Next Stop, Mississippi

Today, we’re celebrating Black Music Month with a special guest, host for the entire show, THEE G.O.A.T., Mr. Bobby Rush! We’ll shoot the breeze over Bobby’s upcoming McComb Pre-4th July Blues Concert, June 29th, & talk with Super Chikan's "A Life in the Blues" filmmakers about his June film screenings and performances… we’re also commemorating the upcoming holiday with a Juneteenth themed 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!

Today, We’re On The Road live from the 26th Annual Elvis Festival in Tupelo! We’re broadcasting straight from Elvis's hometown with interviews, and all the hip-shakin' action you can handle. We’ll chat with Todd Jordan, Mayor - City of Tupelo, Dalton Russell, Director of Marketing & Community Outreach - Downtown Tupelo Main Street and Jennie Bradford Curlee, Deputy Director - Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau, and more! We’ll also chat with the former and current Artistic Directors Mike Lopinto and Jay Dean about all things events with FestivalSouth, happening around Hattiesburg’s neck of the woods! Don’t be cruel and miss out on the fun. Stay tuned for a rockin' good time and let's get all shook up together 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!

Get ready to shake, rattle, and roll as Next Stop, Mississippi goes live from the 26th Annual Elvis Festival in Downtown Tupelo Friday June 7th at 10 am! We’re broadcasting straight from Elvis's hometown with music, interviews, and all the hip-shakin' action you can handle. Don’t be cruel and miss out on the fun. Tune in June 7th at 10 AM for a rockin' good time and let's get all shook up together at the 26th Annual Elvis Festival!" Only on MPB Think Radio.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!

Today, I’ll sell you my pickle for a nickel at our first stop, the Mississippi Pickle Fest "It's Kind of a Big Dill!", happening Sat Jun 8th at the Mississippi Ag Museum in Jackson with Justin Nipper, Agriculture and Forestry Museum Marketing & Event Specialist and Liz Gill with Gill Family Pickles, then it’s all about our short four-legged friends at this year’s Annual International Corgi Day Celebration, happening Saturday, June 8th in Bay St. Louis with Founder, Jeanelle Sonier, and for our final stop, we’re saluting the ladies of hip-hop at the 7th Annual Old School Party With A Purpose, happening June 1st at the Jackson Convention Complex, featuring Trina, DJ Spinderella and more with Rapper, Yung Jewelz! 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 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!

Today we’re kicking off the show with breaking tourism news coming straight from the National Council for Traditional Arts in partnership with the City of Jackson about the National Folk Festival coming to the state with Blaine Waide, Executive Director for the National Council for Traditional Arts & City of Jackson's Deputy Director for the Office of Economic Development, Tangayika Hoover… we’ll check-out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a quick preview of MPB’s 10-Minute Timeout with Lacey Alexander, then it’s all about The King, i.e.. not Kamel, but the King of Rock in Roll at the 26th Annual Tupelo Elvis Festival, June 6th - 9th at Cadence Bank Arena with Tupelo Main Street's, Dalton Russell! 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!

Today is all about music & laughter… we’ll celebrate all things women at the 2024 Women in Blues Concert, tomorrow, May 17th – 18th at Shared Experiences HQ in Clarksdale with Founder Colleen Buyers & Musician CRUZ The Dame, then we’ll check-out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Jackson at Fondren Guitars and Hal & Mal’s for Rita B’s After Dark and the The Workout Room series, happening throughout the month of May… and she’s bringing special guest Musician, Twurt Chamberlain to the show! 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!

Happy Mother’s Day Weekend! For our first stop of the day, we’re celebrating the state’s rich and diverse music and art at the 3rd Annual Mississippi Makers Fest, May 11th in Jackson at the Two Mississippi Museums with Tori Rice, Events Manager, then we’ll check-out what’s happening around your neck of the woods for Mother's Day Weekend, before a final stop in Meridian to pay homage at the 71st Annual Jimmie Rodgers Festival, May 12th through the 19th with Leslie Lee, Executive Director, at Jimmie Rodgers Museum and Foundation. 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!

Today, we’re swinging by Ridgeland to check out the 2024 Snappy Sync Soiree and Firefly Tours, at the Bill Waller Craft Center, May 16th through the 19th, we’ll also check in live with Germaine at the MPB Antique Showcase in Natchez, in addition to hearing her convo with Veteran NPR host Rachel Martin, around the launch of her new podcast "Wild Card with Rachel Martin," then we’re off to Starkville for the world’s largest wiener dog race, The 2024 Starkville Derby, happening May 4th… 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 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!

We’re toting our family heirlooms and antiques to Natchez for our first stop at MPB’s Antique Showcase at the Natchez Convention Center, May 3rd – 4th, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before our final stops in Jackson to check out the annual Kentucky Derby Party hosted by the Friends of the USA IBC before we celebrate the Midtown District at MIDFEST 2024, Saturday May 4th! 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!