Next Stop, Mississippi

Today, Jackson is the stop! Up first, the crew is off to hear Songs & Stories: Celebrating the Oral Traditions of Gospel Music, September 13th at the Two Mississippi Museums, then it's a Launch Party, September 12th for West Fest Open Air Market, before a final check-in with the 83rd National Folk Festival as they gear up for round four of artist announcements! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Songs & Stories, West Fest Open Air Market, National Folk Festival NewsNext 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Next Stop, Mississippi, the crew heads to Clarksdale, to meet up with Mayor Paden to chat about the 9th Annual Red's Old Timers Blues Festival, September 5th, then they're off to Clinton, September 11th, to pay tribute as the Mississippi Chorus presents 9/11: Memorial at First Baptist Church of Jackson, before welcoming the legend, Eddie Cotton, Jr. to celebrate his newest album release, "Bubblegum Lover," dropping September 6th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: NSM – Red's Old Timers Blues Fest, MC Chorus 9/11 Memorial, Eddie Cotton Jr. AlbumNext 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Next Stop, Mississippi, the animals are taking over the events, figuratively and physically! First up, we're off to Columbus for Friendly City Book's 3rd Annual Possumtown Book Fest, August 29th, then we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Coldwater to jam out for two days at the 76th Annual G.O.A.T. Picnic, featuring Bobby Rush, Friday, August 28th through the 29th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:An Evening With Shelly Fairchild: Live @ Duling HallLATE NIGHT WITH RITA BRENT (8/28)Throwing Pottery on a Wheel: Adult ClassDELTA FEST 2026: Activating Economic Prosperity Across The Deep SouthWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – 3rd Annual Possumtown Book Fest, 76th Annual G.O.A.T. PicnicNext 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Next Stop, Mississippi, the crew checks in with Mississippi Main Street Association about August events happening across the state, then they're off to the Hope Labor Day Classic: Jackson State University versus Edward Waters, September 10th in Jackson before heading to the newest Late Night with Rita Brent featuring Brett Kenyon a.k.a. Papa Mississippi, August 28th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – MS Main Street Assoc., Hope Labor Day Classic & Late Night w/ Rita BrentNext 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Next Stop, Mississippi, the crew jams out with Stevie J "Jamz" Blues, August 29th at Beatty Street Blues in Jackson to celebrate his newest EP release, featuring the hit song, "The Juke Joint," then they're off to Ocean Springs to the Walter Anderson Museum of Art for a full slate of events for the month, including August 22nd's "Thacker Mountain Radio LIVE," plus they'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:Summer of SoursMississippi India DayLil Wayne: 20 Years of Carter ClassicsWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Stevie J "Jamz" Blues & Walter Anderson Museum of ArtNext 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Next Stop, Mississippi, the crew heads to The MAX in Meridian, with CEO Penny Kemp, to learn who has received the honor of being named to the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment's Hall of Fame 2026-2027 Class, and they'll also check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Jackson to jam out with Epic Funk Brass Band LIVE at Last Call Sports Bar & Grill, August 8th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Family Day at Stax MuseumCelebrate Bobby Rush at the Capri TheaterMississippi Made Gallery Talk: Stennis Space CenterWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – The MAX Hall of Fame 26'-27' Class & Epic Funk Brass Band LIVENext 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Next Stop, Mississippi, we're heading to the Ellis Theater in Philadelphia, August 9th, for Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives x Molly Tuttle Trio concert, then it's artist-lineup breaking news coming from the 83rd National Folk Festival, happening November 13th - 15th in Jackson, 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:Summer Art Soiree: Hotter Than July! Ron Lindsey Exhibition at Wolfe StudioLate Night with Rita Brent (LIVE @ Jackson Convention Complex Theatre)Jackson Premiere of Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite StoryWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives & National Folk Fest: July UpdatesNext 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's show is all about the Jackson Music Awards Week 2026! We're gearing up for their slate of events with a car full! We chat with JMA Founder, Jesse Thompson about the organization's 52 year history, then we jam out with, and learn more about, JMA performers, Grammy award winner, Dexter Allen, trail ride viral sensation, Jake Carter, and multi-award-winning blues-rock artist, Chad Wesley! 