Every year the Annual Crab Festival is held at Our Lady of the Gulf in beautiful and historic Bay St. Louis right on the Beach. This year the tradition was continued and the spirit and warmth of this community is driven by it's wonderful people.
- Directions-  Take Hwy 603 and head south to 90, at the intersection proceed south.
When you get to the beach turn left, You will find Our Lady of the Gulf Still standing and ready for FUN this holiday weekend.

Loads of arts and Crafts Booths, great jewlery deals, amazing candles, great clothes and then of course what is one of the things Bay St. Louis is so famous for ?  It's art, like the booth set up by Rick Moseley, son of the Coast Treasure and famous artist Alice Moseley. ( read more about Moseley at the bottom of this page ). Sporting about 9 or so Carnival rides, like the scrambler, the big yellow slide, swings, a ferris wheel, a couple kiddie rides and more. The rides got good reviews with short lines and affordable ticket prices, but they were not the only thing going at the Crab Festival.

Crab Roule' in the Bay

If you have never heard of Crab Roule' well let me give you a visual. Looks like a cake walk booth, you walk up and put down your money on a number, but then in the middle of the booth is a huge flat modified roullette type table, or roule', but it of course does not spin. But when they plop those crabs on there, they run, and the first one who reaches a Number has just picked the winner.

If you win on a $1 number you get $5 back, if you win on a $2 number you get your choice, either $10, a T-shirt, or a Flag that has flown over Congress with a signed certificate. Unusual prize? Look a the pictures and see if you can figure out who the Crab Roule's annual booth host is, then the prize will make perfect sense. Tons of fun and good times at this popular fund raiser. Where F.E.B. Distributing provided the signs, AMR ( American Medical Response) provided the loud speaker, Bob's Crabs donated the crabs and the Host provides the humor. Definite crowd pleaser.

Local Treasure Alice Moseley's Art and love of the community is carried on by her son Rick.

Rick Moseley has set up a booth at the Crab Festival, and you can purchase Alice Moseley prints while catching up with Rick personally.  The late Alice Moseley was a renowned artist and charming community member who sported her trade mark crimson vest and beret. Her love and dedication to Art, Americana and The Gulf Coast is carried on by her Son Rick ( pictured holding one of his late mothers popular prints, over his shoulders you can see a photo of his mother and on the other side an article By southern living. Above you can see the Bay Saint Louis Depot District sign-  " Alice Moseley Folk Art and Museum " . We will be receiving a letter from Rick with updates about the Museum and more information on how you can reach them and purchase your own, Alice Moseley Art. We will post it here and a link from the arts and museums page on this website.

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