Biloxi Entertainment

Of course Kid Rock coming Hard Rock Biloxi is probably the biggest draw there are also some other great events going on this weekend. This is 07-07-07 weekend!!

Friday

If you find yourself looking at a friend or significant other and saying, “You know what I love? Local theater!,” then Fortune has flung you skyward tonight. “Shakespeare in Hollywood” plays tonight at 7:30 in the Martha M. Tatum Theater as part of the University of Southern Mississippi’s Southern Arena Theater. Details: (601) 266-4994.

Or, if your taste runs more to the uniquely American (we think) sport of barrel racing, you can gorge yourself today and tonight. The 4-H Southeast District horse show happens at 10 a.m. today at the James Lynn Cartlidge Forrest County Multi Purpose Center, 962 Sullivan Road, Hattiesburg. There will be everything from halter classes and Western pleasure to barrel racing to team roping and calf roping. The best part? It’s free! Details: (601) 583-7500.

If it’s local music you crave, then you have a proverbial smorgasbord of options right here in town. Blue Mountain is at the Thirsty Hippo. Who’s Bad is at Mugshot’s. Tree Logic plays Walnut Circle Grill. Davis Coen will rock brownstone’s. Run Dan Run is at Bennie’s Boom Boom Room. Russell Welch and Friends is at the Martini Spot. Jay Stevens plays B & E’s Wine Bar, and Wes and Brandon will rock the Keg and Barrel.

Saturday

The big news Saturday is that Kid Rock is illuminating our state at the long-awaited Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Biloxi. Tickets, which start at $100, are sold out. We would never suggest getting tickets from a scalper, but hey, desperate times call for desperate measures. Doors open at 7 p.m., and Mr. Rock takes the stage at 8. Details: www.hardrockbiloxi.com.

But there is no need to drive all the way to Biloxi to enjoy some music. Locally, Tommy ‘T-Bone’ Pruitt plays Walnut Circle Grill. Buffalo Nickel is at brownstone’s. Alcus Hudson is at the Keg and Barrell. Escape plays Fat O’Harry’s, and Lazy K is at Mugshot’s.

If you caught “Shakespeare” Friday night but your appetite for local theater is just insatiable, then “Fallen Angels,” a comedy about two women awaiting the arrival of a man they have both previously had an affair with, plays tonight at 7:30 in the Gilbert F. Hartwig Theater at the University of Southern Mississippi. Details: (601) 266-4994.

And the 4-H Southeast District Horse Show continues Saturday; the gates open at 8 a.m.