Next Stop, Mississippi

Next Stop MS | Lemuria Celebrates 50 Years, 34th MSU International Fiesta, & Juke Joint Festival 26'

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:00:00 GMT

First up, we’re celebrating all things literature as Lemuria Celebrates 50 Years, Saturday, April 11th with Owner John Evans, then we’re off to Starkville for the 34th International Festival, April 11th at MSU, then fresh off the Sinner’s Movie awards sweeps, it’s a final stop in Clarksdale for this year’s 2026 Juke Joint Festival, happening April 8th through the 12th, with our friend, Roger Stolle! Plus, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Afroman Live at Martin's Downtown

2026 Easter at the AG

2nd Annual Ra'shad The Blues Kid Easter Egg Hunt

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Lemuria 50 Years, 34th Annual International Fiesta, Juke Joint Festival 26

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Next Stop MS | Germaine's Birthday Shenanigans feat. Eddie Cotton, Taste of Mississippi - A Benefit for Stewpot, & Mississippi Antique Showcase

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Today is all about Germaine's Birthday Shenanigans! Up first, we're heading to Jackson for Taste of Mississippi: A Benefit for Stewpot, then we're off to Leland to be appraised at the Mississippi Antique Showcase, and wrapping it all up, the legendary, Eddie Cotton, Jr. joins the show for a musical birthday celebration that your invited to! And of course, we'll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival 26'

Martin's St Paddy's Parade Party & After Show

Hal's St. Paddy's Parade & Festival's Official Afterparty

Martin's Downtown St. Paddy's After Show with DJ Swiftie - Taylor Swift Dance Party

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Germaine's Birthday feat. Eddie Cotton, Taste of MS, MS Antique Showcase

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Next Stop MS | Visionaries 2026, “King Drastic” @ JXN Indie Music Week, & Red Brick Roads Music & Art Fest

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Today is a trifecta of events! First up, we’re checking out Visionaries 2026: Women Who Move Mississippi, featuring actress Tatyana Ali, March 27th, then it’s all about the music at Jackson Indie Music Week, featuring rapper King Drastic & more, March 22nd – 28th, and for our last stop, we’re in Downtown Clinton for this year’s Red Brick Roads Music & Art Festival, March 26th – 28th… All of this before we check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Sonic Exploration

Epic Funk Brass Band Live at Martin's Downtown

Indigenous Natchez Language

Billy Ocean @ MSU Riley Center

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Visionaries 2026: Women Who Move Mississippi, Malik “King Drastic” Nichols, & Red Brick Roads Music & Art Festival

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Next Stop MS | Kamel King's Birthday & Run the Rainbow for Children's of Mississippi

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Today, it's birthday shenanigans for Kamel King, we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, and we're hitting the track at Run the Rainbow for Children's of Mississippi! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Jamal Roberts' Soul Sound Choir Live @ The MAX

America250 Lunch Lecture Series: Gardner, Felder Rushing

The Blues is Alright Tour 26'

Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band with The Hooten Hallers at Martin's Downtown

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Kamel King's Birthday & Run the Rainbow with Selena Daniel

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Next Stop MS | Java Birthday Shenanigans & The Little Mercies @ Urban Foxes

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Today, it's birthday shenanigans for Java Chatman, then we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at Urban Foxes in Jackson to sit down with multi-instrumentalist songwriters, Bronwyn Chelette, Shanice Richards, and Rosalee Walsh of The Little Mercies! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Sapphire Anniversary Exhibit: Celebrating 45 Years of The Chimneyville Weavers & Spinners Guild

Ali Siddiq: In The Shadows

We Them One’s Comedy Tour: Memphis

We Them One’s Comedy Tour: Biloxi

Gulf Coast Walk for Diabetes

Grammy Museum Mississippi 10 Year Celebration

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Java's Birthday Shenanigans & The Little Mercies @ Urban Foxes

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Next Stop MS | Heart of the Matter & Greenville Open Black Rodeo

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:00:00 GMT

For our first stop, we're in Jackson for Faith & Fertility: Q&A and Book Signing on February 26th, and Heart of the Matter: A Brunch Panel for Better Living on February 28th, with Aikisha & Willie Colon, then we're off to the Greenville Open Black Rodeo, February 28th with Miss Black Rodeo USA 2025, Mariah Beckom, and organizers Stan Johnson & Andy Wade before checking out what's happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

2nd Annual Black History Expo: Tech Evolution

Celebrating a Century of Black History

Supper’d at Concord Venue

Soulful Sounds: Presented by Acute Inflections

History Is Lunch: Wayne-Sanderson Farms, "Mississippi Made: Wayne-Sanderson Farms"

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Heart of the Matter & Greenville Open Black Rodeo

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Next Stop MS | Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience & U of M Black History Month Concert: Sublime Artistic Creativity Transcends Boundaries

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:00:00 GMT

For our first stop, we’re off to the ultimate mashup of all time, Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience, happening March 27th in Jackson with Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Executive Director, Janet Reihle & blues musician, Keith "The Prince of the Delta Blues" Johnson, then we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Oxford to celebrate African-American history at this year's U of M Black History Month Concert: Sublime Artistic Creativity Transcends Boundaries, happening February 24th, with Professor of Music, Dr. George Dor, and Program Coordinator, Andrea Drummond. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Black Art Now: Through the Lens

Black History Month Exhibit

Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2026

FREE Fruit Tree Seminar feat. Gardener Felder Rushing

Legacy on the Block: Jackson’s Day of Cultural Legacy

By Any Means Necessary (A Mini Comedy Special ft. Rita Brent)

Songs & Stories: Celebrating the Oral Traditions of Early Gospel Music

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi- Symphonic Blues Experience & Sublime Artistic Creativity Transcends Boundaries

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Next Stop MS | Pull Up & Paint with The Hilarious Homies (Art By Monet) and Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Festival

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Today is a mashup of holidays! For our first stop, we’re Pulling Up and Painting with the Hilarious Homies and Art by Monet, celebrating Valentine’s Day at The Patton House & Gallery in Jackson Friday the 13th, before we let the good times roll in Louisiana at the 13th Annual Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Festival, Saturday, February 14th! And of course, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

61st Annual Dixie National Rodeo

Mardi Gras Valentines Weekend with the Dean King Band

Meet Cute: Valentine's Day Speed Dating at Novel

14th Annual Carnaval de Mardi Gras and Gumbo Cook-Off

Southern Soul Valentine

MKOTSH Lundi Gras Golf Cart Parade

History Is Lunch: Kamel King in conversation with Dexter Allen, "Jacktown: The Sound of Soul, Grit, and Legacy"

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi-Pull Up & Paint (Art By Monet & The Hilarious Homies)& Baton Rouge Mardi Gras

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Next Stop MS | New Stage Theatre "Primary Trust," Organic Fitness Nutrition, & Rest Recovery Wellness JXN

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:00:00 GMT

First up, we’re heading to New Stage Theatre to check out their upcoming play “Primary Trust,” written by Eboni Booth, before a sit-down with fitness influencer, Briana Benn, aka Organic Fitness Nutrition, about her journey and The Organic Space JXN and Chris Valentine with Rest Recovery Wellness JXN before, our cold dip and sauna, on-site! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - New Stage Theatre, Briana Benn, & Rest Recovery Wellness JXN

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Next Stop MS | A Joyful Noise Experience feat. The Brown Four & Rita B

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:21:02 GMT

For our first stop, we'll learn all about "A Joyful Noise Experience & Birthday Celebration" for Mississippi Mass Choir's own, Lady Cheree, featuring viral gospel sensations, The Brown Four! Then we're off to keep up with all things Rita B, as she's fresh off her moderating gig with former VP, Kamala Harris, and off to write for this year's Grammy Awards! Plus, we'll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

16th Annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival

2nd Annual Krewe of Waggus Mardi Gras Pet Pawrade

Voices for a Just World Lecture Series: An Evening with Professor Angela Y. Davis

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - A Joyful Noise Experience feat. The Brown Four & Rita Brent

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Next Stop MS | MLK Celebration @ the Two MS Museums + Cut & Dry Gym

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Today we're full steam ahead with fitness! For our first stop, we're off to Cut & Dry Gym in Brandon, to chat with gym owners Jon Marc Franklin & Casey Amaro about new year gym resolutions and Germaine gets in a quick lesson before a final stop in Jackson at the Two Mississippi Museums, with Director Michael Morris, for their MLK Celebration Weekend, MLK Night of Culture, and the National Day of Racial Healing. Plus, we'll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

MLK: In His Own Words

Donnell Rawlings at IP Casino Resort And Spa

Student Affairs: UMMC Associated Student Body's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service

"I Have A Dream" Martin Luther King, Jr. Day @ Lynn Meadows Discovery Center

Monday Blues with Cary Hudson

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - MLK Celebration @ the Two MS Museums + Cut & Dry Gym

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Next Stop MS | St. Dominic Fitness Center

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Today is our first show of 2026! And with it being the first of the year, we’re kicking off January with a full month fitness series, and in with us is St. Dominic Fitness Center’s Coordinator, Mike Shinn & Trainer, Camryn Donaldson! We’ll chat about all things health and wellness, & check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Board Game Night

The Magic of Motown

Blue Man Group

Southern Momma w/ Red Squirrel & Big Earl

Anthony Q Up Close & Personal

Goals and Glitz: The 2026 Vision Party

A Conversation with Kamala Harris

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - St. Dominic Fitness Center

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Top 10 Livestream 2025 Performances

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:00:00 GMT

In 2025, “Next Stop, Mississippi” hosted some epic performances! MPB Think Radio has pulled honorable mentions and the Top 10 Performances from this year, with hosts Germaine Flood and Entertainment Attorney, Kamel King!

Top 10 Performances:

10. Jimmy Duck Holmes & Bobby Rush

9. Ally Durr

8. Mr. Sipp

7. Kerry Thomas

6. The Mississippi Mass Choir

5. Chandra Wise & Friends

4. Mind the Dresser

3. Epic Funk Brass Band

2. Southern Avenue

1. Cary Hudson & Dan Raza

Check out the episode with visuals on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - Top 10 Livestream Performances of 2025

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS - On The Road | Grammy Museum MS & Hattiesburg Zoo

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:00:00 GMT

Today's show features never-before-seen, on-the-road footage from our time at the Grammy Museum MS & the Hattiesburg Zoo this year with special guest host, Kennedy King. This features the remaining tours of the Grammy Museum, in addition to an interview and ropes course activity at the Hattiesburg Zoo! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - Grammy Museum & Hattiesburg Zoo

Watch Grammy Museum MS Part 1 on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Grammy Museum

Watch Hattiesburg Zoo "Sloth Experience" on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth Experience

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | A Hilarious Homies Holiday, Ghetto Cowboy "The Cypher," & Cheshire Abbey

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:46:35 GMT

Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas! Today, our first stop is at A Hilarious Homies Holiday featuring Rita B, Merc B Williams and Nardo Blackmon, then we're off to check out Elsie's "Ghetto Cowboy - The Cypher Remix," featuring Mississippi's own Vitamin Cea, Femi9, Myss Houdie, & Ches, before a visit to Cheshire Abbey to see all the cute dogs (here in studio!), plus its a Bob Dylan "Rough And Rowdy Ways" World Wide Tour ticket giveaway! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - A Hilarious Homies Holiday, Ghetto Cowboy: The Cypher, & Cheshire Abbey

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Next Stop MS | Snow Much Fun!, Union Market Winter Glow Weekend, The Mississippi Mass Choir Presents: The Sound Of Church Tour

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:59:47 GMT

Today we're gonna have snow much fun at Snow Much Fun!, December 13th at the Museum of Natural Science, then we'll cut a corner over to Union Market's Winter Glow Weekend, December 13th - 14th, and for our final stop we're off to check out The Mississippi Mass Choir as they present "The Sound Of Church Tour." Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - Snow Much Fun! & The Mississippi Mass Choir "The Sound Of Church Tour"

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Next Stop MS | Canton Christmas Festival & Kerry Thomas "Mississippi Snow"

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:39:56 GMT

Today we are kicking off the holiday season with our first stop at the Canton Christmas Festival, happening now through December 23rd, then we check out what's happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop and sit down with musician Kerry Thomas to debut his newest single, "Mississippi Snow." Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Christmas on the Square

Grinchmas at Saengerville

A Holiday Concert

Homestead for the Holidays

Christmas Around the World: Night at the Museum

The Southern Lights @ Trustmark Park

A Christmas Story: The Musical

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - Canton Christmas Festival & Kerry Thomas "Mississippi Snow" Radio Debut

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Trees of Christmas at Merrehope, Christmas by Candlelight Tour, & The Legacy Gala Experience

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:06:19 GMT

Today, we’re kicking off the holiday season with our first stop, on the road in Meridian, to experience the wonder at the Trees of Christmas at Merrehope, kicking off November 23rd and running through December 31st, then we’re keeping the season going at the Two Mississippi Museum’s Christmas by Candlelight Tour, starting December 5th, and all of this before our final stop at the Jackson Medical Mall’s “The Legacy Gayla Experience,” featuring keynote speaker, David Banner, December 5th.

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi- Trees of Christmas at Merrehope, Christmas by Candlelight, & The Legacy Gala

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | National Folk Festival Recap & Delta Fresh Foods: Harvest & Heritage Festival

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:49:38 GMT

First up, we’re recapping all the magic that was the 82nd National Folk Festival, from the music to the food, we’re spinning the block for a look back, and a look forward to next year’s 83rd National Folk Festival, then we’re off to Cleveland, MS, Saturday, November 15th, to celebrate farming, food, and culture at Delta Fresh Food’s 2025 Harvest & Heritage Festival… All of this before we check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Desi Banks: The Elevation Tour

Lil' Duval @ Johnny T's Bistro & Blues

MikeTown Comedy Club Presents: Jalen Hinton

Late Night with Rita Brent (Holiday Special)

The Hunny Hole Flea Market’s 1st Annual Toy Drive & Car Show

Jasper Wildlife Jamboree & Wild Game Cook Off

Ole Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble's (OMADDE) "Rhythms of Hope"

International Men's Day 2025

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop MS | National Folk Festival Recap & Delta Fresh Foods: Harvest & Heritage Festival

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | National Folk Festival - The Campbell Brothers & Chimneyville Arts Festival

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:55:04 GMT

Today, we’re geared up & ready for the 82nd National Folk Festival, happening tonight, November 7th through Sunday, the 9th in Jackson, and in our first segment is American Sacred Steel gospel group, and folk fest performers, The Campbell Brothers, then we're gearing up for the holidays at the 49th Annual Chimneyville Arts Festival, November 13th through the 15th in Ridgeland, before a final stop to check out what’s happening around your Veteran’s Day neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Tiffany Haddish: The Funny and Fearless Tour

Gulf Coast Veterans Association: Veterans Day Parade

Veteran's Parade and BBQ & Brews Festival

Veterans Day Breakfast

A Veterans Day Concert Salute

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | National Folk Festival - The Campbell Brothers & Chimneyville Arts Festival

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Trunk or Treat @ Cypress Point Resort & 82nd National Folk Festival

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:46:24 GMT

First up, we’re celebrating the harvest season on location at Cypress Point Resort in Brandon for their Trunk or Treat 2025! We chat with General Manger, Angela Measells and get wild with the wildlife at their safari park, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final countdown to the 82nd National Folk Festival, November 7th – 9th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Trick or Treat for Little Feet

Spooky Ale Trail in Downtown Meridian

The Floor is Lava Obstacle Course

Dracula Screening on the Welty Lawn

HALNMALOWEEN

62nd Semi-Annual Picayune Fall Street Festival

Voodoo Fest

Krewe of Voodoo presents: Voodoo Manor @ The Den on Main Street

Día de los Muertos: A Creative Celebration to Honor our Ancestors

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour with Lauren Rhoades, Tres en Punto, and Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Trunk or Treat @ Cypress Point Resort & 82nd National Folk Festival

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Wylie & the Wild West, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, & BET's The Family Business

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:06:04 GMT

First up, we’re heading west to chat with Wylie & the Wild West about their performance at the 82nd National Folk Festival, November 7th - 9th in Downtown Jackson, then we off to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Fun Run, October 25th in Pearl, before an epic sit down with Ernie Hudson, Valarie Pettiford, & Michael Jai White about the season 6 premiere of BET's The Family Business. We'll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi Wylie & the Wild West, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, & BET's The Family Business

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in MS & National Folk Festival - Ms Jody

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:08:48 GMT

First up, we’re off to learn all about the state’s 10 Most Endangered Historic Places with Mississippi Heritage Trust, with MS Heritage Trust's Exec. Dir., Lolly Rash, October 23rd at the Heights by Urban Foxes, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the 82nd National Folk Festival, November 7th – 9th in Jackson, to jump right off into the blues with blues GIANT, Ms. Jody, hailing from Bay Springs, MS, by way of Chicago, IL! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in MS & National Folk Festival - Ms Jody

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | 34th CelticFest MS & Edwin Perez - 82nd National Folk Festival

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:09:15 GMT

Today, we're off to the 34th Annual CelticFest MS, happening October 11th-12th at Bobby Cleveland Park at Lakeshore on the Reservoir in Brandon with event rep. Margaret Cupples, Mind the Dresser band, and professional falconers, then, we check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Jackson, November 7th-9th, for the 82nd National Folk Festival with featured Salsa Dura artist, Edwin Perez! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | 34th Annual CelticFest Mississippi & National Folk Festival - Edwin Perez

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Houlka Cornbread Festival & Mantee Black-Eyed Pea Festival

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:53:10 GMT

First up, we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, and then we’re off to Houlka for their 2025 Cornbread Festival with Mayor David Huffman, before a final stop in Mantee for their 2025 Black-Eyed Pea Festival with Mayor Doug Wilson, with both events taking place the same day, Saturday, October 11th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Houlka Cornbread Festival & Mantee Black-Eyed Pea Festival

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | WellsFest, Two MS Museums "Free Days", & ELSIE "Ghetto Cowboy"

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:59:44 GMT

First up, we’re off to Wellsfest 2025, happening October 4th, with Rep. Brenda Ferguson, then we’re checking out what’s happening around the Two MS Museum's neck of the woods during their "Free Days" and America250 celebrations, before a final stop & sit down with singer/songwriter ELSIE, hailing from the Columbia/Hattiesburg area, about her on-the-rise career and new single, "Ghetto Cowboy!" Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | WellsFest 2025, Two MS Museums "Free Days," America 250, & ELSIE

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Cruisin' the Coast 2025 & 5th Annual Mighty Roots Music Festival

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:58:48 GMT

First up, we’re off to the Gulf Coast for this year's Cruisin' the Coast, America’s Largest Block Party, happening October 5th – 12th, with none other than the legendary Cruisin’ Craig himself, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Clarksdale to jam out at the 5th Annual Mighty Roots Music Festival, presented by the Stovall Gin Co., October 3rd – 5th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Fifth Annual It's Pride Y'all Festival

10th Annual Mississippi Science Fest

Cruzin' Clinton Car Show

Eupora Smoke & Sizzle Hometown Fest

Open Hart Sessions: Danica Hart (Poplarville)

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Cruisin' the Coast 2025 & 5th Annual Mighty Roots Music Festival

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Author Carrie Helms, Everlasting: The Life & Legacy of Medgar Evers, & Songs & Stories: Celebrating the Oral Traditions of Gospel Music

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:43:04 GMT

Today we’re jam packed with outstanding events, just like our first stop, at the 2025 Mississippi Book Festival, tomorrow September 13th! In with us to tell us all about her book, Unpalatable: Stories of Pain and Pleasure in Southern Cookbooks is author Carrie Helms Tippen, then we’re gearing up for the September 18th premiere of MPB’s Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers, with film contributors Taiwo Gaynor & Pamela Junior, then it’s a final stop at the Two MS Museums September 19th for Songs and Stories: Celebrating the Oral Traditions of Gospel Music with Minster of Music, Chandra Wise! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Carrie Helms, Everlasting The Life & Legacy of Medgar Evers, & Songs & Stories

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | National Folk Fest "Volunteers" & MS Book Fest "Hometown Mississippi" by Melody Golding

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:38:42 GMT

For our first stop, we’re rolling out with Festival Manager, Thabi Moyo and Marketing & Community Outreach Coordinator, Shaquita Chapman, as it’s ALL CALL for volunteers at the 82nd National Folk Festival, happening November 7th – 9th in Jackson, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop/sit down with photographer and author of “Hometown Mississippi,” Melody Golding, as we gear up for the Mississippi Book Festival, happening September 13th at the State Capitol! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Mississippi Book Festival's Southern Screening of The Wild Robot

Friday on Farish! - September 5th

BriarWoodstock

Luke Bryan: Country Song Came On Tour

The Spinners

2025 Mississippi Book Festival Pre-Fest Party

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | National Folk Festival & Melody Golding @ The Book Festival

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Pascagoula and D'Iberville Remember Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:06:49 GMT

Today on the show, we’re commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, as we honor the lives lost, celebrate our resilience, and reflect on our progress. For our first stop, we’re heading to The City of Pascagoula to chat with Mayor Jay Willis about the city’s Commemoration Ceremony, today at Point Park, then we’ll slide over to The City of D’Iberville to talk with Mayor Rusty Quave about their Remembrance Ceremony & Exhibit, today, at the D’Iberville Community Center, plus we’ll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

20th Anniversary Commemoration of Hurricane Katrina on MPB

Katrina Reflections: Celebrating 20 Years of Rebirth

Emmett Till 70th Anniversary Commemoration Weekend

37th Annual Iuka Heritage Day

7th Annual Red's Old Timers Blues Festival

Epic Funk Brass Band Live @ Martin's Downtown

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Pascagoula and D'Iberville Remember Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | THE BOSS T.E.A. PARTY & Music Alive Ensemble feat. Stephanie & Rachel Jordan

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:53:39 GMT

Today on the show we’re asking what’s the tea for our first stop, at The BOSS T.E.A. Party at Sippsi Good Tea in Jackson, August 23rd, with event organizer & owner of BOSS Educator, Dr. LaQuanta Nelson and host Rita Brent, then we’ll spill all the tea about what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at the Mary C. O’Keefe Theater in Ocean Springs, Aug 23rd for the Music Alive Ensemble featuring sisters, vocalist Stephanie Jordan and violinist, Rachel Jordan! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Teyana Taylor "Escape Room" Listening Event @ OffBeat

Starlito x Don Trip: Step Brothers 4 Life Tour

Union Market @ Union Station

Full Steam A-Pizza Fun Day @ TrainTastic

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | THE BOSS T.E.A. PARTY & Music Alive Ensemble

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | LIVE @ Trustmark Park for "Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night"

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:20:26 GMT

Today, we are on the road live at Trustmark Park for "Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night," happening August 16th, benefitting the 82nd National Folk Festival! We're gearing up for all of the action with General Manager, Andrew Seymour, Folk Festival Manger, Thabi Moyo, and Assistant General Manager, David Kerr! Plus, we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Eddie Cotton Jr. @ Ground Zero Blues Club Biloxi

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel:

Next Stop, Mississippi | LIVE @ Trustmark Park for "Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night"

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Fest & Jim Belushi of The Blues Brothers

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:02:02 GMT

Today on the show it’s all about the blues again as we gear up for our first stop at this year’s 37th Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, happening August 8th-11th in Clarksdale, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final chat with a movie & TV legend known for his roles in According to Jim and Saturday Night Live, and co-founder of the House of Blues music chain with Dan Akroyd – Jim Belushi joins the show to give us the 411 on Blues Night 2025, tonight at Martin's Downtown in Jackson, and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Shower Singers Anonymous Meeting

Music Bingo @ B&B

Cash Money Millionaires: 30th Anniversary Live in Concert

Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Sunflower Sunflower River Blues & Jim Belushi of The Blues Brothers

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Wayfarer Blues Tour, Back to School, & Jus' Blues Music Foundation Awards

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:52:52 GMT

Today, were all about the blues and back to school! We're heading to the Wayfarer Blues Tour featuring Cary Hudson and Dan Raza, happening all month long around the region, then we'll check out what’s happening around your Back to School neck of the woods before a final stop at the 25th Annual Jus' Blues Music Foundation Awards & Conference, in Biloxi, August 1-2nd! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Back-to-School Splash Bash at Cowpen Creek

Back 2 School Drive 2025

Magnolia Grace Marketplace: Back to School Bash!

