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EVENT INFO
& TICKETS
food drives to Dinners, there is an event for you!
Throughout the year, the Extra Table team hosts events across
the state to raise funds and awareness.
We have fun while remaining mission-focused.
BOO ON THE BLOCK
Halloween Home Decorating Contest
Boo on the Block is all treats, no tricks! Join us for a little spooky fun while doing a whole lot of good for our Mississippi neighbors. Your donation to Extra Table FEEDS helps put new, nutritious food on the tables of families across our state. Give a little, feed a lot, and help us scare hunger away! 🎃👻
Who can enter: Homes in the Jamestown neighborhood, from 40th to 34th and Lincoln Road to Beverly Lane, a big spooky square.
Entry Fee: $100 per home suggested donation to Extra Table FEEDS
Deadline: Both the entry form and $100 payment must be received by October 26
Judges: Members of the Midtown Merchants Association will judge on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, October 28, 29 or 30 after sunset
Winner Announcement: Halloween, October 31, at 7:00 p.m. in the Fairmont Place cul-de-sac
Prizes
First - $1,000 Gift Card to The Outdoor Store
Second - $500 Gift Card to one of Robert St. John’s
Restaurants
Third - The Outdoor Store Prize Pack
Six Simple Rules
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Enter one eligible home per entry form.
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Submit your completed form and $100 payment by October 26.
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Decorate the outside of your home, porch, or yard so judges can see your display from the street.
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Keep it fun and family-friendly, with sidewalks and streets clear.
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Have decorations ready and lights on during the announced judging time.
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Judges will consider creativity, Halloween spirit, and overall appearance.
Hosted by Rusty Rayborn and Adam Pittman
Contact Riley Pittman at (601)-550-7148 with competition questions!
DATES TO REMEMBER
OCTOBER 22 - Empty Bowls, Cleveland
OCTOBER 29 - Bourbon Festival, Jackson
OCTOBER 31 - BOO on the Block Home
Decorating Awards Announced
NOVEMBER 1 - Play It Forward -
Keg and Barrel, Hattiesburg
NOVEMBER 10 - Give 'Em A Bird
Kick Off, Gulfport
JANUARY 19 - March of the Mayors
Kick Off
MARCH 1-5 - March of the Mayors Box Packing Days
JUNE 13 - Extra Royale, Vicksburg
MORE DETAILS AND TICKET INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BELOW.
Empty bowls
Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. The 8th Annual Extra Table Empty Bowls fundraiser will be held at Delta Arts Alliance, 104 S. Court Street in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Thursday, October 22, 2026, from 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Ticketed patrons receive a delicious meal of soup, bread, dessert and a drink. Patrons also take home a one-of-a-kind handcrafted bowl by a Delta State University ceramic student or a Delta potter as a reminder of those hungry in our communities whose bowls are empty.
Funds raised from this event will provide food to Delta-area food pantries and soup kitchens, including Caring Hands (Itta Bena), Clarksdale Care Station, Hearty Helpings Food Pantry (Greenville), Lexington Food Pantry, Helping Hands (Belzoni), Helping Hands (Cleveland), Robert Neil Food Pantry (Charleston), St. Vincent De Paul (Greenville), Tutwiler Community Education Center, and the Statesman’s Shelf (on the campus of Delta State University).
bourbon festival
SAVE THE DATE:
OCTOBER 29, 2026
Mississippi Museum of arT
The Bourbon Festival is a one-night event. General admission is from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., and VIP admission begins at 5:30 p.m.
The VIP tasting showcases an incredible flight of bourbons selected by Jamie Farris, owner of Lincoln Road Package Store.
All ticket holders will enjoy an evening of big entertainment with a vast array of bourbons. Jamie and the Lincoln Road Package team will present over 125 bourbons for tasting and a cocktail competition featuring Old Soul bourbon poured by some of the area’s favorite bartenders.
