Biloxi Music Scene

Casinos, beaches, and golf get most of the attention here, but Biloxi keeps a real live music scene running underneath all of it — casino showrooms booking national acts, poolside bars with a band on weekends, and a couple of bars in Ocean Springs where someone's playing guitar most nights. Here's what's actually running right now.

Hard Rock Live

Hard Rock Live inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi is still the city's go-to room for touring rock and blues acts, seating around 1,500 depending on how the floor's configured. Recent bookings have run from classic rock outfits like Zebra and Better Than Ezra to blues guitarist Tab Benoit, plus the occasional comedy headliner. Book your hotel room early if a show you want lines up with your trip — Hard Rock fills up fast on concert nights.

Beau Rivage Theatre

Beau Rivage's 1,500-seat theater has booked A-list comedians and touring musicians for years, and that hasn't slowed down — Jay Leno is on the 2026 calendar alongside a rotating lineup of concerts and production shows. It's the closest thing Biloxi has to a proper concert hall, with the sightlines and sound system to match.

Studio A at IP Casino

The old two-venue showroom at IP Casino Resort Spa is gone. Entertainment now runs through Studio A, a ticketed second-floor room with VIP seating that's brought in Travis Tritt, Grand Funk Railroad, and Jeffrey Osborne. If you'd rather not buy a ticket, Chill Ultra Lounge and thirty-two Lounge both run live music on the casino floor most weekends.

Mississippi Coast Coliseum

For arena-scale shows, the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Beach Boulevard is still the Coast's biggest stage. Its fall 2026 calendar alone includes Journey, Five Finger Death Punch, and Jon Pardi — worth a look before you assume a Biloxi trip means casino lounges only.

Free Live Music on the Casino Floor

You don't need a ticket to catch a band here. Golden Nugget runs Rush Lounge as a regular live-music room and adds a summer series at its H2O pool bar. Boomtown's Main Stage brings in local party bands like Hip Pocket and 1 Accord on Friday and Saturday nights. Out in Gulfport, Island View Casino Resort has music at both its Beach View Stage Bar and Sunset Bar on weekend evenings, and Treasure Bay keeps a band going poolside at Agua Pool on summer Saturdays.

Beyond the Casino Floor

Ground Zero Blues Club — the chain Morgan Freeman co-founded up in Clarksdale — has a Biloxi location with a weekend live-music brunch and a steady blues lineup, and it's a better fit than any casino room if the blues is what brought you to the Coast. The Sanctuary Biloxi, a restored church turned concert venue near Treasure Bay, has quickly built a name for tribute acts and touring bands in a room that looks nothing like a casino showroom.

Ocean Springs

Cross the bay to Ocean Springs and the scene turns local. Government Street Grocery still books weekend live music the way it has for years, Juke Joint OS runs open mic and jam nights during the week, and the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center schedules music and theater on a more formal calendar. It's a 20-minute drive from the casino strip and a different vibe entirely.

If you've got a specific act in mind at Beau Rivage or Hard Rock Live, book ahead — those shows sell out. Everything else on this list, from Boomtown's Main Stage to Government Street Grocery, is walk-in and free.