Back to School Giveaway

2025 Back to School Fair presented by Orange Grove Community Center

Back to School Bash presented by Ambetter by Magnolia Health

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Wayfarer Blues Tour, Back to School, & Jus' Blues Music Foundation Awards

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | LIVE @ The Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2025

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:35:40 GMT

Today, we are on the road live at the Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo! We're in the middle of all of the action with Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, Andy Gipson, Southern Native Custom Calls, Jackson Music Awards, DAM Coolers, MDWFP Mississippi Outdoors and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel:

Next Stop, Mississippi | *Live* at The Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2025

Next Stop, Mississippi | *Live* at The Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2025 Continued...

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth Experience & Dexter Allen @ Ground Zero Blues Club

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:41:54 GMT

Today, of course, we'll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before an awesome HANG OUT, literally with Chewbacca, aka Chewy the sloth, at the Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth Experience with trainer Stephanie Buckley, before a final sit down with Grammy Award Winner, and the bridge between blues, soul and R&B, Dexter Allen to talk blues and his upcoming show at Ground Zero Biloxi and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Christmas in July Demo Day @ MS Craftsmen's Guild

Union Market @ Union Station

Nardo Blackmon: I Ain’t Even Posed To Be Here

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth Experience & Dexter Allen @ Ground Zero Blues Club

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Art of Soul Live Art & Music, Late Night w/ Rita Brent, & Frida Fest 25'

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:59:50 GMT

Today on the show, we’re heading over to Pacesetter Gallery’s Art of Soul Live Art and Music Event, in Flowood with gallery owner, Keri Davis, featuring artist, Tony Davenport and musician, Eddie Williams, happening July 12th, then we’re turning up at the Season 1 Finale of Late Night with Rita Brent, happening July 11th & 12th in Jackson, before a final stop in Bay St. Louis to celebrate at the 10th Annual Frida Fest, happening Sat. Jul 12th at Mockingbird Café, owned by, Alicein Schwabacher, in honor of world renowned Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Art of Soul Live Art and Music, Late Night with Rita Brent, & Frida Fest

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Biloxi Shuckers Independence Day Extravaganza & Dear Silas: “Cadillac Leather in July” Tour

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:14:18 GMT

Today, we're celebrating Independence Day for our first stop at the Biloxi Shuckers Fireworks Friday: Independence Day Extravaganza, happening July 4th, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop and sit down with my favorite artist currently, Dear Silas to chat about his upcoming "Cadillac Leather in July" Tour and scheduled stop at Duling Hall in Jackson on August 2nd. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Biloxi Shuckers Fireworks Friday & Dear Silas

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | JACKTOWN USA Book Release Party & JUNETEENTH on Farish Celebration

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:43:41 GMT

Today on the show, we’re celebrating Kamel King’s JACKTOWN USA Book Release & Signing Party! It’s all going down at Lemuria Books in Jackson, June 26th! And in with us to kick it all off are the players, co-author Joe Lee, and music legends, Eddie Cotton, Jr., Stevie J Blues, Zac Harmon, Chad Wesley, Rashad The Blues Kid and J’Wonn! We’ll also celebrate Juneteenth again at the 9th Annual Juneteenth on Farish Celebration, Saturday, June 21st, in the historic Farish Street District! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | JACKTOWN USA & JUNETEENTH on Farish Celebration

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Bentonia Blues Festival & North MS Hill Country Picnic

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:27:49 GMT

Today on the show, we’re transforming the studio into a bonafide Juke Joint, with two star-studded stops today! First up is this year’s North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, June 27th & 28th, at the Betty Davis Ponderosa in Waterford with Frank Kossen, then we’ll chat with Next Stop Mississippi’s biggest fan, and checkout what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at Blue Front Café, for the 2025 Bentonia Blues Festival, June 29th through the 21st and in studio with us is none other than blues legends, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Bobby Rush & Mizz Lowe! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Meredith Michele @ Godfrey's

Juneteenth at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument

Juneteenth Art Soiree

Canton Juneteenth Celebration

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic & Bentonia Blues Festival

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Juneteenth Jubilee & CATHEAD JAM 25'

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:50:19 GMT

Today it’s a jubilee & jam on Next Stop! For our first stop, we’re celebrating freedom with the Two MS Museums, June 19th at Juneteenth Jubilee in Jackson and additional celebrations that weekend with Museum Director, Michael Morris, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at Cathead Distillery this weekend to jam out, as Cathead Jam returns to Jackson, June 6th – 7th with Ardenland Rep., Elizabeth Dampier! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Juneteenth Jubilee & CATHEAD JAM

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Red, White & Blueberry Festival, 601 JXN Day, Mississippi Pickle Fest

Fri, 30 May 2025 21:48:11 GMT

Today we’re taking a food vacation, a.k.a. a 3-stop culinary tour! First up is the 20th Annual Red, White & Blueberry Festival, June 7th, in Ocean Springs with Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce Executive Director of Tourism, Marketing, & Events, Cynthia Sutton… Then we’re celebrating 601 JXN Day around the capital city, May 31st & June 1st with Visit Jxn Destination Development Manager, Kim Lewis, Co-Founder of Magnolia Sunset Markets, Thabi Moyo, and owner of Jerk City Grille, Wendell Brewster…. Finally, it’s a stop at the 2025 Mississippi Pickle Fest, June 7th through the 8th at the MS Ag Museum. I’ve also got your chance to win a family pack of 4 tickets to see Wang Chung, Rick Springfield & more at the “I Want My 80’s Tour” in Gauiter, Sunday, June 1st! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Red, White & Blueberry Festival, 601 Day at Union Market, and Pickle Fest

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Jazz in the Pass 25', Wang Chung & Mr. Sipp

Fri, 23 May 2025 17:57:32 GMT

If you’ve heard the show before, you know the Next Stop gang is all about music! And today’s show will definitely deliver with three stops! First up is Jazz in the Pass 25', happening May 25th in Pass Christian, then it’s a blast from the past as Germaine Flood sits down 1-on-1 with the legendary Jack Hues of Wang Chung, to talk about their upcoming shows during the "I Want My 80s Tour" with headliner, Rick Springfield, May 31st in Brandon, and June 1st in Gautier, then it’s a final sit down with none other than Mr. Sipp for his upcoming Mr. Sipp @ Duling Hall show at in Jackson May 31st. Plus, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

SOLD OUT - Late Night with Rita Brent

Memorial Day Weekend Seafood Boil

Serengeti Springs at the Hattiesburg Zoo Announces Official Opening Date for Season Two!

ChiknNBeer 2025

Bobby Rush LIVE!

Blues Brunch - Bobby Rush: King of the Chitlin Circuit

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Jazz in the Pass, Wang Chung, and Mr. Sipp

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Songwriters Festival, Pirate Day in the Bay, & World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest & Festival

Fri, 16 May 2025 19:17:35 GMT

Today it's all about music, pirates (arr, Matey!), and more music! First up, we're dropping verses at the 2025 Mississippi Songwriters Festival, May 16th & 17th, at Grammy Museum MS in Cleveland, then we're celebrating Pirate Day in the Bay's 10th Anniversary, My 16th & 17th in Bay St. Louis, and finally we'll tickle the keys at the 2025 World Championship Old-Time Playing Contest & Festival at Ole Miss in Oxford. Plus, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Pepsi Pops

Brunch with Bertie @ the Hattiesburg Zoo

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Songwriters Festival, Pirate Day in the Bay, & Old-Time Piano Contest

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Snappy Sync Fireflies 25' & Women in Blues 2025

Fri, 09 May 2025 17:52:39 GMT

Today, the trip is packed with 2 stops! First up is a stop in Ridgeland to see the Snappy Sync Fireflies 25', happening May 15th-18th at The Waller Craft Center, before a final stop in the world-famous city of Clarksdale for this year’s Women In Blues Fest 2025, happening May 16 & 17 at Shared Experiences HQ! And of course, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Five Star City Fest 2025

Felder Rushing @ The Hitching Lot Farmers' Market Grand Opening

Mississippi Mud Monsters

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Snappy Sync Fireflies 25', and Women in Blues 2025

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Mississippi Makers Fest 25' & National Folk Festival Special Artist Announcements

Fri, 02 May 2025 16:45:59 GMT

Today we're getting folksy folks! For our first stop, we're heading to the Two Mississippi Museums, May 10th, in Jackson for this year's Mississippi Makers Fest, with Museum Store Manger, Kim Cooper, Artisan, Harold Miller, and country/rock singer and American Idol finalist, Colin Stough, we check out what's happening around your neck of the woods before a third stop for the National Folk Festival special artist announcements from Local Festival Manager, Thabi Moyo and National Council for the Traditional Arts Exec. Dir., Blaine Wade! Stay tuned, buckle up, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Mississippi Antique Showcase - Oxford

The Force Awakens in Downtown Hattiesburg: Join the Lightsaber Meetup at the Hattiesburg Pocket Museum

Star Wars Night at Fondren Yard

Cinco de Mayo Weekend @ Sombra (Four-Day Fiesta)

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | MS Makers Fest & National Folk Festival Special Announcement

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop, MS | Miss Mississippi Volunteer, Starkville Derby, & USA IBC Kentucky Derby Day Party

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:36:00 GMT

Today, we're celebrating volunteers and we're off to the races! For our first stop, we're sitting down with Miss Mississippi Volunteer organization's 2025 title holder, Lauryl Joyner, then we're off to the races at the 3rd Annual Starkville Derby, with Director Alden Thornhill, and we'll finish it off at the Friends of the USA IBC Kentucky Derby Day Party with Executive Director, Mona Nichols. We’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Mississippi Antique Showcase - Oxford

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Miss Mississippi Volunteer, Starkville Derby, & Kentucky Derby Party

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | The Magic Flute, BB King of the Mississippi Blues, & Southern Avenue

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:01:30 GMT

Today, we're celebrating nothing but music with three stops! First up is Opera Mississippi as they present: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s "THE MAGIC FLUTE," happening April 26th in Clinton, then it’s stop in Natchez with blues Musician, Vasti Jackson at the Natchez Festival of Music’s: BB, King of the Mississippi Blues concert, April 26th, before a final stop at Martin’s Downtown in Jackson to catch Tennessee’s own Southern Avenue tear up the stage! We’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | THE MAGIC FLUTE, Natchez Festival of Music, & Southern Avenue

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | LIVE @ the 22nd Annual Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 21:24:11 GMT

Today we’re live from the 22nd Annual Juke Joint Festival in Clarkdale! Clarksdale, Mississippi's Juke Joint Festival is half blues fest, half small-town fair & all about the Delta with a dozen day stages, 20+ night venues, 100+ blues acts, racing pigs, & more! We're kicking back with Visit Clarksdale's, Bubba O'Keefe, Team Ghost Riders' (aka monkeys riding dogs herding sheep) animal whisperer, Tim "Wild Thang" Lepard, blues native, Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, and we’ll also check out what’s happening around Grammy Museum Cleveland's neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | LIVE from the 22nd Annual Juke Joint Festival

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Stranger Than Fiction Film Fest, MS Antique Showcase Oxford, World Catfish Fest, & Folk Art Twice, It's Alright!

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 19:35:50 GMT

Today we’re hitting the ground running with four stops! First up is the Mississippi Film Society's Stranger Than Fiction Film Festival, April 10th through the 13th at the Capri Theatre & Fondren Yard in Jackson with Exec. Dir., Ryan Parker, next it’s a stop in Oxford for the Mississippi Antique Showcase, May 2nd and 3rd at the Inn at Ole Miss with Exec. Dir. Angela Ferraez and Rep. Lisa Lancaster, then we’re off to Belzoni for the 48th Annual World Catfish Festival, April 5th with President, Emily Tillman, before a final stop in Water Valley for Bozart’s Gallery’s Folk Art Twice, It's Alright event, happening April 5th - May 31st with Gallery Owner, Dr. Annette Trefzer, Photographer & Artist, Suzi Altman, and Artist, Church Goin' Mule (aka Marshall Blevins)! We’ll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Paving The Path, Touch-a-Truck & Fun Run & Walk

Holi Mela 2025: The Festival of Colors

22nd Annual Juke Joint Festival

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Stranger Than Fiction Film Fest, MS Antique Showcase - Oxford, World Catfish Festival, & Folk Art Twice, It's Alright

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Visionaries: Honoring MS Changemakers & The 33rd MSU International Fiesta

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:39:04 GMT

Today we have a special announcement coming from Holi Mela – Festival of Colors 2025, then it’s a stop in Jackson to honor Mississippi Changemakers at Visionaries, presented by Women’s Foundation of MS, happening tonight, we’ll also celebrate my birthday & MPB Think Radio MAB Award wins, plus, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Starkville, April 5th, for the 33rd MSU International Fiesta! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF MUSLIM CULTURES "ISLAMIC HERITAGE MONTH ART CONTEST" & FESTIVAL

Red Brick Roads Plein Air Paint Out

The 2025 Miss Mississippi USA Pageant

Fred Armisen: Comedy for Musicians but Everyone is Welcome

The 2025 Jackson Indie Music Week Icon Awards & R&B Showcase

22nd Annual Juke Joint Festival

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Visionaries: Honoring Mississippi Changemakers & MSU International Fiesta

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Hal's St. Paddy's Parade & Festival and Juke Joint Festival

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:14:30 GMT

Today is Next Stop Festival Day! Hey, hey, the Blues is all GREEN... at this year’s Hal's St. Paddy's Day Parade & Festival, happening March 22nd, and in with us to jump-start the celebration is Parade Grand Marshal, and legendary blues musician, Jesse Robison! Then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final “On The Road” announcement stop in Clarksdale, April 10th – 13th, for the Delta’s biggest party, the 22nd Annual Juke Joint Festival! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Hal's St. Paddy's Parade & Festival Official After Party - Jackson's Biggest (Outdoor) Dance Party

The 440 St. Paddy's Day Celebration

St. Patrick's Southern Soul Celebration

St. Paddy's Parade Party & After Show

Buggin' The Beach: 30th Annual Charity VW Car Show

D'Iberville BBQ Festival

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Hal's St. Paddy's Parade & Festival and Juke Joint Festival

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | 82nd National Folk Festival Special Announcement & 3rd Annual Irish Malarkey presented by Hibernia Irish Society

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:28:33 GMT

For our first stop, we’ve got a special announcement, news and more coming from the 82nd National Folk Festival, happening November 7th-9th in Jackson, with NFF Local Festival Manager, Thabi Moyo, then it’s a stop in Biloxi to celebrate the 3rd Annual Irish Malarkey, presented by the Hibernia Irish Society, happening Saturday March 15th, plus we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

St. Patrick's Boots on the Ground Party

9th Annual Original Krewe of Barkloxi PAWrade

First Ever 22nd Annual World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | National Folk Festival & Irish Malarkey

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers by Melody Golding, MS Anime Fest, & Kamel & Java Birthday Shenanigans

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 21:51:39 GMT

Today, we’re remembering, delighting and celebrating! For our first stop, we’re checking out "Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers, Photographs by Melody Golding" exhibit, opening at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson March 8th, with Melody Golding and MDAH Director Michael Morris, then we’ll delight in all the fun at this year’s MS Anime Fest, March 8th – 9th at the MS Trade Mart with cosplay artist, Taycosplayy & festival rep. Clark Lee, then it’s birthday celebration shenanigans for Kamel & Java!

Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers & MS Anime Fest 2025 & Kamel & Java Birthday Shenanigans

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Mardi Gras Edition: Coastal MS Mardi Gras Museum, The Gumbo Gala, & Epic Funk Brass Band

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

Today, we’re celebrating the Mardi Gras season, right before Fat Tuesday, around the state! In the building once again is none other than Epic Funk Brass Band on House Band Duty for the entire show and for our first stop, we’ll learn all about our state’s Mardi Gras History at Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum with Executive Director Abreeza Thomas… then we’re off to Meridian for The Gumbo Gala: A Sassy Swamp Soirée at MSU’s Riley Center with the MS Symphony Association, happening March 1st! We’ll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Laissez les bons temps rouler, buckle up, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Epic Funk Brass Band, Coastal MS Mardi Gras Museum, & The Gumbo Gala

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | U of M Black History Month Concert "If Love Fails, Try Nothing Else," MS Community College Choir Festival, & Women for Progress of MS, Inc. "Women in Media Celebration,"

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:53:22 GMT

Today, we’re celebrating Black History Month once again! For our first stop, we’re off to Oxford to check out University of Mississippi Music's presentation of the 2025 Black History Month Concert "If Love Fails, Try Nothing Else," happening February 25th at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, then we’re heading to the Gulf Coast for the Statewide Community College Choral Festival, happening at MGCCC 2/27-2/28, then it’s a final stop in Jackson to show our appreciation at the Women for Progress of MS, Inc. "Women in Media Celebration," happening February 27th at the Railroad District, Jackson. We'll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Wrap N Sip: A Night of Southern Culture & Style

Tommy Davidson @ Johnny T's Bistro & Blues

The University of Mississippi Wind Ensemble Concert

For The Culture & Friends Present: Black History Month Parade

Black History Month Family Day

Spring Music Major Advantage Audition and Visit Day

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | U of M: "If Love Fails, Try Nothing Else" & Women in Media Celebration

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | The Valentine's Day Edition

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:27:32 GMT

Today, we’re pulling Cupid’s arrow for him in this Valentine’s Day themed episode! For our first stop on our love train, we’re headed to Biloxi for Date Night Wheel and more events at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art happening the entire year, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around the lovers neck of the woods, before a final stop at Urban Foxes in Jackson to check out the After Hours Concert: Ally Durr Birthday Edition, happening February 21st!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Red Radio After Dark, Valentine's Special

Build Day @ TrainTastic Presented by: Brick Builders of the Mississippi Coast

Valentine's Love Yourself, Self Care Day

Wild About My Gals: Galentine's Brunch @ the Hattiesburg Zoo

Southern Soul Mardi Gras Party feat. Epic Funk Brass Band

Queen E presents: Lyrics of Love

Galentine's Pajama Party

Love Letter: Celebrating Black Southern Material Culture

Influencing the Future of Donation: A Black History Month Celebration

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | The Valentine's Day Edition

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | MORA: Influencing the Future of Donation & Sixth Street Museum: African Americans & Labor Black History Month Celebrations

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:47:25 GMT

Today, we’re going red, influencing donation and celebrating the first Friday of Black History Month! For our first stop, we’re stopping by the MS Organ Recovery Agency’s Influencing the Future of Donation: A Black History Month Celebration, February 20th in Jackson, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at Hattiesburg’s Sixth Street Museum District’s African Americans & Labor Black History Month Celebration, happening this month!

Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

National Wear Red Day®

New Stage Theatre: "The Mountaintop"

African American Read-In @ The Black Prairie Blues Museum

2025 Black History Gala

Grown Folks Super Bowl Party: Score & Pour

LEGO Club @ Goodman Public Library

MMA Film Screening: This World Is Not My Own

An Evening with David Porter

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | A Black History Month Celebration

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | MSO Magic Strings feat. Harpist Emmanuel Ceysson & Vitamin String Quartet: The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton & Beyond

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:13:41 GMT

Today, it's all about strings! We're hanging out with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra to celebrate their 80th birthday and to learn more about them and their slate of events, then we're off to check out what's happening around the world-famous Vitamin String Quartet's neck of the woods, during their "The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton & Beyond" concert, February 1st at Hattiesburg's Historic Saenger Theater, then it's an exclusive final sit-down with world-renowned harpist, Emmanuel Ceysson! He joins the show to chat all things harp & to let us in on what we can expect February 1st during his Bravo 3: Magnificent Strings Concerto at Madison Central High School! Plus I've got two chances to win tickets to the event! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Emmanuel Ceysson's Magnificent Strings & Mississippi Symphony Orchestra & Vitamin String Quartet

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Late Night w/ Rita Brent, Royal Y'all Comedy Improv, Twurt Chamberlain "Country, Punk, Black" Documentary

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:11:22 GMT

Today, it’s going to be a Late Night tonight, with Rita Brent at Duling Hall in Jackson, then we’re off to act like royalty at The Royal Y’all Improv Comedy Show at Pacesetter Gallery in Flowood this Saturday, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at Cathead Distillery in Jackson tomorrow as Twurt Chamberlain presents his documentary, "Country, Punk, Black!" Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

15TH ANNUAL CLARKSDALE FILM FESTIVAL & MUSIC FESTIVAL

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Late Night with Rita Brent, The Royal Y'all, & Twurt Chamberlain

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Two MS Museums: MLK Celebration Free Weekend & LMDC's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:24:17 GMT

Today, we're celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! For our first stop, we're heading around the corner to the Two Mississippi Museums for their upcoming "MLK Celebration Free Weekend," happening 1/18 - 1/21/25, to include the "MLK Night of Culture," and related events with Museums Director, Michael Morris. Then we'll check out what's happening around your MLK neck of the woods before a final stop at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center's "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event," happening 1/20/25. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

MLK Unity 5K Walk/Run

The Power of Peace: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Natchez NAACP: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade

National Day of Racial Healing

History is Lunch: MLK in Mississippi

Sunday Screening: Always a Winner

MPB Presents - BLACKLIFE: Coretta Scott King Interview

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrations

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Ali Siddiq "In the Shadows Tour"

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Today is an exclusive one-hour sit-down with viral stand-up comedian, radio personality, and winner of Comedy Central's 2013 "Up Next" competition… Ali Siddiq! He joins the show to discuss his career, his upcoming "In the Shadows Tour," January 18th at the Historic Saenger Theater in Hattiesburg and of course to crack a joke or two or three! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Check out the extended episode with visuals on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - Ali Siddiq

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Top 10 Livestream 2024 Performances

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:00:54 GMT

In 2024, “Next Stop, Mississippi” episodes went live on YouTube! MPB Think Radio has pulled the Top 10, our favorites, with hosts Germaine Flood and Entertainment Attorney, Kamel King, as well as the guests, performances, and celebrities from Mississippi that topped the list!

