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A bouquet of spring events in Mobile calls you to experience the city at its prettiest.
Bold, glowing displays fill Bellingrath Gardens and Home with the Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival, returning this year with dozens of new features. Bright green fills the streets for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Even nature understands the assignment—this is the Azalea City, after all.
Read on to choose among these easy roadtrips just four hours south of Birmingham.
1. Peak blooms + inspo
Mobile’s glorious azaleas set the stage for this season. They’ve thrived since their arrival during the colonial period and truly took off in the 1930s and ’40s when the city established its Azalea Trail.
The perfect timing to see them is in mid-March, when the blooms are at their peak. This is also when the Mobile Home & Garden Show fills the convention center with oodles of design inspiration you can bring back to your own homes and gardens.
🌸 Mobile Home & Garden Show
- Where: Mobile Convention Center, 1 S Water St, Mobile, AL 36602
- When: Thurs.-Sun., March 19-22 | Ticketed Preview Party on Thurs., 6-9PM | Show Hours Fri.-Sat., 10AM-5PM; Sun., 10AM-4PM
- More info + get tickets
While you’re there, here are several more places to amble through the azaleas:
🌸 Mobile Historic Homes Trail
🌸 Mobile Botanical Gardens
🌸 Bellingrath Gardens and Home
2. Good-as-gold getaway for St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is always quite the occasion in Mobile with a parade and street party on the actual day, which falls on a Tuesday this year. That’s an excellent reason to make it a longer trip to experience the city’s vast canvas of things to do over the weekend leading up to the celebrations.
☘️ Arrive on Friday for LoDa ArtWalk downtown, a local favorite monthly event celebrating art, music, food + culture downtown.
☘️ Callaghan’s Irish Social Club will host its 80th annual St. Patrick’s Day celebrations on Saturday. March 14, and Tuesday, March 17.
☘️ The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is set for 11AM on Tuesday, March 17, starting at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
3. Ethereal experiences
Springtime brings a glow with more sunshine, temperate breezes and lighter moods. Two spring events in Mobile this April exemplify the vibe, and they’re real dazzlers:
🏮 Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival
After a brilliant inaugural season, the Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival returns to Bellingrath Gardens & Home with over 40 mesmerizing light displays that illuminate Mobile’s coastal roots and diversity.
- Where: Bellingrath Gardens & Home, 12401 Bellingrath Gardens Rd, Theodore, AL 36582
- When: April 16-June 21
- More info
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Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival (Bellingrath Gardens & Home) 
Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival (Bellingrath Gardens & Home) Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival (Bellingrath Gardens & Home) 
Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival (Bellingrath Gardens & Home) 
Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival (Bellingrath Gardens & Home)
🪁 Kites Over Mobile
Admire colorful kites of all kinds that fill the skies over one of the city’s top attractions, the USS Alabama, a National Historic Landmark and museum.
- Where: USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park, 2703 Battleship Pkwy, Mobile, AL 36602
- When: April 18-19
- More info
Bright bites for your journey
Mobile is known for its cuisine culture, and Bienville Bites Food Tours are an excellent way to explore it. The tours vary by season and theme, connecting you to delicious meals and the city as a whole.
🍳Tasty Tip: Take advantage of the season’s brighter mornings and fresh produce to do brunch at least once! Here’s a fantastic brunch guide to get you started.
Ready to plan your springtime adventure to Mobile? Head over to Mobile.org to finalize details + book a stay!
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