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 30- Feb 1

PARADES:

FRIDAY

Senior Bowl Mardi Gras Player Parade - 6pm, Downtown Mobile

Conde Cavaliers- 6:30pm, Downtown Mobile

SATURDAY

Mystic Krewe of Salty Paws- ***CANCELED**** Dauphin Island

Pirates of Lost Treasure Mardi Gras Flotilla- 10:45am, Perdido Key

Order of Raskalz- ***CANCELED, WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED *** Elberta

Fowl River Community Parade- 1pm, South Dauphin Island Parkway

Bayport Parading Society, Mystic DJ Riders- 2pm, Downtown Mobile

Emerald Coast Krewe of Airship Pirates- 3pm, Milton

Pharaohs, Conde Explorers- 6:30pm, Downtown Mobile

SUNDAY

Massacre Island Secret Society- 6:30pm, Dauphin Island

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SENIOR BOWL CONCERT: MUSCADINE BLOODLINE- Fri 6:00pm Doors Open; 8:30pm Show, First come, first served ***LOCATION CHANGE *** Soul Kitchen, Downtown Mobile

Kick off the Panini Senior Bowl weekend with a night of incredible music from Mobile’s own, Muscadine Bloodline! FREE event! Concert will begin immediately following the Conde Cavaliers parade. Under 18 with a parent.  CLICK HERE   

SENIOR BOWL FAN FEST- Sat 10:30am-12noon, Hancock Whitney Stadium, USA campus

The Senior Bowl Fan Fest will be located on the southwest lawn of Hancock Whitney Stadium! This fun zone will include food, inflatables, yard games and other family-fun activities. Stop by for a quick bite, meet the New Orleans Saints Cheer Krewe and college mascots from across the country.  CLICK HERE 

SENIOR BOWL- Sat 1:30pm Kickoff, Hancock Whitney Stadium, USA campus

The Panini Senior Bowl is the premier college football all-star game and the official first step in the NFL Draft process. For more than 76 years, Mobile, Alabama has proudly hosted this historic event, making it the longest continually running all-star game in football.  CLICK HERE  

DOC ROCK- Thurs 7pm, Soul Kitchen, Downtown Mobile

Doc Rock is a “battle of the bands” style event where at least one member of each band has an affiliation with USA Health. Proceeds benefit research and critical clinical needs at USA Health.  CLICK HERE  

5th Annual PENSACOLA PAW-DI GRAS- Sun 11am-4pm, Garden St, Downtown Pensacola

The theme for 2026 is PAW-SOME 80'S. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public, and everyone is invited for the huge block Paw-ty! There will be a paw-rade, costume contests, games and more.  CLICK HERE  

PCA RODEO FINALS- Thurs/Fri/Sat 7pm; Sun 2pm; Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi

Top Cowboys and Cowgirls compete for $150,000 in Cash Prizes! Bulls and broncs, cowboys and cowgirls - rodeo's biggest superstars perform feats of athleticism during each performance of the professional rodeo.  CLICK HERE   

STARDEW VALLEY: SYMPHONY OF SEASONS- Thurs 8pm, Mobile Saenger Theatre

Step into a musical journey of Stardew Valley, with an orchestra performing brand new arrangements of the game’s soundtrack and video on screen! CLICK HERE    

KANSAS- Sat 8pm, Beau Rivage Biloxi, CLICK HERE   

SAMMY KERSHAW- Sat 8pm, IP Casino Biloxi, CLICK HERE  

HEROES OFF DUTY COMEDY TOUR- Sat 7:30pm, Pensacola Saenger Theatre

America’s most hilarious first responders are joining forces to save lives—one laugh at a time!  CLICK HERE 

BERT KREISCHER: PERMISSION TO PARTY - Sun 7pm and 9:30pm, Pensacola Saenger Theatre, CLICK HERE    

FRANK FOSTER- Sun 8pm, Soul Kitchen, Downtown Mobile, 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    

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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Mardi Gras Parade

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