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:Celebrate Bobby Rush at the Capri TheaterLINDSEY STIRLING - DUALITY UNTAMED TOURMississippi Sports & Outdoors ShowGulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz FestivalBurnside Exploration 2: Cedric Burnside & Gary Burnside @ Martin's DowntownWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Jackson Music Awards Week & What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we’re celebrating women at every stop! For our first patriotic stop, we’re off to Jackson State University, July 19th for Mississippi Women In Blues: Celebrating America 250 with organizer, Peggy Brown (Central MS Blues Society), featured performer, Lady Adrena (Morgan Freeman Symphonic Blues Experience) & film producers Mark Rankin and Bryan Wilson, then we’ll take a trip to The North Venue in Jackson for the She Is Worthy, Period. Luncheon July 25th with organizer, Latrise Adkins, before a final stop at the Jackson Convention Complex, August 1st for an all-NEW Late Night with Rita Brent, LIVE, featuring The Voice, Season 29, contestant, Landon Price! 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:History Happy HourSunday Screening: EverlastingHistory Is Lunch: Susannah Ural, "Abraham Lincoln and America250"Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – MS Women in Blues, She Is Worthy, Period., Late Night w/ Rita Brent Live Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we’re taking a look-back & a look-forward at the events we’ve enjoyed this summer, and that we’re looking forward to this July, and we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Mize for this year’s Mississippi Watermelon Festival, happening July 17th & 18th, with Festival Coordinator, Terresa Stewart! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Summer Porch PartyDeep Delta Market Day21st Annual Red, White & Blueberry Festival76th Choctaw Indian FairWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Mississippi Watermelon Festival 2026 & What's Happening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we’re celebrating America’s 250th Birthday! For our first patriotic stop, we’re at the Two MS Museums in Jackson, July 4th for Stars, Stripes & Symphony with the MS Symphony Orchestra, then we’ll take a trip down the July 4th memory lane and check out what’s happening around your Independence Day neck of the woods, before a final stop on the coast for Red, White & Biloxi: An America 250 Event! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:A Conversation with Bobby RushHistory Is Lunch: Caroline Bayne, "Tonight Only: Medgar Evers on Jackson, Mississippi Television"Beau Rivage celebrates America 250th birthday with guest speaker, an original "Rosie the Riveter"Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Stars, Stripes & Symphony | Red, White & Biloxi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our first stop, we’re off to Waterford’s Betty Davis Barbeque for this year’s North MS Hill Country Picnic, June 26th – 27th, then we’ll follow the red brick road to Clinton to celebrate America’s 250 at the 36th Annual Red, White & Blue Fest, July 4th, then it’s a final stop at Chicory Market in Oxford to indulge in the 2nd Annual Tomato Fest, Saturday, June 27th… and of course we’ll check out what else is 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:Rashad “The Blues Kid”: Raised on the Blues TourTomato Festival 5K Run/WalkBuju Banton & Stephen Marley: Roots & Rhymes Summer Tour 26'Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Hill Country Picnic 26', Red White & Blue Fest, and Tomato Fest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today is a trifecta of events! We’re starting off with a stop at this year's Mississippi Comic Con 26', happening June 26th - 28th, then it's a new round of artist announcements coming from the 83rd National Folk Festival, scheduled for November 13th - 15th, before a final stop in Jackson in celebration of Juneteenth, for Faith and Freedom: A Juneteenth Gospel Celebration, happening Sunday, June 21st. 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:Canton Juneteenth Celebration 2026Juneteenth JubileeFishin' With Fathers and Friends10th Annual Juneteenth on Farish FestivalJuneteenth/ Black Music Month SoireeUnited in Song: A Mississippi America250 CelebrationThe Golden Ticket Affair (Emmys Celebration for Late Night w/ Rita Brent)Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – MS Comic Con 26', Natl Folk Fest New Artists, Faith and Freedom Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we’re kicking things off with a bang! We’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, and at the same time, we’re celebrating 40 years of radio with Think Radio’s own, Kevin Farrell, then we’re off to Pascagoula, as the pickle fests go head-to-head this weekend, for the 1st ever MS Gulf Coast Pickle Fest, Saturday June 13th, and we’ll wind-down with a stop at Duling Hall in Jackson, June 13th for An Evening with Claire Holley and Beth Ann Fennelly! