The second Gulfport Music Festival, a collaboration between the City of Gulfport and Mississippi Media. Plans are underway and the event is scheduled at Jones Park on the beach in Gulfport, MS on May 18, 2012 through May 20, 2012. With 3 stages and 50 acts including: Maroon 5,Nelly,Gary Allan,Cobra Starship,Hinder,Justin Moore,Gym Class Heroes,Vanilla Ice,Josh Thompson,Rehab,and Sunny Sweeney. Last years event had over 20,000 attendees. ... [full story]

BILOXI, Mississippi -- The Fourth of July is designated as "Free Saltwater Sport Fishing Day" on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, according to a news release from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Any person may saltwater sport fish without a license in the marine waters of Mississippi -- waters south of Interstate 10 -- on Monday. Although anglers are not required to have a recreational saltwater license on Monday, they still need to ... [full story]

Biloxi, Mississippi - Congressman Gene Taylor, so instrumental in the rebuilding process on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, will be among the distinguished guests of honor at the rebuilding ceremony for the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Saturday, December 1, at 10 am at the construction site. Additionally, major speakers include: Harold Closter, Director of Smithsonian Affiliates; Mayor A.J. Holloway of Biloxi; and Ricky Mathews, Publisher, The Sun Herald, plus Larry Clark, President, Board of Trustees, and ... [full story]

Several Gulf Coast Casinos are now open in Biloxi, MS. After hurricane Katrina destroyed all the Gulf Coast Casinos,  The I.P (Imperial Palace), The Palace Casino and the Isle of Capri. They have relocated onland generally in the Hotel complex located next to the original casino. Boomtown Casino is now open. Beau Rivage - opens August 29 Hollywood Casino - opens August 31 Grand Casino Biloxi open Treasure Bay - open - in hotel Island View opens Sept 18. [full story]

Over the past few weeks the media attention on the tragedy of the Gulf Coast, particularly the Mississippi gulf coast has waned. We aren't the only ones to notice. An editorial in the Sun Herald (see article) titled "Mississippi's Invisible Coast" appeared recently. Other sites have also taken notice: From AP (Editor and Publisher) article here. Writer Michael Kunzelman discusses that many feel New Orleans problems are overshadowing the Mississippi Gulf Coast problems. John Gisham from the International Herld ... [full story]

News Headlines from Gulf Coast Sources via rss feeds. Please not these links are not controlled by the GCIS Online Information Guide!. Biloxi, MS News Gulfport, MS News Sun Herald Newspaper - (What is rss?) [full story]

Waveland, MS. - Just one of our coastal cities that suffered such horrible devestation from the infamous Hurricane Katrina, was home to the Den for The Krewe of Nereids who hosted their annual Mardi Gras Parade. All that was salvaged of the Den structure was the concrete slab and one wall. History of Nereids- The Krewe of Nereids was organized in 1966 by a group of outstanding Waveland, Mississippi ... [full story]

Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis, formerly Casino Magic, will open Thursday, August 31st at 11:00 a.m. much sooner than expected. Hollywood Casino officials had anticipated a fourth quarter opening for the storm damaged resort. “Construction and restoration came together very quickly in these last few months, allowing us to open much earlier than anticipated,” said Marty Moore, senior director of marketing for Hollywood Casino. “We are excited and delighted to get Hollywood Casino Bay St. ... [full story]

Katrina Memorial Biloxi,MS The Katrina Memorial to hurricane victims was unveiled at a candle light vigil at Biloxi's Town Green on Highway 90. Watch Preston Sharp's opening comments (Video) or watch Paul DiMeo answer "Why are you doing this?" (Video) See more detailed photos of the Memorial on our attractions page (here) Constructed by the "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" teamed up with local officials to create the memorial. GCIS Note:(The first in a series of four one-hour specials, “Extreme ... [full story]

Plans are being made for Gulf-Coast.com in partnership with GoGulfCoast.biz to bring you Mardi Gras 2006 from  D'Iberville, MS. You can watch the archived webcast here. Or you can watch raw footage here in 3 parts. Parade-part1 Parade-part2 Parade-part3 We will have the full cleaned up footage available as soon as possible. Also we have hundreds of stills from the footage coming soon! And We will have some biographical information on the Krewes and the North Bay Area Mardi Gras Association. Members ... [full story]