Jubilee Festival of Arts- Sat/Sun 10am-5pm, Lott Park, Daphne

There will be 100 artist booths set up throughout Lott Park featuring everything from paintings to holiday wreaths and hand-forged knives.New this year, each artist is also featured on a Virtual Artist Shop at www.thejubileefestival.com. The Jubilee Market is back for a second year featuring local food makers. This year’s Kids Art Park will be grab and go, so children can create their masterpieces at home. Hand sanitizer stations will be available throughout the festival and patrons are asked to follow state guidelines for social distancing and wearing masks in public spaces. CLICK HERE

LODA ARTWALK- Fri 6pm-9pm, Lower Dauphin Arts District, downtown Mobile (with a Virtual Artwalk from 5pm-8pm on Facebook)

Explore this free monthly showcase of visual and performance arts! And this month, it’s a Spooky Artwalk-- feel free to dress up but don’t forget your mask!  CLICK HERE  

MOBILE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S FESTIVAL OF STRINGS- Sat 6pm and 8:30pm; Sun 1:00pm and 3:30pm, Mobile Saenger Theatre

MSO opens their season with an all-strings program headlined by American composer Samuel Barber’s beloved Adagio for Strings. At the Saenger, seats and rows will be blocked to accommodate social distancing, and masks covering nose and mouth are required. CLICK HERE

THE BIG CHILL- Thurs 7pm, Mobile Saenger Theatre

The Saenger’s Movie Series has been moved to Fall, starting this week with the 1983 movie about a group of seven former college friends who gather for a reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the funeral of one of their friends. Starring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum and Kevin Kline. CLICK HERE

BOO AT THE ZOO - Sat/Sun 10am-5pm, Gulf Breeze Zoo

It’s scare-free, daytime fun for children and the young at heart. Explore the trick-or-treat trail complete with candy, treats and toys, bounce houses, face painting, and of course our Ambassador Animal Headquarters, not to mention the entire Zoo! CLICK HERE  

FIRST CITY ART CENTER’S PUMPKIN PATCH- Sat 2pm-7pm, Pensacola Blue Wahoos Stadium

Pumpkin Patch is the center’s largest fundraiser of the year, supporting FCAC’s non-profit center for the arts, offering affordable education and outreach programs. Your pumpkin purchases also help to support over 40 local artists! (All staff, volunteers, and attendees will be expected to wear a mask for the health and safety of everyone in attendance.) CLICK HERE

THRILLER NIGHTS OF LIGHTS- 7pm-10pm nightly through Halloween, Hank Aaron Stadium, Mobile

Returning this season at the Hank is Thriller Nights of Lights of Mobile, a family-friendly drive-thru light show synchronized to music playing through your car radio. Displays of giant spiders, spooky eyes, friendly ghosts, and tumbling scarecrows are just a few of the displays to see dancing to a fun variety of music.​ The only show of its kind in the country. CLICK HERE   

MARKET IN THE PARK- Saturdays through Nov 21st, 7:30am-12 noon, Cathedral Square, downtown Mobile.

Produce, plants, jams/jellies, seafood, baked goods, honey and other edible items will be available for purchase at the Fall market. All attendees MUST wear a mask. CLICK HERE

SOUTH ALABAMA JAGUAR FOOTBALL vs TEXAS STATE - Sat 11:00am, Hancock-Whitney Stadium, USA campus, ESPNU

This is the Jags’ Homecoming game.  

**Single game tickets are not on sale for 2020 as Hancock Whitney Stadium is at capacity due to social distancing requirements.

CLICK HERE

Listen to the Jags all season on 96.1 The Rocket, Sports Talk 99.5, and the free iHeartRadio app.

BRAS ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY- Sat 8am-12 noon, Meaher State Park, Mobile Bay Causeway

An easy 5k/Fun Run from Meaher State Park on the Causeway, over the bridge and back to refreshments, music, fellowship and celebration of life for Survivors. Proceeds support local breast cancer patients, helping them pay bills, buy groceries and other necessities so they can focus on their fight CLICK HERE

YELLOW ROSE- Rose, an undocumented 17 year old Filipina, dreams of one day leaving her small Texas town to pursue her country music dreams. Her world is shattered when her mom suddenly gets picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Now showing at the Crescent Theater in downtown Mobile.


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