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Jackson’s favorite hockey team, the Bandits, return to the Mississippi Big Barn Saturday for a game with the Ar-Kansas Riverblades at 7:05 p.m. The ghoulish details …

ROCKY HORROR HOCKEY

Jackson, Miss.-All ghouls and goblins are invited to come out in their best Halloween attire to the Jackson Bandits’ game on Saturday, October 26. The Jackson Bandits are scheduled to take on the Arkansas River Blades at 7:05 p.m.

The night’s festivities will include a costume contest during first intermission for children through age 12. A post game viewing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show will follow the game. All children under age 17 must be accompanied by an adult to stay for the movie.

What to bring:

Yourself (or someone like you)!
Your costume (discretion is the better part of valor)!
Your friends (no equines, monkeys, or fangy reptiles)!
Your tickets!

Season tickets for the Bandits are on sale NOW. Bring your group of 20 or more to a Bandits’ game and receive special group discounts. Call the front office at 352-PUCK (7825) for more information.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.