Next Stop, Mississippi

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!

Today, it's all about strings! We're hanging out with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra to celebrate their 80th birthday and to learn more about them and their slate of events, then we're off to check out what's happening around the world-famous Vitamin String Quartet's neck of the woods, during their "The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton & Beyond" concert, February 1st at Hattiesburg's Historic Saenger Theater, then it's an exclusive final sit-down with world-renowned harpist, Emmanuel Ceysson! He joins the show to chat all things harp & to let us in on what we can expect February 1st during his Bravo 3: Magnificent Strings Concerto at Madison Central High School! Plus I've got two chances to win tickets to the event! 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 | Emmanuel Ceysson's Magnificent Strings & Mississippi Symphony Orchestra & Vitamin String QuartetNext 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, it’s going to be a Late Night tonight, with Rita Brent at Duling Hall in Jackson, then we’re off to act like royalty at The Royal Y’all Improv Comedy Show at Pacesetter Gallery in Flowood this Saturday, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at Cathead Distillery in Jackson tomorrow as Twurt Chamberlain presents his documentary, "Country, Punk, Black!" Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:15TH ANNUAL CLARKSDALE FILM FESTIVAL & MUSIC FESTIVALCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Late Night with Rita Brent, The Royal Y'all, & Twurt ChamberlainNext 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 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! For our first stop, we're heading around the corner to the Two Mississippi Museums for their upcoming "MLK Celebration Free Weekend," happening 1/18 - 1/21/25, to include the "MLK Night of Culture," and related events with Museums Director, Michael Morris. Then we'll check out what's happening around your MLK neck of the woods before a final stop at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center's "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event," happening 1/20/25. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:MLK Unity 5K Walk/RunThe Power of Peace: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Natchez NAACP: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day ParadeNational Day of Racial HealingHistory is Lunch: MLK in MississippiSunday Screening: Always a WinnerMPB Presents - BLACKLIFE: Coretta Scott King InterviewCheck out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Martin Luther King Jr. CelebrationsNext 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!

In 2024, “Next Stop, Mississippi” episodes went live on YouTube! MPB Think Radio has pulled the Top 10, our favorites, with hosts Germaine Flood and Entertainment Attorney, Kamel King, as well as the guests, performances, and celebrities from Mississippi that topped the list!Top 10 Performances:10. Micheal J. Hall feat. Lenita Harris "What Say You" Music Video9. Jason Ervin, Poet8. Brian Ballou, Musician7. Ralph Miller, Musicologist6. Million Dollar Quartet Christmas5. Twurt Chamberlain, Musician4. Eddie Cotton, Jr., Musician3. Heartspace Holistic Self-Care Sound Bath with Jason Lee, LPN2. The Mississippi Mass Choir1. Epic Funk Brass BandCheck out the episode with visuals on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - Top 10 Livestream Performances of 2024Next 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!

In this episode, we tour the Mississippi Aquarium with Public Relations and Communications Director, Nicole Martz, during our live broadcast at Cruisin' the Coast 2024! We enjoyed our encounter with Axel the Dolphin, we got up close and personal with various aquatic wildlife, and we explored the 5.8 acres and 80,000 square feet the Aquarium has to offer! We'll also check out what's happening around the Aquarium's neck of the woods. Stay tuned, buckle-up, and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi! Check out the extended episode with visuals on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi - On The Road at The Mississippi AquariumNext 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!