First Pop-up Event | November 8, 2026

Our Inaugural Event Our Inaugural Event
Our Inaugural Event
$20.00

Join us at Common Ground for The Tile Parlour’s inaugural mahjong social—an easygoing Sunday filled with beautiful tiles, friendly competition, and even better company. Come with your regular group or arrive ready to meet someone new.

You ticket includes two hours of open social play and a $5 voucher for food and drink. Beginners are welcome, but please note that this is a social-play event rather than a guided lesson for American Mahjong. Please bring your NMJL card.

Sunday, November 8, 2026

10 A.M. - 12 P.M.

Common Ground - Ocean Springs, MS

The Tile Parlour creates belonging through mahjong, bringing new and experienced players together around the same table. Through social play and thoughtfully hosted events with local businesses and community partners, we create a place for people to gather, learn, and play–all while honoring the history and traditions of the game. More than mahjong, we’re creating a new ritual, community, and table people can’t wait to come back to.

Good tiles. Good company. And a morning meant to be enjoyed slowly. On November 8 at 10:00AM CST, our inaugural gathering will offer open social play in a relaxed setting at @commonground.ms. Reserve your seat at the link in our bio. #mahjong #ma
There’s something lovely about being expected. Someone saving you a seat. Familiar faces looking up as you arrive. That’s the feeling we hope to build at The Tile Parlour here in Ocean Springs—a place in your week to play, catch up
You might arrive knowing only the person beside you. You might arrive knowing no one at all. A shared table gives us somewhere to start. Names exchanged between hands. Stories during the shuffle. A reason to say, “Same time next week?”
Sometimes it’s a question between hands. A strategy you hadn’t considered. Watching another player and thinking, “I might try that next time.” One of the pleasures of a shared table is learning from the people around it. Wh
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Our early-access guests have begun taking their places. Now, the remaining chairs are open. Join us at @commonground.ms on November 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for a thoughtfully hosted morning of open mahjong play. Reserve your seat at TheTile
Some places are simply made for gathering. On November 8 at 10:00AM CST, we’ll pull up our chairs at @commonground.ms for a morning of good tiles and good company. Seats will be released next week, and seating will be limited. Join our email
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Our Story

Sometimes community begins with something as simple as sitting down at a new table.

After moving from the East Coast to Mississippi—and losing many of our belongings when our moving truck caught on fire—I found myself searching for connection. Discovering an opportunity to learn mahjong in Ocean Springs gave me exactly that: a seat at the table, new friendships, and the first real feeling that Mississippi could become home.

That was the beginning of The Tile Parlour.

The inspiration reaches back to one of the places I loved most in our old home: the New York speakeasy. Whether hidden behind an old-fashioned phone booth inside a hot dog shop or down a staircase you wouldn’t look at twice. And once you stepped through the door, they transformed. A boarded up storefront opened up into a place to escape the weather, try a new drink, and laugh with friends old and new.

The Tile Parlour will create that same feeling here in Ocean Springs: a place that feels special when you walk through the door, and comfortable once you sit down. A place where people come to play mahjong, but stay for the conversation, the friendships, and the ritual of having somewhere they belong.

Come for the tiles, stay for the company.