Saturday, November 7, 2026 · 1–4 PMWalthall Park

Hattiesburger Showdown

Local restaurants and amateur cook teams bring their best burgers to Walthall Park. Come taste what they’re cooking, vote for your favorite, and help us pick a winner.

Adults $35 · Youth (8–16) $15 · Kids 7 and under free
Family tickets $100. Includes burger tastings, one beverage, chips, a sweet treat, and your vote for People’s Choice.

Two burgers topped with grilled peppers on a wooden cutting board

Who’s Cooking?

Some of Hattiesburg’s best-known kitchens are bringing their burgers to Walthall Park.

  • Sully’s
  • Ed’s Burger Joint
  • Don Chuy’s Mexican Grill & Bar
  • Chef Jeremy Noffke Big TroubleSoPro (Southern Prohibition Brewing)

Amateur teams will be announced soon.

See the lineup and judges

Enter a team

Six burger patties searing on a flat-top grill as smoke rises

Good Music, Good Eats, Good Company

Bring a lawn chair, find a spot with your friends, and enjoy live music between trips to the grills.

A guitarist singing on a covered wooden stage

What your ticket gets you

Adults
$35
Youth Ages 8–16
$15
Kids 7 and under
Free
Family ticket
$100

Includes up to 2 adults and any number of children ages 16 and under.

  • Burger tastings from the competing teams
  • One beverage
  • Chips and a sweet treat
  • Your vote for People’s Choice

Your tickets are emailed to you after checkout. Ticket details

A smiling cook in a red shirt holds out a burger sample

Benefiting Crestwood School

Proceeds from the Hattiesburger Showdown support Crestwood School of Hattiesburg.

Three men serving food at a table beside a Crestwood School sign

Help cover the cost of the event so more can go to Crestwood School.

Sponsorship information