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Cruisin' the Coast

Gulfport, MS · Quirky

When

October 4–11, 2026

Where

Jones Park / Hwy 90 corridor · Gulfport · MS

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

Thousands of classic cars and hot rods line the beachfront highway across several Mississippi coast cities for a week each October, billed as one of the largest car cruise events in the country. It began in 1996 and reached its 30th anniversary in 2026.

The history within reach

• Cruisin' the Coastsame spot

  Thousands of classic cars and hot rods line the beachfront highway across several Mississippi coast cities for a week each October, billed as one of the largest car cruise events in the country.

• Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festivalsame spot

  More than a million and a half lights transform Jones Park into the Mississippi coast's largest holiday display, with routes running from late November through New Year's Eve.

• The Biloxi wade-ins5.8 mi

  Twenty-six miles of Mississippi beach had been built with public money and was closed to Black residents.

• Camille comes ashore at Pass Christian9.6 mi

  One of only four Atlantic hurricanes to reach the American coast at Category 5, with a surge over twenty feet that took the front row of houses off their slabs.

• Mississippi Scottish Highland Games & Celtic Music Festival10.0 mi

  Two days of Highland athletics, massed bagpipe bands, and Celtic dance and music at the Harrison County Fairgrounds.