2025 Upcoming Community Events

May 2025

  • Opening Reception at Columbus Arts Council, 5:30 – 7 PM, May 1
  • Market Street Festival, Downtown Columbus, May 3
  • Unveiling of Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker Dr. Emmett Stringer, Catfish Alley, 11 AM, May 8
  • Eighth of May Emancipation Celebration presented by MSMS, Sandfield Cemetery, 6:00 PM, May 8
  • The W Spring Commencement, May 9
  • Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market Open, Opening Day, 7-10 AM, May 10
  • Tourism Partners, 8:30 AM, Commercial Dispatch, May 13
  • Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 7-10 AM, Tuesdays, 4-6 PM, starting May 13
  • The Barn Concert Series featuring Pat Byrne and Lindy Urban, May 15
  • Business After Hours, Waynes Pest Control, 5 PM, May 15
  • Armed Forces Appreciation Day, 10 AM – 5 PM, Downtown Columbus, May 17
  • Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Graduation, May 24
  • Memorial Day Commemoration:  Flag Placement, 9 AM followed by Commemoration Service, Friendship Cemetery, 10 AM, Traditions, Taste & Tunes, Riverwalk Stage, 11 AM – 2PM, May 24

June 2025

  • Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 7-10 AM, Tuesdays, 4-6 PM
  • Opening Reception at Columbus Arts Council, 5:30 – 7 PM, June 5
  • Tourism Partners, June 10
  • Dizzy Dean Tournament, BankFirst Yards, June 12-15
  • Sounds of Summer sponsored by Main Street Columbus and Columbus Lowndes Chamber of Commerce, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, June 12
  • An Evening with Sean of the South, Lyceum at Lee, 7 PM, June 13
  • Sounds of Summer sponsored by Main Street Columbus and Columbus Lowndes Chamber of Commerce, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, June 26

July 2025

  • Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 7-10 AM, Tuesdays, 4-6 PM
  • Opening Reception at Columbus Arts Council, 5:30 – 7 PM, July 3
  • Fireworks on the Water, Stennis Lock & Dam, Gates open at 5 PM, July 4
  • Tourism Partners, July 8
  • Sounds of Summer sponsored by Main Street Columbus and Columbus Lowndes Chamber of Commerce, 6:30 -8:30 PM, July 10
  • Let’s Flamingle Downtown, 5-8 PM, Downtown Columbus, July 11
  • Ultimate Frisbee Tournament, July 25-26

 

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