A downtown Moss Point Main Street block of brick storefronts with awnings and string lights

On the Escatawpa

Where the River City comes alive.

Eat, shop, and gather on Main Street, from Tootsie's to the river bridge. Moss Point Main Street is the heart of it.

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The District

A few walkable blocks where the Escatawpa meets Main Street.

From Tootsie's to the Highway 613 bridge: the shops, tables, and gathering places that make downtown Moss Point worth the trip, plus the library and the Pascagoula River Audubon Center.

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The plaza on Main Street in downtown Moss Point
On Main Street

Happening downtown

The moments that bring Main Street together.

  • Jan The King's Parade Main Street to the Riverfront Mardi Gras opens on Main Street as the River King and Moss Queen are crowned.
  • May Smokin' the River City Downtown Riverfront Drag boats race the Escatawpa at close to 100 miles an hour, a few feet off the boardwalk.
  • Oct 6 Cruisin' the River City Downtown Riverfront Classic and custom cars line Main Street for Moss Point's day of Cruisin' the Coast.
  • Oct 10 Smokin' the Sip Riverfront Park Main Street's signature BBQ cook-off and blues festival on the riverfront.
  • Nov 28 Small Business Saturday On Main Street Downtown shops and makers along Main Street, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

See the full year, with dates and tickets, on the Events page.

A crowd dancing at a Levitt AMP concert on the Moss Point riverfront at golden hour

New on the riverfront · Fall 2026

Seven Saturdays, seven headliners, one riverfront. Every show free.

August 22, Opening Night, Parker Barrow August 29, Nature Notes, A.J. Haynes September 12, River Jam, Nik Parr and The Selfless Lovers September 19, Homecoming, Daniel Stallworth October 3, Latin Soundwave, OKAN October 10 at Smokin' the Sip, Tank and The Bangas October 31, Halloween, Luther Dickinson and Friends
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Find your way around Main Street.

Sugar Beans CafeEatCafes, coffee, and the soda fountain Burnham's DrugsShopBurnham's gift shop, salons, and Main Street finds The Moss Point riverfrontRiverThe riverfront, the boat launch, the bridge The Pascagoula River Audubon CenterDoThe Audubon Center, the Blues Trail, the library
The “Welcome to the River City” mural in downtown Moss Point, with a flying pelican over the words Moss Point, Miss.

From Tootsie's to the river bridge, this is downtown.

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