Next Stop, Mississippi

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 p

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 unkno

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 onl

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 an

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 pe

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 goi

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 pe

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

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 foo

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

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

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 Eve

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, Mississip

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

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

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 wha

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 M

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 mar

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 beh