Synopsis
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 MPB and Mississippi Today, alongside MDA Division of Tourism, will highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Well not only tell you whats 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.
Episodes
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Next Stop MS - On The Road | Grammy Museum MS & Hattiesburg Zoo
26/12/2025 Duration: 53minToday'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 ZooWatch Grammy Museum MS Part 1 on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Grammy MuseumWatch Hattiesburg Zoo "Sloth Experience" on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth ExperienceNext 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
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Next Stop MS | A Hilarious Homies Holiday, Ghetto Cowboy "The Cypher," & Cheshire Abbey
19/12/2025 Duration: 48minHo, 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 AbbeyNext 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 o
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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
12/12/2025 Duration: 47minToday 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"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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Next Stop MS | Canton Christmas Festival & Kerry Thomas "Mississippi Snow"
05/12/2025 Duration: 48minToday 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 SquareGrinchmas at SaengervilleA Holiday ConcertHomestead for the HolidaysChristmas Around the World: Night at the MuseumThe Southern Lights @ Trustmark ParkA Christmas Story: The MusicalWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - Canton Christmas Festival & Kerry Thomas "Mississippi Snow" Radio DebutNext 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 attorne
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Next Stop MS | Trees of Christmas at Merrehope, Christmas by Candlelight Tour, & The Legacy Gala Experience
21/11/2025 Duration: 48minToday, 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 GalaNext 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&nbs
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Next Stop MS | National Folk Festival Recap & Delta Fresh Foods: Harvest & Heritage Festival
14/11/2025 Duration: 49minFirst 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 TourLil' Duval @ Johnny T's Bistro & BluesMikeTown Comedy Club Presents: Jalen HintonLate Night with Rita Brent (Holiday Special)The Hunny Hole Flea Market’s 1st Annual Toy Drive & Car ShowJasper Wildlife Jamboree & Wild Game Cook OffOle Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble's (OMADDE) "Rhythms of Hope"International Men's Day 2025Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop MS | Na
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Next Stop MS | National Folk Festival - The Campbell Brothers & Chimneyville Arts Festival
07/11/2025 Duration: 47minToday, 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 TourGulf Coast Veterans Association: Veterans Day ParadeVeteran's Parade and BBQ & Brews FestivalVeterans Day BreakfastA Veterans Day Concert SaluteWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | National Folk Festival - The Campbell Brothers & Chimneyville Arts FestivalNext Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for informa
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Next Stop MS | Trunk or Treat @ Cypress Point Resort & 82nd National Folk Festival
31/10/2025 Duration: 48minFirst 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 FeetSpooky Ale Trail in Downtown MeridianThe Floor is Lava Obstacle CourseDracula Screening on the Welty LawnHALNMALOWEEN62nd Semi-Annual Picayune Fall Street FestivalVoodoo FestKrewe of Voodoo presents: Voodoo Manor @ The Den on Main StreetDía de los Muertos: A Creative Celebration to Honor our AncestorsThacker Mountain Radio Hour with Lauren Rhoades, Tres en Punto, and Jeffery Broussard & the Creole CowboysWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mis
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Next Stop MS | Wylie & the Wild West, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, & BET's The Family Business
24/10/2025 Duration: 42minFirst 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 BusinessNext 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
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Next Stop MS | 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in MS & National Folk Festival - Ms Jody
17/10/2025 Duration: 41minFirst 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 JodyNext 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, p
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Next Stop MS | 34th CelticFest MS & Edwin Perez - 82nd National Folk Festival
10/10/2025 Duration: 49minToday, 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 PerezNext 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&nb
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Next Stop MS | Houlka Cornbread Festival & Mantee Black-Eyed Pea Festival
03/10/2025 Duration: 46minFirst 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 FestivalNext 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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Next Stop MS | WellsFest, Two MS Museums "Free Days", & ELSIE "Ghetto Cowboy"
26/09/2025 Duration: 46minFirst 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, & ELSIENext 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 tr
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Next Stop MS | Cruisin' the Coast 2025 & 5th Annual Mighty Roots Music Festival
19/09/2025 Duration: 49minFirst 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 Festival10th Annual Mississippi Science FestCruzin' Clinton Car ShowEupora Smoke & Sizzle Hometown FestOpen 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 FestivalNext Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississi
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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
12/09/2025 Duration: 48minToday 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 & StoriesNext 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 hos
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Next Stop MS | National Folk Fest "Volunteers" & MS Book Fest "Hometown Mississippi" by Melody Golding
05/09/2025 Duration: 48minFor 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 RobotFriday on Farish! - September 5thBriarWoodstockLuke Bryan: Country Song Came On TourThe Spinners2025 Mississippi Book Festival Pre-Fest PartyWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | National Folk Festival & Melody Golding @ The Book FestivalNext Stop, Mississippi
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Next Stop MS | Pascagoula and D'Iberville Remember Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later
29/08/2025 Duration: 49minToday 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 MPBKatrina Reflections: Celebrating 20 Years of RebirthEmmett Till 70th Anniversary Commemoration Weekend37th Annual Iuka Heritage Day7th Annual Red's Old Timers Blues FestivalEpic Funk Brass Band Live @ Martin's DowntownWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Chan
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Next Stop MS | THE BOSS T.E.A. PARTY & Music Alive Ensemble feat. Stephanie & Rachel Jordan
22/08/2025 Duration: 47minToday 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 @ OffBeatStarlito x Don Trip: Step Brothers 4 Life TourUnion Market @ Union StationFull Steam A-Pizza Fun Day @ TrainTasticWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | THE BOSS T.E.A. PARTY & Music Alive EnsembleNext Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions
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Next Stop MS | LIVE @ Trustmark Park for "Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night"
15/08/2025 Duration: 43minToday, 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 BiloxiWatch 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
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Next Stop MS | Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Fest & Jim Belushi of The Blues Brothers
08/08/2025 Duration: 47minToday 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 MeetingMusic Bingo @ B&BCash Money Millionaires: 30th Anniversary Live in ConcertMississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis NightWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Sunflower Sunflower River Blues & Jim Belushi of The Blues Bro