Next Stop, Mississippi

Today we’re jam packed with outstanding events, just like our first stop, at the 2025 Mississippi Book Festival, tomorrow September 13th! In with us to tell us all about her book, Unpalatable: Stories of Pain and Pleasure in Southern Cookbooks is author Carrie Helms Tippen, then we’re gearing up for the September 18th premiere of MPB’s Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers, with film contributors Taiwo Gaynor & Pamela Junior, then it’s a final stop at the Two MS Museums September 19th for Songs and Stories: Celebrating the Oral Traditions of Gospel Music with Minster of Music, Chandra Wise! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Carrie Helms, Everlasting The Life & Legacy of Medgar Evers, & Songs & StoriesNext 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!

For our first stop, we’re rolling out with Festival Manager, Thabi Moyo and Marketing & Community Outreach Coordinator, Shaquita Chapman, as it’s ALL CALL for volunteers at the 82nd National Folk Festival, happening November 7th – 9th in Jackson, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop/sit down with photographer and author of “Hometown Mississippi,” Melody Golding, as we gear up for the Mississippi Book Festival, happening September 13th at the State Capitol! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Mississippi Book Festival's Southern Screening of The Wild RobotFriday on Farish! - September 5thBriarWoodstockLuke Bryan: Country Song Came On TourThe Spinners2025 Mississippi Book Festival Pre-Fest PartyWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | National Folk Festival & Melody Golding @ The Book 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 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 on the show, we’re commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, as we honor the lives lost, celebrate our resilience, and reflect on our progress. For our first stop, we’re heading to The City of Pascagoula to chat with Mayor Jay Willis about the city’s Commemoration Ceremony, today at Point Park, then we’ll slide over to The City of D’Iberville to talk with Mayor Rusty Quave about their Remembrance Ceremony & Exhibit, today, at the D’Iberville Community Center, 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:20th Anniversary Commemoration of Hurricane Katrina on MPBKatrina Reflections: Celebrating 20 Years of RebirthEmmett Till 70th Anniversary Commemoration Weekend37th Annual Iuka Heritage Day7th Annual Red's Old Timers Blues FestivalEpic Funk Brass Band Live @ Martin's DowntownWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Pascagoula and D'Iberville Remember Hurricane Katrina 20 Years LaterNext 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 on the show we’re asking what’s the tea for our first stop, at The BOSS T.E.A. Party at Sippsi Good Tea in Jackson, August 23rd, with event organizer & owner of BOSS Educator, Dr. LaQuanta Nelson and host Rita Brent, then we’ll spill all the tea about what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at the Mary C. O’Keefe Theater in Ocean Springs, Aug 23rd for the Music Alive Ensemble featuring sisters, vocalist Stephanie Jordan and violinist, Rachel Jordan! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Teyana Taylor "Escape Room" Listening Event @ OffBeatStarlito x Don Trip: Step Brothers 4 Life TourUnion Market @ Union StationFull Steam A-Pizza Fun Day @ TrainTasticWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | THE BOSS T.E.A. PARTY & Music Alive EnsembleNext 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 are on the road live at Trustmark Park for "Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night," happening August 16th, benefitting the 82nd National Folk Festival! We're gearing up for all of the action with General Manager, Andrew Seymour, Folk Festival Manger, Thabi Moyo, and Assistant General Manager, David Kerr! 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:Eddie Cotton Jr. @ Ground Zero Blues Club BiloxiWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | LIVE @ Trustmark Park for "Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night"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 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 on the show it’s all about the blues again as we gear up for our first stop at this year’s 37th Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, happening August 8th-11th in Clarksdale, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final chat with a movie & TV legend known for his roles in According to Jim and Saturday Night Live, and co-founder of the House of Blues music chain with Dan Akroyd – Jim Belushi joins the show to give us the 411 on Blues Night 2025, tonight at Martin's Downtown in Jackson, and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Shower Singers Anonymous MeetingMusic Bingo @ B&BCash Money Millionaires: 30th Anniversary Live in ConcertMississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis NightWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Sunflower Sunflower River Blues & Jim Belushi of The Blues BrothersNext 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, were all about the blues and back to school! We're heading to the Wayfarer Blues Tour featuring Cary Hudson and Dan Raza, happening all month long around the region, then we'll check out what’s happening around your Back to School neck of the woods before a final stop at the 25th Annual Jus' Blues Music Foundation Awards & Conference, in Biloxi, August 1-2nd! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Back-to-School Splash Bash at Cowpen CreekBack 2 School Drive 2025Magnolia Grace Marketplace: Back to School Bash!Back to School Giveaway2025 Back to School Fair presented by Orange Grove Community CenterBack to School Bash presented by Ambetter by Magnolia HealthWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Wayfarer Blues Tour, Back to School, & Jus' Blues Music Foundation AwardsNext 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 are on the road live at the Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo! We're in the middle of all of the action with Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, Andy Gipson, Southern Native Custom Calls, Jackson Music Awards, DAM Coolers, MDWFP Mississippi Outdoors and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | *Live* at The Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2025Next Stop, Mississippi | *Live* at The Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2025 Continued...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 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, of course, we'll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before an awesome HANG OUT, literally with Chewbacca, aka Chewy the sloth, at the Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth Experience with trainer Stephanie Buckley, before a final sit down with Grammy Award Winner, and the bridge between blues, soul and R&B, Dexter Allen to talk blues and his upcoming show at Ground Zero Biloxi and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Christmas in July Demo Day @ MS Craftsmen's GuildUnion Market @ Union StationNardo Blackmon: I Ain’t Even Posed To Be HereWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth Experience & Dexter Allen @ Ground Zero Blues ClubNext 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!