Top 10 Performances:

10. Micheal J. Hall feat. Lenita Harris "What Say You" Music Video

9. Jason Ervin, Poet

8. Brian Ballou, Musician

7. Ralph Miller, Musicologist

6. Million Dollar Quartet Christmas

5. Twurt Chamberlain, Musician

4. Eddie Cotton, Jr., Musician

3. Heartspace Holistic Self-Care Sound Bath with Jason Lee, LPN

2. The Mississippi Mass Choir

1. Epic Funk Brass Band

Check out the episode with visuals on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - Top 10 Livestream Performances of 2024

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | On The Road @ the Mississippi Aquarium 24'

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:00:48 GMT

In this episode, we tour the Mississippi Aquarium with Public Relations and Communications Director, Nicole Martz, during our live broadcast at Cruisin' the Coast 2024! We enjoyed our encounter with Axel the Dolphin, we got up close and personal with various aquatic wildlife, and we explored the 5.8 acres and 80,000 square feet the Aquarium has to offer! We'll also check out what's happening around the Aquarium's neck of the woods. Stay tuned, buckle-up, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Check out the extended episode with visuals on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - On The Road at The Mississippi Aquarium

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Curate: An Intimate Night with Mariama & Think Radio Holiday Traditions

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:05:38 GMT

In this last live episode of 2024, we’ll enjoy a night of beautiful spoken word at The Artistry in Jackson for Curate: An Intimate Night with Mariama, December 20th, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop to learn about MPB Think Radio employee holiday traditions with special guests Rita B, Taiwo Gaynor, Kevin Farrell, & Liz Gill! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

USA Today - 10 best historic home tours that are decked out for the holidays - Merrehope Trees of Christmas, Meridian (#4)

Forbes - Experience A Hallmark Holiday Throughout Small Town U.S.A. - Hattiesburg, MS & Oxford, MS

Hartfelt Family Christmas Tour - Carriere

Hartfelt Family Christmas Tour - Gautier

Robby Peoples: Martin's Downtown's Annual Christmas Show

Tupelo’s 2025 New Year’s Eve Party

Martin's Downtown's NYE Blowout with Flintwick, DJ Scrap Dirty & ANGELO

Biloxi 12th Night Celebration

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Curate: An Intimate Night with Mariama & Think Radio Holiday Traditions

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Million Dollar Quartet Christmas & 33rd Annual Fun With Santa

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:09:34 GMT

If you love Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley & Carl Perkins, then our first stop in Jackson to check out New Stage Theatre's presentation of "Million Dollar Quartet Christmas,” happening now through December 22nd, is going to be right up your alley! Then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, including a pit-stop at Unite Mississippi’s Monthly Inspiring and Equipping Lunch, December 19th, before a final stop in at the Walter Payton Center in Jackson, December 14th to have Fun with Santa, Presented by Jack & Jill of America’s Jackson Chapter! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Seventh Annual “Lights of the Wild”

Carl Jackson's 2024 "Home for Christmas"

Mississippi Boychoir: Annual Christmas Concert - Hattiesburg

Unite Mississippi Monthly Inspiring and Equipping Lunch - December 2024

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Million Dollar Quartet Christmas and Fun with Santa by Jack and Jill - Jackson

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Next Stop MS Promo | Dear Santa... More MPB Think Radio

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:49:28 GMT

Happy Holidays From MPB Think Radio! This promo features Kamel King with Next Stop, Mississippi and his daughter, Kennedy King.

For more MPB Think Radio visit: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/

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For more Creature Comforts visit: http://creaturecomforts.mpbonline.org/

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Next Stop MS | Chapel Hart: Hartfelt Family Christmas Tour, The Legacy Gala, & Santa!

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:04:53 GMT

From MPB Think Radio, this is Next Stop, Mississippi. I’m Kennedy King along with my traveling partners, Germaine Flood, Java Chatman and my dad, Kamel King, with Visit Mississippi! We’re your number one on-air source covering the people, places and events that make our state great!

And I’m Germaine Flood... In this episode, & whom you just heard from, we welcome Kennedy King, the daughter of Kamel King, as our special guest host, and for the entire show, we’ll be joined by none other than Santa Claus! For our first stop, we’re keeping the holiday family theme alive as we welcome back Mississippi’s own, Chapel Hart, to talk about their Hartfelt Family Christmas Tour 2024 with stops in Meridian, Carriere & Gautier, then we’ll sit-down with Santa to check out what’s naughty & nice around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the Jackson Medical Mall to celebrate the power of community, empowerment, and generational wealth at The Legacy Gala, happening tonight, and in with us to is Organizer, Fallon Brewster, Host, Kayla Thompson & musicians, Four Washington! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi: The Heartfelt Family Holiday Edition!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Christmas in the Pass

Christmas Market @ Brandon on Ice 2024

Christmas on the Square in Raymond

2024 Flora Christmas Parade

Downtown Vicksburg's Christmas Parade of Lights

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Chapel Hart, Legacy Gala, & Santa Claus!

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Next Stop MS | Chimneyville, Snow Much Fun!, Festival of Lights, & Capital City Lights

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:00:45 GMT

Today, we're pushing the pedal to the metal this holiday season! For our first stop, we're kicking off our shopping experience at this year's Chimneyville Arts Festival at the Bill Waller Crafts Center in Ridgeland, December 5th thorough the 7th, then we're off to check out S.T.E.M. with Snowflakes, December 6th and Snow Much Fun!, December 13th through December 14th at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson, before our third stop in Jackson for the 4th Annual Capital City Lights, December 6th, before a final stop in Clinton to enjoy the sounds at this year's Festival of Lights, happening December 5th with Conductor, Dr. Beth Everett! Stay tuned, buckle up, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/IHeWLayeEhk?si=rhNcnW9ZT44FH4vT

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Next Stop MS | A Very Merry Christmas @ MCM & Trees of Christmas at Merrehope

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:40:29 GMT

Today, we’re kicking off the 2024 holiday season right! For our first stop, we’re having A Very Merry Night at the Mississippi Children’s Museum in Jackson, for their aptly titled event tomorrow, November 23rd with Director of Marketing, Morgan Page, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final festive stop at the greatest Christmas tree show on earth, the Trees of Christmas at Merrehope in Meridian, beginning November 24th through December 31st, with President, Kim Waters! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Side-By-Side

Light Garden

Hartfelt Family Christmas Tour - Bartlett, TN 11/22/24

Hartfelt Family Christmas Tour - Bartlett, TN 11/23/24

Let's Talk Turkey

Epic Funk Brass Band @ Social 21 Bistro

Christmas on the Water 24'

Deck the District 24'

Ballet Magnificat Presents: ‘LIGHT HAS COME’

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | A Very Merry Night & Trees of Christmas at Merrehope

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Next Stop MS | Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South & Jasper Wildlife Jamboree and Magnolia State Bank Wild Game Cook Off

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:45:57 GMT

For our first stop, we’re exploring the Mississippi Museum of Art’s “Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South” exhibition, opening November 16th in Jackson with Curator Sharbreon Plummer, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Bay Springs to test our taste bud’s courage at the Jasper Wildlife Jamboree and Magnolia State Bank Wild Game Cook Off, presented by the Bay Springs Chamber of Commerce, happening November 16th with Mayor Donald Brown! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Hattiesburg Zoo’s Lights of the Wild Nominated for USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice 2024 for Best Zoo Lights

Seventh Annual “Lights of the Wild”

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour: Gerry Wilson, Eric Stracener & 5th Child with MS Symphony Ensemble

National Folk Festival Kickoff

Fin & Zen Yoga

Goat Yoga in the Mound!

Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Of Salt and Spirit Exhibition & Jasper Wildlife Jamboree

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Next Stop MS | GCVA's 2nd Annual Veterans Day Parade & Sweet MS Tea Festival

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:04:24 GMT

For our first stop, we’re showing our appreciation at the Gulf Coast Veterans Association’s 2nd Annual Veterans Day Parade, Saturday, November 9th in Pass Christian, and in with us to tell us more is the President of the Gulf Coast Veterans Association, Moises Espinal, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Poplarville, to indulge in the south’s most iconic beverage at this year’s Sweet Mississippi Tea Festival, November 8th & 9th... and in with us to tell us who has the best sweet tea in the south is MS Tea Festival Chairperson and Owner of JD Blueberry and Tea Farm in Poplarville, Don Van de werken, in addition to Official Sweet Tea Judge & former Mayor of Poplarville, Rossie Creel! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Petal Jaycees Veterans Day Chili Cook-Off

Veteran's Day Program 2024

7th Annual Hickory Pick'N Day

Lego Holiday Snow Globe Build

Wayne-Sanderson Farms Wing Wars

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Next Stop MS | National Folk Festival Kickoff feat. Eddie Cotton & Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:08:01 GMT

Wikipedia defines festivals as events celebrated by a community and centering on characteristic aspects of that community, and today, we’re paying homage to the festivals that make us great! Today we’re heading to Downtown Ocean Springs for this year’s Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival, Nov. 2nd & 3rd, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before our final stop in Downtown Jackson to jam out at the National Folk Festival Kickoff Event, Saturday, November 16th with Blaine Wade, NCTA Exec. Dir. & Legendary Blues Musician, Eddie Cotton, Jr.! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Fantasia Barrino

Dia de los Muertos: A Celebration of Life

The Fairhope Film Festival - 12th Year Anniversary

November Pinball Rumble

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

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Next Stop MS | Tricks, Treats & Trains @ Traintastic and BAC's Pints & Pumpkins & Trunk-or-Treat

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:30:04 GMT

With Hallows' Eve creepily approaching, our first stop is all about Tricks, Treats & Trains at the Traintastic Interactive Model Railroad Museum in Gulfport October 26th & 27th with Tabitha Barnes, Dir. of Marketing & Events, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the Briarwood Arts Center in Jackson to enjoy Pints & Pumpkins, A Wine & Painting Experience, October 26th & the BAC Trunk-or-Treat, October 31st with Owner/Operator Stephen Brown a.k.a. 5th Child & Artist Jangela Burden with Experience Architects! It’s going to be a ghoulish time, today on the show! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Scarecrow Cruise & Car Show 2024

Pass Christian Community Trunk or Treat

Tunnel of Terror

Trick or Treat at the Two Mississippi Museums

BankPlus Red Beans & BBQ Fest

Rocky Horror Show

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Next Stop MS | Fertile Ground Oktoberfest & Ali Siddiq "I Got a Story to Tell"

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:02:34 GMT

For our first stop, it’s all about lederhosen at Fertile Ground Beer Company’s 3rd Annual Oktoberfest, October 18th through the 19th in Jackson, then we’ll check out what’s happening, AND what happened around your neck of the woods, before an exclusive sit-down with viral stand-up comedian, radio personality, and winner of Comedy Central's Up Next competition in 2013… Ali Siddiq! He joins the show to talk about his career and upcoming shows in the state, "I Got a Story to Tell," October 19th at the MS Coliseum in Jackson and "In the Shadows Tour," January 18th at the Historic Saenger Theater in Hattiesburg! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

2024 Forum on American Enterprise

The 39th Annual Natchez Balloon Festival

Booneville Fall Festival

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Next Stop MS | Cruisin' the Coast 2024 & Vicari's 27th CTC Auction

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 02:12:31 GMT

Today we’re On the Road live from Vicari’s Annual CTC Auction, one of Cruisin the Coast’s 28th Annual lineup of events! This 3-day auction features hundreds of vehicles, collectables, and automobilia! We’ll loop you into all the action with the "Deal Doctor," Steve Williams before chatting with the MS Coast Coliseum’s Executive Director, Matt McDonnell about this event, and their lineup of future events! Then we’ll check out "What’s Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods," before a final stop at the Mississippi Aquarium’s Dolphin Encounter Experience with Senior Marine Mammal Specialist, Mercedes Mendez! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS! Check out the accompanying MPB YouTube Livestream of this episode! Only on MPB Think Radio!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Zzz's by the Sea

4th Annual Bourbon Festival

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Next Stop MS Promo | Cruisin' the Coast 2024 - America's Largest Block Party

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 23:57:16 GMT

Hey y'all! We've got your key to the driver's seat because we're broadcasting live from Cruisin' the Coast 2024, America's Largest Block Party, this Friday, October 11th at 10 a.m.! Join Germaine Flood and Kamel King of Visit Mississippi as they go live from Vicari's Annual Cruisin' the Coast Auction at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center, and they have a special MS Aquarium Dolphin Encounter segment you do not want to miss! Also tune-in to the MPB YouTube Livestream at the same time! Only on MPB Think Radio!

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Next Stop MS | 13th Annual Delta Hot Tamale Festival and MS Esthetics & Spa Conference

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 19:45:28 GMT

Today’s show is aptly titled “A Few of My Favorite Things” because for our first stop today we’re getting in the Spirit for the MS Antique Showcase- Holiday Edition in Jackson, October 10th, then we’re off to Greenville to indulge in my top dish at this year’s Delta Hot Tamale Festival, featuring musician, Brian Ballou, October 17th – 19th, and for our final stop, we’re checking out the MS Esthetics & Spa Conference, October 12th and I’ll luxuriate in a five minute facial demo live on air and on YouTube! Plus, we’ll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Mississippi Antique Showcase: Holiday Edition

Quitman County Mules & Blues Festival 2024

Devin The Dude w/ 5th Child @ Martin's Downtown

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Next Stop MS | Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival & History Symposium and 100th Birthday Celebration of B.B. King & Medgar Evers Kickoff Countdown

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:38:19 GMT

Today is a day of celebration and remembrance! For our first stop, we’re off to Carrollton to check out the Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival and History Symposium, happening October 5th through the 6th in Carrollton, and in with us to tell us more is his granddaughter, Mary Francis Hurt & Mt. Zion Memorial Fund Rep. Corey Crowder, then we’re kicking off the countdown to the 100th Birthday Celebration of B.B. King and Medgar Evers, with celebrations to be held throughout the year 2025 with Malika Polk-Lee, B.B. King Museum Director! Plus, we’ll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods… Stay tuned, buckle up, and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Rhythm, Blues, & Ballots

Mississippi Antique Showcase: Holiday Edition - 25% off for a limited time

Music From The Masses 2024

It's Pride Y'all '24

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Next Stop MS | 28th Annual Cruisin' The Coast & 40th Annual WellsFest

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:15:05 GMT

Today, we’re drifting into our first stop, the 28th Annual Cruisin’ the Coast – America’s Largest Block Party, with our friend Cruisin’ Craig, happening October 5th through October 13th, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop to check out the 40th Annual WellsFest, Jackson's Original Music Festival, happening September 28th, and in with us, to dish on all the details, is another good friend of the show, WellsFest Rep., Brenda Ferguson & Rev. Sue Keen Hyland! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Starkville voted 'best small Southern town'

Jackson bar was named one of USA TODAY’s best bars of 2024

Crusin' Clinton Car Show

MCC Canning & Preserving Jelly

Eupora Chainsaws & Art Festival - 4 Day Chainsaw Carving Competition

Mississippi Antique Showcase: Holiday Edition

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Next Stop MS | Mississippi Book Festival 24' & The Mississippi Mass Choir

Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:27:50 GMT

Today, it's all about Mississippi's best! For our first stop, we're checking out the largest book festival in the nation, the Mississippi Book Festival, during their 10-year anniversary celebration, September 13th and in with us is "Wicked Mississippi" book author, Josh Foreman. Then we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods with a pit-stop clip of the newest "10-Minute Timeout" podcast episode with Lacey Alexander, featuring Rob Jay, before a final stop to check out the best choir in the U.S. of A., The Mississippi Mass Choir! They'll talk about their 2024 album, "We Still Believe," their upcoming "Music from the Masses" concert in Memphis, September 27th, and they'll perform live on the show! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Crusin' Clinton Car Show

2024 Travel Unity Summit Southeast

The WAR AND TREATY @ MSU Riley Center

LeAnn Rimes

Mississippi Antique Showcase: Holiday Edition

10-Minute Timeout "Tiger Blood" feat. Rob Jay

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Next Stop MS | Eupora Chainsaws and Art Festival & Downtown Grenada Jubilee

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:17:30 GMT

Today, it's all about the tight-knit Mississippi community! For our first stop, we'll be heading to Eupora for the Chainsaws & Art Festival, a 4-day chainsaw carving competition, happening September 25-28th with representative, Janet Cook... then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before our final stop in Grenada for the Downtown Grenada Jubilee! We'll talk with Allyson Coleman, Grenada Area Chamber of Commerce, COO. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

2024 Mississippi Book Festival

Zzz's by the Sea

The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson

Pink Par-Tea Brunch

Astronomy Trivia Night

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Next Stop MS | Pacesetter Gallery's Open Mic Poetry and Blues Night & Red's Old-Timers Blues Festival 2024

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 19:53:04 GMT

Today, our 1st stop combines 3 arts of storytelling at Pacesetter Gallery in Flowood, during Open Mic Poetry & Blues Night, happening 9/6, with Owner, Keri Davis, Poet, Jason Ervin, and Musician, Brian Ballou, for a show and tell, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Clarkdale at this year’s Red's Old-Timers Blues Festival, happening 8/31, and Delta Blues Museum Panel Discussion, happening 8/30, honoring the late Red Paden, Owner of Red's Lounge, and in with us is his son, & MS House District 26 Rep., Orlando Paden to tell us more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

A Night At Red's Juke Joint In The Mississippi Delta Is A True Blues Experience - NPR 4-Mintue Listen

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Less Work, S'more Camping Weekend

Second Chance Day @ The Library

5th Annual Booker Fest!

46th Annual Prairie Arts Festival

Dat Delta Hot Wing Jubilee Festival

MPBTV Highlights the 2024 'YG&E Awards'

Labor Day Weekend All White Boat Party

Democratic Labor Day Salute to Working People!

MPB Learning Presents: 'Day of da Vinci' in Columbus

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Next Stop MS | Farish Forward Festival 2024 & Heart Space Holistic Self-Care Sound Baths

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:59:46 GMT

For our first stop, we’re looking toward the future at this year’s Farish Forward Festival and Expo in Jackson, Aug. 24th - 25th with Aikisha Holly Colon, Festival Founder and star of the Belle Collective on the Oprah Winfrey Network, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Flowood to indulge in Heart Space Holistic’s ongoing, Tuesday evening, Self-Care Sound Baths, with Owner, Operator and LPN, Jason Lee! He’ll also gift us with a live sound bath, today on air! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Jackson State University - Mary E. Peoples Scholarship Luncheon w/ Keynote Speaker, Sunny Hostin & Mississippi Hottest Wing Competition @ Jason's Southern Table

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 20:07:18 GMT

Today, we’re in with the First Lady of Jackson State University, LaToya Redd Thompson, Esq. for our first stop, to learn about this year’s Mary E. Peoples Scholarship Luncheon, featuring "The View's" Sunny Hostin, Sep. 12th at the Jackson Convention Complex, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Kosciusko for the 4th Annual Mississippi's Hottest Wing Competition at Jason’s Southern Table, August 17th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Senatobia's Back to School Bash & An Ordinary Hero: The True Story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:06:30 GMT

Today is the final day of Back to School Week here on MPB Think Radio and for our first stop, we’re on the bus heading to Senatobia's upcoming Back to School Bash, happening August 13th, with Senatobia Main Street Community Development Director, Jamie Sowell, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the Two MS Museums in Jackson for the Sunday Screening: An Ordinary Hero: The True Story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland", happening Aug. 11th, with MDAH’s Chris Goodwin, and the incomparable activist herself, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Shad White talks "Mississippi Swindle" & The Road to 60 Organizing and Training Summit with SPLC's Waikinya Clanton

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 17:25:17 GMT

Today, we’re in with the most famous Certified Fraud Examiner in the nation, hailing from Laurel and serving as our 42nd State Auditor, Shad White is here to talk about his new book “Mississippi Swindle” and his upcoming book signings at Lemuria Books in Jackson and Square Books in Oxford next week, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at The Road to 60 Organizing and Training Summit, August 15th – 17th, at the Jackson Convention Complex with the State Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Waikinya Clanton. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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On The Road Next Stop | Mississippi Ag and Outdoor Expo 2024

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:02:44 GMT

Today, we’re on the road live from the Mississippi Ag and Outdoor Expo 2024 at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson! We’ve teamed up with our MPB Foundation to bring this awesome event to you live! We’ll chat with the Ag & Outdoor Expo rep., Guy Cormier about the event, happening July 26th – 28th, & "Mississippi Outdoors" show Biologist Adam Butler, & Producer/Videographer, Scooter Whatley, to learn all about, hanging out, in the great outdoors! We also chat with expo vendors including Uncle Larry's Food & Spice and Copper Kettle Roasted Nuts! And of course, we’ll see what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Peach Festival @ Cherry Creek Orchards & Ralph Miller, Musicologist

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:46:41 GMT

Today, life’s a peach as we hit the road to Pontotoc for the 2024 Peach Festival at Cherry Creek Orchards, Saturday, July 20th, with owner and operator, Amanda Stark, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before our final stop and sit-down with Vicksburg native and Musicologist, Ralph Miller to chat about his passion, upcoming gigs, and he’ll perform his original song, Mississippi Moonlight today on the show!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | John Mohead @ Omnova Theatre & 9th Annual Frida Fest

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 21:10:28 GMT

Today, we’re heading to the sunny shores of Bay St. Louis to enjoy this year’s 9th Annual Frida Fest, Saturday July 13 at the Mockingbird Café, with café founder, Alicein Schwabacher, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the Columbus Arts Council's Blues Series, Fri. Jul 12th at the Omnova Theater, featuring Mississippi’s own John Mohead! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Top 5 "On The Road" Stops

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:37:29 GMT

Today, Kamel & Germaine present Next Stop, Mississippi's Top 5 "On The Road" Stops, chosen by the listeners, determined by each individual podcast's downloaded episodes! All the way from a Pickleball Tournament in Gulfport, to the Elvis Festival in Tupelo, and every stop in between, we have hit the pavement so hard in the past year to deliver all the entertainment, excitement, and education you deserve! So, let's take a look back in the rearview to see which "On The Road" destinations were the most popular with our listeners! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Special thanks to: Dixie National Livestock Show & Rodeo, American Pickleball Tour, Tupelo Elvis Festival, Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, RISE Hot Air Balloon Festival, Crusin' The Coast, Chimneyville Arts Festival, Visit Jackson, and Juke Joint Festival.

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | State Park's Independence Day Events, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks "The Mole" on Netflix, & Long Beach's 4th of July Jubilee

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:50:04 GMT

Today we celebrate America, and we’re off to trek the state in search of our state park’s 4th of July events with MDWFP Communications Rep. Andrea Falcetto, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods and have a sit down with NPR’s All Things Considered co-host Ari Shapiro about his newest hosting gig on Season Two of Netflix's "The Mole” before a final patriotic stop in Long Beach to enjoy the festivities at the 2024 Fourth of July Jubilee, happening June 29th, with City of Long Beach Community Affairs Director, Courtney Cuevas. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Vicki Lawrence, Mama, & Germaine: A Three Woman Interview

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:16:20 GMT

Germaine Flood sits down with Emmy award winning, multi-talented legend, handpicked by the famous Carol Burnett, and best known for her character Mama a.k.a. Thelma Harper on the classic hit series "Mama's Family," the incomparable Vicki Lawrence joins the show to chat about her "Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two Woman Show" tour, her time in the state, her career and more!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic & What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:08:17 GMT

Today we're off to Waterford for our first stop at this year's North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, hosted by the famous Betty Davis Bar-B-Que, happening June 28th - 29th with Picnic Board Member, Frank Kossen, then we're off to check out what's happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Bobby Rush Pre - 4th of July Blues Concert & Super Chikan's "A Life in the Blues"

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 21:33:29 GMT

Today, we’re celebrating Black Music Month with a special guest, host for the entire show, THEE G.O.A.T., Mr. Bobby Rush! We’ll shoot the breeze over Bobby’s upcoming McComb Pre-4th July Blues Concert, June 29th, & talk with Super Chikan's "A Life in the Blues" filmmakers about his June film screenings and performances… we’re also commemorating the upcoming holiday with a Juneteenth themed what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle-up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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On The Road: Next Stop | The 26th Annual Tupelo Elvis Festival & FestivalSouth - Hattiesburg

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 19:10:47 GMT

Today, We’re On The Road live from the 26th Annual Elvis Festival in Tupelo! We’re broadcasting straight from Elvis's hometown with interviews, and all the hip-shakin' action you can handle. We’ll chat with Todd Jordan, Mayor - City of Tupelo, Dalton Russell, Director of Marketing & Community Outreach - Downtown Tupelo Main Street and Jennie Bradford Curlee, Deputy Director - Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau, and more! We’ll also chat with the former and current Artistic Directors Mike Lopinto and Jay Dean about all things events with FestivalSouth, happening around Hattiesburg’s neck of the woods! Don’t be cruel and miss out on the fun. Stay tuned for a rockin' good time and let's get all shook up together for your Next Stop Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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On The Road: Next Stop Promo | The 26th Annual Tupelo Elvis Festival

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 14:44:37 GMT

Get ready to shake, rattle, and roll as Next Stop, Mississippi goes live from the 26th Annual Elvis Festival in Downtown Tupelo Friday June 7th at 10 am! We’re broadcasting straight from Elvis's hometown with music, interviews, and all the hip-shakin' action you can handle. Don’t be cruel and miss out on the fun. Tune in June 7th at 10 AM for a rockin' good time and let's get all shook up together at the 26th Annual Elvis Festival!" Only on MPB Think Radio.

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Mississippi Pickle Fest, International Corgi Day Celebration, & 7th Annual Old School Party With A Purpose

Fri, 31 May 2024 19:35:37 GMT

Today, I’ll sell you my pickle for a nickel at our first stop, the Mississippi Pickle Fest "It's Kind of a Big Dill!", happening Sat Jun 8th at the Mississippi Ag Museum in Jackson with Justin Nipper, Agriculture and Forestry Museum Marketing & Event Specialist and Liz Gill with Gill Family Pickles, then it’s all about our short four-legged friends at this year’s Annual International Corgi Day Celebration, happening Saturday, June 8th in Bay St. Louis with Founder, Jeanelle Sonier, and for our final stop, we’re saluting the ladies of hip-hop at the 7th Annual Old School Party With A Purpose, happening June 1st at the Jackson Convention Complex, featuring Trina, DJ Spinderella and more with Rapper, Yung Jewelz! And of course, we’ll check-out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | National Folk Festival - Jackson & 26th Annual Tupelo Elvis Festival

Fri, 24 May 2024 17:27:29 GMT

Today we’re kicking off the show with breaking tourism news coming straight from the National Council for Traditional Arts in partnership with the City of Jackson about the National Folk Festival coming to the state with Blaine Waide, Executive Director for the National Council for Traditional Arts & City of Jackson's Deputy Director for the Office of Economic Development, Tangayika Hoover… we’ll check-out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a quick preview of MPB’s 10-Minute Timeout with Lacey Alexander, then it’s all about The King, i.e.. not Kamel, but the King of Rock in Roll at the 26th Annual Tupelo Elvis Festival, June 6th - 9th at Cadence Bank Arena with Tupelo Main Street's, Dalton Russell! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Women in Blues 24' & Rita B's After Dark and The Workout Room series

Fri, 17 May 2024 16:58:29 GMT

Today is all about music & laughter… we’ll celebrate all things women at the 2024 Women in Blues Concert, tomorrow, May 17th – 18th at Shared Experiences HQ in Clarksdale with Founder Colleen Buyers & Musician CRUZ The Dame, then we’ll check-out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Jackson at Fondren Guitars and Hal & Mal’s for Rita B’s After Dark and the The Workout Room series, happening throughout the month of May… and she’s bringing special guest Musician, Twurt Chamberlain to the show! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Mississippi Makers Fest, Jimmie Rodgers Festival, & Mother's Day Weekend Events

Fri, 10 May 2024 19:44:00 GMT

Happy Mother’s Day Weekend! For our first stop of the day, we’re celebrating the state’s rich and diverse music and art at the 3rd Annual Mississippi Makers Fest, May 11th in Jackson at the Two Mississippi Museums with Tori Rice, Events Manager, then we’ll check-out what’s happening around your neck of the woods for Mother's Day Weekend, before a final stop in Meridian to pay homage at the 71st Annual Jimmie Rodgers Festival, May 12th through the 19th with Leslie Lee, Executive Director, at Jimmie Rodgers Museum and Foundation. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Snappy Sync Soiree and Firefly Tours, "Wild Card with Rachel Martin" from NPR, & 2024 Starkville "Weiner Dog" Derby

Fri, 03 May 2024 20:33:10 GMT

Today, we’re swinging by Ridgeland to check out the 2024 Snappy Sync Soiree and Firefly Tours, at the Bill Waller Craft Center, May 16th through the 19th, we’ll also check in live with Germaine at the MPB Antique Showcase in Natchez, in addition to hearing her convo with Veteran NPR host Rachel Martin, around the launch of her new podcast "Wild Card with Rachel Martin," then we’re off to Starkville for the world’s largest wiener dog race, The 2024 Starkville Derby, happening May 4th… and of course, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Antique Showcase - Natchez, USA IBC Kentucky Derby Party & MIDFEST 2024

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:35:49 GMT

We’re toting our family heirlooms and antiques to Natchez for our first stop at MPB’s Antique Showcase at the Natchez Convention Center, May 3rd – 4th, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before our final stops in Jackson to check out the annual Kentucky Derby Party hosted by the Friends of the USA IBC before we celebrate the Midtown District at MIDFEST 2024, Saturday May 4th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS Pit-Stop | Elise Neal Presents: Lights Camera Action-An Acting Master Class

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:35:36 GMT

ELISE NEAL Presents: Light's Camera Action-An Acting Master Class

Elise Neal presents an exclusive acting Master Class at Saturday, April 20th at Spotlight Productions Inc. Get ready to dive deep into the world of acting and learn from a seasoned pro. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned actor, this event is perfect for anyone looking to improve their craft. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn from one of the best in the business. On this bonus Next Stop, Mississippi, she discusses it all with MPB hosts, Germaine Flood, Java Chatman & Kamel King with Visit Mississippi.

Date and time

Saturday, April 20 · 12 - 2pm CDT

Location

Spotlight Productions Inc.

649 North 2nd Street Memphis, TN 38107

Elise Demetria Neal is an American actress. In 1997, she made her big break appearing in three films, Rosewood, Money Talks and Scream 2. From 1998 to 2002, Neal starred as Yvonne Hughley in the ABC/UPN sitcom The Hughleys. Other film appearances include Mission to Mars, Hustle & Flow and Logan. Wikipedia

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Next Stop MS | 27th Annual Double Decker Arts Festival, MPB Family Fun Day-Columbus & Elise Neal Presents: Lights Camera Action-An Acting Master Class,

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:53:06 GMT

Today, the wheels on the bus do go round and round for our first stop at the 27th Annual Double Decker Arts Festival in Oxford, happening April 26th – 27th, then we’re off to have a Family Fun Day in Columbus with MPB, happening at the Mississippi University for Women, tomorrow April 20th… before our epic final stop in Memphis, for award winning actress, Elise Neal’s: Lights, Camera, Action – An Acting Master Class, at Spotlight Productions, happening tomorrow, April 20th and she’ll be joining us via Zoom! And of course, we’ll let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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On The Road: Next Stop, Mississippi | The 21st Annual Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:04:33 GMT

Today we’re On the Road at the 21st Annual Juke Joint Festival, happening Thursday April 11th through Sunday April 14th in the heart of Clarksdale! We’re live from the Collective Seed & Supply Co. Downtown, we’ll chat with Commander-in-Chief of Cathead Delta Blues & Folk Arts, Roger Stolle, we’ll also chat with Sunflower & Bolivar County Representative, Robert Sanders, before sit-downs with the Collective Seed & Supply Co. & Travelers Hotel owner, Ann Williams and the Director of Visit Clarksdale, Bubba O’Keefe! Plus, we’ll also let you know what else is happening around your neck of the woods. So, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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On The Road: Next Stop Promo | The 21st Annual Juke Joint Festival

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:46:33 GMT

Join MPB Think Radio live this Friday, April 12th from the 2024 Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale! We'll setup shop at the Collective Seed & Supply Co. downtown, starting with The Gestalt Gardner at 9 a.m., followed by Next Stop, Mississippi at 10 a.m.! Party with us at the biggest half-blues fest, half-small town fair in the state! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | En Plein Air LeFleur's Bluff Painting Competition, Bougie Brunch The Experience @ Sunset, & Humpane - A Musical Memoir by Claire Holley

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 19:35:49 GMT

Today we’re off to the 2024 En Plein Air LeFleur's Bluff Painting Competition, happening April 13th at LeFleur's Bluff State Park, then we head to the Bougie Brunch The Experience - Sunset Edition, happening April 20th at The Railroad District in Jackson before a final stop to check out Humpane - A Musical Memoir by Claire Holley at the Entergy Center, April 6th in Clinton! We’ll also check out "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods!" Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Juke Joint Festival 2024 & Epic Funk Brass Band

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 21:10:27 GMT

Today it’s my birthday and 20th radio anniversary, and it’s a celebration! We’ll chat with Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art Owner, Roger Stolle to get prepped for our upcoming "On The Road" stop at the 2024 Juke Joint Festival in the Blues Capital of the World, Clarksdale, happening April 11th -14th, we'll also chat with Think Radio’s own and my birthday twin, Lacey Alexander to get a sneak preview her newest podcast, MPB's 10 Minute Timeout, premiering today, March 29th, before a final jam session and sit down with Jackson's own, Epic Funk Brass Band about their upcoming performances and more! We’ll also check out "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods!" Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS Promo | Juke Joint Festival 2024 & Epic Funk Brass Band

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:15:44 GMT

You're invited to tune-in to Next Stop, Mississippi live, Friday, March 29th at 10 a.m.! Not only is it Germaine's birthday and 20th radio anniversary, but she and Kamel chat with Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art Owner, Roger Stolle to get prepped for their upcoming "On The Road" stop at the 2024 Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, happening April 11th - April 14th, they'll also chat with MPB's own, Lacey Alexander and preview her newest podcast, MPB's 10 Minute Timeout, premiering on her birthday as well, March 29th, before a final jam session with Jackson's own, Epic Funk Brass Band about their upcoming performances and more! They'll also check out "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods!" Tune-in, buckle-up, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | 47th Annual World Catfish Festival & Delta Rising: An Immersive Cultural Experience

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 21:06:23 GMT

Today we’re gone fishing, at Belzoni’s 47th Annual World Catfish Festival, happening April 6th, with President Emily Donovan, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a stop at The Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center in Ocean Springs for the Delta Rising: An Immersive Cultural Experience, happening April 6th, with Event Rep., John Mohead. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Women in Blues @ Black Prairie Blues Museum & Sweet Potato Queens @ Hal's St. Paddy's Day Parade 2024

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:32:02 GMT

For our first stop of the day, we're keeping the party going in celebration of Women's History Month, and we're off to West Point, to check out Women in Blues, a showcase featuring female blues musicians, through the voices of M.S.U. opera students, March 24th at the Black Prairie Museum with Deborah Mansfield, Volunteer Director & Roza Tulyaganova, Director of Opera, and then we're off to check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Jackson to bask in the glory of the legendary Sweet Potato Queens at the 2024 Hal's St. Paddy's Day Parade, March 23rd with Her Royal Highness, Jill Conner Brown. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | 8th Annual International Music by Women Festival, A Guide to Mississippi Museums & Birthday Shenanigans

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:26:31 GMT

For our first stop of the day, in celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re off to Columbus to check out the 8th Annual International Music by Women Festival, at The W, happening now through March 9th, 2024 with Music Chair, Dr. Mortyakova, for our second stop, we’ll welcome authors Diane Williams and Richelle Putnam to discuss their book, A Guide to Mississippi Museums, and book signing at the Two Mississippi Museums, March 13th, 2024 and shhhh… it’s a birthday celebration... & of course, we’ll let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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On The Road Next Stop | City With Soul Spotlight Series: Jxn Fish Fry & 2024 Jxn Natural Hair Expo

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 01:30:42 GMT

Next Stop, Mississippi broadcasts live from Visit Jackson for the City With Soul Spotlight Series: Jxn Fish Fry! Join us for live interviews with Visit Jackson representatives and more! We also check out this year's Jxn Natural Hair Expo happening at the MS Trademart Center in Jackson, March 2nd, 2024, from 11a-5p with Founder, Jessica Singleton, in addition to checking out what's happening around your neck of the woods! So, show your Jackson pride, stay tuned, buckle up, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi on MPB Think Radio!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | The Royal Y'all Leap Year Comedy Improv Show, 18th Annual Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Ragtime and Jazz Festival, & New Stage Theatre's "Anne & Emmett” One-Act Play

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:42:41 GMT

Today we’ll flex our improv chops at The Royal Y'all Leap Year Comedy Improv Show, at Pacesetter Gallery in Flowood, Thursday, February 29th, with troop member, John Howell and MPB Closed Captioning Supervisor, the soul of MPB’s Ed Said, and improv troop member Keri Horn... then we’re off to Mississippi State University in Starkville for the 18th Annual Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Ragtime and Jazz Festival, happening now through Saturday the 24th with Charles H. “Chip” Templeton Jr., Son of Charles H. Templeton, Sr. and Director of MSU's Small Business Development Center... before a final stop in Hattiesburg at Janet Langhart Cohen's one-act play, “Anne & Emmett”, presented by New Stage Theatre, happening Tuesday, February 27th at the Thad Cochran Center on the campus of USM…. & of course, we’ll let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

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Next Stop MS | 7th Annual Wine and Whiskey Festival & MLK Night of Culture @ The Two MS Museums

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 23:43:13 GMT

Today, we'll tip our glass at the 7th Annual Wine & Whiskey Festival, benefitting the Pink Ribbon Fund of Hattiesburg, Saturday February 23rd, with Co-Founder and Organizer Emmalee Bolton, and Pink Ribbon Fund of Hattiesburg Representative, Christy Amay, then we're off to check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson for this year's MLK Night of Culture with museum Director, Michael Morris!

Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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On The Road, Next Stop | 59th Annual Dixie National Livestock Show & Rodeo feat. Colin Stough

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:11:37 GMT

Get ready for a wild ride as Next Stop Mississippi broadcasts live from the 59th Annual Dixie National Livestock Show & Rodeo! Join us for live interviews with American Idol Finalist and Mississippi born and raised, Colin Stough, Miss Rodeo America, Emma Cameron, Rodeo Announcer, Andy Stewart, Rodeo Clown, Dusty Myers and Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson for a behind-the-scenes look at the action, shop, learn and explore with us during their Free Rodeo Days! So, grab your cowboy hat, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi on MPB Think Radio!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Akami Graham @ Godfrey's & ‘America at the Crossroads: The GUITAR and a Changing Nation’ Exhibition @ The MAX

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 20:42:11 GMT

Today we’re highlighting musician Akami Graham’s live performance at Godfrey’s Flagship in Flowood, today, February 2nd... then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Meridian at The MAX for their ‘America at the Crossroads: The GUITAR and a Changing Nation’ Exhibition, starting February 10th with President and CEO Penny Kemp. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Fredamind Paint Party "Black Love Edition" Couples Night & “Art Takeover in the Sixth Street Museum District: A Cradle of Creativity”

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:00:36 GMT

Today we’re putting brush to canvas at Paint Party "Black Love Edition" Couples Night at Geri's Place, in Jackson, happening, February 9th-10th, with Artist Fredamind, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the Sixth Street Museum District in Hattiesburg to learn more about their “Art Takeover in the District: A Cradle of Creativity”, happening throughout the month February with Operations and Education Supervisor, Vanessa Molden.

Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | 14th Annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival & LMDC Children's Mardi Gras Celebration

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:17:31 GMT

Today, we’re heading out to the 14th Annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival, in Clarksdale, happening, January 26-28th, to check out Mississippi’s best in music and film with Commander-in-Chief for Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Roger Stolle, before a second stop in Gulfport to kick off this year’s Mardi Gras season at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center’s Children’s Mardi Gras Celebration, happening at Saturday, Jan 20th with Executive Director, Cindy DeFrances… Then, we want to hear from you! So, we’re opening the phone lines to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | 15th Annual Oxford Fiber Festival & "What Say You" Music Video Premiere Event

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:29:43 GMT

Today we’re heading out to the oldest, continuous fiber festival in the state, the 15th Annual Oxford Fiber Festival, happening, January 19th through the 20th at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center, with Program Director Stacey Sanford, before a stop at the "What Say You" Music Video Premiere Event, January 18th at Duling Hall in Jackson, with singer/songwriters, Michael J. Hall & Lenita Harris… and of course we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Biloxi’s 12th Night Celebration & the 8th Annual Jackson Indie Music Week ICON Awards & R&B Showcase

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 20:41:07 GMT

Happy New Year! Today, laissez les bon temps rouler! We’re letting the good times roll and kicking off the Mardi Gras season with a stop at Biloxi’s 12th Night Celebration, at Biloxi City Hall, happening Wednesday, January 10th with Coastal Mardi Gras Representative, Anna Harris and Jennifer Schmidt with the Gulf Coast Carnival Association, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Jackson at the 8th Annual Jackson Indie Music Week ICON Awards & R&B Showcase, honoring "Big Baby" Alice Marie, Visit Jackson, Visit Mississippi, & The Central MS Blues Society at Duling Hall, Thursday, January 11th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Top 10 Countdown of 2023

Fri, 29 Dec 2023 17:00:09 GMT

Today, we’re counting down our top 10 favorite 2023 moments on Next Stop, Mississippi! From my very first show, to pickleball, to Chapel Hart, and everything in between, we’ll revisit all the fun we had this year! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your top 10 Next Stop Mississippi 2023 moments!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | NYE Sneaker Ball @ The Ice House & "Just a Christmas Wish" by Sonny Ashlan and Kathleen Austen

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:00:14 GMT

Break our your flyest kicks for our first stop at this year's NYE Sneaker Ball at the Ice House in Jackson, December 31st, with event organizers, Steven C. James and Anitra Williams, then we're off to check out What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods!

For our final stops of the day, we’ll enjoy musical selections from not only one artist but two! The first selection was co-written and co-produced by one of our biggest fans and regular caller to MPB Think Radio, Katleen from Osyka aka Kathleen Austen! The tune, “Just a Christmas Wish,” is a song from the heart, performed by Sonny Ashlan, dedicated to the men and women of the armed services, who, because of duty to their country, are so far apart from home and family… the second selection is a throwback from this November, when viral sensation violinist, John Uzodinma joined us and performed his version of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan’s 1975 smash hit, Sweet Thing in studio! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Ballet Magnificat's “Most Incredible Christmas" & 55th Annual Trees of Christmas at Merrehope

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:30:42 GMT

Today we’ll have an incredible time, at our first stop, as Ballet Magnificat presents “Most Incredible Christmas", in Jackson December 16th – 17th, at Thalia Mara Hall with Events Company Tour Director, Megan Rhodes, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Meridian to check out the 55th Annual Trees of Christmas at Merrehope, in Meridian, happening now through Dec. 31st with president, BJ and Kim Waters! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Mermaids at Mississippi Aquarium & Snow Much Fun! at the MS Museum of Natural Science

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:09:01 GMT

Today, for our first stop, we’re off to Gulfport to go under the sea for Mermaids at Mississippi Aquarium, happening December 8th – 10th & December 15th – 17th, with Public Relations and Communications Manager, Nicole Martz, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson, December 8th – 9th, to check out all the action at their Snow Much Fun! event, with Museum Event Planner & Conservation Educator, Nicole Smith. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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On The Road: Next Stop | The 47th Annual Chimneyville Arts Festival

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:07:11 GMT

Today, we're On The Road Live from the 47th Annual Chimneyville Arts Festival, happening through December 2nd at the Bill Waller Mississippi Craft Center in Ridgeland, with Betsey Ross, Executive Director of the Craftsman's Guild of MS, in addition to checking out Fredamind Artist and Ceramicist, Freda Clark-Brent's crafts and Afghans by Aftan Mitchell, before a chat with musician John Causey about his performance at Deck the District Holiday Weekend 2023, happening today through December 2nd, at the District in Eastover in Jackson. Plus, we'll also let you know What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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On The Road: Next Stop Promo | The 47th Annual Chimneyville Arts Festival

Sat, 25 Nov 2023 18:44:12 GMT

Join The Gestalt Gardner host, Felder Rushing and Kamel King, host of Next Stop, Mississippi on MPB Think Radio, live from the 47th Annual Chimneyville Arts Festival, December 1st, 2023 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., at the Bill Waller Mississippi Craft Center in Ridgeland for the merriest shopping event of the holiday season! Each year December, the Chimneyville Arts Festival celebrates with a fantastic showing of Mississippi artisan's fine crafts. Only on MPB Think Radio.

Email Felder anytime at garden@mpbonline.org and listen Friday mornings at 9 and Saturday mornings at 10 to The Gestalt Gardener on MPB Think Radio. And in the meantime, in the words of Felder, "get out and get dirty."

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Interactive Van Gogh Exhibit & Christmas on Deer Creek feat. Chapel Hart

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 17:00:54 GMT

Today we’re art gazing at the Interactive Van Gogh Exhibit, happening December 1st - the end of February 2024 at Museum of the MS Delta in Greenwood with Executive Director Lisa Cookston, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Downtown Leland for the 58th Annual Christmas on Deer Creek, feat. Chapel Hart, happening December 2nd with Dr. Mary-Anne Brocato, Director for the Leland Chamber of Commerce! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | City of Gautier Lights and Lagniappe on the Bayou & 2nd Annual 1877 Signature Event

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 19:39:09 GMT

Today we’re stopping by the City of Gautier's Annual Lights and Lagniappe on the Bayou, happening December 2nd, in Downtown Gautier with Mayor Casey Vaughan, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the Jackson Convention Complex for Jackson State University Development Foundation's 2nd Annual 1877 Signature Event, happening November 17th with host, Merc B. Williams and Viral Sensation Violinist, John Uzodinma! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | Veterans Day 2023

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:00:17 GMT

Today, we’re starting off with a stop at the Pass Christian Veterans Day Parade, happening November 11th, then we’ll swing by Hernando for their 2023 Veterans Day Parade and Luncheon events today with Carolyn Young, before a final stop in Natchez to check out all of their Special Events during Veterans Week, happening November 4-12th with Filmmaker and President of the Home with Heroes Foundation, G. Mark LaFrancis. We’ll also check out What’s Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods... Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

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Next Stop MS | 3rd Annual Allumer Natchez Light Art Festival & Natchez Veterans Week Special Events

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 17:50:03 GMT

Today we’re starting off with a stop at the 3rd Annual Natchez Allumer Light Art Festival, November 10 & 11th, with Director and Curator, Stacy Conde, then we’ll check out What’s Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods before a final stop in Natchez to check out all of their Special Events during Veterans Week, happening November 4-12th with Filmmaker and President of the Home with Heroes Foundation, G. Mark LaFrancis. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | 8th Annual Cruzn the Crossroads Car & Truck Show, JSU's 50th Anniversary of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival, MGCCC Harrison County Campus Fall Festival

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 19:57:15 GMT

Today we’re starting off with a stop in Clarksdale at the 8th Annual Cruzn the Crossroads Car & Truck Show, Saturday October 28th, at the Delta Blues Museum with Organizer, Shannon Dixon, then we’ll cut a corner to Jackson State University’s 50th Anniversary of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival, Nov. 1-4th with Dr. Robert Luckett, Event co-chair & Director/Professor, Margaret W. Alexander Research Ctr, and Dr. Maryemma Graham, Educator, Scholar, and Author, before a final stop in Gulfport for the 9th Annual Harrison County Campus Fall Festival, Monday October 30th, at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College with Aaliyah Caldwell, MGCCC Event Representative & Sherri Smith, Director of Communications and Marketing... Plus, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

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Next Stop MS | 38th Natchez Balloon Festival & The 22nd Great Delta Bear Affair: “Bearly Here but Building Back”

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 17:10:23 GMT

Today we’re up, up, up and away to the 38th Natchez Balloon Festival, Saturday October 20th - 21st with Carter Burns, Executive Director of the Historic Natchez Foundation and we’ll discuss the bear necessities, with a stop at this year’s 22nd Great Delta Bear Affair: “Bearly Here but Building Back”, Saturday October 28th, in Rolling Fork with Festival Coordinator, Meg Cooper… Plus, we'll also check out what's happening around your neck of the woods. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | New Houlka Cornbread Festival, Mantee Black-Eyed Pea Festival, & Four Washington at the MS State Fair

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:34:08 GMT

There’s nothing more satisfying than an aptly named festival & our first two stops of the day will not disappoint… Today, we're off to the Black-Eyed Pea Festival in Mantee, Saturday, October 14th with Mayor of Mantee, Mary Margaret Williams... and you can't have black-eyed peas without cornbread of course, so we'll swing by New Houlka's Cornbread Festival that same day with Mayor of New Houlka, David "Bo" Huffman, before a final stop at the Mississippi State Fair to check out Mississippi's own, Four Washington, performing that same night! Plus, we'll also check out what's happening around your neck of the woods.

