PRESENTS

SEPT 11 - 12 • MOBILE, ALA

522 DAUPHIN STREET

Son of a Sailor Fest returns just in time for the Jimmy Buffett Experience grand opening with our signature second line parade, live music, and more!

FRIDAY

Second Line Parade

Parrot Head Happy Hour

Mac MacAnally Concert Pre-Game

SATURDAY

Jimmy’s Backyard Pop-Up

Live Music

VIP After Party

Vendors

Bars & Food Hall

Mobtown Mural Fest

VIP

FRIDAY

SEPT 11

JIMMY BUFFETT SECOND LINE

Kick off the weekend with the 4th Annual Son of a Sailor Fest Jimmy Buffett Second Line. Don your wildest Buffett concert attire and join us at The Outsider Lounge for Parrot Head Happy Hour before we parade up Dauphin Street with Blow House Brass Band, and top it off with a Mac MacAnally Concert Pre-Game at Alchemy Tavern.

4:30 PM

THE OUTSIDER (522 DAUPHIN ST.)

PARROT HEAD HAPPY HOUR

6:15 PM

SECOND LINE BEGINS

WITH BLOW HOUSE BRASS BAND

6:30PM

ALCHEMY TAVERN (7 S JOACHIM ST)

MAC MACANALLY CONCERT PRE-GAME

WITH MOBILE BAY PARROT HEAD CLUB

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SATURDAY

SEPT 12

A BACKYARD BUFFETT PARTY

LIVE MUSIC •VENDORS • MOBTOWN MURAL FEST • BARS • FOOD HALL

2PM - 10PM

522 DAUPHIN ST.

OUTDOOR STAGE

VIP PASSES ON SALE NOW!

VIP PASSES

VIP AFTER PARTY WITH FLOW TRIBE

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MUSIC

VIP AFTER PARTY WITH

FLOW TRIBE

FREE OUTDOOR STAGE

WB SIMS

BUFFETT TRIBUTE SHOW

FEATURING STREET FOLKS

TANNER GRAY BAND

VIBE IRIE

SARA BUG

FIND MORE INFO AND LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE AT THE MUSIC PAGE

MUSIC

VIP PASSES

Get ready to dive into a can’t-miss day of exclusive perks and After Party only for the VIPs at Son of a Sailor Fest!

VIP perks include:

Cool off with All-day access to the indoor VIP lounge
Skip the line with the VIP bar and bathrooms
5 drink tickets for complementary Kona Big Wave and Landshark Lager
Buffett Live Concerts on the big screen in the VIP Lounge
VIP Stage-Side Area
VIP After Party with Flow Tribe

Keep the night alive and take the party inside for the official Son of a Sailor Fest VIP After Party in Cedar Street Social. Top off the night with a New Orleans takeover as Flow Tribe brings their unmistakable Crescent City sound straight to SOS Fest!

Grab your VIP crew, head inside, and get ready for a late-night dose of funky New Orleans grooves, big energy, and a dance floor that refuses to quit.

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MUSIC

The Gulf Coast’s best troubadors, songwriters, honky tonkers, and calypso poets. Past performers include Will Kimbrough, Keith Sykes, Jim Mayer, Jammy Buffet, A1A, Roger Bartlett, Ryan Balthrop, and more.

Music Lineup

A colorful mural painted on the side of a building depicting various people and scenes, with a clear blue sky and streetlamp nearby.

LIVE MURALS

SOS Fest 2026 is proud to be a featured venue of the Mobile Arts Council’s Mobtown Mural Fest, a two-day celebration of public art that will bring local artists together to create vibrant new murals. As Mobile's first large-scale mural festival, the event will transform walls, public spaces, and unexpected locations into dynamic works of art, creating a lasting visual legacy while showcasing the city's growing creative community. Throughout the weekend, residents and visitors will have the opportunity to watch artists at work, meet muralists, and explore Mobile through a new artistic lens.

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