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Majesty of the Opera
Majesty of the Opera
Featuring the Meistersingers in Concert Step into the grand, immersive world of opera with The Meistersingers as they present an evening of powerful, timeless choruses from the world’s most beloved operas. Join us for a journey through iconic works, featuring the fiery energy of The Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore, the passion and vigor of […]
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PICTURE THIS! with Jesse Johnson
PICTURE THIS! with Jesse Johnson
Join FestivalSouth photographer, Jesse Johnson, for a fun-filled morning of creativity and exploration through Polaroid photography. This exciting event is designed for young artists to learn the art of instant photography while capturing their unique perspectives of the world around them. This event is limited to 15 participants.
2 events,
CREATE OUT LOUD with Artie and Abi
CREATE OUT LOUD with Artie and Abi
Let your imagination run wild in this fun-filled afternoon of creativity with the talented Abigail Allen! Children are invited to explore the magical worlds of art and drama by transforming simple cardboard into stunning, one-of-a-kind masks. Guided by Abi’s expertise and infectious energy, young artists will craft vibrant creations that bring their ideas to life. […]
Sgraffito – A Decorative Pottery Workshop Featuring Melanie Eubanks
Sgraffito – A Decorative Pottery Workshop Featuring Melanie Eubanks
Sgraffito is a technique for decorating clay objects by carving through a layer of one color into a clay of a different color. The result is a two-toned image or pattern. Experience this process by decorating a plate with teacher and artist Melanie Eubanks. You will come away with a finished piece that can be […]
2 events,
Harmonious Layers: The Art of Collage and Sculpture
Harmonious Layers: The Art of Collage and Sculpture
Opening Reception Featuring sculpture by Mark Brown and collage by Rebekah Stark Johnson This exhibit highlights the deep connection between Rebekah’s collages and Mark’s sculptural works, both of which are profoundly influenced by their passion for music. The similar color palettes used in their creations suggest a harmonious relationship between the two artists, reflecting a […]
Classics by Candlelight – Featuring Theresa Sanchez, piano
Classics by Candlelight – Featuring Theresa Sanchez, piano
Step into an evening like no other, where music, ambiance, and artistry come together in a truly magical setting. Surrounded by hundreds of flickering candles, world-renowned musicians will perform two of classical music’s most cherished works: Dvořák's vibrant Piano Quintet No. 2 and Schubert’s enchanting "Trout" Quintet. Festival favorite Theresa Sanchez is joined by Borislava […]
6 events,
The Art of Urban Architecture
The Art of Urban Architecture
Right before “Tickled Pink,” join local historian and historic preservationist, Russell Archer, for a brief presentation on local architecture, followed by a low-impact walking tour to view some of our unique buildings! Wear comfortable walking shoes; water will be provided on this 90-minute walk. var SiteID = "57EB0CE6-DDE7-446A-B762-A88F386FCF42"; var EID = 0; var […]
Tickled Pink: The Music of Mancini
Tickled Pink: The Music of Mancini
Featuring Sam Bruton Prepare to enter a world rife with allure, mystery, and of course….Jazz! This unforgettable live concert invites you to experience the captivating melodies of Henry Mancini and how they defined an era of elegance and intrigue. From the sly, unmistakable charm of The Pink Panther theme to the romantic sweep of Moon […]
Visual Rhythms
Visual Rhythms
Opening reception featuring works by Women’s Art Collective The Women’s Art collective, established in 2011, showcases a variety within the work of artists, unified by their sense of community. These friends are strongly connected to the Hattiesburg community and to an even larger community of artists throughout Mississippi and beyond. With a robust exhibition history […]
6 events,
Rise and Shine
Rise and Shine
Featuring Ian Alexander Gonzalez, cello, and Theresa Sanchez, piano Wake up and celebrate the start of your day with "Rise and Shine," featuring the remarkable 14-year-old cellist, Ian Alexander Gonzalez. With his rich tones and impressive artistry, Ian’s performance is sure to be the perfect blend of precision and passion. Fresh from his acceptance into […]
Artie’s Creation Celebration
Artie’s Creation Celebration
Join Artie in Columbia for a fun-filled morning of hands-on arts experiences, music performances, and stories with our friends from the Columbia Library. Meet Artie in person at this event for the whole family!
Lifetime Musings Featuring works by Evelyn Timidaiski
Lifetime Musings Featuring works by Evelyn Timidaiski
Join us just down the hall from our morning concert for an exhibition by Evelyn Timidaiski. Inspired by nature, animals, plants and landscapes, the artist infuses her reality pieces with a sense of fantasy utilizing watercolor as her primary medium of choice.