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On The Road: Next Stop | The 27th Annual Cruisin' The Coast, Ship Island Excursions & 12th Annual Oxford Blues Festival

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:55:24 GMT

Today we’re on the road live from the 27th Annual Cruisin’ the Coast at Cruisin’ Central in Gulfport! We’ll explore the Cruisin itinerary, during the event’s final days, then we’ll check out What’s Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods with a stop at the 12th Annual Oxford Blues Festival, October 12th – 14th with Darryl Parker, and we’ll literally set sail from Gulfport aboard Ship Island Excursion’s Dolphin Watching Cruise with Captain Russ and Dr. Morrocco, before a final sit-down with Cruisin Craig to wrap things up! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | WellsFest 2023 & MS Arts Commission State Arts Conference

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 20:18:43 GMT

Today we’re checking out Wells Fest 2023 at Jamie Fowler Boyll Park, September 30th with representative, Brenda Ferguson, before we stop at the Mississippi Arts Commission's 2023 State Arts Conference, happening October 11-12th, at The Westin in Jackson, with MAC Executive Director, David Lewis & Communications Director, Ellie Banks, plus we’ll let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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On The Road Next Stop | 2nd Annual RISE 2023 Hot Air Balloon Festival

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 23:29:10 GMT

Get ready to go up, up, up and away! MPB Think Radio's "Next Stop, Mississippi" is hitting the road for a live broadcast at the 2nd Annual RISE Hot Air Balloon Festival in Hattiesburg, Mississippi! Join us as we take you to new heights, literally! We’ll soaring above the breathtaking landscapes of Hattiesburg and bring you all the behind-the-scenes action including interviews with festival organizers, and your exclusive basket seat to this event! Let's rise together! For more information, visit mpbonline.org. See you in the skies! Only on MPB Think Radio!

To submit an event, email: events@mpbonline.org.

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On The Road: Next Stop Promo | RISE 2023 Hot Air Balloon Festival

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 19:01:45 GMT

Get ready to go up, up, up and away! MPB Think Radio's "Next Stop, Mississippi" is hitting the road for a live broadcast at the 2nd Annual RISE Hot Air Balloon Festival in Hattiesburg, Mississippi! Join us on Friday, September 22nd at 10 am, as we take you to new heights, literally! We’ll be soaring above the breathtaking landscapes of Hattiesburg and bringing you all the behind-the-scenes action with a live hot air balloon ride, interviews with festival organizers, and exclusive basket seat to this event!

Mark your calendars and set your alarms for 10 am, Friday, September 22nd and tune into "Next Stop, Mississippi" On The Road, live from the 2nd Annual RISE Hot Air Balloon Festival! Let's rise together! For more information, visit mpbonline.org. See you in the skies! Only on MPB Think Radio!

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Next Stop MS | Amory's Depot Music Festival, Eli Lev at Thacker Mountain Radio, & The Great Ruleville Roast

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 19:58:27 GMT

Today we’re starting off our trip, in song, at Amory Railroad Festival’s: Depot Music Festival happening September 23rd at Frisco Park, and the music doesn’t stop there because at our 2nd stop, we’re checking out Eli Lev’s Thacker Mountain Radio Hour performance, happening September 28th in Oxford, in addition to his October 4th performance in Hattiesburg, before our final stop at The Great Ruleville Roast, happening September 29th! Plus, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

To submit an event, email: events@mpbonline.org.

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Next Stop MS | 42nd Annual Biloxi Seafood Festival, Mississippi Antique Showcase, & 47th Annual Bear Creek Arts & Crafts Festival & Car Show

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:06:59 GMT

Today we’re swimming off to the coast for the 42nd Annual Biloxi Seafood Festival, on September 9th with LaWanda Jones, Director of the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce, then we’re antiquing at the Mississippi Antique Showcase, October 13th – 14th in Gulfport with MPB Foundation Executive Director, Angela Crossley Ferraez before a last stop in Belmont to check out the 47th Annual Bear Creek Arts & Crafts Festival & Car Show, September 9th with Alderman, Brandon Pharr. Plus, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | Mississippi Ag & Forestry Museum 40th Birthday Celebration, The Bean Path: ACP Enrollment Event, & Columbia Food & Music Festival

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 20:00:30 GMT

Today we’re stopping by the Mississippi Ag & Forestry Museum's 40th Birthday Celebration, happening September 9th in Jackson with Amie Clark, then we’re checking out the Bean Path’s enrollment event to help qualify households in Hinds County for the Affordable Connectivity Program to receive discounts for internet services, happening September 9th with Executive Director Kanika Welch before a final stop at the Columbia Food & Music Festival, happening September 2nd, with Marion County Development Partnership’s Lori Watts.

Plus, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

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Next Stop MS | "Dogleg" Film Screening, Dolly Parton for Marty Stuart's Congress of Country Music, MS Aquarium, & Highland Rim

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:28:52 GMT

Today, we’re checking out the screening of "Dogleg,” as part of the 2023 MS Film Summit, August 26th, at the Capri Theatre in Jackson, then we head to Philadelphia to chat with the legendary, Marty Stuart and rock out at Dolly Parton’s fundraiser performance, benefitting Marty Stuart's Congress of Country Music at the Ellis Theatre, August 26th, before we cut a corner again through Clinton’s Red Brick Roads Music & Art Festival, happening August 25th - 26th, with a live in-studio jam-session from tonight’s featured act, Highland Rim (Polly & Sam Mooney), with a final stop in Gulfport at the Mississippi Aquarium, to celebrate their re-grand opening, happening August 26th.

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Next Stop MS | 9th Annual Mississippi Book Festival & Red Brick Roads Music Festival

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:05:57 GMT

Today we’re heading to the 9th Annual Mississippi Book Festival, happening August 19th, in Jackson with multi-award winning, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Jerry Craft, and MS Book Fest Board Member Talya Straughter before our second stop at the 2023 Red Brick Roads Music & Art Festival, happening August 25th - 26th, in Clinton, with Festival Director Anna Boyd Hawks and Anna Nutt, Director of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, will highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi.

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On The Road: Next Stop | The 35th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:16:55 GMT

Next Stop, Mississippi broadcasts live from the 35th Sunflower Blues & Gospel Festival! They deliver the authentic sounds from this year's celebration with live interviews and unforgettable performances, from the Grits, Greens & BB Que VIP Party to Ground Zero Blues Club, they're sharing the excitement and history with you, live from Clarksdale! So, tune-in, buckle-up and hold on tight as we learn why Mississippi is the birthplace of the Blues and America's music! Only on MPB Think Radio – where Mississippi is our mission.

Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood, Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, will highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi.

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On The Road: Next Stop Promo| The 35th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:07:45 GMT

Join Next Stop, Mississippi from the 35th Sunflower Blues & Gospel Festival, August 11th at 10 am! We'll deliver authentic sounds from this year's celebration with live interviews and unforgettable performances, from the Grits, Greens & BB Que VIP Party to Ground Zero Blues Club, we're sharing the excitement and history with you, live from Clarksdale! So, tune-in, buckle-up and hold on tight as we learn why Mississippi is the birthplace of the Blues and America's music! Only on MPB Think Radio – where Mississippi is our mission.

Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood, Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, will highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS | Eupora Chainsaws & Art Festival and the Farish Forward Festival

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:02:08 GMT

Today we’re heading to the Eupora Chainsaws & Art Festival, happening August 9th - 12th with Janet Cook, Executive Director of the Eupora Economic Development and Eupora Mayor Blake McMullan before our second stop at the Farish Forward Festival, happening August 5th in Jackson, with Aikisha Holly Coleman, Festival Organizer and star on the Oprah Winfrey Network show, “Belle Collective.” Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood, Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, will highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS | Chapel Hart @ The Keath Killebrew Memorial Rodeo & MS Outdoor Expo Fall Show

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 19:01:47 GMT

Today we welcome Chapel Hart as guest hosts for the entire show! They’re here to promote their performance at the Keath Killebrew Memorial Rodeo, happening July 28th through the 29th at the Mississippi Coliseum. And we welcome Dr. Alyssa Killebrew, rodeo founder and organizer, to tell us more about this awesome event. We’ll also chat with Corey Wright, Conservation Educator and Naturalist with MDWFP about the Mississippi Outdoor Expo Fall Show, happening July 28th - 30th at the Trade Mart in Jackson. It’s going to be an amazing ride!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood, Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, will highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS | Visit Mississippi w/ Craig Ray

Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:11:25 GMT

Today we’re chatting with, Craig Ray, former Director of Visit Mississippi about his time with the agency, his favorite events and festivals around the state and future plans… Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood, Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, will highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. They'll not only tell you what's going on in your neck of the woods, but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year on Next Stop, Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS | FCSO's 10th Annual Fat to Fit Olympic Games & Neshoba County Fair 2023

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 18:34:05 GMT

Our first stop of the day is all about getting in shape at Fayette Community Service Organization's (FCSO) 10th Annual Fat to Fit Olympic Games 2023, happening July 22nd - 23rd at the Kroger Athletics & Activities Gymnasium on the campus of Tougaloo College with Executive Director, Janell Edwards, then we’re off to Philadelphia for this year’s Neshoba County Fair "Mississippi's Giant Houseparty," happening July 21st - 28th with President, Scott Bounds. Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | 45th Annual Watermelon Festival & 2023 Slugburger Festival

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 19:01:51 GMT

Today is all about my favorite pastime, food! Our first stop of the day takes us to Mize for the 45th Annual Watermelon Festival & 5k, happening July 14-15th at Mize City Park with Coordinator, Terresa Stewart, then we’re off to Corinth to enjoy some good ol’ burgers at this year’s Slugburger Festival happening now through July 8th at Trailhead Yard, with Main St. Corinth Director, Angela Avent! Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | 75th Annual 4th Of July MS Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo & Music Fest, 33rd Annual Red White & Blues, & Nettleton Parade & Fireworks

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 23:01:38 GMT

Today, we're heading into the wild yonder during the 75th Annual 4th Of July MS Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo & Music Fest, happening July 1st - 4th, 2023 at the Gulfport Small Craft Harbor with Board President, Richard Valdez. We'll also swing by to celebrate freedom at the 33rd Annual Red White & Blues, happening July 4th at Traceway Park in Clinton with Dir. of Parks & Recreation, Courtney Nunn and Dir. of Communication & Tourism, Marlee Price before a final stop to enjoy the festivities at Nettleton's Annual 4th of July Parade & Fireworks, happening July 1st at Roy Black Park with Main Street Dir., Dana Burcham! Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | Iconic: Cirque Rock Symphonic Extravaganza & MS Comic Con 2023

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:02:03 GMT

Today we’ll rock out at "Iconic: Cirque Rock Symphonic Extravaganza," happening June 24th at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg with Dr. Jay Dean, Emeritus Director Orchestral and Operatic Conducting, and Dr. Mike Lopinto, Artistic Director for FestivalSouth/Hattiesburg Concert Association, then it’s off to Jackson to check out the celebs, cosplay, panels and more at this year’s Mississippi Comic Con 2023 happening June 24th - June 25th at the MS Trade Mart in Jackson with Veteran Comic Artist Steven Butler, his daughter, Comic Artist, Lily Butler and our very own Clark Lee with MPBTV!

Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | MPB Summer Learning Family Fun Day, North MS Hill Country Picnic, & Bentonia Blues Festival @ Blue Front Café

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:14:08 GMT

Today we’ll get into family, school and community at MPB’s 2023 Summer Learning Family Fun Day at the Jackson Convention Complex, June 17th with Felicia Davis, Early Childhood Education & Student Enrichment Division Manager and Keidra Hooks, Training and Outreach Specialist with MPB Education, then we’ll swing by the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, June 23-24th at the Betty Davis Ponderosa in Waterford with Frank Kossen, NMHCP Board Member, before our final stop at this year’s Bentonia Blues Festival, June 16th at Blue Front Café in Bentonia with Gilbert Vowell, Robert Farr and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes!

Visit our events calendar at mpbonline.org/community/mississippi-events/. If you have an event, you’d like to share, you can upload it directly to our calendar or email it to events@mpbonline.org.

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On The Road: Next Stop | The 25th Annual Tupelo Elvis Festival

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:31:17 GMT

Today we’re On The Road live from the 25th Annual Tupelo Elvis Festival at Cadence Bank Arena in Downtown Tupelo! We’ll check out all the action and learn more about this iconic celebration, in the King’s hometown, with Stephanie Coomer, Deputy Director for Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau, Dalton Russell, Marketing & Community Outreach Director and Debbie Brangenberg, Former Executive Director, both with Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association and so much more! Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Visit our events calendar at mpbonline.org and click the community tab for Mississippi Events. If you have an event, you’d like to share, you can upload it directly to our calendar or email it to events@mpbonline.org.

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Next Stop MS | Vicksburg Juneteenth Heritage Festival, Voices of Courage & Justice, & MS Songwriter's Festival

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 21:59:55 GMT

Today we’re celebrating freedom with a stop at the Vicksburg Juneteenth Heritage Festival, Saturday June 17th, with Vicksburg Juneteenth Heritage Festival Committee Chair, Bobbie Bingham Morrow, then we’ll pay homage at the Voices of Courage & Justice 60th Festivities, happening June 8th and 9th in Jackson, with Reena Evers-Everette, Executive Director of the Medgar And Myrlie Evers Institute, before our final stop at this year’s Mississippi Songwriter’s Festival, Friday, June 16th, and 17th, in Cleveland with singer/songwriter, Tricia Walker of Big Front Porch Productions.

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Next Stop MS | GCSO: Sounds by the Sea & 6th Annual Old School Party with A Purpose

Fri, 26 May 2023 17:01:36 GMT

Today we’re sailing out to the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra's, Sounds by the Sea - A Salute to Our Military event, May 27th in Gulfport, with Music Director, Dr. Peter Rubardt, then we’ll celebrate 50 years of Hip-Hop at the 6th Annual Old School Party with A Purpose- Fundraiser for Grace House, happening May 27th at the Mississippi Trade Mart, in Jackson with Organizer, Steven James and DJ Finesse! Plus, we also let you know "What's Happening" around your neck of the woods!

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On The Road: Next Stop Promo| The 25th Annual Tupelo Elvis Festival

Thu, 25 May 2023 11:09:00 GMT

Join Next Stop, Mississippi live from the 25th Annual Tupelo Elvis Festival, June 9th at 10am! We're broadcasting from the King's hometown, bringing you the thrilling sounds of this iconic celebration through live interviews! From the Elvis Tribute Artist contest to unforgettable performances, we're sharing all the excitement with you, live from Downtown Tupelo. So slip into your blue suede shoes, and let's rock 'n' roll with the spirit of the King! Only on MPB Think Radio – where Mississippi is our mission.

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Next Stop MS | 8th Annual MKOTS Pirate Day in the Bay & MDWFP, MSCCD Born to be Wild: Family and Friends Picnic

Fri, 19 May 2023 17:17:46 GMT

Today we’re walking the plank to check out Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse’s 8th Annual Pirate Day in the Bay, May 19th - 20th in Bay St. Louis, with Lady Claiborne & Captain Longbeard, then we’re getting wild at the Born to Be Wild: Family & Friends Picnic, happening May 20th at the MS Museum of Natural Science, in Jackson with Corey Wright, MDWFP Conservation Educator and Naturalist and Pam Dollar, Executive Director for the Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities.

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Next Stop MS | Women in Blues Festival & Mississippi Makers Fest

Fri, 12 May 2023 17:48:14 GMT

Today we’re celebrating women in music at the 2nd Annual Women in Blues Festival, May 18th – 20th, in Clarkdale at Shared Experiences Headquarters with festival founder, Colleen Buyers, before we swing by the 2023 Mississippi Makers Fest, happening May 13th at Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, with Brother Rogers, Director of Programs and Communication Division at MDAH!

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Next Stop MS | Snappy Sync Soiree and Firefly Tours & 70th Annual Jimmy Rodgers Music Festival

Fri, 05 May 2023 21:51:18 GMT

Today we’re checking out the 2023 Snappy Sync Soiree and Firefly Tours, May 18th through May 21st, 2023 at the Bill Waller Mississippi Craft Center in Ridgeland with representative, Claire Graves before we stop by the 70th Annual Jimmy Rodgers Music Festival, happening May 7-14th, 2023 in Meridian with Executive Director, Leslie Lee. Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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On The Road: Next Stop | The American Pickleball Tour - Biloxi & New Stage Theatre Presents: "Fences"

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:54:48 GMT

Today we’re On The Road broadcasting live from The American Pickleball Tour at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi! We’ll learn what it is and why pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the nation with APT Director Aaron DelMar, we’ll also check out New Stage Theatre’s newest production "Fences," happening through April 30th, in Jackson and more!

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On The Road: Next Stop | The American Pickleball Tour - Biloxi

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:15:17 GMT

Discover America's fastest growing sport with Next Stop, Mississippi as we present, "On The Road: Next Stop, The American Pickleball Tour!" We'll broadcast live from the tour at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center in Biloxi, Friday, April 28th at 10:00 AM CST. Tune-in to learn why pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the nation, through live interviews and gameplay! Join me, Germaine Flood, Jay White and Kamel King with Visit Mississippi this Friday, live on MPB Think Radio!

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Next Stop MS | Double Decker Arts Festival & Shakespeare's "King Lear" at Smith Park

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 22:32:07 GMT

Today we’re on the bus to Oxford to vibe out at the Double Decker Arts Festival, happening April 28th with Lee Ann Stubbs, Double Decker Coordinator with Visit Oxford, then we’re heading to Smith Park in Jackson to check out Shakespeare's "King Lear" showings at Smith Park in Jackson with actor Ward Emling, and Director, Amile Wilson! Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

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Next Stop MS | En Plein Air Earth Day Paint Competition, I Do Y'all Wedding Fest, & The Mockingbird Songwriters Music Festival

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 23:16:01 GMT

Today we’re heading to Flowood to check out the 2023 En Plein Air Earth Day Paint Competition at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park happening April 22nd with owner and artist Keri Davis, and nationally known Mississippi Artist, Susan Wellington, then we’re off to Biloxi to check out the I Do Y'all Wedding Fest happening April 16th at Ground Zero Blues Club with Amy Wallace, Publisher of I Do Y’all, Modern Couples Southern Style Magazine, and we’ll round out today’s trip with a final stop in Leland for the The Mockingbird Songwriters Music Festival, at The Gin at Dunleith, April 14th – 15th with Music & Culture Ambassador of Mississippi, Steve Azar! Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

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Next Stop MS | Easter at the Ag Museum & 20th Annual Juke Joint Festival

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 19:24:23 GMT

Today we’re hopping to the Mississippi Ag Museum for Easter at the Ag 2023, happening Saturday April 8th, with Educational Interpreter, Amie Clark and Early Childhood Reading Partner, Uncle Story, then we’re off to Clarksdale for the 20th Annual Juke Joint Festival, with Co-Founder, Roger Stolle, happening April 13th through the 14th, 2023. Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

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Next Stop MS | 46th Annual World Catfish Festival, Festival of Colors 2023, & 12th USA International Ballet Competition

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:54:23 GMT

Today we’re heading to Belzoni for the 46th Annual World Catfish Festival happening Saturday April 1st, then we’re off to Brandon to celebrate Holi Mehla at the Festival of Colors 2023 also on April 1st, before our last stop in Jackson to check out the 12th USA International Ballet Competition happening June 10th – June 24th! Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | 40th Hal's St. Paddy's Day Parade with Grand Marshal, Cassandra Wilson & Sweet Potato Queen Jill Conner Browne and the 17th Annual Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Ragtime and Jazz Festival with Gatsby Gala

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 23:28:59 GMT

Today, I head to Starkville this weekend for the 17th Annual Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Ragtime and Jazz Festival with Gatsby Gala then we’ll hit the 2023 Hal’s St. Paddy’s Day Parade in Jackson with Grammy Award Winning Jazz Artist, Grand Marshal, and Jackson Native, Cassandra Wilson and H.R.H. THEE Sweet Potato Queen, Jill Conner Browne. Plus we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! So, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | Main Street Pascagoula Block Party, American Idol's Kayleigh Grace Clark, & Robby Peoples Band Live! @ Martin’s Downtown

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 22:11:27 GMT

Today we’re heading to Pascagoula for the Main Street Pascagoula Block Party, held every third Friday beginning today, featuring their St. Patrick’s Day Parade with Susannah Northrop, Associate Director, then we’ll chat with Mississippi American Idol Contestant Kayleigh Grace Clark from Sumrall before her episode airing this Sunday, before our last stop in Jackson to check out the Robby Peoples Band Live! at Martin’s Downtown tomorrow night at 10 pm. Plus we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

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Next Stop MS | Kamel King's Birthday Celebration, MS Anime Fest 2023, & Mississippi Roadshow Antique Showcase

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:17:21 GMT

Today we’re celebrating Kamel King's birthday, then we're Jackson to check out Mississippi Anime Fest 2023 with Clark Lee and Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, Luigi and more, before heading to Columbus for the next Mississippi Roadshow Antique Showcase with Angela Ferraz & Lisa Lancaster. Plus we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

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Next Stop MS | 7th Annual International Music by Women Festival & Annual Gulf Coast Beer and Bacon Fest

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 22:19:16 GMT

Today we’re off to Columbus to enjoy the sounds at the 7th Annual International Music by Women Festival, happening now thru March 4th, on the campus of Mississippi University for Women, with Department Chair and Professor of Music, Dr. Julia Mortyakova, before a final pit stop in Gulfport to check out the drinks and eats at the Annual Gulf Coast Beer and Bacon Fest, Saturday March 4th at The Hollywood Warehouse, with Event Coordinator/Director, Katherine Smith… Plus, we’ll also let you know what else is happening in your neck of the woods!

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Next Stop MS | Magnolia Independent Film Festival, Wine & Whiskey Festival, & the Mississippi Blues Marathon

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:56:08 GMT

Today were heading to Starkville to check out the 26th Annual Magnolia Independent Film Festival, happening now thru February 26th, at the UEC Hollywood Premier Cinema, with Michael Williams, President of the Magnolia Film Festival Board, before a stop in Hattiesburg for libations at the 6th Annual Wine & Whiskey Festival, Saturday February 25th with Pink Ribbon Fund Representative, Christy Amay, Co-Founder, Coordinator and Sales/Vendor Rep. Emmalee Bolton & Carl Van Coppenhagen, Event Founder. Then we’ll get our cardio in at the 2023 Mississippi Blues Marathon in Jackson, happening February 25-26th with Race Director, Bill Burke.

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Next Stop MS | 14th Annual Ocean Springs Night Parade, American Idol & Mississippi Boy Choir "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Concert

Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:33:43 GMT

For our first stop of the day, we’re taking in the Mardi Gras festivities during the 14th Annual Ocean Springs Night Parade, February 17th at 7 p.m. before chatting with Amory, MS American Idol premiere episode contestants, Colin Stough & Zachariah Smith before our last stop in Wesson for the "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Concert, happening February 19th at 4 pm, presented by the Co-Lin Singers and Mississippi Boy Choir.

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On The Road Next Stop | 58th Annual Dixie National Livestock Show & Rodeo

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 19:50:01 GMT

Get ready for a wild ride as Next Stop Mississippi broadcasts live from the 58th Annual Dixie National Livestock Show & Rodeo! Join us on Friday, February 10th at 10 a.m. for a front-row seat to one of the South's biggest rodeo events. With live interviews, and a behind-the-scenes look at the action, shop, learn and explore with us during their Free Rodeo Days! So, grab your cowboy hat and tune in live to Next Stop Mississippi on MPB Think Radio!