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Everlasting: A Conversation with Reena Evers-Everette + Taiwo GaynorBenton County Bluegrass FestivalJuneteenth in the Pass: “If Not You, Then Who Brunch” and Community Celebration Day Party2026 Vicksburg Juneteenth Heritage FestivalTravis Tritt @ the Brandon Amphitheater Ali Siddiq @ the Mississippi ColiseumDerrick Stroup at IP Casino Resort and SpaWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – MS Gulf Coast Pickle Fest, An Evening with Claire Holley + Beth Ann Fennelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we're heading to an extraordinary event, it's CATHEAD JAM 26', happening June 5th & 6th at Cathead Distillery in Jackson, and we'll sit down with the headliner himself, Allen Stone, then we head over to check out the Youth and Teen Summer Camps at Pacesetter Gallery, June 9th through July 24th in Flowood with owner Keri Davis, before a final stop 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!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:AI Month 2026 at Bean PathCARA's 17th Annual Dog Days of SummerBurnside Music FestWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Allen Stone x Cathead Jam, 26' Youth and Teen Summer Camps Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, I’ll sell you my pickle for a nickel at this year’s Mississippi Pickle Fest, June 13th and 14th, with Coordinator Jana Dear, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your fitness neck of the woods, before a final stop and fitness check-in with IFBB Pro Pia Nabila Nedjar, & NPC Builder, Terrance "Bigg Tee" Thomas!  Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Out of Office Adult Field Day 26'11th Annual NPC Battle on the Gulf CoastSixth Annual Rainbow Run 5KTomato Festival 5K Run/Walk2026 Dash 'N Splash Race for Brain and Spinal Cord InjuryFarm Bureau 30th Annual Watermelon Classic 5K Run, 5K Walk and 1 Mile Fun RunWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – MS Pickle Fest 26', Fitness Check-In with Pia Nedjar & Terrance Thomas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our first stop, we’re having a "Summer Porch Party" with our friends from the Craftsman’s Guild of Mississippi at the Waller Craft Center, Saturday, May 30th, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in NYC, to celebrate our state at the 39th Annual Mississippi in the Park, with the Mississippi Society of New York City, Saturday, June 6th!  Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Food Truck Festival: The Thrill is OnColumbus & Lowndes County, MS - WW1 Memorial Additions on Memorial Day WeekendTasteful Melodies Vol. 3: Krit Wuz Here (Savory Samples)Juke Joint Ball @ Hal & Mal'sJazz in the PassShakespeare in the Park: RICHARD IIIWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Craftsmen’s Guild Porch Party, 39th Mississippi in the Park Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our first stop, we're taking a look at NATCHEZ: A Film By Suzannah Herbert & Produced by Darcy McKinnon, screening May 28th and May 29th in McComb and Cleveland, then we're off Oxford for this year's World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest & Festival, May 21st through May 26th. 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:Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers - VicksburgEverlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers - MeridianWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – NATCHEZ: A Film By Suzannah Herbert, & World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest & Festival Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today is all about makers and music! For our first and last stops, we’re hanging out at this years Mississippi Makers Fest, happening Saturday, May 9th, at the Two MS Museums in Jackson, then we're off to the Delta, Cleveland that is, for the 2026 Mississippi Songwriters Festival - Delta Region, with legendary songwriter, Tricia Walker, happening May 15th and 16th at Grammy Museum MS, and last but not least, we'll chat with 15 year old Blues prodigy, John Clayton White, about his career, influences, family, and set at this year's Makers Fest! Plus, we'll also check out what's happening around your Mother'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:11th Annual Mom's Day 5KMommas & MimosasRhythm & Soul Picnic: Mother’s Day Blues FestivalWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – 26' MS Makers Fest , MS Songwriter Festival, John Clayton White Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we’re on an events roll with 4 in the stack! Up first, we’re gearing up for the 83rd National Folk Festival, November 13th – 15th in Jackson, then we’re off to film Season 2 of Late Night with Rita Brent, May 15th and 16th at the Capri Theatre, before a stop in Memphis for the 47th Blues Music Awards, May 7th, then it’s a final stop in Jackson to celebrate International Jazz Day with Ezra Brown & Friends at Soule Coffee, tonight, April 30th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Nat’l Folk Festival, Rita Brent, Blues Awards, Intl Jazz Day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.