Cruisin’ The Coast started in 1996 and now attracts 8,452 registered vehicles. The event spans eight days across 12 coast cities and boosts tourism. Cars, accessories and families create economic ...

Put 10,000 cars and thousands more spectators along the beach and on South Mississippi roads during Cruisin’ The Coast and there will be slow-downs and challenges on the busiest week of the year.

It started in 1996 as a way to boost tourism while the weather is beautiful and except for the year of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Cruisin’ The Coast has been celebrated every year since in South ...