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Next Stop MS | Krewe de Cardinal & The Micro Wrestling Federation

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:11:08 GMT

Today we’re participating in the Mardi Gras festivities at The South Warehouse in Jackson during Krewe de Cardinal Saturday, February 11th with Mary Margaret Miller White, Director of Mississippi Today before our stops in Hattiesburg, Meridian and Waveland to check out Micro Wrestling with Promoter, Jack Darrell. Plus, we’ll also let you know what else is happening in your neck of the woods... So, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | PRAC Nature Tots, LMDC Children’s Mardi Gras Celebration, & the 37th Annual Southern Miss Coco-Cola Classic Rodeo

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 22:23:20 GMT

Today were heading to the Pascagoula River Audubon Center to check out their Nature Tots class happening every Thursday through February 16th with Katy Fetzer, Education Specialist, before heading to the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport for the 2023 Children’s Mardi Gras Celebration, going down Saturday, January 28th, with Executive Director, Cindy DeFrances! Then we’ll mosey down the road to the 37th Annual Southern Miss Coco-Cola Classic Rodeo in Hattiesburg, happening today through January 28th with April Jordan, Asst. Dir. of Marketing for USM Recreation, Rider Keisner, Trick Roper & Bethany Iles, Trick Rider! Plus, we’ll also let you know what else is happening in your neck of the woods... So, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | 13th Annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival & Mississippi Traditions Exhibit's "Artist Demonstration Day"

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 22:33:45 GMT

Today were traveling to Clarksdale for the 13th Annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival, Friday, January 27th through Sunday January 29th, with Roger Stolle, Commander-in-Chief for Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, before heading to Jackson to check out Mississippi Traditions Exhibit's "Artist Demonstration Day,” happening Saturday, January 21st from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. with Maria Zeringue, Mississippi Arts Commission Folk and Traditional Arts Director & featured artist, Alan Kolodny. Plus, we’ll also let you know what else is happening in your neck of the woods. So, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | Mississippi Writers Trail Marker Natasha Trethaway Dedication& Opera Mississippi's Voices of Freedom Concert

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:04:42 GMT

Today were heading to Gulfport for the Mississippi Writers Trail Marker Dedication for American Poet, Natasha Trethaway, Tuesday, January 17th, with Kristen Brandt, Arts Industry Director for the Mississippi Arts Commission, before we stop in Jackson for Opera Mississippi's Voices of Freedom Concert: A Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, happening Monday, January 16th at Duling Hall with Temperance Jones (Soprano), John Christopher Adams (Tenor), and Smiley Abrams (Spoken Word Poet). Plus, we also let you know what else is happening in your neck of the woods. So, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | Tupelo Public Ice Skating & Jackson Indie Music Week 2023

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:25:28 GMT

Today were hitting the ice in Downtown Tupelo during their Public Skating event at Cadence Bank Arena, happening now through January 14th, with Shelby Ray, Director of Marketing… then we’re off to Jackson to check out the Fastest-Growing Indie Music Festival in the South, Jackson Music Indie Week, January 8th- 15th with MPB's Third Coast Radio host, Brad Franklin! Plus, we’ll also let you know what else is happening in your neck of the woods. So, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! To view or submit events: www.mpbonline.org/community/mississippi-events/.

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Next Stop MS | INFINITY Science Center & Jellystone Park Pelahatchie – Yogi On The Lake

Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:11:11 GMT

Today we’re stopping by the INFINITY Science Center in Pearlington with CEO & Executive Director, Michelle Coleman Anderson before our Christmas camp out at Jellystone Stone Pelahatchie – Yogi on the Lake during their upcoming Snow Time Like Christmas Weekend Four with Manger, Stephanie Goss… But wait! There’s more! We’ll be giving away a One-Year Family Voyager Membership to INFINITY Science Center and a One-Night stay at Jellystone Park Pelahatchie live! Plus, we’ll also let you know what else is happening in your neck of the woods… Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop Mississippi!

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Next Stop MS |Southern Momma a.k.a. Darren Knight Comedy Tour, Mississippi Chorus x Mississippi Symphony’s Christmas Concert & Jackson Medical Mall Foundation’s “Christmas in the City”

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:36:34 GMT

Today were stopping by Hattiesburg’s Historic Saenger Theater on December 10th for Southern Momma’s Comedy Tour with none other than Southern Momma himself, Darren Knight, then we’re off to Ridgeland, December 17th to listen in on The Mississippi Chorus & Mississippi Symphony’s "Stories of Christmas" Concert with Executive Director, Rachel Landrum, before our final stop in Jackson during the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation’s “Christmas in the City” event happening today, December 9th with Chief Planning and Strategy Officer, Fallon Brewster… Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! So, stay tuned, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, MS!

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Next Stop MS | Canton Christmas Festival & the Belhaven Singing Christmas Tree

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 17:00:02 GMT

Today, we’re in full gear for the holiday season with two events that will get you in the spirit with stops in Canton to enjoy the sights and sounds during the Canton Christmas Festival with May McCarty, Executive Director of Canton Tourism, then we’re swinging by the Belhaven District in Jackson to wonder in awe at the Belhaven Singing Christmas Tree with Consultant, E.C. Harpe, Director of Choral Arts at Belhaven, Dr. Tim Walker, and Tony Quinn, nephew of the late Dr. Bettye Quinn … Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! So, stay tuned, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, MS!

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Next Stop MS | Ballet Magnificat’s “Most Incredible Christmas," Lazy Acres 2022 Christmas Lights, & City of Brandon’s Magic of Lights

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 22:38:09 GMT

Today, we’re gearing up for the holiday season with three events that will get you in the spirit with stops in Gulfport, Meridian and Jackson for Ballet Magnificat’s “Most Incredible Christmas” tour, then we’ll swing by Chunky, Mississippi to gaze at the lights during Lazy Acres 2022 Christmas Lights event, before we ease on down the road to check out the City of Brandon’s Magic of Lights event… Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! So, stay tuned, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, MS!

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Next Stop MS | Veterans Day 2022

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:11:11 GMT

Today, we’re celebrating our state Veterans with stops in Hattiesburg for the city’s Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony festivities, happening today, with the Chair of the Hattiesburg Veteran of the Year Selection Committee, Ret. Col. Shelia Varnado, then we’ll swing by Hernando for their 2022 Veterans Day Parade and Luncheon events today with Carolyn Young, before jetting off to the Raymond/John Bell Williams Airport to learn more about Free Flights for Veterans happening tomorrow with Hangar 360 Aircraft Services owner, John Mosely.

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Next Stop MS | 44th Annual Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival, 56th Semi-Annual Picayune Fall Street Festival & Reflecting Jackson In the Blues

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 21:43:40 GMT

Today, Jay White and Kamel King, with Visit Mississippi, visit the 44th Annual Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival in Ocean Springs with Cynthia Sutton, Executive Director of the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce, before stopping in Picayune for the 56th Semi-Annual Picayune Fall Street Festival with Reba Beebe, Picayune Main Street Executive Director. Then they’re off to Jackson for the “Reflecting Jackson in the Blues” events with Peggy Brown, Talent Coordinator with the Central MS Blues Society.

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Next Stop MS | BankPlus Red Beans and Rice Festival Benefitting Stewpot, Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation’s Trunk or Treat & 5th Annual Trunk or Treat on Summit Street

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:30:39 GMT

Today, Germaine Flood, Jay White and Kamel King, with Visit Mississippi, are kicking off the Halloween festivities at Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation’s 2022 Trunk or Treat on October 29th in Coldwater with Executive Director Debbie Crum before heading to the 5th Annual Trunk or Treat on Summit Street in McComb with Event Organizer, CoDee. Our last stop of the day will take our taste buds on a ride at the 2022 BankPlus Red Beans and Rice Festival Benefitting Stewpot in Jackson with Event Chair, Clint Hickman.

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Next Stop MS | Twilight Concert Series feat. Blues Traveler, Tupelo Community Theatre & Fertile Ground Beer Co. Presents: Oktoberfest

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:02:33 GMT

Today, Germaine Flood, Jay White and Kamel King, with Visit Mississippi, jam out at Visit Ridgeland’s Twilight Concert Series featuring Blues Traveler with none other than band guitarist, Chan Kinchla, and Visit Ridgeland’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Katie Coats, before heading to Tupelo’s Community Theatre to check out the Rocky Horror Picture Show and their Haunted Theatre attraction before they make a stop in the Belhaven District for Oktoberfest 2022, presented by: Fertile Ground Beer Co.

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Next Stop MS | Her Run To Freedom, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer & FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 23:11:24 GMT

Germaine Flood and Jay White check out the upcoming stage play “Her Run to Freedom,” at Duling Hall in Jackson with Funmi “Queen” Franklin before heading to the AJ Holloway Sports Complex in Biloxi for the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on the MS Gulf Coast” and “Real Men Wear Pink” upcoming events with Whitney Ott. Then they're off to Jackson, Vicksburg, and Oxford for the “FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH” - Mississippi Film Tour with filmmaker Baldwin Chiu.

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Next Stop MS | Sweet MS Tea Festival, Great Delta Bear Affair, Tupelo Haunted Castle & Drive Time - Fall 2022

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 23:55:48 GMT

Today is the final day of MPB's 2022 Fall Pledge Drive and we’re asking you to give to MPB Think Radio for the Love of Mississippi. Germaine Flood and Jay White travel to Poplarville for the 2nd Annual Sweet Mississippi Tea Festival, October 7th- 8th, with Festival representative, Jacob Cochran. Then they're off to Rolling Fork for the 21st Annual Great Delta Bear Affair, October 22nd, with Meg Cooper, Coordinator of Mississippi’s Lower Delta Partnership before creeping over to the Tupelo Haunted Castle in Mooreville with Barney Harris.

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Next Stop MS | MS Capital City Pride & Bozarts Gallery: “I’m Still Here" - Documenting James Meredith

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 21:43:26 GMT

Hold on tight, Germaine Flood along with traveling partner Jay White get all the details on the events happening during Mississippi Capital City Pride weekend in Jackson with Jason McCarty, Executive Director of Capital City Pride, before heading to Bozarts Gallery in Water Valley, Mississippi for Suzi Altman’s “I’m Still Here: Documenting James Meredith,” photography exhibition celebrating the 60th Anniversary of his enrollment at Ole Miss, with Suzi Altman, Mary Lapides, exhibition co-curator and Dr. Annette Trefzer, Professor of English at the University of Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS | Mary E. Peoples Scholarship Luncheon & Wing Dang Doodle Festival

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:46:44 GMT

Buckle up, Germaine Flood along with traveling partners Jay White and Kamel King, with Visit Mississippi, talk with Yolanda R. Owens, Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement and External Affairs at JSU, about the Mary E. Peoples Scholarship Luncheon featuring Keynote Speaker and 2022 Emmy Winner, Sheryl Lee Ralph, September 29th at the Jackson Convention Complex, before heading to Forest, Mississippi for the 17th Annual Wing Dang Doodle Festival, September 24th, with festival representative, Drew Evans!

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Next Stop MS | "The Return" with Rita Brent & Wellsfest 2022

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 18:14:54 GMT

Germaine Flood along with traveling partners Jay White and Kamel King, with Visit Mississippi, welcome back, two former Next Stop, MS hosts: comedienne, writer and musician Rita Brent and DJ and Director of NPR’s “All Things Considered” Jonas Adams, for Rita’s upcoming Saturday show, “Raised in the Sipp, Rita Brent, The Return” at Duling Hall in Jackson, September 17th, and they travel to Wellsfest 2022 at Jamie Fowler Boyll Park, next Saturday, September 24th with festival representative, Brenda Ferguson.

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Next Stop MS | The Mystic Ghost Ride Co. & Mississippi Science Fest 2022

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 21:43:43 GMT

Germaine Flood along with traveling partners Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manager with Visit Mississippi, travel to Bay St. Louis to catch a ride with Mystic Molly, owner of the Mystic Ghost Ride Company on the coast, right before heading to Jackson to talk with Nicole Smith, Special Events Coordinator with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science about the 2022 Mississippi Science Fest at The LeFleur Museum District on September 17th.

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Next Stop MS | Good News Gospel Festival, Fork & Fete & Mysterious Circumstance Movie Premiere

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 23:21:26 GMT

Germaine Flood along with traveling partners Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manager with Visit Mississippi, are heading to Meridian to Dine the Delta at Fork & Fate with Laura Hester, Dir. of Communications and Programs at The MAX & husband and wife duo, Blue Mother Tupelo, then they’ll swing by Cleveland for the Good News Gospel Festival at the Grammy Museum Mississippi with Communications and Development Manager, Brittany McClendon, before heading to the capital city for the US Theatrical Release of Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis at the Capri Theatre, in downtown Jackson with writer, actor, producer, director, singer-songwriter, and Mississippi native, Clark Richey.

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Next Stop MS | MHSAA All-Female Football Crew & Tupelo Summerfest Fair

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:04:12 GMT

Traveling partners, Germaine Flood, Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manager with Visit Mississippi, head to the 50-yard line with the MHSAA All-Female Football Crew, lead official Adrienne Barnes, and football crew assigner, Curtis Lowe, for tonight’s Murrah High versus Cleveland High football game at Forest Hill, then we’re traveling to Tupelo, MS for the 2022 Tupelo Summerfest Fair with festival representative, Bailey Eubanks.

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Next Stop MS | 2022 MS Book Festival & Red Brick Roads Music and Arts Festival

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:08:47 GMT

Germaine Flood, Kamel King and Jay White check out books today at the 2022 Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson, with Festival Deputy Director, Jordan Perry and Moderator, Scott Baretta, then they hit the bricks at the 6th Annual Red Brick Roads Music and Arts Festival, with Main Street Clinton Program Director, Tara Lytal and Clinton Chamber of Commerce Director, Anna Nutt.

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Next Stop MS | Festival Fun

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:35:04 GMT

Today we’ll stop and smell the flowers at the 34th Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival in Clarksdale, with Festival Co-Chair, Maie Smith, then we’re up, up and away for the RISE Hattiesburg Hot Air Balloon Festival, with Festival Director, Catherine Journs!

Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! To view or submit events: www.mpbonline.org/community/mississippi-events/.

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Next Stop MS | Something for Everyone

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 20:54:37 GMT

Diversity in our state is what makes us great, and this weekend’s events prove there’s a little some for everyone to enjoy! We’ll talk with Richard Beattie, ride organizer with the 2022 Big Bikes, Blues & Bayous cycling event in Greenwood, we’ll also chat with DJ Scrap about The Return of House Music with "The Blast" at Martin's Downtown and then we’ll discuss the Mississippi Agricultural and Outdoor Expo at the Mississippi Trade Mart building on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds.

Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! To view or submit events: www.mpbonline.org/community/mississippi-events/.

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Next Stop MS | Back 2 School 2022

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:13:37 GMT

Today is all about getting Back 2 School! We're talking with Clair Huff of the Mississippi Children’s Museum in Meridian about their Back to School Bash, we also chat with Olivia Blassingame with Amory, MS Junior Auxiliary's 2022 Back to School Bash and then we sit down with Janet Reihle, with the Flowood Chamber of Commerce to discuss the City of Flowood’s Back to School Health and Wellness Fair at the Flowood YMCA.

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Next Stop MS | Chapel Hart Band, Southern Komfort Brass Band, One Love Caribbean Festival

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 20:51:17 GMT

Check out America’s Got Talent’s Golden Buzzer Champs, Chapel Hart, as they discuss their recent appearance on the hit show and their upcoming performance at the Neshoba County Fair. Host Kamel King also chats with Southern Komfort Brass Band about their performance at Martin’s Downtown and Frank Selby, organizer of the First Annual One Love Caribbean Festival in Gulfport, MS.

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Next Stop MS | Neon Night, Dinosaur Train, Birding 101 & the Pork Skin Diva

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 23:27:09 GMT

Today we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about the people, places and events that make MS great! From Dinosaur Train and Neon Night at the MS Children’s Museum to Birding 101 with Wild Birds Unlimited of Southaven, there’s going to be a little something for everyone to enjoy this weekend. We’ll also stop and talk with the Pork Skin Diva live from her food truck at Snowden Grove Park and so much more! So, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next stop MS!

For more information about the places and events we featured on this episode:

Mississippi Children's Museum - https://mschildrensmuseum.org/

Wild Birds Unlimited Southaven - https://southaven.wbu.com/

Birding 101 at the First Regional Library - https://firstregional.org/events-calendar/?CFID=53309850&CFTOKEN=28d742cc09724852-29B117F7-D4AE-528A-5350D1D5D67401CA

Pork Skin Diva - 662-772-9772

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Next Stop MS | Blue Bell Ice Cream Social with the City of Soul

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 22:30:54 GMT

Summer is here, so we’re sharing places and events you and your family can enjoy all summer long right here in the state. This summer is all about the 2022 Blue Bell Ice Cream Social with the City with Soul! We talk with the Jackson Zoo Marketing and Promotions Director EJ Rivers to tell us about this year’s Ice Cream Social and what to expect. So, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next stop MS!

For more information about the places and events we featured on this episode visit:

Jackson Zoo - https://jacksonzoo.org/

Bruce Sawmill Festival- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057379424220

Mississippi Braves- https://www.milb.com/mississippi

Choctaw Indian Fair- https://www.choctawindianfair.com/

MDWFP "World Snake Day"- https://www.mdwfp.com/museum/calendar/world-snake-day-2022/

Mississippi Watermelon Festival- https://mswatermelonfestival.com/

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Next Stop MS| Music and Film in MS

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:56:02 GMT

Today it’s all about Mississippi's music and film. Our road trip begins in Clarksdale MS for the 11th Annual Clarksdale Film and Music Festival Pandemic Edition, after that we’ll check in with the blues prodigy himself, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram to see what he's been up to. So, hold on tight this is Next Stop MS on MPB Think Radio!

For more information on the events and artist we featured on the show visit:

Film Festival - Festival Events (clarksdalefilmfestival.com)

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

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Next Stop MS | New Year, New Adventures

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:50:23 GMT

We made it through one of the toughest years in our lifetime and now it’s time to hit the road for the New Year!! We’ll start our trip in Jackson for the Mississippi Home Show Jackson and speak with Susan Hogue, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Stages Mississippi, and end the trip with Brad Franklin, Founder and Executive Director of the 6th Annual Jackson Indie Music Week, "The Fastest-Growing Indie Music Festival in the South". Plus, Kamel and I will help you plan your weekend with events happening around the state. So, hold on tight for our first trip of the new year here on Next Stop MS!!

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Next Stop MS | Fall Road Trip Through Mississippi!

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 20:01:53 GMT

Well, fall is officially here, the leaves are turning colors, the weather is cooler, and the holidays are right around the corner, so today we’re taking a fall road trip through Mississippi. We’ll make our first stop at the Two MS Museums and speak with Director Pam Junior, after that, we’ll head to Ocean Springs for the 42nd Annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival and end our road trip in Biloxi for Ron Meyers Christmas City Gift Show. So, hold on tight, cause we’re going on a fun fall ride here on Next Stop MS…

For more information about the places and events we featured on this episode visit;

http://give2mississippimuseums.com/

http://peterandersonfestival.com/

http://oceanspringschamber.com/

https://christmascitygiftshow.com/

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Next Stop MS| Best of MS Cities- Meridian

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:42:31 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about people, places that make Mississippi great! Today we’re bringing you our “Best of Mississippi Cities” series featuring the “Go Cup District” Meridian. We’ll begin our trip with Laura Carmichael, Community Development Director for the city of Meridian, after that, we’ll head to the MAX, Mississippi’s Arts and Entertainment Experience and talk with museum director, Jerome Trahan, and end the show with Meridian’s own country music singer/songwriter, and acoustic guitar player, Daniel Houze, So hold on tight for the Best of Mississippi Cities here on Next Stop Mississippi.

For more information on the City of Meridian, the MAX and Daniel Houze visit these links below:

https://www.meridianms.org/

https://www.msarts.org/

https://www.facebook.com/danielhouzemusic/

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Next Stop MS | Books, Business and Music!

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:04:12 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about people, places and events that make MS great! Today it’s all about Books, Business and Music! We’ll start our road trip in Jackson for Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Read Across America Birthday Celebration for Dr. Seuss, next we’re headed to Columbus for the MS University for Women's Music by Women Festival, after that we’ll speak with Funmi Franklin about the 6th Annual Black Business Expo and end the show with our musical guest, Grammy nominated, Mississippi living blues legend, Vasti Jackson. So hold on tight for another great ride here on Next Sop MS!

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Next Stop MS | Behind the Lens- MPB's "Meet Carl Jackson Documentary

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:22:24 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great! Today on Next stop we’re giving you an exclusive behind the scenes look into the making of Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s original documentary “Meet Carl Jackson” with guests, Director of Television, John Gibson, Assistant Director, Taiwo Gaynor and veteran radio host and musician, Bill Ellison.

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Next Stop MS | Pop Up Oxford; 10th Annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:51:12 GMT

Join me and Kamel as we travel the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi great! Today our road trip begins in Oxford with Jessica Lynch to talk about their Pop-up Oxford event, next we’ll head to Clarksdale, and chat with Roger Stolle, about the 10th Annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival and we'll end the show with our musical guest, Blues man Sean “Bad” Apple. So hold on tight for another great ride here on Next Stop MS!

For more information about events featured on this episode visit:

https://visitoxfordms.com/pop-up-oxford/

http://www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com/

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Next Stop MS | Mississippi Music & Magic

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 21:15:06 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great! Today we’ll start our road trip with Jon Salem, Managing Director with the Greater Jackson Arts Council to talk about their "MS Magic Lessons" with Elizabeth Gilbert event. Next we’ll welcome Rochelle Hicks Executive Director of MS Tourism Assoc and Craig Ray, Director of Visit MS to talk about Tourism Day at the Capitol and “MS Night" at the MS Grammy Museum and end the show with Grammy nominated Mississippi blues phenom Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. So hold on tight because we’re going on a musical ride here on Next Stop MS!

For more details on the events featured on today's show visit:

https://www.greaterjacksonartscouncil.com/

https://dulinghall.ticketfly.com/e/mississippi-magic-lessons-with-elizabeth-gilbert-86596012003/

https://mstourism.com/events/legislative-reception/

https://www.grammymuseumms.org/events/detail/mississippi-night-20

https://www.christonekingfishingram.com/

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Next Stop MS | Jxn Indie Music Week 2020

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 19:03:09 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great! Mississippi is known as the “Birthplace of America’s Music” and no one knows that better than our guests today. Brad Franklin founder of Jackson Indie Music Week, film maker Phillip Scarborough, singer-songwriter Brynn Corbello and Mississippi’s Hip-Hop female sensation, Vitamin Cea. e’ll talk with them about Mississippi’s music scene and the 2020 Jackson Indie Music Week. Plus Kamel and I will let you know what’s going on this weekend in your neck of the woods. So hold on tight for a Mississippi musical ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS | New Year New Music!

Fri, 03 Jan 2020 21:26:50 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi great! 2019 was an awesome year here on Next Stop MS and 2020 will be no exception. Today we’ll start our trip on the MS Gulf Coast with Jordan Warren, Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra to talk about their “Winter Interlude" event. After that we’ll sit down and talk with soulful pop/rock singer/songwriter Seth Power. We’ll discuss his musical journey, his debut album and upcoming concert. So hold on tight cause we’re starting the New Year off right here on Next Stop MS!

For more information on our featured guest visit:

https://www.gulfcoastsymphony.net/

http://sethpowermusic.com/

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Next Stop MS| Holiday Light Shows around Mississippi!

