Good Thursday morning from The Seawall. This is the Juneteenth weekend guide.
Three days, three counties, something worth doing in each one. Tomorrow night: Twurt Chamberlain at 100 Men Hall in Bay St. Louis — a National Historic Landmark, free, all ages, 7 PM. That's the one we're circling. Saturday: JZ 94.5's Juneteenth Celebration in Gulfport (free), Movers & Shakers at the Biloxi Town Green (free), and the Once Upon A Gala at the Beau Rivage for anyone who wants to dress up. Sunday: Father's Day at the ballpark — Shuckers vs. Columbus, 6:05 PM, which has the best weather window of the three.
The Flood Watch that soaked the early week lifts this morning at 7 AM. The weekend is drier. Go find something.
Also in this issue: a 1920 house on Main Street in Bay St. Louis that's been on the market since 2024 and just made its most compelling price argument yet. And at the Jackson County Animal Shelter in Gautier, a senior Black Mouth Cur named Leo who has been waiting long enough.
Full guide below.
What's Happening
🌊 Harrison County
Tomorrow Night - Fri June 19:
🎵 Ra'Shad The Blues Kid · Ground Zero Blues Club · 814 Howard Ave, Biloxi · 7 PM · Ticketed — ticketweb.com / groundzerobiloxi.com
⚾ Biloxi Shuckers vs Columbus Clingstones · Keesler Federal Park · 6:35 PM · biloxishuckers.com
🏀 City of Biloxi Juneteenth 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament · John Henry Park · 5:30 PM · Free
Saturday, June 20:
🎉 JZ 94.5 Juneteenth Celebration · 3312 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Gulfport · 2–6 PM · FREE
🎶 Movers & Shakers Social Club Juneteenth Celebration · Biloxi Town Green · 4–9 PM · FREE
🌺 Once Upon A Gala · Beau Rivage Magnolia Ballroom · 875 Beach Blvd, Biloxi · 7 PM · Junior Auxiliary of Biloxi-Ocean Springs annual gala
⚾ Biloxi Shuckers vs Columbus Clingstones · Keesler Federal Park (time TBD — check biloxishuckers.com)
Sunday, June 21 — Father's Day:
⚾ Biloxi Shuckers Father's Day Game · Keesler Federal Park · 6:05 PM · Last game of the home stand.
Best Father's Day move: Lunch at The Downtowner (2429 14th St, Gulfport) + the 6:05 PM game.
⚓ Hancock County
Tomorrow Night Fri June 19 — Juneteenth:
🎵 Juneteenth Celebration — 100 Men Hall · 303 Union St, Bay St. Louis · 7 PM · FREE · Twurt Chamberlain performs. The 100 Men Hall is a National Historic Landmark and one of the most important cultural venues in Mississippi. A building that hosted civil rights-era meetings, preserved a tradition, and kept playing music through every storm. Juneteenth here isn't a festival. It's a homecoming. Free. All ages. Go.
🦀 Jackson County
This weekend:
🌴 Ocean Springs '99 Days of Summer' · Washington Ave district · Shops, galleries, waterfront. Check washingtonnave.com for any special weekend programming.
🎸 Government Street Grocery · 1407 Government St, Ocean Springs · Fri + Sat live music, ~9 PM (21+).
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🎸 Music This Weekend — By Night
🎟 The Marquee — ticketed, plan around it
Fri June 19 · 7 PM — Twurt Chamberlain · 100 Men Hall, 303 Union St, Bay St. Louis · FREE · All Ages · Pick of the weekend.
Fri June 19 · 7 PM — Ra'Shad The Blues Kid · Ground Zero Blues Club, 814 Howard Ave, Biloxi · Ticketed — groundzerobiloxi.com
🎷 Ground Zero Blues Club — 814 Howard Ave, Biloxi
Fri June 19 — Ra'Shad The Blues Kid, 7 PM (ticketed)
Sat June 20 — ⚠️ act TBC; check groundzerobiloxi.com Thu AM. Juneteenth weekend bookings here are typically strong.
