Major League Baseball plans a weeklong series of youth and community events in Birmingham leading up to Thursday’s MLB at Rickwood Field Game between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals.

Here’s a look at the planned events:

• Monday features a screening of the HBO original documentary Say Hey, Willie Mays! at the historic Carver Theater on 4th Avenue North in. The film chronicles the life and career of Mays, the 93-year-old Birmingham native who went on to be among the greatest baseball players in history. The event will feature a reception prior to the film screening, plus a post-screening conversation between director Nelson George and Willie’s son, Michael Mays. The event, which is already at capacity, begins at 5 p.m.

• Tuesday features Play Ball, MLB’s signature youth engagement activity, at Regions Field, home of the Birmingham Barons. More than 100 Birmingham children from the city’s RBI programs will be joined by Play Ball Ambassador James Lowe (AKA, “Coach Ballgame”) and other special guests. The Play Ball event begins at noon.

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• On Tuesday night, the Birmingham Barons face the Montgomery Biscuits in the MiLB at Rickwood Field Game. The teams will wear uniforms representing the Birmingham Black Barons and Montgomery Gray Sox in the first “Rickwood Classic” throwback game since 2019. First pitch is set for 6 p.m., with tickets on sale at mlb.com/events/Rickwood.

• Wednesday includes a visit to Children’s of Alabama by MLB and other VIP guests as part of the MLB Together program

Also that day will be a Negro Leagues Family Alliance Bruncheon and Reception at the Negro Southern League Museum adjacent to Regions Field. The event, which is invitation-only, will be led by NLFA co-founder Sean Gibson and is supported by the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation.

At 3 p.m. Wednesday, MLB and T-Mobile will dedicate a Willie Mays mural by renowned artist Chuck Styles at 1801 1st Street South.

• Wednesday night features the “Barnstorm Birmingham” and Fan Jam celebrity softball game at 7 p.m. at Rickwood Field. The softball game will include former major-leaguers CC Sabathia and Ryan Howard, plus local athletes and celebrities such as Jameis Winston, Terrell Owens and Jalen Milroe.

Following the softball game will be a performance by influential hip-hop artist/producer Metro Boomin’. Tickets are on sale for $24 at MLB.com/rickwood.

• Thursday begins with an MLB Together Legacy gift to the A.G. Gaston Boys & Girls Club on Avenue W by commissioner Rob Manfred. Players from the Giants and Cardinals will also appear at the event, which will unveil a new Freight Farms hydroponic farm that the club members will use to grow vegetables.

Representatives of MLB and the Giants and Cardinals will later tour Alabama A&M, Alabama State and Miles College, and meet with more than 300 students from those schools as well as Tuskegee, Lawson State, Talladega and Stillman to discuss the MLB at Rickwood Game and careers in baseball. Students will also participate in the HBCU Marketing Bootcamp, an “immersive professional learning experience” with representatives of MLB and New York Life.

• The MLB at Rickwood Field game begins at 6:15 p.m. on Fox, though tickets have long since sold out. MLB has set aside around 26% of the 8,300 tickets for use at no cost by community and youth-based organizations.

For fans without tickets, there are watch parties organized at four Black-owned restaurants in Birmingham. Those venues are:

• Continental Drift (2201 7th Avenue South)

• Denim on 7th (2808 7th Avenue South)

• SLEEK (1005 20th Street South)

• Uptown Jazz Club (2250-B 9th Avenue North)

The watch parties are free to enter, though additional food and drink purchase may be required.