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:36:40 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great! Christmas hasn’t officially begun yet but today we’re speeding up the clock and featuring Holiday light fest around the state. We’re starting this Festival of Lights road trip off in Cleveland for their 50 Nights of Lights then we’ll head to Canton for their Annual “City of Lights” and end the show on the MS Gulf Coast for the Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival. For more information about events around the state visit our events calendar at http://www.mpbonline.org/mississippi-events/

https://www.50nightsoflights.com/

https://www.cantontourism.com/

https://gulfportharborlights.com/

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Next Stop MS | "City With Soul"

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:43:13 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about people, places and events that make MS great! Today on Next Stop MS we’re making ONE STOP in Jackson to take a closer look at the "City with Soul" music video with Paul Wolfe of Visit Jackson, Jon Salem with The Greater Jackson Arts Council, and the entire creative team, Singer/songwriter, Teneia Sanders, Hip Hop Artist, 5th Child, Producer Taiwo Gaynor and Director, Bryson Hatfield. Plus, Kamel and I will let you know what’s happening in your neck of the woods this weekend. So hold on tight cause we’re going on a Jackson Mississippi Ride here on Next Stop MS!!

https://visitjackson.com/

https://www.greaterjacksonartscouncil.com/

https://teneiasanders.bandcamp.com/

https://5thchildmusic.bandcamp.com/

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Next Stop MS| Art Festivals around Mississippi

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:52:28 GMT

Mississippi is known for many things especially art and festivals so today we’re showcasing "Art Festivals around Mississippi" Our first stop is in Water Valley for the 11th Annual Water Valley Art Crawl, next we’ll head to Ocean Springs for the 41st Annual Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival and end the show in Picayune for the 50th BiAnnual Fall Street Festival. So hold on tight cause we’re going on a Mississippi Arts & Crafts Ride here on Next Stop MS!!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/55944767307/

http://peterandersonfestival.com/

https://picayunemainstreet.com/

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Next Stop MS: American Cancer Society; MS Heritage Trust & "The Dark Zone

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:33:11 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Today our first stop is with Molly Coker, Community Development Manager with The American Cancer Society to talk about their 2019 Making Strides Walk, next we’ll visit with Lolly Rash of Mississippi Heritage Trust about their upcoming "10 Most Endangered Historic Places" list and end the show with our featured haunted house, “The Dark Zone”. So hold on tight cause we’re going on a ride here on Next Stop MS!!

The American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks raise awareness and funds to save lives from breast cancer.The events raise money to fund innovative research, provide free information and support, and to help people reduce their breast cancer risk or find it early when it's most treatable.

Learn more here: https://secure.acsevents.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=strides_msabc&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand+-+Cancer+Society+-+BMM&utm_term=%2Bamerican%20%2Bcancer%20%2Bsociety%20%2Bwalk&utm_content=UwAElCM9_dc|pcrid|288122761340|pmt|b|pkw|%2Bamerican%20%2Bcancer%20%2Bsociety%20%2Bwalk|slid||pgrid|32971980430|ptaid|kwd-29686420312|&gclid=CjwKCAjwxaXtBRBbEiwAPqPxcJUFn8ez-cQ4JDq0hpgDmmdEtmeARcgTP6-XfZk2Q2pE7iOBIVOUgRoCdtgQAvD_BwE

https://www.mississippiheritage.com/

http://www.thedarkzone.net/

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Next Stop MS: Halloween Around Mississippi

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:17:50 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Today it’s all about Halloween fun throughout Mississippi. Our first stop will be in Natchez for their 4th Annual Natchez Witches Ride, next we’ll head to Hattiesburg for Zoo Boo 2019 and end our spooktacular trip on the MS Gulf Coast for our featured haunted house of the week, Terror on the Coast. So hold on tight cause we’re going on a Halloweetown Ride here on Next Stop MS!!

Below is the link to "NextdoorTreat Map" a private social network for your neighborhood. It will help you and your neighbors celebrate the most neighborly holiday of the year.

https://nextdoor.com/

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Next Stop MS: Sweet, Savory and Scary!

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 20:18:01 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Today it’s all about Sweet tea, Chili and haunted houses!! Our first stop is in Poplarville for the Sweet Mississippi Tea Festival, next we’ll head to Tupelo for the 20th Annual Chili Fest and end the show in Raymond at the House of the Haunted Fields! For more information about the events we featured on this show and for more events throughout the state visit our events calendar at http://www.mpbonline.org/mississippi-events/

https://www.smteafest.com

http://www.tupelomainstreet.com

https://www.facebook.com/houseofthehauntedfields/

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Next Stop MS: Octoberfest!!!

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:34:02 GMT

As we do every Friday, we'll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi great. Our first stop is in Jackson for Oktoberfest at Cathead Distillery, after that, we’ll head to the historic Farish Street district for the 39th Annual Farish Street Heritage Festival and speak with Executive Director Lee King and end the show with MS Rock Combo ‘The Weeks” So hold on tight cause we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!!

https://catheaddistillery.com/events/oktoberfest/

http://www.farishstreetheritagefestival.com/

http://theweeksmusic.com/

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Next Stop MS: Mississippi Fall Festivals

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:46:57 GMT

Join us as we travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Well fall has officially arrived so today we’ll take a look at some of Mississippi’s best fall festivals. Our first stop is in Laurel for the 10th Annual Loblolly Festival next we’ll head to Jackson for WellsFest 2019 and end the show with Grammy award winning singer/songwriter, Tricia Walker. So hold on tight as we take a Mississippi fall festival ride today on Next Stop MS!

Visit these links below to find out more information about events and guests from today's show.

http://laurelmainstreet.com/events/loblolly-festival/

http://wellschurch.org/wellsfest/wellsfest-2019

https://bigfrontporch.com/

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Next Stop MS: Look what's ahead Mississippi!

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson for the 20th Annual Susan G. Komen Metro Jackson Race for the Cure next we’ll head to Natchez for 4th Annual Classic European Auto & Motorcycle Show. After that we’ll travel to Tupelo for their Bud & Burgers Competition and end the show with Blues musician, Dexter Allen. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Partying for a Purpose!!!

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson for the 32nd Annual BCBS Taste of MS next we’ll move over to the MS Museum of Art for their “Art Party” 2019. After that, we’ll head to Ridgeland for the 14th Annual Santé South Wine Festival and end the show in Natchez for the 31st Annual Natchez Powwow. So hold on tight because we’re “partying for a purpose" here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Spring in Mississippi!!!

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip at Mississippi State University for the 13th Annual Charles Templeton Ragtime & Jazz Festival next we’ll head to Biloxi for the 3rd Annual Craft Beer Fest. After that we’ll move to Oxford and speak with artist William Dunlap about the Meditations on the Landscape in Art & Literature: Exhibition & Symposium and end the show with GRAMMY Museum MS as they present Mavis Staples Live at Thalia Mari Hall. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Bringing it all home for the weekend!

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 21:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson for the 8th Annual MS Craft Show. Next we’ll head downtown and chat with Malcolm White about the 36th Annual Hal’s St. Patty’s Day Parade. After that, we’ll speak with Sarah Stripp about the 5th Annual “Run for Our Community” 5K and end the show with Pianist Phillip Fortenberry. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!http://www.halsstpaddysparade.comhttps://mscraftshow.com/http://www.springboardto.org/https://www.wmcarey.edu/event/2019-03-22/philip-fortenberrys-coming-home-one-night-only-benefit-concert

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Next Stop MS: Another Great MS Weekend!

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip with Kierstan Dunfour with Get2College to talk about their FAFSA Day 2019, next we’ll head to Tupelo and visit with Steven Mancusco, Director of the Tupelo Automobile Museum, After that, we’ll stop by the MS University for Women to talk with Julia Mortyakova about their Music by Women Festival and end the show with acoustic guitarist, singer and songwriter Kerry Thomas. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Mississippi Music, History and Movies!!

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Oxford for Stanley Friedman's Cantata: "Sojourner Truth", next we’ll head to Starkville for the 22nd Annual Magnolia Independent Film Festival. After that, we’ll stop by the MS Civil Rights Museum and check out their new exhibit, “Spirits of the Passage: The Story of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” and end the show with Hip Hop Artist, 5th Child. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: A Perfect Combination: Mississippi Food & Music

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Laurel for the Magnolia State Bank Chili Cook-off. Next we’re heading to Jackson for Salvation Army’s “Souper Bowl” After that we’ll travel to the Grammy Museum MS in Cleveland and end the show in Oxford for the 16th Annual Oxford Film Festival. So hold on tight cause we’re going on MS ride here on Next Stop MS! For information on events mentioned in today's show visit:http://laurelmainstreet.com/events/chili-cook-off/http://salvationarmyalm.org/jackson/souperbowl/https://www.grammymuseumms.org/exhibits/celebrating-grammy-weekhttp://oxfordfilmfest.com/

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Next Stop MS: Muppets, BBQ, moons & music!!

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Meridian at the MAX for the New Jim Henson Exhibit. Next we’ll head to Ocean Springs for the Shed’s Dual Steak BBQ Showdown. After that we’re traveling to Natchez for the 11th Moon Storytelling event @ Grand Village and end the show with Country singer and Fiddler Temperance Babcock. So hold on tight cause we’re going on MS Ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: What's Going On!!

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 02:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start this road trip in Madison for the 17th Annual Jewish Film Festival, then we’ll head to Jackson for New Stage Theatre’s production of “Hell in High. Next we’ll talk with Talamieka Brice about the Womanist Rally in downtown Jackson and end the show with singer/songwriter Seth Power. So hold on tight cause we’re going on MS Ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Jackson Indie Music Week!!!

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Today we dedicate our entire show to Jackson Indie Music Week 2019. We'll speak with founder Brad Franklin, Southern Soul Artist Anissa Hampton, Jason Daniels with the Jason Daniels Band and Female Hip- Hop artist Vitamin Cea.

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Next Stop MS: There's No Place Like Home for The Holidays!

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 02:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Christmas is just a few weeks away but there are several holiday events throughout the state to make you feel as if Christmas has arrived early. So today we’ll start this festive road trip off in Greenwood, for the MS Delta 9th Annual Festival of 25 Trees, next, we’ll travel to Jackson for "Live from the Lowery" Concert & Jacket Drive, after that, we’ll move to Hattiesburg for their Zoo Lights & Holiday Market and end the show on the MS Gulf Coast for the Smith Family Christmas Concert. So hold on tight because we’re going on a Jolly good ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Mississippi Holiday Fun

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip on the MS Gulf Coast for the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Fall Gala. Next we’ll move to Jackson for the More Than a Tourist Jackson City Highlight Tour, after that we’ll head to Cleveland for 50 Nights of Lights and end the show with MS Move for their annual “Sleep out to help the homeless” event. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Mississippi Weekends!

Sat, 10 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Hattiesburg for their Holiday Open House. Next we’ll move to MS State Capital for the National Alliance on Mental Illness MS Walk, after that we’ll head to the MS Gulf Coast for the 33rd Annual Celtic Music Festival and Highland Games and end the show with musical guest Matthew Beall of the Hub City Highlanders. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Opera, Festivals and SOUL!!!

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson for MS Opera’s Hilarious World of Gilbert & Sullivan next we’ll move to Gulfport for the 40th Annual Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival, after that we’ll head to Desoto County for Hernando’s Parks & Craft Fair and end the show with musical guest Southern Soul Artist Christopher “Big Yayo” Mabry, So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Tamales, Bears and a spooktacular good time!!

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we start this road trip in Greenville for the 7th Annual Delta Hot Tamale Festival, then we’ll head to Rolling Fork for the Great Delta Bear Affair. Next we’ll head to Biloxi and visit Terror on the Coast and end the show with Hip Hop Artist, Silas. So don’t go far because we're going on a ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Pumpkins, Quilts, music and more!

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we start this road trip in Jackson for the 38th annual Farish Street Heritage Festival, then we’ll move to Hattiesburg for the Pine Belt Fiber Arts and Quilt Show. After that we’ll head to Hernando and visit with Cedar Hill Farms Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maize and end the show with musician Sachmoe Phlanagan. So get ready for another great ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Hello Fall!!

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we start this road trip in Tupelo for the 13th Annual Communities Forward & Down on Main Festival, Next we’ll head to the MS Gulf Coast for Walter Anderson Week. Then we’ll move to Jackson for Wells Fest 2018 and end the show in Cleveland for Delta State’s University’s Int’l Conference on the Blues. So don’t go far because we’re going for another MS Ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS; Hitting the Mississippi Roads!

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we start this road trip in Natchez for Barks on the Bluff. Next we’ll head to Jackson for the Soggy Sweat Craft Beer & BBQ Festival, then we’ll move to the MS Gulf Coast for Chefs of the Coast and end the show with Country music artist and Mississippi native Jason Eady. So don’t go far because we’re going for another MS Ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: On the road Again!!

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we start this road trip off in Biloxi for the 37th Annual Seafood Festival. Next we’ll travel to the MS Children’s Museum for 529 Day, then we’ll head over to Columbus for The 17th Annual Tennessee Williams Tribute and end the show with musician Grayson Capps. So don’t go far because we’re going for another MS Ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Best Of MS Cities- Hattiesburg!!

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we continue our Best of MS Cities series in Hattiesburg!! We’ll start this Hattiesburg road trip off with Marlo Dorsey Executive Director of Visit Hattiesburg, next we’ll speak with Chef Katie Dixon owner of the Bird House Café, then we’ll welcome Nathan Jennings & Zach Newsom to talk about the Historic Saenger Theatre and end the show with Hattiesburg’s own, musician Wes Brooks of The 6550’s. So don’t go far because we’re going for a Hattiesburg ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: End of Summer Fun!!

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip off in Vicksburg for Tara Wildlife’s MS River Nature Weekend, then we’ll move to Clinton for their Red Brick Roads Music & Arts Festival. Next we’ll head to Hernando for the 9th Annual City Wide Scavenger Hunt and end the show with blues guitarist Jarekus Singleton, so don’t go far because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: MS Book Festival, celebrating the "Rock Stars of Writing"

Sat, 18 Aug 2018 01:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we're kicking off the literary lawn party featuring the 2018 MS Book Festival. We’ll speak with authors Angie Thomas, and Mary Miller. Then we’ll chat with Artist & Illustrator Ginger Williams-Cook and end the show with blues journalist and historian, Scott Barretta, so don’t go far because we’re going on literary ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Bright Lights and Music!!

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. We’ll start this road trip off today in Jackson and chat with Casey Creasey for Bright Lights Belhaven Nights, next we’ll talk with singer and comedian Heather Land about her “I Ain’t Doin It” Tour on August 19th in Jackson, then we’ll head down to the MS Gulf Coast and speak with Kate Fleming- Sawyer for Sizzlin Soprano’s, and end the show with musical guest guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, so don’t go far because we’re going on Mississippi ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Mississippi Art & Music

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. We’ll start this road trip off today in Oxford and speak with Wayne Andrews for the 5th Annual Art-er Limits Fringe festival, then we’ll head over to Desoto County and chat with Margaret Yates for their First Friday Back Porch Party, next we’ll move to Tupelo and speak to Linda Sullivan for Dulcimer Day, and end the show with our musical guest Jason Daniels of the Jason Daniels Band, so don’t go far because we’re going on for a ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: A Mississippi House Party!!

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. We’ll start our road trip off today in Natchez for the 18th Annual Natchez Food & Wine Festival, then we’ll head to Hatiesburg for their Downtown Summer Tunes Concert Series, next we'll move on over to Philadelphia for the 129th Annual Neshoba County Fair and end the show in Jackson and speak with Ison Harris director of the City of Jackson’s Parks & Recreation Department, so don’t go far because we’re going on Mississippi ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Mississippi Summer Sizzle!!

Sat, 21 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi great. We’ll start this summer road trip off in Mize for their 40th Annual Watermelon Fest, then we’ll head to Jackson for the Jump Start Back to School Jam, next we’re off to The Bologna Performing Arts Center in Cleveland and end the show with musical guest violinist, and Mississippi native, Jocelyn Zhu, so hold on tight because we’re going on another Mississippi ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Best of MS Cities; The MS Gulf Coast

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 21:00:00 GMT

Today we continue with our “Best of MS Cities” series. This month we’re featuring The MS Gulf Coast. We’ll start this coastal trip off with Anna Roy, Public Media Manager with Visit Mississippi Gulf Coast, then we’ll talk with Captain Louis Skrmetta with Ship Island Excursions. Next we’ll speak to Roxy Condrey with The Roost Boutique Hotel and end the trip with Musician Rochelle Harper, so hold on tight because we’re going on a MS Gulf Coast ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: What's Happening in the South

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a wonderful place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip off on the MS Gulf Coast and speak with Keri Horn about her VO-101 seminar, next we’ll speak with Layne Bruce about the People, Politics & the Press event then we’ll speak with Executive Director James Robinson about Malaco Records 50th Anniversary Celebration and end the show with musical guest 5th Child. So hold on tight because we’re going on another ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: Independence Day Mississippi Style!

Sat, 30 Jun 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Today is all about Independence Day Mississippi Style! So we’re going to showcase different ways we celebrate the 4th of July in Mississippi. We’ll start our trip in Jackson for MPB’s Summer Learning Family Fun Day then we’ll move to Oxford for their 2018 LOU 4th of July Celebration, next we’ll stop by Canton for the 33rd Annual Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest and end the show on the MS Gulf Coast. So hold on tight because we’re going on a Fourth of July ride here on Next Stop MS!

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Next Stop MS: "Best of MS Cities"- Yazoo County

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 04:00:00 GMT

People plan their visits to Yazoo County around their annual events but Yazoo County is a great place to visit year-round for anyone who enjoys an off-the-beaten-path adventure. Today we will feature this colorful county in our new series,"Best of MS Cities". First we'll talk to Dawn Davis with the Yazoo Co. CVB, then well move over to Wolf Lake and speak to Melinda Abraham co-owner of MJ Cabins. Next we’ll chat with Michael Shultz about the 46th Annual Bentonia Blues Festival and end the show with blues musician & legend Jimmy “Duck” Holmes. So hold on tight, because we’re going on a Yazoo County ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: Mississippi’s Art & Culture!

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi and wonderful place to live!! We’ll start this road trip off in Jackson at New Stage Theatre and speak with two of the leads of their production of “Sister Act”, Kimberly Morgan- Myles and Ray McFarland. Next we’ll move to the Yazoo City and chat with Phyllis Haynes about The Hills Meet The Delta Quilt Show. Then we’ll head back to Jackson and talk with Majure Markow for Cathead Jam 2018 and end the show with musician Todd Snider of Hard Working Americans. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: One Night Only!!!!

Fri, 11 May 2018 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi and wonderful place to live!! For our first stop, we head to Jackson and talk with comedian Rita B about her One Night Only comedy show. Then we’ll move to Ridgeland for Pepsi Pops 2018. Next we’ll head back to Jackson for Lucky Town Brewery’s "Sippin Saturday’s" and end or show with musician Kell Kellum. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi!

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Next Stop MS: Taking Mississippi arts to the MAX!

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi and wonderful place to live!! We'll start this road trip off in McComb and speak with Calvin Phelps for the McComb Music & Heritage Festival. Then we’ll move to Meridian and speak with Nicole Ethridge, Assistant Director of The MAX, Mississippi’s newest arts and entertainment experience museum. Next we'll talk with artist Sharon McConnell-Dickerson about her exhibit " A Cast of Blues" which will be featured in The MAX changing exhibition gallery and end our show with Musical R&B group Compotizionz. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: National Record Store Day!!

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 23:00:00 GMT

Every music lover has that one record that changed their life. They played it over and over until they knew every note, so today in honor of National Record Store Day, we will travel across the state showcasing some of MS best record stores. We’ll start this road trip off in Hattiesburg at T-Bones records then we’ll move north to End of All Music in Oxford, after that we’ll head down to Jackson and stop by Off-Beat then end our trip with musical guest, Young Valley. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: On the "Whoa" Again!!

Fri, 13 Apr 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi and wonderful place to live!! We’ll start this road trip off on the MS Gulf Coast and speak with Kendra Simpson about the Crawfish Music Festival. Next, we’ll head to Byram and talk to Mayor Richard White about their Annual Swinging Bridge Festival. After that we’ll scoot over to Belhaven and chat with Hunter Evans about the Grill Cheese Festival. Then we’ll speak with Dr. Jay Dean about the MS Opera & the Natchez Festival of Music and end the show with musical guest, The Freedom Funk Band!!! So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: Festival Time in Mississippi!!

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a wonderful place to live!! We’ll start this road trip off in Oxford and talk with Chef Vish Bhatt about their First Market Feast. Next, we’ll head to Ridgeland and speak to Kelly Mott about the Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival. After that we’ll move up to Tupelo and chat with Reagan Pepper for The Bud & Burgers Competition and end the show with musical guest Singer-Songwriter, Anne Freeman. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: Springtime in Mississippi!!!

Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a wonderful place to live!! We’ll start this road trip off in Jackson and speak with Malcolm White about his new book and the legendary Hal’s St. Paddy’s Day Parade and Festival. Next, we’ll head down to Biloxi and talk with Steven Barney about Arts Alive. After that, we’ll speak with JJ Townsend about the Citizenville's Jackson Gumbo Microgrant Dinner and end the show with musical duo The KneeOn Sisters. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: Spring Break Destinations

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about places events that make Mississippi great!!! On today’s show, it’s all about Spring break destinations!! We’re going to start things off in at the Tupelo Buffalo Park & Zoo. Next, we’ll head to the MS Gulf Coast for the 2018 BBQ & Bluegrass Festival. After that we’ll move to Hattiesburg for Spring Break in the Hubcity and end the show with musical duo Wayward Jones. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS; Women in Music

Sat, 03 Mar 2018 03:00:00 GMT

March is National Women's Month so on today’s show, it’s all about Women in Music. We’re going to start things off and talk to NaCherrie Cooper the Marketing & Communications Manager with the Grammy Museum MS about their new exhibit, Legends of Motown: Celebrating the Supremes. then we’ll head to Greenwood and speak with Dr. Alphonso Sanders about his production of Dreamgirls, after that we’ll move to Columbus and chat with Dr. Julia Mortyakva about the Music by Women Festival then end the show with one of MS newest musical talents, lyricist, Vitamin Cea . So hold on tight, because we’re going for a musical ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: I Love Mississippi!!

Sat, 24 Feb 2018 02:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about places events that make Mississippi great!!! On today’s show we’re going to speak with Ki Harris with the Sunflower County Freedom Project about the student play “Crumbs from the Table of Joy”, then we'll speak with Jane Halbert-Jones about the Jackson City Tours. Next, we’ll talk to Patrick Welsh about Conspirare's oratorio "Considering Matthew Shepard" and end our trip with musical guest Keesha Pratt of the Keesha Pratt Band.

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Next Stop MS: Best Weekend Ever!!

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about places events that make Mississippi great!!! On today’s show, we’re going from to start things off with The Detectives Comedy Dinner Theatre for the perfect date night, then we’re off to Greenville for the MS River Marathon. Next, we’ll head to the Gulf Coast for all of the Mardi gras celebrations and end our trip with musical guest Corey Christie with Blackwater Brass Band. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: 15th Annual Oxford Film Festival

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about places events that make Mississippi great!!! On today’s show, it’s all about the 15th Annual Oxford Film Festival. We’ll start our show by welcoming Melanie Addington, Executive Director of the Oxford Film Fest. Then we’ll speak with award-winning daytime TV actress, director /producer Cady McClain about her film “Seeing is believing: Women Direct". After that we’ll chat with Wayne Andrews about the Kids Powerhouse Event and end the show with singer/lyricist Astin Rocks of Clouds & Crayons. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: There's No Place Like Home!!!

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about places events that make Mississippi great!!! On today’s show, we’ll start our road trip in Biloxi and speak with Pinkey Lewis for the Second Liner’s Mardi Gras Club annual Mardi Gras Celebration, then we’ll head to Clarksdale and chat with Roger Stolle for the Clarksdale Film Fest. Next we’re on to Jackson to talk with Poet Laureate, Beth Ann Fennelly and singer songwriter Claire Holly for An evening of Stars & Stories, so hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: Marathons Movies and Songwriters

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT

On today’s show, we’ll start our trip in Jackson for the MS Blues Marathon and speak with Director, John Noblin, then we’ll head to Madison and chat with Peter Zapletal and Abram Orlansky with the MS Jewish Film Festival and we’ll end the show in Oxford and talk to Wayne Andrews, with the Small Hall Songwriter Festival. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi

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Next Stop MS: January in Mississippi!!

