Next Stop, Mississippi

First up, we’re off to the Gulf Coast for this year's Cruisin' the Coast, America’s Largest Block Party, happening October 5th – 12th, with none other than the legendary Cruisin’ Craig himself, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Clarksdale to jam out at the 5th Annual Mighty Roots Music Festival, presented by the Stovall Gin Co., October 3rd – 5th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing: Fifth Annual It's Pride Y'all Festival 10th Annual Mississippi Science Fest Cruzin' Clinton Car Show Eupora Smoke & Sizzle Hometown Fest Open Hart Sessions: Danica Hart (Poplarville) Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Cruisin' the Coast 2025 & 5th Annual Mighty Roots Music Festival Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we’re jam packed with outstanding events, just like our first stop, at the 2025 Mississippi Book Festival, tomorrow September 13th! In with us to tell us all about her book, Unpalatable: Stories of Pain and Pleasure in Southern Cookbooks is author Carrie Helms Tippen, then we’re gearing up for the September 18th premiere of MPB’s Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers, with film contributors Taiwo Gaynor & Pamela Junior, then it’s a final stop at the Two MS Museums September 19th for Songs and Stories: Celebrating the Oral Traditions of Gospel Music with Minster of Music, Chandra Wise! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Carrie Helms, Everlasting The Life & Legacy of Medgar Evers, & Songs & Stories Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our first stop, we’re rolling out with Festival Manager, Thabi Moyo and Marketing & Community Outreach Coordinator, Shaquita Chapman, as it’s ALL CALL for volunteers at the 82nd National Folk Festival, happening November 7th – 9th in Jackson, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop/sit down with photographer and author of “Hometown Mississippi,” Melody Golding, as we gear up for the Mississippi Book Festival, happening September 13th at the State Capitol! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing: Mississippi Book Festival's Southern Screening of The Wild Robot Friday on Farish! - September 5th BriarWoodstock Luke Bryan: Country Song Came On Tour The Spinners 2025 Mississippi Book Festival Pre-Fest Party Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | National Folk Festival & Melody Golding @ The Book Festival Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the show, we’re commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, as we honor the lives lost, celebrate our resilience, and reflect on our progress. For our first stop, we’re heading to The City of Pascagoula to chat with Mayor Jay Willis about the city’s Commemoration Ceremony, today at Point Park, then we’ll slide over to The City of D’Iberville to talk with Mayor Rusty Quave about their Remembrance Ceremony & Exhibit, today, at the D’Iberville Community Center, plus we’ll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing: 20th Anniversary Commemoration of Hurricane Katrina on MPB Katrina Reflections: Celebrating 20 Years of Rebirth Emmett Till 70th Anniversary Commemoration Weekend 37th Annual Iuka Heritage Day 7th Annual Red's Old Timers Blues Festival Epic Funk Brass Band Live @ Martin's Downtown Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Pascagoula and D'Iberville Remember Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the show we’re asking what’s the tea for our first stop, at The BOSS T.E.A. Party at Sippsi Good Tea in Jackson, August 23rd, with event organizer & owner of BOSS Educator, Dr. LaQuanta Nelson and host Rita Brent, then we’ll spill all the tea about what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at the Mary C. O’Keefe Theater in Ocean Springs, Aug 23rd for the Music Alive Ensemble featuring sisters, vocalist Stephanie Jordan and violinist, Rachel Jordan! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing: Teyana Taylor "Escape Room" Listening Event @ OffBeat Starlito x Don Trip: Step Brothers 4 Life Tour Union Market @ Union Station Full Steam A-Pizza Fun Day @ TrainTastic Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | THE BOSS T.E.A. PARTY & Music Alive Ensemble Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we are on the road live at Trustmark Park for "Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night," happening August 16th, benefitting the 82nd National Folk Festival! We're gearing up for all of the action with General Manager, Andrew Seymour, Folk Festival Manger, Thabi Moyo, and Assistant General Manager, David Kerr! Plus, we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing: Eddie Cotton Jr. @ Ground Zero Blues Club Biloxi Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | LIVE @ Trustmark Park for "Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night" Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi 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.

