Mobile arts this month: GATEWAY at the Mobile Museum of Art, Finding Neverland and Noises Off to Nov. 22, and Mobile Ballet's The Nutcracker on Dec. 19-20.

Last checked Nov. 8, 2026. Rebuilt on the first of each month. Sources: the Mobile Museum of Art, the History Museum of Mobile, the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Ballet, Joe Jefferson Players, Chickasaw Civic Theatre, the City of Mobile’s events calendar and the Mobile County community calendar, where several of these listings were found.

The rest of Mobile’s arts month brings two comedies and a musical on community stages, four special exhibitions at the Mobile Museum of Art and a Veterans Day concert at the USS Alabama. The holiday season starts in December with a new Government Plaza exhibition, the symphony’s swing concerts and Mobile Ballet’s The Nutcracker on Dec. 19 and 20. Check each organizer’s page before you go.

Updated Nov. 8: past events removed; the December GATEWAY tour, two Creative Night workshops, the Celebration 4 opening and The Nutcracker added.

Who to call

  • Mobile Museum of Art: 4850 Museum Drive, mobilemuseumofart.com
  • History Museum of Mobile: 111 S. Royal St., 251-208-7569
  • Mobile Ballet box office: 251-342-2241

Exhibitions now showing

  • GATEWAY: From Graffiti to Gallery, Mobile Museum of Art, through Sept. 1, 2027. How graffiti shaped the work of Basquiat, Haring, Scharf, KAWS and Banksy; the museum is the show’s only venue. The next guided tour is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3; $5 members, $10 nonmembers, RSVP encouraged. Mobile Museum of Art
  • Aminah Robinson: Journeys Home, a Visual Memoir, Mobile Museum of Art, through Saturday, Jan. 9. Seven decades of the MacArthur fellow’s work on the African American experience, organized by the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio. Mobile Museum of Art
  • Timeless Hats, Mobile Museum of Art, through Jan. 30, 2027. More than two dozen hats made or admired by Susie Mae Pugh-Williams. Mobile Museum of Art
  • Handle with Care, Mobile Museum of Art, through March 27, 2027. Calder Kamin and Jacob Reptile’s interactive soft sculptures made from discarded fabrics and plastics. Mobile Museum of Art
  • Mobile in the Gilded Age, History Museum of Mobile, 111 S. Royal St., through June 6, 2027. Gowns, inventions and everyday objects from Mobile’s late 1800s and early 1900s. Admission is free on the first Sunday of each month. History Museum of Mobile
  • Celebration 4, Government Plaza, downtown, opening with a reception at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9. Work by local artists chosen with the Mobile Arts Council and the Alabama Contemporary Art Center; Mobile County Commissioner Connie Hudson presents it with the museum. Mobile Museum of Art
  • Clotilda: The Exhibition, Africatown Heritage House, 2465 Winbush Drive, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday with timed tickets. Free for Mobile County residents; adults $15. Clotilda

Theater and dance

  • Finding Neverland, Joe Jefferson Players, through Sunday, Nov. 22, Joe Jefferson Playhouse, 11 S. Carlen St. 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays; $26.75. Joe Jefferson Players
  • Noises Off, Chickasaw Civic Theatre, Thursday, Nov. 12, to Sunday, Nov. 22, 801 Iroquois St., Chickasaw, about seven miles north. 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Sundays; $15 to $20. Chickasaw Civic Theatre
  • A Celtic Christmas, A Taste of Ireland, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, Saenger Theatre. Irish dance and folk music; $69 to $106. Details
  • Mobile Ballet: The Nutcracker, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, Saenger Theatre. Artistic Director Katia Garza’s production, with guest artists dancing alongside the company and students; individual tickets on sale. A Nutcracker Holiday Brunch at the Battle House Hotel precedes the Sunday matinee. Mobile Ballet