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Continuum – Featuring the FestivalChamber Players
Continuum – Featuring the FestivalChamber Players
Experience this live multisensory concert - an invitation to an afternoon of music not just as sound, but as a journey through the sights, colors, and emotions of each season. Whether you're a lover of music, photography, or simply an enthusiast of unforgettable experiences, Continuum promises to resonate, leaving you with a renewed connection to […]
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Inspired Impressions – Gel Plate Workshop with Traci Stover
Inspired Impressions – Gel Plate Workshop with Traci Stover
This is a fun and addictive technique that will have you hooked in no time! No experience? No problem! Just bring your curiosity and get ready to explore this creative medium. Everything you need is provided, including brayers and 5 x 7" plates. Dive in, experiment, and let your imagination run wild—it’s easy, engaging, and […]
3 events,
Mahler in the Morning – Featuring Dr. Thomas Peattie
Mahler in the Morning – Featuring Dr. Thomas Peattie
This is your chance to dive into the music and learn more about the incredible inspiration and techniques that created Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 before you hear it live that evening. His Fourth Symphony is a luminous journey through innocence, beauty, and life’s wonders. Its shimmering orchestration evokes playful joy, serene landscapes, and heartfelt […]
Journey – An exhibition by Robert Williams
Journey – An exhibition by Robert Williams
Opening Reception Robert Williams is an abstract artist whose love for art began as a painter and faux finisher. As he grew and began to master areas of painting technique in faux finishing, he had a desire to do more with this creative God-given talent he had stumbled upon. As he began researching different types […]
A Heavenly Life: Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 – Featuring the FestivalChamber Orchestra
A Heavenly Life: Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 – Featuring the FestivalChamber Orchestra
Prepare to be swept away on a captivating journey with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. This exquisite performance will envelop you in a world of lush instrumental textures, mesmerizing melodies, and deep emotional resonance. As “The Heavenly Life” of this symphonic masterpiece unfolds, you’ll be transported to a dreamlike realm filled with the beauty, innocence, […]
4 events,
FestivalSouth World Championship Golf Tournament
FestivalSouth World Championship Golf Tournament
Join FestivalSouth for its third annual golf tournament and support our Artie Events for Families and the Mississippi Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, providing for our youngest cultural lovers in the Pine Belt. Teams, including Canebrake Country Club, Hattiesburg Country Club, Timberton Golf Club, Bankers, and Community Divisions, will compete for Division and […]
Patriotic Powerhouses
Patriotic Powerhouses
This program features three Powerhouse voices - Kassidy Chandler, Kathlyn Arcemont, and Rachel Claire Stevens - singing American Patriotic tunes and standards from the American songbook. They will also perform jazz, pop, and Broadway standards from the Golden Age of American pop culture: the 1940s-1960s. They will be accompanied by tracks for all trios, duets, […]
Bee(r)thoven: Full-Bodied and Bold
Bee(r)thoven: Full-Bodied and Bold
Raise your glass and get ready for a night of bold brews and even bolder live music! This year’s bee(R)thoven event serves up an extraordinary pairing of dynamic wind and percussion chamber works with expertly curated craft beer from Southern Prohibition. Savor the vibrant and soulful Ahava by Adam Schoenberg, revel in the hauntingly evocative […]
5 events,
Dog Days 5k Run and 2-Mile Walk Benefitting Hub City Service Dogs
Dog Days 5k Run and 2-Mile Walk Benefitting Hub City Service Dogs
The Dog Days 5k and 2-mile walk is a dog-friendly FestivalShares event benefiting Hub City Service Dogs, a nonprofit organization in Hattiesburg, Miss., that trains service dogs for individuals with medical disabilities. There will be door prizes, Topher’s breakfast at the Finish Line Festival, a Run-by Dog pageant featuring local celebrity judges (dogs to be […]
A Five Star Salute – Featuring the U.S. Army Band Woodwind Quintet
A Five Star Salute – Featuring the U.S. Army Band Woodwind Quintet
Enjoy your morning coffee with The U.S. Army Woodwind Quintet as they present new and old classics of the quintet repertoire along with patriotic favorites. All active-duty soldiers, the musicians of the woodwind quintet are part of The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” based in Washington, DC. Founded in 1996, The U.S. Army Band Woodwind […]
March to the Music with Artie and the U.S. Army Band Woodwind Quintet
March to the Music with Artie and the U.S. Army Band Woodwind Quintet
Come and meet the members of The U.S. Army Woodwind Quintet as they introduce you to their instruments and present a fun, interactive concert. This performance combines music, storytelling, and instrument demonstrations in an informal setting where questions are welcome! You can also enjoy their concert earlier that day at 10 a.m. in the VFW […]
2 events,
The (Not So) Silent Movie – Accompanied on Organ by Douglas Rust
The (Not So) Silent Movie – Accompanied on Organ by Douglas Rust
Back for a 3rd year in a row, The Not-So-Silent Movie returns to the Hattiesburg Saenger Theatre to screen one of the top comedy films of the silent movie era, Safety Last (1923): starring comic actor Harold Lloyd. Accompanied live on the theater organ by Doug Rust, this beloved film culminates with the image of […]
Theaters & Theatoriums & Airdomes, Oh My!
