Next Stop, Mississippi (MPB Think Radio)

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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! 

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. Annet​te Trefzer, Professor of English at the University of Mississippi.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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!

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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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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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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.

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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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! 

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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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!

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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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!

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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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!

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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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!

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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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!

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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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!

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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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!

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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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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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!

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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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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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. 

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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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!

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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, 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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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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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.

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.

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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!

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.

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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!

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.

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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!

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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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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.

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.

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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!

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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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!

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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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. 

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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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!

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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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!

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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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!

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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