Today on the show it’s all about the blues again as we gear up for our first stop at this year’s 37th Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, happening August 8th-11th in Clarksdale, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final chat with a movie & TV legend known for his roles in According to Jim and Saturday Night Live, and co-founder of the House of Blues music chain with Dan Akroyd – Jim Belushi joins the show to give us the 411 on Blues Night 2025, tonight at Martin's Downtown in Jackson, and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing: Shower Singers Anonymous Meeting Music Bingo @ B&B Cash Money Millionaires: 30th Anniversary Live in Concert Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Sunflower Sunflower River Blues & Jim Belushi of The Blues Brothers Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, were all about the blues and back to school! We're heading to the Wayfarer Blues Tour featuring Cary Hudson and Dan Raza, happening all month long around the region, then we'll check out what’s happening around your Back to School neck of the woods before a final stop at the 25th Annual Jus' Blues Music Foundation Awards & Conference, in Biloxi, August 1-2nd! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing: Back-to-School Splash Bash at Cowpen Creek Back 2 School Drive 2025 Magnolia Grace Marketplace: Back to School Bash! Back to School Giveaway 2025 Back to School Fair presented by Orange Grove Community Center Back to School Bash presented by Ambetter by Magnolia Health Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Wayfarer Blues Tour, Back to School, & Jus' Blues Music Foundation Awards Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we are on the road live at the Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo! We're in the middle of all of the action with Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, Andy Gipson, Southern Native Custom Calls, Jackson Music Awards, DAM Coolers, MDWFP Mississippi Outdoors and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | *Live* at The Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2025 Next Stop, Mississippi | *Live* at The Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2025 Continued... Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, of course, we'll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before an awesome HANG OUT, literally with Chewbacca, aka Chewy the sloth, at the Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth Experience with trainer Stephanie Buckley, before a final sit down with Grammy Award Winner, and the bridge between blues, soul and R&B, Dexter Allen to talk blues and his upcoming show at Ground Zero Biloxi and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing: Christmas in July Demo Day @ MS Craftsmen's Guild Union Market @ Union Station Nardo Blackmon: I Ain’t Even Posed To Be Here Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth Experience & Dexter Allen @ Ground Zero Blues Club Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the show, we’re heading over to Pacesetter Gallery’s Art of Soul Live Art and Music Event, in Flowood with gallery owner, Keri Davis, featuring artist, Tony Davenport and musician, Eddie Williams, happening July 12th, then we’re turning up at the Season 1 Finale of Late Night with Rita Brent, happening July 11th & 12th in Jackson, before a final stop in Bay St. Louis to celebrate at the 10th Annual Frida Fest, happening Sat. Jul 12th at Mockingbird Café, owned by, Alicein Schwabacher, in honor of world renowned Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Art of Soul Live Art and Music, Late Night with Rita Brent, & Frida Fest Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we're celebrating Independence Day for our first stop at the Biloxi Shuckers Fireworks Friday: Independence Day Extravaganza, happening July 4th, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop and sit down with my favorite artist currently, Dear Silas to chat about his upcoming "Cadillac Leather in July" Tour and scheduled stop at Duling Hall in Jackson on August 2nd. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the show, we’re celebrating Kamel King’s JACKTOWN USA Book Release & Signing Party! It’s all going down at Lemuria Books in Jackson, June 26th! And in with us to kick it all off are the players, co-author Joe Lee, and music legends, Eddie Cotton, Jr., Stevie J Blues, Zac Harmon, Chad Wesley, Rashad The Blues Kid and J’Wonn! We’ll also celebrate Juneteenth again at the 9th Annual Juneteenth on Farish Celebration, Saturday, June 21st, in the historic Farish Street District! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | JACKTOWN USA & JUNETEENTH on Farish Celebration Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the show, we’re transforming the studio into a bonafide Juke Joint, with two star-studded stops today! First up is this year’s North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, June 27th & 28th, at the Betty Davis Ponderosa in Waterford with Frank Kossen, then we’ll chat with Next Stop Mississippi’s biggest fan, and checkout what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at Blue Front Café, for the 2025 Bentonia Blues Festival, June 29th through the 21st and in studio with us is none other than blues legends, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Bobby Rush & Mizz Lowe! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing: Meredith Michele @ Godfrey's Juneteenth at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Juneteenth Art Soiree Canton Juneteenth Celebration Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic & Bentonia Blues Festival Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today it’s a jubilee & jam on Next Stop! For our first stop, we’re celebrating freedom with the Two MS Museums, June 19th at Juneteenth Jubilee in Jackson and additional celebrations that weekend with Museum Director, Michael Morris, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at Cathead Distillery this weekend to jam out, as Cathead Jam returns to Jackson, June 6th – 7th with Ardenland Rep., Elizabeth Dampier! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Juneteenth Jubilee & CATHEAD JAM Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we’re taking a food vacation, a.k.a. a 3-stop culinary tour! First up is the 20th Annual Red, White & Blueberry Festival, June 7th, in Ocean Springs… then we’re celebrating 601 JXN Day around the capital city, May 31st & June 1st…. Finally, it’s a stop at the 2025 Mississippi Pickle Fest, June 7th through the 8th at the MS Ag Museum. I’ve also got your chance to win a family pack of 4 tickets to see Wang Chung, Rick Springfield & more at the “I Want My 80’s Tour” in Gauiter, Sunday, June 1st! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Red, White & Blueberry Festival, 601 Day at Union Market, and Pickle Fest Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you’ve heard the show before, you know the Next Stop gang is all about music! And today’s show will definitely deliver with three stops! First up is Jazz in the Pass 25', happening May 25th in Pass Christian, then it’s a blast from the past as Germaine Flood sits down 1-on-1 with the legendary Jack Hues of Wang Chung, to talk about their upcoming shows during the "I Want My 80s Tour" with headliner, Rick Springfield, May 31st in Brandon, and June 1st in Gautier, then it’s a final sit down with none other than Mr. Sipp for his upcoming Mr. Sipp @ Duling Hall show at in Jackson May 31st. 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: SOLD OUT - Late Night with Rita Brent Memorial Day Weekend Seafood Boil Serengeti Springs at the Hattiesburg Zoo Announces Official Opening Date for Season Two! ChiknNBeer 2025 Bobby Rush LIVE! Blues Brunch - Bobby Rush: King of the Chitlin Circuit Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Jazz in the Pass, Wang Chung, and Mr. Sipp Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today it's all about music, pirates (arr, Matey!), and more music! First up, we're dropping verses at the 2025 Mississippi Songwriters Festival, May 16th & 17th, at Grammy Museum MS in Cleveland, then we're celebrating Pirate Day in the Bay's 10th Anniversary, My 16th & 17th in Bay St. Louis, and finally we'll tickle the keys at the 2025 World Championship Old-Time Playing Contest & Festival at Ole Miss in Oxford. 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: Pepsi Pops Brunch with Bertie @ the Hattiesburg Zoo Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Songwriters Festival, Pirate Day in the Bay, & Old-Time Piano Contest Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, the trip is packed with 2 stops! First up is a stop in Ridgeland to see the Snappy Sync Fireflies 25', happening May 15th-18th at The Waller Craft Center, before a final stop in the world-famous city of Clarksdale for this year’s Women In Blues Fest 2025, happening May 16 & 17 at Shared Experiences HQ! And of course, 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: Five Star City Fest 2025 Felder Rushing @ The Hitching Lot Farmers' Market Grand Opening Mississippi Mud Monsters Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Snappy Sync Fireflies 25', and Women in Blues 2025 Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're getting folksy folks! For our first stop, we're heading to the Two Mississippi Museums, May 10th, in Jackson for this year's Mississippi Makers Fest, with Museum Store Manger, Kim Cooper, Artisan, Harold Miller, and country/rock singer and American Idol finalist, Colin Stough, we check out what's happening around your neck of the woods before a third stop for the National Folk Festival special artist announcements from Local Festival Manager, Thabi Moyo and National Council for the Traditional Arts Exec. Dir., Blaine Wade! Stay tuned, buckle up, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing: Mississippi Antique Showcase - Oxford The Force Awakens in Downtown Hattiesburg: Join the Lightsaber Meetup at the Hattiesburg Pocket Museum Star Wars Night at Fondren Yard Cinco de Mayo Weekend @ Sombra (Four-Day Fiesta) Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | MS Makers Fest & National Folk Festival Special Announcement Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get to know the real Mississippi! Each week the show's hosts, Germaine Flood and entertainment attorney Kamel King, highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.