An estimated 8,500 to 9,000 attendees gathered at The Lawn on Sept. 12, 2026, at Harrah’s Gulf Coast for the 45th-annual Biloxi Seafood Festival, which featured around 120 vendors selling seafood, nautical crafts and more.
Amy Schafer
Amy Schafer is the Mississippi Free Press' Gulf Coast bureau reporter in partnership with Report for America. A 2026 graduate of Pennsylvania State University's Schreyer Honors College, she holds degrees in advertising/public relations, global and international studies with a concentration in human rights and women's, gender and sexuality studies. Before joining MFP, she served as editor-in-chief of Penn State's student newspaper The Daily Collegian and freelanced for The Washington Post.
