Next Stop, Mississippi

For our first stop, we’ve got a special announcement, news and more coming from the 82nd National Folk Festival, happening November 7th-9th in Jackson, with NFF Local Festival Manager, Thabi Moyo, then it’s a stop in Biloxi to celebrate the 3rd Annual Irish Malarkey, presented by the Hibernia Irish Society, happening Saturday March 15th, 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:St. Patrick's Boots on the Ground Party9th Annual Original Krewe of Barkloxi PAWradeFirst Ever 22nd Annual World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day ParadeCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | National Folk Festival & Irish MalarkeyNext 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!

Today, we’re remembering, delighting and celebrating! For our first stop, we’re checking out "Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers, Photographs by Melody Golding" exhibit, opening at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson March 8th, with Melody Golding and MDAH Director Michael Morris, then we’ll delight in all the fun at this year’s MS Anime Fest, March 8th – 9th at the MS Trade Mart with cosplay artist, Taycosplayy & festival rep. Clark Lee, then it’s birthday celebration shenanigans for Kamel & Java! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers & MS Anime Fest 2025 & Kamel & Java Birthday ShenanigansNext 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!

Today, we’re celebrating the Mardi Gras season, right before Fat Tuesday, around the state! In the building once again is none other than Epic Funk Brass Band on House Band Duty for the entire show and for our first stop, we’ll learn all about our state’s Mardi Gras History at Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum with Executive Director Abreeza Thomas… then we’re off to Meridian for The Gumbo Gala: A Sassy Swamp Soirée at MSU’s Riley Center with the MS Symphony Association, happening March 1st! We’ll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Laissez les bons temps rouler, buckle up, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Epic Funk Brass Band, Coastal MS Mardi Gras Museum, & The Gumbo GalaNext 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!

Today, we’re celebrating Black History Month once again! For our first stop, we’re off to Oxford to check out University of Mississippi Music's presentation of the 2025 Black History Month Concert "If Love Fails, Try Nothing Else," happening February 25th at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, then we’re heading to the Gulf Coast for the Statewide Community College Choral Festival, happening at MGCCC 2/27-2/28, then it’s a final stop in Jackson to show our appreciation at the Women for Progress of MS, Inc. "Women in Media Celebration," happening February 27th at the Railroad District, Jackson. 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: Wrap N Sip: A Night of Southern Culture & StyleTommy Davidson @ Johnny T's Bistro & BluesThe University of Mississippi Wind Ensemble ConcertFor The Culture & Friends Present: Black History Month ParadeBlack History Month Family DaySpring Music Major Advantage Audition and Visit DayCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | U of M: "If Love Fails, Try Nothing Else" & Women in Media CelebrationNext 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!

Today, we’re pulling Cupid’s arrow for him in this Valentine’s Day themed episode! For our first stop on our love train, we’re headed to Biloxi for Date Night Wheel and more events at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art happening the entire year, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around the lovers neck of the woods, before a final stop at Urban Foxes in Jackson to check out the After Hours Concert: Ally Durr Birthday Edition, happening February 21st! "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Red Radio After Dark, Valentine's SpecialBuild Day @ TrainTastic Presented by: Brick Builders of the Mississippi CoastValentine's Love Yourself, Self Care DayWild About My Gals: Galentine's Brunch @ the Hattiesburg ZooSouthern Soul Mardi Gras Party feat. Epic Funk Brass BandQueen E presents: Lyrics of LoveGalentine's Pajama PartyLove Letter: Celebrating Black Southern Material CultureInfluencing the Future of Donation: A Black History Month CelebrationCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | The Valentine's Day EditionNext 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!

Today, we’re going red, influencing donation and celebrating the first Friday of Black History Month! For our first stop, we’re stopping by the MS Organ Recovery Agency’s Influencing the Future of Donation: A Black History Month Celebration, February 20th in Jackson, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at Hattiesburg’s Sixth Street Museum District’s African Americans & Labor Black History Month Celebration, happening this month!Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:National Wear Red Day®New Stage Theatre: "The Mountaintop"African American Read-In @ The Black Prairie Blues Museum2025 Black History GalaGrown Folks Super Bowl Party: Score & PourLEGO Club @ Goodman Public LibraryMMA Film Screening: This World Is Not My OwnAn Evening with David PorterCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | A Black History Month CelebrationNext 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!