Sun June 21 — ⚠️ act TBC; confirm
🎰 Casino Row — full weekend breakdown
Silver Slipper Casino, Bay St. Louis (silverslipper-ms.com · 228-467-9257 — ⚠️ confirm acts Thu AM)
Fri June 19 — Stage Bar, 7–11 PM (act TBC)
Sat June 20 — Stage Bar, 7–11 PM (act TBC)
Sun June 21 — Beach Bar, 1–3 PM (act TBC)
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Biloxi (hrhcbiloxi.com — ⚠️ confirm Thu AM)
Fri June 19 — Center Bar, 9 PM (act TBC)
Sat June 20 — Center Bar 9 PM · Live #Remix 10 PM · Roadhouse 777 Karaoke w/ MC Angie (21+, recurring Sat)
Hard Rock Live: ⚠️ check for any Juneteenth weekend booking
Boomtown Casino, Biloxi (boomtownbiloxi.com · 228-435-7000) — Fri + Sat recurring free live music. Call for set times.
Island View Casino Resort, Gulfport (islandviewcasino.com · 228-314-2100 — ⚠️ confirm Thu AM)
Fri + Sat: Stage Bar 8–11 PM (free) + Sunset Bar 7–10 PM (free). Acts not typically posted — call.
Margaritaville Resort, Biloxi — Sat recurring live music, Café, 7–10 PM (free; artist not posted publicly)
EIGHT75 at Beau Rivage, Biloxi (228-386-7111) — Live music Fri + Sat nightly; call for lineup.
Hollywood Casino Gulf Coast, BSL — Typically no live entertainment; confirm before including.
🎸 Blues Rooms + Small Venues — By Night
Friday June 19
The Bayou Restaurant & Tiki Bar, Ocean Springs — Terrapins Band, 7–10 PM (Fri recurring; confirm Facebook)
Coastal Daiquiri Bar & Grill, Long Beach — Fri recurring; ⚠️ confirm act on Facebook
Smokey Jo's, Long Beach — live music 8–11 PM (recurring)
Whiskey Prime, 115 Davis Ave, Pass Christian — Fri evening; check whiskeyprime.biz/events
Murky Waters BBQ, Gulfport — Fri act TBC; check Instagram
Government Street Grocery, Ocean Springs — 9 PM (21+; confirm act)
Dan B. Murphy's, Bay St. Louis — weekend live music; check Facebook
Saturday June 20
The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint, Ocean Springs — Sat recurring; ⚠️ call 228-875-9590 for act + time
Government Street Grocery, Ocean Springs — 9 PM (21+; confirm act)
Smokey Jo's, Long Beach — live music 8–11 PM
River Peach Bar & Grill, Biloxi — Sat afternoon Southern rock/blues; check Facebook
100 Men Hall, Bay St. Louis — ⚠️ check 100menhall.com for Sat/Sun programming beyond Juneteenth show
Murky Waters BBQ, Gulfport — Sat act TBC; check Instagram
Mosaic Tapas, Ocean Springs — Sat set; check Facebook
Lost Spring Brewing, Ocean Springs — check Facebook
Sunday June 21 — Father's Day
The Juke Joint, Ocean Springs — Sunday open jam (recurring; all levels)
Salute Italian, Gulfport — Sunday brunch w/ live music
Silver Slipper Beach Bar, BSL — 1–3 PM (act TBC)
Mosaic Tapas, Ocean Springs — Sunday set; check Facebook
📅 Day-by-Day at a Glance
Friday June 19
Twurt Chamberlain — 100 Men Hall, Bay St. Louis, 7 PM (FREE ⭐ pick of the weekend)
Ra'Shad The Blues Kid — Ground Zero Blues Club, Biloxi, 7 PM (ticketed)
Silver Slipper Stage Bar, BSL — 7–11 PM (act TBC)
Hard Rock Center Bar, Biloxi — 9 PM (act TBC)
Island View — Stage Bar 8–11 PM + Sunset Bar 7–10 PM (both free, acts TBC)
The Bayou, Ocean Springs — Terrapins Band, 7–10 PM (confirm)
Coastal Daiquiri, Long Beach — 7–11 PM (confirm)
Smokey Jo's, Long Beach — 8–11 PM
Government Street Grocery, Ocean Springs — 9 PM (21+; confirm)
Boomtown Casino, Biloxi — free live music (call for time)
Saturday June 20
JZ 94.5 Juneteenth Celebration — 3312 MLK Jr. Dr., Gulfport, 2–6 PM (FREE)
Movers & Shakers Juneteenth Celebration — Biloxi Town Green, 4–9 PM (FREE)
Once Upon A Gala — Beau Rivage Magnolia Ballroom, 7 PM (ticketed)
Ground Zero Blues Club, Biloxi — act TBC (check Thu AM)
The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint, Ocean Springs — act TBC (call 228-875-9590)