Concerts and classical

  • Mobile Pops Veterans Day concert, 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, Medal of Honor Aircraft Pavilion, USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. Free. See our Veterans Day page. USS Alabama
  • Keep the Music Playing gala, 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, Byrne Memorial Hall, Spring Hill College, 4000 Dauphin St. The Excelsior Band, in its 143rd year, and The Jazz Studio; $125. Mobile County calendar
  • Heaven and Nature Sing, 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, 2 S. Claiborne St. The Gloria Dei Chorale and Chamber Orchestra’s Christmas concert. Mobile County calendar
  • Mobile Symphony Orchestra: Swing into the Holidays, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Saenger Theatre. A jazz and swing holiday program. Mobile Symphony

Classes, talks and workshops

  • Landscapes in Oil, 4 to 6 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 28, Mobile Museum of Art. A four-week oil painting class for ages 16 and up; $150 members, $180 nonmembers. Mobile Museum of Art
  • The Breakfast Club, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 (“All That Jazz: The Maturity of American Modernism and Abstraction”) and Saturday, Dec. 12 (“Americans Abroad: The Influential Ex-pats of Paris”), Mobile Museum of Art. Art historian LaVada Raouf on women in art history, with coffee; $5 members, $10 nonmembers. Mobile County calendar
  • Heritage Lecture: Historic Mobile Elections, Past and Present, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, Africatown Heritage House, 2465 Winbush Drive. Historian Scotty Kirkland on African American contributions to Mobile elections since World War II. Free; RSVP at 251-206-5268. Mobile County calendar
  • Creative Night for Two: Family Stories Painted RagGonNon, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, Mobile Museum of Art. A hands-on workshop with artist Monica Beasley inspired by the Aminah Robinson show; $30 members, $50 nonmembers. Mobile Museum of Art
  • Mobile Museum of Art Holiday Market and Open House, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. An artisan market, ornament making and free admission to the museum. Mobile Museum of Art
  • Clotilda Survivors, Living Legacy, 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Cox-Deasy Cottage, 350 Oakleigh Place. Joycelyn Davis of All Things Africatown speaks for the Historic Mobile Preservation Society; free to members, $10 nonmembers. Historic Mobile Preservation Society
  • Creative Night for Two: GATEWAY-inspired Paint Studio, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, Mobile Museum of Art, with artist Mayssam Iskandar; $150 members, $180 nonmembers. Mobile Museum of Art

Regular events

  • LODA ArtWalk, the second Friday of each month, 6 to 9 p.m. on Dauphin Street downtown: Nov. 13 (Picture Book Month) and Dec. 11 (Christmas). City of Mobile
  • Free Thursdays at the Mobile Museum of Art for Mobile County residents with ID, courtesy of the Mobile County Commission. Mobile County calendar
  • Tuesday classes at the Mobile Museum of Art: Driven to Draw, wheel throwing and glass fusing are on the museum’s calendar on Tuesday evenings; check each date. Mobile Museum of Art
  • Free First Sunday at the History Museum of Mobile: admission is free on the first Sunday of each month, next on Dec. 6.

Send us your event

Galleries, theaters, choirs and arts groups can email hello@azaleacitytoday.com with the date, time, venue, price and a photo. Listings are free, and we add them to this page and the events diary.

Frequently asked questions

What exhibitions are on in Mobile now?

The Mobile Museum of Art is showing GATEWAY: From Graffiti to Gallery through Sept. 1, 2027, Aminah Robinson: Journeys Home through Jan. 9, Timeless Hats through Jan. 30 and Handle with Care through March 27. The History Museum of Mobile’s Mobile in the Gilded Age runs through June 6, 2027.

When is The Nutcracker in Mobile in 2026?

Mobile Ballet performs The Nutcracker at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, at the Saenger Theatre. Individual tickets are on sale from Mobile Ballet.

Is the Mobile Museum of Art free?

It is free to Mobile County residents with ID every Thursday, and free to all during its Holiday Market and Open House, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. The museum is closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day.

What plays are on in Mobile in November?

Joe Jefferson Players stage Finding Neverland through Nov. 22 at Joe Jefferson Playhouse, and Chickasaw Civic Theatre stages Noises Off Nov. 12-22.