Next Stop, Mississippi

For our first stop, we’re exploring the Mississippi Museum of Art’s “Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South” exhibition, opening November 16th in Jackson with Curator Sharbreon Plummer, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Bay Springs to test our taste bud’s courage at the Jasper Wildlife Jamboree and Magnolia State Bank Wild Game Cook Off, presented by the Bay Springs Chamber of Commerce, happening November 16th with Mayor Donald Brown! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Hattiesburg Zoo’s Lights of the Wild Nominated for USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice 2024 for Best Zoo LightsSeventh Annual “Lights of the Wild”Thacker Mountain Radio Hour: Gerry Wilson, Eric Stracener & 5th Child with MS Symphony EnsembleNational Folk Festival KickoffFin & Zen YogaGoat Yoga in the Mound!Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Of Salt and Spirit Exhibition & Jasper Wildlife JamboreeNext 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. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

Wikipedia defines festivals as events celebrated by a community and centering on characteristic aspects of that community, and today, we’re paying homage to the festivals that make us great! Today we’re heading to Downtown Ocean Springs for this year’s Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival, Nov. 2nd & 3rd, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before our final stop in Downtown Jackson to jam out at the National Folk Festival Kickoff Event, Saturday, November 16th with Blaine Wade, NCTA Exec. Dir. & Legendary Blues Musician, Eddie Cotton, Jr.! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Fantasia BarrinoDia de los Muertos: A Celebration of LifeThe Fairhope Film Festival - 12th Year AnniversaryNovember Pinball RumbleBone Thugs-N-HarmonyNext 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. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

With Hallows' Eve creepily approaching, our first stop is all about Tricks, Treats & Trains at the Traintastic Interactive Model Railroad Museum in Gulfport October 26th & 27th with Tabitha Barnes, Dir. of Marketing & Events, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the Briarwood Arts Center in Jackson to enjoy Pints & Pumpkins, A Wine & Painting Experience, October 26th & the BAC Trunk-or-Treat, October 31st with Owner/Operator Stephen Brown a.k.a. 5th Child & Artist Jangela Burden with Experience Architects! It’s going to be a ghoulish time, today on the show! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Scarecrow Cruise & Car Show 2024Pass Christian Community Trunk or TreatTunnel of TerrorTrick or Treat at the Two Mississippi MuseumsBankPlus Red Beans & BBQ FestRocky Horror ShowNext 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. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

For our first stop, it’s all about lederhosen at Fertile Ground Beer Company’s 3rd Annual Oktoberfest, October 18th through the 19th in Jackson, then we’ll check out what’s happening, AND what happened around your neck of the woods, before an exclusive sit-down with viral stand-up comedian, radio personality, and winner of Comedy Central's Up Next competition in 2013… Ali Siddiq! He joins the show to talk about his career and upcoming shows in the state, "I Got a Story to Tell," October 19th at the MS Coliseum in Jackson and "In the Shadows Tour," January 18th at the Historic Saenger Theater in Hattiesburg! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:2024 Forum on American EnterpriseThe 39th Annual Natchez Balloon FestivalBooneville Fall FestivalNext 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. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

Today we’re On the Road live from Vicari’s Annual CTC Auction, one of Cruisin the Coast’s 28th Annual lineup of events! This 3-day auction features hundreds of vehicles, collectables, and automobilia! We’ll loop you into all the action with the "Deal Doctor," Steve Williams before chatting with the MS Coast Coliseum’s Executive Director, Matt McDonnell about this event, and their lineup of future events! Then we’ll check out "What’s Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods," before a final stop at the Mississippi Aquarium’s Dolphin Encounter Experience with Senior Marine Mammal Specialist, Mercedes Mendez! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS! Check out the accompanying MPB YouTube Livestream of this episode! Only on MPB Think Radio!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Zzz's by the Sea4th Annual Bourbon FestivalNext 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. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

Hey y'all! We've got your key to the driver's seat because we're broadcasting live from Cruisin' the Coast 2024, America's Largest Block Party, this Friday, October 11th at 10 a.m.! Join Germaine Flood and Kamel King of Visit Mississippi as they go live from Vicari's Annual Cruisin' the Coast Auction at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center, and they have a special MS Aquarium Dolphin Encounter segment you do not want to miss! Also tune-in to the MPB YouTube Livestream at the same time! Only on MPB Think Radio!

Today’s show is aptly titled “A Few of My Favorite Things” because for our first stop today we’re getting in the Spirit for the MS Antique Showcase- Holiday Edition in Jackson, October 10th, then we’re off to Greenville to indulge in my top dish at this year’s Delta Hot Tamale Festival, featuring musician, Brian Ballou, October 17th – 19th, and for our final stop, we’re checking out the MS Esthetics & Spa Conference, October 12th and I’ll luxuriate in a five minute facial demo live on air and on YouTube! 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!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Mississippi Antique Showcase: Holiday EditionQuitman County Mules & Blues Festival 2024Devin The Dude w/ 5th Child @ Martin's DowntownNext 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. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip!

Today is a day of celebration and remembrance! For our first stop, we’re off to Carrollton to check out the Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival and History Symposium, happening October 5th through the 6th in Carrollton, and in with us to tell us more is his granddaughter, Mary Francis Hurt & Mt. Zion Memorial Fund Rep. Corey Crowder, then we’re kicking off the countdown to the 100th Birthday Celebration of B.B. King and Medgar Evers, with celebrations to be held throughout the year 2025 with Malika Polk-Lee, B.B. King Museum Director! 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:Rhythm, Blues, & BallotsMississippi Antique Showcase: Holiday Edition - 25% off for a limited timeMusic From The Masses 2024It's Pride Y'all '24Next 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. Check out our Sipp Events calendar to help plan your next trip! Click to Donate Now and listen live on MPB Think Radio Fridays at 10 a.m. CST.