Silver Slipper Stage Bar, BSL — 7–11 PM (act TBC)
Hard Rock Center Bar + Live #Remix, Biloxi — 9–10 PM
Government Street Grocery, Ocean Springs — 9 PM (21+; confirm)
Smokey Jo's, Long Beach — 8–11 PM
Margaritaville Café, Biloxi — 7–10 PM (free)
Sunday June 21 — Father's Day
Biloxi Shuckers Father's Day Game — Keesler Federal Park, 6:05 PM ⭐ best weather window
The Juke Joint, Ocean Springs — Sunday open jam
Silver Slipper Beach Bar, BSL — 1–3 PM (act TBC)
Salute Italian, Gulfport — brunch w/ live music
Know a show we missed? Reply and tell us — we'll add it next week.
Venue owners: Email your weekly lineup to [email protected] by Wednesday noon for Thursday's issue. No charge.
Coast Forecast — Fri June 19 through Sun June 21
The Flood Watch that's been in effect all week lifts Friday morning at 7 AM. The weekend carries lingering storm chances but is meaningfully drier than the early week.
Friday, June 19 (Juneteenth): Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1 PM. High near 87°F. SW winds 10–15 mph. Morning and early afternoon are the cleaner window — the 100 Men Hall (7 PM) is indoors, so evening events are fine.
Saturday, June 20: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 86°F, low 79°F. NW winds ~5 mph becoming SW in the afternoon. More scattered than Friday — check radar before heading to outdoor events.
Sunday, June 21 (Father's Day): Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 87°F. South wind 5–10 mph. Best day of the three. Good conditions for the 6:05 PM Shuckers game.
Bottom line: Weekend is much better than early week. Friday afternoon has real storm potential; Saturday and Sunday are manageable. Sunday evening is the best weather window of the three.
Real Estate on the Coast
Freddie Mac PMMS — most recent rates:
30-year fixed: 6.52% (week ending June 12, 2026 · ↑ +4 bps)
15-year fixed: 5.84% (↑ +5 bps)
Juneteenth weekend is quietly one of the better home search windows of the year. People are visiting family, driving county roads they don't usually take, sitting on porches they don't own yet and thinking about whether they could. Father's Day is a life-goals moment for a lot of people. If you've been wondering about a move to the Coast, this weekend is a good one to drive the neighborhoods — Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis, Ocean Springs — with a fresh eye and without the pressure of a showing.
Hurricane season is active. Rates are holding. This is the summer to be serious if you're going to be serious.
Reader Question of the Week
"My kids are grown and we've been talking about moving to the Coast for years. What's actually the holdup for most people?"
Usually: the timing myth.
Most people who've been talking about a coastal move for years are waiting for the perfect convergence — rates down, prices down, market soft, life settled. That convergence rarely arrives as advertised. What arrives instead is a combination of factors that are good enough, and a moment when the personal and financial math stops being theoretical.
The Coast has real advantages right now that won't last forever: inventory is better than it's been, price cuts are visible in every county, and the cultural infrastructure that makes a place livable — music venues, restaurants, a functioning arts scene, a newspaper you can read to know what's happening — is being rebuilt in real time. That's worth something.
If your kids are grown and you've been talking about it for years, the holdup is probably fear dressed up as prudence. That's a reasonable thing to feel. But it doesn't get better for waiting.