Fri, 12 Jan 2018 22:00:00 GMT

As always, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about places events that make Mississippi great!!! On today’s show, we’ll start our trip in Bay St. Louis and speak with Ann Madden and Sandy Maggio about their Dolly Parton themed Art Walk in Old Town, then we’ll head to Starkville and speak with Meggan Franks about the 2018 Starkville MLK Day of service celebration, next we’re on to Holly Springs to talk with Mitch Robinson about the 11th Annual Winter Bird Count at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center and we’ll end the show with musical guest blues musician, Bill Abel. So hold on tight, because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: Jackson Indie Music Week!!!

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Well it’s a new year and we’re going to start the year off here in Jackson for Jackson Indie Music Week. We’ll speak with the founder, Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin about JIMW’s history and what you can expect this year. We’ll also speak with a few of the artist scheduled to perform. Singer Akami Graham, Remy Knott from the group Compozitionz will join us plus Hayden Boyd and Salar Almakky of the band, Dream Cult, & rapper James Crow. So hold on tight, because we’re going on a musical ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: Christmas in Mississippi!!

Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:00:00 GMT

Today we’re showcasing more of Mississippi holiday events. We’ll start this road trip off in Tupelo at the Tupelo Automobile Museum and speak with Terry Easterling about a Corvette Christmas, next we’ll head down to Hattiesburg and speak with Emily Hall about Hattiesburg Zoo Lights, next we’ll move up to Canton and talk with Jana Padgett-Dear about Canton's Victorian Christmas, and end our trip with NaCherrie Cooper with the GRAMMY Museum MS and talk to her about their Legacy of Michael Jackson exhibit. So hold on tight because we’re going for a holiday ride here on Next Stop Mississippi!!

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Next Stop MS: Holiday's in Mississippi

Sat, 16 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Today we’re showcasing some of the Mississippi's holiday events. We’ll start this road trip off in Gulfport and speak with Mayor Dilly Hewes about the Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival, then we’ll talk with Majure Markow from Cathead Distillery about the Cathead Christmas Jam, next we’ll chat with Jane Marie Dawkins with GRAMMY Museum MS about their Blues Family Day and end our trip with musical guest, MS Blues Child, Mr. Sipp. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: MS Bicentennial Edition!!

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about events that make Mississippi great. Today we’re showcasing some of MS Bicentennial events. We’ll start this road trip off and speak with Yolanda Clay Moore about the MS Bicentennial Celebration North, then we’ll talk with Julian Ranking about the MS Museum of Art's Picturing Mississippi exhibit and end our trip with musical guest, Jazz Artist, Pam Confer as she talks her new song "Mississippi Beautiful". So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: The Great Mississippi!!

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about events that make Mississippi great!!! Today we’ll start our trip off in Jackson at the MS Children’s Museum and speak with Mary Alex Thigpen with the MS Children’s Museum about their exhibit, a Journey to the North Pole, next we’ll head to Cleveland and talk with Kelli Carr about 50 Nights of Lights, Then we'll head down to Hattiesburg and speak with Derrian Moye with the Hattiesburg Food Festival and end our trip with Central MS Blues Society’s President, Malcolm Shepherd as he talks about their event honoring Mississippi blues musician, Willie Love. So hold on tight because we're going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!!

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Next Stop MS: Loving Mississippi!!!

Fri, 03 Nov 2017 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we'll be traveling across the state letting you know about events that make Mississippi great. Today we’ll start our road trip off in Jackson and speak with Sam Wells and Monica Daniels for the Special Olympics Gala, next, we’ll swing by the Jackson Mississippi Bicentennial - Community Photo Screening and speak with Chandler Griffin then we’ll head to the coast and talk with Cynthia Sutton for the 39th Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival, and end our trip with our musical guest husband & wife duo Heart Society

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Next Stop MS: “Spooktacular” Weekend Road Trip!!!

Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Today we’ll start this trip off in Natchez and speak with Owner Ginger Hyland about the “Haunting of the Towers”, next, we’ll stop by Seward Farms in Lucedale and speak with Rita Seward and check out their Trick or Treat Day and their Corn Maze then we’ll head to the coast to speak with Tammy D for the Gulf Coast Halloween Festival,next we'll move up to Tupelo and talk with Leslie Pearman with the Vietnam Replica Wall Dedication and end our trip in Rolling Fork and talk with Meg Cooper for The Great Delta Bear Affair. So hold on tight because we’re going for a “spooktacular” ride here on Next Stop Mississippi.

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Next Stop MS: "Fall" in love with Mississippi

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we traveled across the state letting you know about events that make Mississippi great. Today we started our road trip in Natchez and spoke with Bubba McCabe, for Music at the Mounds. Next we headed to Greenville for the Delta Hot Tamale Festival and chatted with Daniel Boggs. Then we moved down to Jackson and spoke with Bryan Keller for Jacktoberfest and ended our road trip with Hip Hop musician Silas.

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Next Stop MS: Mississippi's Best

Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about events that make Mississippi great. Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson for the 2017 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in Mississippi event. Next we’ll head to Ridgeland for the 10th Annual Fat Tire Festival and Lung BUSTER Race. Then we’ll move up to Cleveland for the 35th Annual Octoberfest and end our trip with Grammy nominated guitarist, and vocalist, Vasti Jackson, So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop Mississippi!!

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Next Stop MS: Cruising through Mississippi

Fri, 06 Oct 2017 22:00:00 GMT

Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson and speak with Royce Boyer for the MS Composer’s Concert. Next we’ll head to Ridgeland and talk with Mike Marsh with the Renaissance Euro Fest. Then we’ll stroll by Ruleville for the Fannie Lou Hamer Centennial Celebration, Cruising on the Coast and the Chickasaw Co. Historical Arts & Craft Festival, and end our trip back in Jackson to speak with George "Chuck" Patterson for the MS Greek Weekend. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride on Next Stop Mississippi!!

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Next Stop MS: On the Road again!!

Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:00:00 GMT

Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson and speak with Brenda Ferguson for the 2017 WellsFest. Next we’ll head to DeSoto and chat with the sculptor of “A Cast of Mask”, Sharon McConnell-Dickerson. Then we’ll stroll by Biloxi and talk with Mayor "Fofo" about the 43rd Annual Slavic Invitational Golf Tournament and end our trip with Americana Duo, Grits & Soul. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride on this episode of Next Stop MS!!!

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Next Stop MS: Fall Festivals

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 21:00:00 GMT

Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson for the LeFleur Museum District MS Science Fest. Next we’ll head to Jackson for the 37th Annual Farish Street Heritage Festival. Then we’ll stroll by Brain Drain, a Mississippi Panel discussion at Millsaps College, Bank Plus International Gumbo Festival in Jackson, Sam Chatmon’s Blues fest in Hollandale and end our trip with Mississippi Blues Woman and songwriter Libby Rae Watson. So hold on tight because we're going for a ride on Next Stop MS!!!

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Welcome to MS, Past, Present & Future

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:00:00 GMT

Today we’ll start our road trip in Natchez for the “Bicentennial Reveille”. Next we’ll head to Greenville, for the 40th Annual MS Delta Blues & Heritage Festival. Then we’ll talk with author Jene’ Ray Barranco about her upcoming book release and end our trip with Jackson native, musician Dent May as he talks about his new album, "Across the Multiverse". So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride on this episode of Next Stop MS!!

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Next Stop MS: Fall Speed Ahead!!

Fri, 08 Sep 2017 21:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about events that make Mississippi great. Today we’ll start our road trip in Pelahatchie for the 37th Annual Muscadine Jubilee. Then we’ll head to Jackson to speak with Ariss King a local artist about the Introspection Art Exhibit tonight. Next we’ll head to Ridgeland for the Sweetest Chefs of the South Competition, and end our trip with American Country Music artist , Steve Azar. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride on this episode of Next Stop MS!!

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Next Stop MS: Labor Day weekend ahead!!

Sat, 02 Sep 2017 01:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about events that make Mississippi great. Today we’ll start our road trip in West Point, for the Black Prairie Blues Festival. Then we’ll head to the coast for the Gulf Coast Gospel Music Award. Next we’ll go to Kiln for 1st Friday’s at Lazy Magnolia Brewery, and end our trip with musician Wes Lee. So hold on tight because we’re going on a ride on Next Stop Mississippi!!

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3rd Annual MS Book Festival's Literary Lawn Party

Sat, 19 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Today, we traveled to Jackson for the MS Book Festival’s 3rd annual “Literary Lawn Party” We spoke with Tracy Carr with the MS Library Commission, Richard Howorth, owner of Square Books Oxford, cookbook author & chef, Martha Foose and gospel-blues and southern soul singer-songwriter Devon Gilfillian.

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In the Mississippi Delta, see where the back roads take you!!

Sat, 12 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Today, our road trip lead us to Clarksdale as we showcased the Sunflower River Blues Festival, the Delta Blues Museum, Levon’s Bar & Grill, and Delta blues musician David Dunavent & the Evol Love Band. So bukle up, because we're heading to the Delta on this edition of Next Stop MS!!!

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Plays, Bikes Rides, Watermelons and musicians

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 23:00:00 GMT

As we do every Friday, we traveled across the state letting you know about events that make Mississippi great. Today we started our road trip off with Aallyah Wright, and Charles Coleman, co-writers of the play “Beautiful Agitators”. Then we headed to Greenwood, to speak with Danielle Morgan for the Bikes, Blues & Bayous, Bike ride. Next we moved to Water Valley, and spoke with Linda White for the 48th annual Watermelon Festival and ended our road trip with Cary Hudson, a Hattiesburg-based musician as he discussed his music and his upcoming shows.

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Food, Wine, and Blues with a little Bounce!!!

Sat, 29 Jul 2017 02:00:00 GMT

Today we’ll start our road trip off in Jackson as we talk with DJ Venom about the Big Freedia concert tonight at Martin’s, Then we’ll head to Natchez, MS and for the Natchez Food & Wine Festival. Next we’ll move to Tunica, MS for the J.U.S Music Awards and ending our road trip in Jackson for the Central MS Blues Society’s Bicentennial Celebration.

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Mississippi's Giant House Party

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 23:00:00 GMT

The Neshoba County Fair is underway and it's always one big party. Also, the Emmett Till Freedom Trail marker is being rededicated after severe vandalization. Then on the program, the Mississippi Encylopedia is explored and singer Shannon McNally shares music from her new album, Black Irish.

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Empty Atlas, Slugburgers, and Ida B. Wells

Sat, 15 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Empty Atlas frontman, Micha Smith starts off the show with a mini concert. Then we talk about the Great Chickasawhay River Race in Waynesboro, the Ida B. Wells Festival in Holly Springs, and the Slugburger Festival in Corinth. Last we finish up with an actors boot camp in Canton, the backlot of Mississippi.

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Mississippi Bicentennial North Celebration

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:00:00 GMT

Mary Margaret Miller and Kamel King broadcast LIVE from Oxford for the Mississippi Bicentennial North Celebration! They cover the “We Are Mississippi” Bicentennial Concert and much more!

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Bentonia Blues Festival

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 22:00:00 GMT

Thacker Mountain Radio is hitting the road, the Bentonia Blues Festival’s 4-decade celebration continues, MPB is all about summer learning, and a huge bicentennial celebration is coming soon to North MS.

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B.B. King’s Homecoming Concert

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 20:00:00 GMT

Dorothy Moore headlines B.B. King’s Homecoming Concert, Hattiesburg highlights craft beer, the Mississippi Museum of Art celebrates Mississippi’s Bicentennial with, “Home and Away: On the Road with Marie Hull,” and the Blueberry Jubilee takes over Poplarville. Finally, we learn the story behind the Juneteenth Family Fun Festival in Horn Lake.

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Festivals All Around

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 20:00:00 GMT

It’s all about the festivals: Festival South in Hattiesburg, Walthall County’s Dairy Festival, and the Alice Moseley Folk Festival. Also, Cathead Vodka distillery is celebrating their 7th year in business with a big JAM, and later, the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team talks about the BIG Greenwood Air show!

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The Great Big Yam Potatoes Gathering

Sat, 20 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT

The C Spire Concert Series takes over Madison, the Junior Kimbrough exhibit preserves his legacy, the Great Big Yam Potatoes Gathering welcomes old-time fiddle music lovers, the curator for the Taylor Swift Experience Grammy Museum Mississippi shares behind the scenes details, and the Mississippi Boy Choir’s Annual Spring Concert celebrates Mississippi’s bicentennial.

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National Travel & Tourism Week

Sat, 13 May 2017 01:00:00 GMT

Craig Ray, Executive Director of Visit Mississippi talks about National Travel & Tourism Week. Dale Rushing shares the history of Rockabilly Way, and we annual highlight festivals in Tupelo, Jackson, and Senatobia.

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Free Comic Book Day

Fri, 05 May 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Greenville’s photo series celebrates Mississippi’s bicentennial. DJ Young Venom talks about comic book culture and Free Comic Book Day. We learn about the Mississippi Hispanic Association, a big barbeque tradition continues in Greenwood, and Deborah Hunter shares some Cinco de Mayo recipes!

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National Independent Bookstore Day

Sat, 29 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT

We highlight some of Mississippi’s independent book stores in celebration of National Independent Bookstore Day! In the lineup: Square Books in Oxford, Turnrow Book Co. in Greenwood, Lemuria Books in Jackson, Bay Books in Bay St. Louis, and OffBeat in Jackson!

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Thea’s Turn

Sat, 15 Apr 2017 01:00:00 GMT

Flonzie Brown Wright and Mary Queen Donnelly talk about Thea’s Turn, a play celebrating the life of Sister Thea Bowman. Food Truck Friday is making moves in downtown Jackson, Jane Jones talks about tourism in Fondren, the International Museum of Muslim Cultures hosts a night of culture night, and Melissa Thomas tells about the “Lower Delta Talks” Series.

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Festival Season

Fri, 07 Apr 2017 22:00:00 GMT

Now that spring is here, festival season has begun. We’ll talk about several events taking advantage of the spring weather this weekend. There’s a fishing tournament at JP Coleman state park this weekend, a European car fest and a salt and smoke festival in Natchez, cotton district arts festival is in Starkville and the Jackson Zoo will transform for a fundraising event.

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Going LIVE!

Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:00:00 GMT

The Mississippi Gulf Coast celebrates the state’s bicentennial, two major museums in Mississippi gear up for the spring, the Olive Branch Arts Council is branching out, Art in the Pass makes it to the 20-year mark, and the Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival welcomes highlights artists, food, and music!

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Honoring a Blues Legend and Historic University

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

The late Willie King is being honored in Columbus, the Magnolia Film Festival celebrates 20 years, Grammy Museum Mississippi highlights Taylor Swift, Natchez hosts bus tours and “Second Saturday,” plus Dr. Hilliard Lackey talks about Jackson State University.

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"Lights, Camera, Action!"

Sat, 25 Feb 2017 02:00:00 GMT

The Help Tour in Greenwood draws tourists from all over. Movie producer, Daniel Lewis, talks about a movie he’s filming in Ocean Springs. Cynthia Goodloe Palmer talks about the city of Canton, its significance in African American history, and some of the movies Canton is known for!

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Let There Be Light

Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:00:00 GMT

Yolanda Clay will tell us about the Civil Rights Driving Tour, we’ll look at the next episodes of MPB’s series “a thread through time” as we continue to celebrate Mississippi’s bicentennial. Katherine Dieckmann will introduce us to her film “Stormy Weather” which was shown at this year’s Oxford Film Festival. We’ll learn about the Mississippi light festival from Anik Kurkjian plus hear the details around next week’s the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration and a cool art exhibit “Pieces” coming to downtown Jackson this Sunday.

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Bicentennial Fanfare

Sat, 11 Feb 2017 02:00:00 GMT

Today, we’ll continue our celebration of the state’s Bicentennial with a look at the state’s first TVA city- Tupelo with Neil McCoy. We’ll also welcome Royce Boyer to tell us about the bicentennial fanfare happening in Jackson this weekend. Pamela Junior will tell us about the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center – a real civil rights landmark in the capitol city. And it’s Grammy Week- we’ll celebrate Mississippi’s contribution with Trivia throughout the show and hear what’s happening at Grammy Museum Mississippi with Vickie Jackson.

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The New (1903) Capitol

Sat, 04 Feb 2017 01:00:00 GMT

Today we’ll feature some historical places and current events! MPB recently featured the state capitol in its bicentennial documentary series - a thread through time. Brenda Davis and Kathy Broom join us today for more on the history of the capitol. The Mississippi Museum of the Delta’s contribution to the state’s bicentennial includes a Traveling Exhibit ; we’ll find out more about that. Plus, there’s a special Mississippi Freedom Summer exhibit at the Oren Dunn City Museum in Tupelo, the popular play – A Raisin in the sun is running at the Biloxi Little Theater, and Terrence Wells will tell us about his art show - The Things I’ve Been Hiding.

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Festivals Galore

Sat, 28 Jan 2017 02:00:00 GMT

The Oxford Fiber Arts Festival celebrates its 7th year. The Clarksdale Film Festival draws filmmakers and tourists from all over. The Mississippi Museum of Art hosts the Spring Festival: A Mississippi Celebration of Chinese New Year, and Mary Margaret Miller reports LIVE from Backstage Pass in Vicksburg!

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Dolly Should

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 01:00:00 GMT

The Dolly Should Festival celebrates its 2nd year in Bay St. Louis, Ricky Nations talks about the Eudora Welty Symposium in Clinton, the MSU Riley Center welcomes Wynton Marsalis, and we explore the first 2 episodes of MPB’s series, “Mississippi: A Thread Through Time” in honor of the state’s bicentennial.

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Things to Do in Mississippi

Sat, 07 Jan 2017 01:00:00 GMT

MPB celebrates the state’s bicentennial, “The Mississippi List” launches Monday, the Mississippi Library Commission is a resource for readers, and Jackson Indie Music Week is coming up.

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Holiday Celabrations

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 21:00:00 GMT

Mary Margaret and Cherita tell us about Christmas in Canton with Jana Dear, the Holiday Art Market @ Mary O’Keefe with Robert Sweeting, the Taylor Inn with Allison Borders and Santa's Christmas Factory with Greg Hatchner.

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Cold Weather Activities and a Legendary Trail

Sat, 10 Dec 2016 03:00:00 GMT

The MS Blues Trail celebrates its 10th year, the Polar Express train travels to the North Pole, Christmas activities in Gulfport, and the Midsouth Ice House welcomes old and new skaters.

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Mississippi Music and Christmas in Moss Point

Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:00:00 GMT

Jason Turner performs LIVE in-studio and talks about his album release party. Mississippi is featured in the Oxford American magazine. Christmas by the River in Moss Point is on for another year, and John Christopher Adams stars in Peppermint Pops in Meridian.

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Mississippi Alpacas

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 02:00:00 GMT

Today, Jane Marie from Grammy Museum Mississippi is here to tell us about “A Conversation with Nigel Hall” The Mississippi Food Summit Is happening now. Daniel Doyle will tell you how to get involved this weekend. It’s Turkey Tuesday at the Mississippi Science Museum. Nicole Smith will tell us more about the Nov. 22 event. Plus, we’ll fill you in on the Stringer Alpacas Festival and the Corinth Green Market both happening this weekend.

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The Blues Trail

Sat, 05 Nov 2016 01:00:00 GMT

Today, We’re all about the Mississippi Blues trail. We’ll take you down the trail’s beginnings, the highlights and where it’s going next. Plus, it’s Old Time Day in Green County this weekend. We’ll tell you about it and some other events you might want to attend this weekend around the state.

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Uncle Walt Stops By

Sat, 29 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Walt Grayson stops by to share some spooky stories he’s gathered from his travels. Matthew Godfrey talks about the African American Military Museum in Hattiesburg. Narratologist, Diane Williams, tells a great ghost story about Poplarville, and Fallon Brewster fills us in on the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation.

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The Arts and Tamales Take Over

Sat, 15 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Hart Henson talks about the Art and Soul Fest in Greenwood. Erin Abbott Kirkpatrick celebrates 10 years of the Motel Arts Show in Oxford. The Bukka White Festival honors a blues great in Aberdeen, and Daniel Boggs touts Greenville as the Tamale Capital of the World as the festival takes place this weekend!

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Eventful Tours and New Trail Markers

Sat, 08 Oct 2016 02:00:00 GMT

Joel McNeese discusses the newest blues trail marker in Bruce. Captain Bob Kubota’s tour features a historic landing ship. Glenn Musgrove knows all about Temple Theater and the Friday Night Live series. Plus, Downtown Karla Brown came from Alaska to run a shuttle service in Natchez.

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Celtic Fest

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:00:00 GMT

Today, we’ll hear about the Tennessee Williams tribute this weakened in Columbus, Celtic fest in Jackson, and Navy Week in Natchez. We’ll hear about the poets in autumn tour AND Mary Margaret will tell us about the new blues trail marker that’s being unveiled in Pascagoula

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Live Music Kicks Off September in Mississippi

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Lucky Town Brewery hosts a Battle of the Bands, Jamey Johnson plays Temple Theater, Ocean Springs celebrates its 25th Art Walk in Ocean Springs, and the Rockin’ Railroad Fest is in Hazlehurst!

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Theater in Mississippi

Sat, 27 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT

We take a tour of theaters throughout the state: Alamo, New Stage, Thalia Mara Hall, and Saenger Theaters!

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New Beginnings in Brandon, Festival Takeovers in Jackson

Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:00:00 GMT

Mayor Butch Lee talks about the new amphitheater coming to Brandon in 2018. The Jackson R&B Fest and Mississippi Book Festival kick off in Jackson. Plus, Blues legend, Jessie Robinson talks about Hal & Mals, and the Desoto County Back to School Family night is back!

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Show and Tell: Mississippi Craftsmen and Musicians

Fri, 12 Aug 2016 23:00:00 GMT

This weekend the Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild hosts a free summer showcase, The Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival kicks off, and Cody Dickinson is all yours at Grammy Museum Mississippi. Plus, we introduce Harrison Scott Key leading up to the MS Book Fest and learn about the Dulcimer Festival in Iuka!

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Natchez Turns 300

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:00:00 GMT

We introduce Craig Ray, the new head of Visit Mississippi. Natchez turns 300 this week. Square Books is gearing up for the new Harry Potter release, and Byram’s Mayor Richard White talks about the Swinging Bridge Festival.

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The Highway 80 Songwriter’s Festival

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 22:00:00 GMT

The Highway 80 Songwriter’s Festival is underway, the Mississippi Book Festival is coming soon, Greenville hosts the Dragon Boat Race, and the Jackson Music Awards celebrates multiple decades.

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The Watermelon Festival

Sat, 16 Jul 2016 02:00:00 GMT

Today, we’ll talk about two exhibits for the young and old that are currently on display in Jackson. One of Mississippi’s most popular festivals gets going this weekend. Teresa stuart will tell you all you need to know about the Mississippi watermelon festival in Mize. And an international ballet event returns to Thalia Mara Hall.

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Modern Art in the Capital

Sat, 09 Jul 2016 01:00:00 GMT

We talk about the a modern exhibit at the Mississippi Museum of Art, the Union County Quilt Trail, success stories in Starkville, Velvet Cream in Hernando, and Andy Hilton talks about Swing Lab.

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Celebrating the 4th

Fri, 01 Jul 2016 21:00:00 GMT

We celebrate Independence Day around the State. Brad Hayden talks about his Smoke Shop and Cookout Catering, Natchez has a fireworks display over the Mississippi river, Deborah Hunter gives homemade lemonade and ice cream recipes, The Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo marks 69 years!

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DADS DAY

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:00:00 GMT

Today, we’re celebrating father’s day weekend with some places and events for dear old dad. We’ll take you to Tara Wildlife refuge, tell you about a dirt track in Meridian you might not know about, grab a drink at the mahogany bar in Hattiesburg and get a preview of the State Games of Mississippi that kick off this weekend.

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