Plan on staying for a while. Artist Adam Trest will be painting live. Don’t miss your chance to bid on his unique creation, which will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at the night's end! There will be music, stilt walkers, jugglers, socializing, and a good time for all.
Tickets GO ON SALE AUGUST 1
Event in Vicksburg
Extra Royale 2026 was an unforgettable evening of creativity, hospitality, and generosity benefiting Storehouse Community Food Pantry and Extra Table FEEDS.
Guests enjoyed Palm Springs-inspired cabanas, signature cocktails, chef-crafted bites, and stunning floral designs, all created by talented local partners.
Most importantly, the event helped provide nutritious food to neighbors facing hunger in Warren County and across Mississippi. Thank you to every guest, sponsor, volunteer, and participant who made this inaugural event such a success. We invite you to relive the evening through the photo gallery below.
2nd Annual Extra Royale will return in 2027—June 13, 2027
Host Committee
Lori Fagan
William Furlong
Elizabeth Nelson
Shelley Tingle
Martha Allen Price
March of the mayors
2027 DATES
Collection starts: January 19
Box Packing Week: March 1-5
5 DAYS, 5 REGIONS, AND
63+ MAYORS
One of Extra Table’s premiere annual programs is March of the Mayors. Driven by the mayors of more than 55 cities across Mississippi, March of the Mayors is a statewide canned food drive. Broken into five regions (The Coast, the Pine Belt, the Jackson Metro area, the Mississippi Delta, and North Mississippi area), each participating city will begin collecting a particular food item on January 19, 2027, and collection runs through February 26. The following week, Extra Table will host five food-box packing parties in five cities.
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Delta: March 1
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North East MS: march 2
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Jackson Metro: march 3
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Pinebelt: march 4
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coast: march 5
March of the Mayors is a fun way to help engage the local community while fighting hunger in our own backyards. It’s a canned food drive, a fundraiser and ‘Mississippi’s Largest Food Box Packing Party’ complete with Moon Pies, Mardi Gras beads, hundreds of volunteers and a jazzy second line with a mission to feed hungry Mississippians! At the end of each regional food box packing party, food collected and packed is picked up by the local food pantries of each participating city.
MOON PIES, MARDI GRAS BEADS, AND VOLUNTEERS ALL ROLLED INTO ONE JAZZY SECOND LINE WITH A MISSION TO FEED HUNGRY MISSISSIPPIANS!
Awards nominations
Our Inaugural Year!
Nominations have officially closed, and the Selection Committee has completed its review.
Now, the only thing left to do is wait for the announcements.
We were blown away by the incredible stories, passionate nominations, and the many people and organizations making a difference in communities across Mississippi. Stay tuned as we begin revealing the recipients of the inaugural Extra Table FEEDS Good on the Go Awards.
The road may have reached its destination, but the celebration is just getting started.
CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE DIFFERENT AWARDS!
TO BE ANNOUNCED STARTING AUGUST 1.
ice storm response
Extra Table FEEDS remains firmly mission focused: getting nutritious food to Mississippians who need it most.
When the roads are not passable, the temps are freezing, and whole cities are dark, Extra Table FEEDS doubles down.
Because our team isn’t just staff—it’s you, too, feeding our hungry neighbors!
Natural disaster response is not a normal budget line for us. Your contribution will go directly toward getting Extra Full Red Beans and Rice Meal Kits into the communities hardest hit by the winter storm—places where pantries are closed and access to food is limited or nonexistent. Extra Full is Mississippi’s first one-pot meal, a shelf-stable, four-serving red beans and rice kit made with Two Brooks Delta-grown rice, no-soak beans, and a vitamin-rich blend designed to address nutritional gaps in food-insecure households. Ready in just 30 minutes with only water, Extra Full provides a complete protein with no meat required.
Extra Full is the meal you can make possible.
And that’s why, even in the coldest moments, Mississippi leads with helping hands.
Text 'ICESTORM' to 44321 or click here to make a donation to support Extra Table FEEDS Ice Storm Response.