Next Stop, Mississippi

This week on Next Stop, Mississippi, the crew jams out with Stevie J "Jamz" Blues, August 29th at Beatty Street Blues in Jackson to celebrate his newest EP release, featuring the hit song, "The Juke Joint," then they're off to Ocean Springs to the Walter Anderson Museum of Art for a full slate of events for the month, including August 22nd's "Thacker Mountain Radio LIVE," plus they'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:Summer of SoursMississippi India DayLil Wayne: 20 Years of Carter ClassicsWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Stevie J "Jamz" Blues & Walter Anderson Museum of ArtNext 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m...

This week on Next Stop, Mississippi, the crew heads to The MAX in Meridian, with CEO Penny Kemp, to learn who has received the honor of being named to the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment's Hall of Fame 2026-2027 Class, and they'll also check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Jackson to jam out with Epic Funk Brass Band LIVE at Last Call Sports Bar & Grill, August 8th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Family Day at Stax MuseumCelebrate Bobby Rush at the Capri TheaterMississippi Made Gallery Talk: Stennis Space CenterWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – The MAX Hall of Fame 26'-27' Class & Epic Funk Brass Band LIVENext 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m...

This week on Next Stop, Mississippi, we're heading to the Ellis Theater in Philadelphia, August 9th, for Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives x Molly Tuttle Trio concert, then it's artist-lineup breaking news coming from the 83rd National Folk Festival, happening November 13th - 15th in Jackson, 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:Summer Art Soiree: Hotter Than July! Ron Lindsey Exhibition at Wolfe StudioLate Night with Rita Brent (LIVE @ Jackson Convention Complex Theatre)Jackson Premiere of Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite StoryWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives & National Folk Fest: July UpdatesNext 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m...

Today's show is all about the Jackson Music Awards Week 2026! We're gearing up for their slate of events with a car full! We chat with JMA Founder, Jesse Thompson about the organization's 52 year history, then we jam out with, and learn more about, JMA performers, Grammy award winner, Dexter Allen, trail ride viral sensation, Jake Carter, and multi-award-winning blues-rock artist, Chad Wesley! 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:Celebrate Bobby Rush at the Capri TheaterLINDSEY STIRLING - DUALITY UNTAMED TOURMississippi Sports & Outdoors ShowGulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz FestivalBurnside Exploration 2: Cedric Burnside & Gary Burnside @ Martin's DowntownWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Jackson Music Awards Week & What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods

Today, we’re celebrating women at every stop! For our first patriotic stop, we’re off to Jackson State University, July 19th for Mississippi Women In Blues: Celebrating America 250 with organizer, Peggy Brown (Central MS Blues Society), featured performer, Lady Adrena (Morgan Freeman Symphonic Blues Experience) & film producers Mark Rankin and Bryan Wilson, then we’ll take a trip to The North Venue in Jackson for the She Is Worthy, Period. Luncheon July 25th with organizer, Latrise Adkins, before a final stop at the Jackson Convention Complex, August 1st for an all-NEW Late Night with Rita Brent, LIVE, featuring The Voice, Season 29, contestant, Landon Price! 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:History Happy HourSunday Screening: EverlastingHistory Is Lunch: Susannah Ural, "Abraham Lincoln and America250"Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – MS Women in Blues, She Is Worthy, Period., Late Night w/ Rita Brent Live

Today, we’re taking a look-back & a look-forward at the events we’ve enjoyed this summer, and that we’re looking forward to this July, and we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Mize for this year’s Mississippi Watermelon Festival, happening July 17th & 18th, with Festival Coordinator, Terresa Stewart! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Summer Porch PartyDeep Delta Market Day21st Annual Red, White & Blueberry Festival76th Choctaw Indian FairWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Mississippi Watermelon Festival 2026 & What's Happening

Today, we’re celebrating America’s 250th Birthday! For our first patriotic stop, we’re at the Two MS Museums in Jackson, July 4th for Stars, Stripes & Symphony with the MS Symphony Orchestra, then we’ll take a trip down the July 4th memory lane and check out what’s happening around your Independence Day neck of the woods, before a final stop on the coast for Red, White & Biloxi: An America 250 Event! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:A Conversation with Bobby RushHistory Is Lunch: Caroline Bayne, "Tonight Only: Medgar Evers on Jackson, Mississippi Television"Beau Rivage celebrates America 250th birthday with guest speaker, an original "Rosie the Riveter"Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Stars, Stripes & Symphony | Red, White & Biloxi

For our first stop, we’re off to Waterford’s Betty Davis Barbeque for this year’s North MS Hill Country Picnic, June 26th – 27th, then we’ll follow the red brick road to Clinton to celebrate America’s 250 at the 36th Annual Red, White & Blue Fest, July 4th, then it’s a final stop at Chicory Market in Oxford to indulge in the 2nd Annual Tomato Fest, Saturday, June 27th… and of course we’ll check out what else is 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:Rashad “The Blues Kid”: Raised on the Blues TourTomato Festival 5K Run/WalkBuju Banton & Stephen Marley: Roots & Rhymes Summer Tour 26'Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Hill Country Picnic 26', Red White & Blue Fest, and Tomato Fest

Today is a trifecta of events! We’re starting off with a stop at this year's Mississippi Comic Con 26', happening June 26th - 28th, then it's a new round of artist announcements coming from the 83rd National Folk Festival, scheduled for November 13th - 15th, before a final stop in Jackson in celebration of Juneteenth, for Faith and Freedom: A Juneteenth Gospel Celebration, happening Sunday, June 21st. 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:Canton Juneteenth Celebration 2026Juneteenth JubileeFishin' With Fathers and Friends10th Annual Juneteenth on Farish FestivalJuneteenth/ Black Music Month SoireeUnited in Song: A Mississippi America250 CelebrationThe Golden Ticket Affair (Emmys Celebration for Late Night w/ Rita Brent)Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – MS Comic Con 26', Natl Folk Fest New Artists, Faith and Freedom