Next Stop, Mississippi

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 PartyThe 440 St. Paddy's Day CelebrationSt. Patrick's Southern Soul CelebrationSt. Paddy's Parade Party & After ShowBuggin' The Beach: 30th Annual Charity VW Car ShowD'Iberville BBQ FestivalCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Hal's St. Paddy's Parade

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 Party9th Annual Original Krewe of Barkloxi PAWradeFirst Ever 22nd Annual World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day ParadeCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | National Folk Festival & Irish MalarkeyNext 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 entertain

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 ShenanigansNext 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, hi

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 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 enter

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 & StyleTommy Davidson @ Johnny T's Bistro & BluesThe University of Mississippi Wind Ensemble ConcertFor The Culture & Friends Present: Black History Month Parade

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 SpecialBuild Day @ TrainTastic Presented by: Brick Builders of the Mississippi CoastValentine's Love Yourself, Self Care DayWild About My Gals: Galentine's Brunch @ the Hattiesburg ZooSouthern Soul Mardi Gras Party feat. Epic Funk Brass BandQueen E presents: Lyrics of LoveGalentine's Pajama PartyLove Letter: Celebrating Black Southern Material CultureInfluencing the Future of Donation: A Black History Month CelebrationCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube

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 Museum2025 Black History GalaGrown Folks Super Bowl Party: Score & PourLEGO Club @ Goodman Public LibraryMMA Film Screening: This World Is Not My OwnAn Evening with David PorterCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | A Black History Month Ce

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 QuartetNext Stop, Mississippi is your

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

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/RunThe Power of Peace: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Natchez NAACP: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day ParadeNational Day of Racial HealingHistory is Lunch: MLK in MississippiSunday Screening: Always a WinnerMPB Presents - BLACKLIFE: Coretta Scott King InterviewCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Martin Luther King Jr. Celeb

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 SiddiqNext 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.

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 Video9. Jason Ervin, Poet8. Brian Ballou, Musician7. Ralph Miller, Musicologist6. Million Dollar Quartet Christmas5. Twurt Chamberlain, Musician4. Eddie Cotton, Jr., Musician3. Heartspace Holistic Self-Care Sound Bath with Jason Lee, LPN2. The Mississippi Mass Choir1. Epic Funk Brass BandCheck out the episode with visuals on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - Top 10 Livestream Performances of 2024Next 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, highligh

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 AquariumNext 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 

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, MSHartfelt Family Christmas Tour - CarriereHartfelt Family Christmas Tour - GautierRobby Peoples: Martin's Downtown's Annual Christmas ShowTupelo’s 2025 New Year’s Eve PartyMartin's Downtown's NYE Blowout with Flintwick, DJ Scrap Dirty & ANGELOBiloxi 12th Night CelebrationChe

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 - HattiesburgUnite Mississippi Monthly Inspiring and Equipping Lunch - December 2024Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Million Doll

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/For more Deep South Dining visit: http://deepsouthdining.mpbonline.org/For more Creature Comforts visit: http://creaturecomforts.mpbonline.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Organ

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=rhNcnW9ZT44FH4vTNext 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 host

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-SideLight GardenHartfelt Family Christmas Tour - Bartlett, TN 11/22/24Hartfelt Family Christmas Tour - Bartlett, TN 11/23/24Let's Talk TurkeyEpic Funk Brass Band @ Social 21 BistroChristmas 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 N

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 LightsSeventh Annual “Lights of the Wild”Thacker Mountain Radio Hour: Gerry Wilson, Eric Stracener & 5th Child with MS Symphony EnsembleNational Folk Festival KickoffFin & Zen YogaGoat Yoga in the Mound!Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: