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Next Stop MS: Mississippi Weekends!
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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 a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Hattiesburg for their Holiday Open House. Next we’ll move to MS State Capital for the National Alliance on Mental Illness MS Walk, after that we’ll head to the MS Gulf Coast for the 33rd Annual Celtic Music Festival and Highland Games and end the show with musical guest Matthew Beall of the Hub City Highlanders. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!
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Next Stop MS | Mermaids at Mississippi Aquarium & Snow Much Fun! at the MS Museum of Natural Science
50:01Today, 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!On The Road: Next Stop | The 47th Annual Chimneyville Arts Festival
46:00Today, 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!On The Road: Next Stop Promo | The 47th Annual Chimneyville Arts Festival
00:30Join 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!Next Stop MS | Interactive Van Gogh Exhibit & Christmas on Deer Creek feat. Chapel Hart
53:43Today 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!Next Stop MS | City of Gautier Lights and Lagniappe on the Bayou & 2nd Annual 1877 Signature Event
46:51Today 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!Next Stop MS | Veterans Day 2023
52:20Today, 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!Next Stop MS | 3rd Annual Allumer Natchez Light Art Festival & Natchez Veterans Week Special Events
38:51Today 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!Next Stop MS | 8th Annual Cruzn the Crossroads Car & Truck Show, JSU's 50th Anniversary of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival, MGCCC Harrison County Campus Fall Festival
49:51Today 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!Next Stop MS | 38th Natchez Balloon Festival & The 22nd Great Delta Bear Affair: “Bearly Here but Building Back”
48:14Today 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!