Next Stop, Mississippi

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

Today, we’re kicking things off with a bang! We’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, and at the same time, we’re celebrating 40 years of radio with Think Radio’s own, Kevin Farrell, then we’re off to Pascagoula, as the pickle fests go head-to-head this weekend, for the 1st ever MS Gulf Coast Pickle Fest, Saturday June 13th, and we’ll wind-down with a stop at Duling Hall in Jackson, June 13th for An Evening with Claire Holley and Beth Ann Fennelly! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Everlasting: A Conversation with Reena Evers-Everette + Taiwo GaynorBenton County Bluegrass FestivalJuneteenth in the Pass: “If Not You, Then Who Brunch” and Community Celebration Day Party2026 Vicksburg Juneteenth Heritage FestivalTravis Tritt @ the Brandon Amphitheater Ali Siddiq @ the Mississippi ColiseumDerrick Stroup at IP Casino Resort and SpaWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – MS Gulf Coast Pickle Fest, An Evening with Claire Holley + Beth Ann Fennelly

Today, we're heading to an extraordinary event, it's CATHEAD JAM 26', happening June 5th & 6th at Cathead Distillery in Jackson, and we'll sit down with the headliner himself, Allen Stone, then we head over to check out the Youth and Teen Summer Camps at Pacesetter Gallery, June 9th through July 24th in Flowood with owner Keri Davis, before a final stop to 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:AI Month 2026 at Bean PathCARA's 17th Annual Dog Days of SummerBurnside Music FestWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Allen Stone x Cathead Jam, 26' Youth and Teen Summer Camps

Today, I’ll sell you my pickle for a nickel at this year’s Mississippi Pickle Fest, June 13th and 14th, with Coordinator Jana Dear, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your fitness neck of the woods, before a final stop and fitness check-in with IFBB Pro Pia Nabila Nedjar, & NPC Builder, Terrance "Bigg Tee" Thomas!  Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Out of Office Adult Field Day 26'11th Annual NPC Battle on the Gulf CoastSixth Annual Rainbow Run 5KTomato Festival 5K Run/Walk2026 Dash 'N Splash Race for Brain and Spinal Cord InjuryFarm Bureau 30th Annual Watermelon Classic 5K Run, 5K Walk and 1 Mile Fun RunWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – MS Pickle Fest 26', Fitness Check-In with Pia Nedjar & Terrance Thomas