Theaters & Theatoriums & Airdomes, Oh My!
After the silent movie, join local historian and historic preservationist, Russell Archer, for a stroll through downtown as you learn more about Hattiesburg’s earliest theaters, including a very successful silent theater and its eccentric proprietor! Wear comfortable walking shoes; water will be provided on this 90-minute walk. var SiteID = "B1007F0A-DAF9-4CB6-B9AD-90128987EA5B"; var EID = 0; […]
2 events,
Artie at the Opera – Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
Artie at the Opera – Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
An operatic version of the story of Little Red Riding Hood based on scenes from operas by J. Offenbach and G. Rossini. Forest Ranger Dudley is too shy to ask Little Red’s mom, the widow Hood, to the Forest Ranger Ball. For that reason he leaves a written invitation in a basket of flowers outside […]
Artie at the Opera – Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
Artie at the Opera – Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
An operatic version of the story of Little Red Riding Hood based on scenes from operas by J. Offenbach and G. Rossini. Forest Ranger Dudley is too shy to ask Little Red’s mom, the widow Hood, to the Forest Ranger Ball. For that reason he leaves a written invitation in a basket of flowers outside […]
3 events,
Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
An operatic version of the story of Little Red Riding Hood based on scenes from operas by J. Offenbach and G. Rossini. Forest Ranger Dudley is too shy to ask Little Red’s mom, the widow Hood, to the Forest Ranger Ball. For that reason he leaves a written invitation in a basket of flowers outside […]
Creative Convergence – A Photo Transfer Workshop with Andrea Kostyal
Creative Convergence – A Photo Transfer Workshop with Andrea Kostyal
Artists of ALL levels have the opportunity to create a fun, mixed-media painting using photo transfer technique on a 9 x 11” canvas in this hands-on workshop. Select a photo from your own smartphone and bring home a personal work of art. 10 persons maximum var SiteID = "EA1DF15D-DD3B-490F-91A4-504DB1360CA1"; var EID = 0; var EDID […]
Artie at the Opera – Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
Artie at the Opera – Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
An operatic version of the story of Little Red Riding Hood based on scenes from operas by J. Offenbach and G. Rossini. Forest Ranger Dudley is too shy to ask Little Red’s mom, the widow Hood, to the Forest Ranger Ball. For that reason he leaves a written invitation in a basket of flowers outside […]
2 events,
A Smooth Cup of Jazz
A Smooth Cup of Jazz
FestivalFavorite Jacobi Daughrity presents a showcase of his vocal talents, featuring music by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Samara Joy, and more to wake you up and celebrate Juneteenth. You’ve heard him in multiple FestivalFinales and Hub City Players musicals. Now experience him up close and personal in this special free event! Born in Cleveland, MS, […]
Gritty City Bang Bang
Gritty City Bang Bang
You have to experience Gritty City Bang Bang! The brainchild of Jonathan Bass, this Memphis-based trio is spreading jammy goodness on buttery grooves while holding strong to the traditional ingredients of jazz and blues. They bring a fusion of original compositions and standards to the table at which all are welcome. Bass is a longtime […]
4 events,
Incomparable! – A Tribute to Vladimir Horowitz, Featuring Zhaolei Xie, piano
Incomparable! – A Tribute to Vladimir Horowitz, Featuring Zhaolei Xie, piano
Known as the “virtuoso without limits,” famed pianist Vladimir Horowitz inspired the sweats in his fellow pianists and electrified his audiences. His recordings as early as the 1920s have attained historic significance, with his Rachmaninoff having the stamp of approval from the composer himself. The program includes live performances of celebrated works by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, […]
Art Song and Poetry Showcase
Art Song and Poetry Showcase
Enjoy the winners of an open-call competition for poets and songwriters who have used their imagination and inspirations from art by Andrea Kostyal.
Downtown Summer Tunes – Glo It Up!
Downtown Summer Tunes – Glo It Up!
Featuring The NOLA Groove Band New Orleans’s number-one dance band comes to rock the park just for FestivalSouth! Bring your lawn chairs, picnic blankets, and dancing shoes to have the time of your life under the stars! Enjoy great bites from local food trucks and cool drinks from our favorite brewers while you groove along […]
2 events,
Artie’s Around the World Celebration
Artie’s Around the World Celebration
Take off on a creative journey at Artie’s Around the World Celebration in the Alley at the Hattiesburg Pocket Museum! Stop by interactive “destinations” for hands-on art activities inspired by cultures far and wide. While you explore, let the rhythms and melodies of global music transport you to exciting new places. When it’s time to refuel, […]
Whitney – Always Love You
Whitney – Always Love You
Presented by Forrest General With over 200 million records sold and more consecutive number-one hits than any other female artist, Whitney Houston, redefined the meaning of “Superstar.” Even after her passing, she remains celebrated for her extraordinary vocal talent and continues to influence countless young singers worldwide. This live concert event features incredible vocalists accompanied […]