Got a Coast real estate question? Reply to this email — we answer one a week.
🏡 House of the Week — Bay Saint Louis
354 Main Street has been on the map since before most of the people reading this newsletter were born.
Built in 1920, it's spent more than a century on one of the most coveted blocks in Bay St. Louis — a stretch of Main Street in Old Town where the storefronts and residences have been part of the BSL fabric for generations. The kind of address where, if you told someone where you lived, they would nod slowly and say yes, that makes sense.
It's been on and off the market since May 2024, originally listed at $899,000. It's now at $799,000 — the seller has adjusted $100,000 across two years and three listings. The house itself hasn't changed. The house doesn't need to change.
What you get: three bedrooms, each with its own en-suite bath. A chef's kitchen with gas cooktop, custom vent hood, built-in oven, and custom cabinetry. Coffered ceilings in the formal dining room. Wainscoting. Crown molding. Wood floors throughout. A screened-in porch and an expansive rear deck overlooking a fully fenced backyard. French doors. High ceilings. The renovation is thorough — the bones are 1920, the finishes are current without apologizing for the fact that this is a 100-year-old house.
X Flood Zone. No flood insurance required. On the Gulf Coast, that is not a small thing.
Golf cart to the beach, the boutique shops and restaurants that have been quietly turning BSL into a genuine destination. And tonight, Juneteenth, the 100 Men Hall is a few blocks over — a building that's been standing since 1894, still going. You'd be in good company on this street.
The numbers: $799,000 · $380/sqft · $4,860/yr taxes · No HOA · Built 1920 · 2,100 sqft · 3 bed / 3 bath
🐶 Pet Adoption — Jackson County Animal Shelter
Leo
His name is Leo. He is a senior male Black Mouth Cur, and he is waiting at the Jackson County Animal Shelter in Gautier.
Black Mouth Curs are Southern working dogs — bred for the Gulf South, born to track and herd and watch over the farm at night. They are the kind of dog that shows up in the old stories of this region because they were genuinely there, doing actual work, loyal past any reasonable expectation. Old Yeller was a Black Mouth Cur, if you need the cultural shorthand. The breed has been part of this part of the country for a very long time.
Leo is a senior dog. That puts him in the most difficult demographic at any shelter — senior dogs wait the longest, not because they're harder to have around, but because people walk in with a picture of what they're looking for and the senior dog is not in the picture. This is an error. Senior dogs are already who they're going to be. They've done the work of becoming. They don't need to figure themselves out. What they need now is someone to belong to.
He has been here long enough.
If you have a house with a back porch and someone who likes company in the afternoon, Leo would like to speak to you about a potential arrangement. Fifty dollars. That's the adoption fee.
🐾 Jackson County Animal Shelter · 4400 Audubon Lane, Gautier
📞 (228) 497-6350 · Mon–Fri 10 AM–4 PM · Sat 10 AM–2 PM · $50 adoption fee
co.jackson.ms.us/162/Our-Animals · Ask for Leo.
LOW TIDE LAUGHS
A Coast newsletter should probably make room for at least one thing that doesn’t ask anything from you except a smirk.
So we are.
It's Juneteenth on Union Street, Twurt Chamberlain is about to take the mic at a National Historic Landmark, and the Gulf Coast is showing up. This week's Low Tide Laughs has questions. And also answers. Depending on which pelican you ask.
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A FEW LOCAL LINKS WORTH KEEPING HANDY
If you want to go deeper by county, keep these local sites handy:
Jackson County MS
https://www.jacksoncountyms.com
Harrison County MS
https://www.harrisoncountyms.com
Hancock County MS
https://www.hancockcountyms.com
That’s part of the larger idea here too. The Seawall shouldn’t just point at itself. It should help connect people to the broader local web that already exists across the Coast.
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Tonight the 100 Men Hall opens its doors for Juneteenth. It's been doing that for decades. This weekend has a lot of choices — a gala at the Beau Rivage, free shows across three counties, a Father's Day game at Keesler Federal, and the kind of June weather that makes you go anyway even when the radar has opinions.
Find something good. Take someone with you.Rob
The Seawall