Next Stop, Mississippi

Up first, we’re kicking back with the modern torchbearer of the blues and 2025 Governor’s Arts Award Recipient, Eddie Cotton, Jr., featured at this year’s 83rd National Folk Festival, November 13th – 15th in Downtown Jackson, then we’re off to check out What’s Happening Around Your Veteran’s Day Neck of the Woods, before a chat with There’s Nothing To Do Here JXN creator, Charlie Grant, before a final stop in Ridgeland at the Waller Craft Center during the 50th Annual Chimneyville Arts Festival, November 12th – 14th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Veteran's Day Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Veterans Day CeremonyA Veterans Day Concert SaluteVets Town HallWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop MS - Eddie Cotton, Jr. @ 83rd NFF, There's Nothing To Do Here JXN, 50th Chimneyville ArtsNext 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...

We’re starting out today’s trip with luck on our side! Up first, we’re kicking back with hip-hop artist, Hollywood Luck, featured at the 83rd National Folk Festival, November 13th – 15th in Downtown Jackson, then we’re off to trick-or-treat for events around your neck of the woods, before a stop in Brandon for Witches Night Out: Wine Down Downtown, October 29th, then we’ll turn a corner to New Stage Theatre, now through Nov. 1st, for “Slippin’ Through The Cracks” – The Bobby Rush Musical, then it’s a final swing to Fairhope, AL for this year’s Fairhope Film Festival, happening November 12th thorough the 15th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:It's A 2000's Party: Halloween EditionFall Family DayHattiesburg Pocket Museum Presents CEREAL KILLERS: A Breakfast Crime SceneWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop MS- Hollywood Luck @ 83rd NFF, Witches Night Out, Bobby Rush Musical, Fairhope Film FestNext 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...

Our Fall pledge drive is in full swing, and we have a lagniappe of events on the itinerary! Up first, we’re learning all about conjunto Tejano, from Epi Martinez & Friends, featured at the 83rd National Folk Festival, November 13th – 15th in Downtown Jackson, then we honor Succeed and Elevate’s Artist Edge Academy Fall 2026 Graduation Cohorts, Oct.28th at Duling Hall, before we swing a final corner around to Chunky, MS for fall fun at Lazy Acres Farm’s Mississippi Pumpkin Patch Festival, happening now through October 31st! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:"Time Out of Mind:" A Bob Dylan and the South FestivalWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop MS | Epi Martinez @ 83rd National Folk Festival, Succeed and Elevate: Artist Edge Academy Fall 26' Graduates, MS Pumpkin Fest @ Lazy Acres FarmNext 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...

For our first stop, we’re once again gearing up for the 83rd National Folk Festival, November 13th – 15th, in downtown Jackson and we’re riding out with RahzelVEVO‬ to chat about his upcoming performance, and more, then it’s a sit down with Mississippi Main Street Association to check out what’s happening around your Fall neck of the woods, before the finale of all finales… it’s Late Night with Rita Brent LIVE: Halloween Season Finale, featuring ‪ITSJUSTELSIE‬, ‪callmekingfish‬, and more, at the Jackson Convention Complex, October 31st! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Rahzel @ 83rd National Folk Fest, MS Main St. Assoc., Late Night w/ Rita BrentNext 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...

For our first stop, we’re gearing up for the 83rd National Folk Festival, November 13th – 15th, in downtown Jackson, and we’re sitting down with blues pianist, vocalist, songwriter and educator, Eden Brent to chat about her upcoming performance and more, then we’ve have your final chance to win a pair of tickets to see Mavis Staples LIVE, Thursday, October 15th in Philadelphia at the Ellis Theater, before checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, then it’s a final stop at the MS Coliseum for this year’s Mississippi State Fair, with the slogan "Let the Fun Begin", celebrating America250! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:Service Industry Night at Martin's DowntownSmokin’ The SipMemphis Jazz FestivalDowntown Natchez HOWL-oween Pet ParadeRidgeland Pecan FestivalBukka White Blues Festival"The Hayley Williams Show" feat. Magdalena Bay & Rico Nasty @ BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden GroveThe Doobie Brothers: Walk This Road TourWatch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop MS- Eden Brent @ 83rd National Folk Festival & Mississippi State Fair "Let the Fun Begin"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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m...

Today, we’re going from the southernmost tip of the state, all the way to the north, and everything in-between, with events! The crew’s first stop is on the Gulf Coast in celebration of ‪@CruisinTheCoast‬'s 30th Anniversary, October 4th – 11th, and we’ll chat with Cruise Central & the ‪@VicariAutomotiva‬ Auto Auction for all the details, then we’re on the mule train north to Marks, MS for the 10th Annual Mules & Blues Festival, October 10th, before a final stop in the "Red Carpet City of the South" for hip art in a historical setting at the inaugural Vicksburg Hipstoric Arts Festival, October 2nd – 4th! Plus, we’ve also have your chance to win another pair of tickets to see ‪@mavisstaples‬ LIVE, Thursday, October 15th in Philadelphia at ‪@martystuartofficial‬'s legendary‪@ellistheatre8796‬! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop MS- 30th Annual Cruisin' the Coast, Mules & Blues Fest, Vicksburg Hipstoric Arts 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! https://www.mpbonline.org/community/m...

Today, the crew is going back-to-back with a full slate of events! Up first, it’s going to be lit y’all at this year’s ‪Mississippi Book Festival this Saturday, and we’re chatting with “One Mississippi” book panelists, author/musician Steve Azar & illustrator, Sarah Frances Hardy… for our second stop, we’re stopping by WellsFest: Jackson's Original Music Festival at the MS Ag & Forestry Museum ... and all of this before a final stop in Clarksdale to vibe-out at the 2026 ‪Mighty Roots Music Fest, September 25th – 26th! Plus, we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods and we’ve also have your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Mavis Staples LIVE, October 15th, during her 2026 Summer Series at Marty Stuart's Ellis Theater in Philadelphia! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:2026 Hot Fest Cool DownEpic Funk Brass Band Live at Martin's DowntownMississippi’s Walk for Diabetes 2026Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop MS- One MS @ MS Book Fest, Powerlifting America Championship, WellsFest, Mighty Roots FestNext 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, the crew is off to Philadelphia to check-in with the iconic ‪@martystuartofficial‬, about checking-out the legendary R&B gospel singer and civil rights activist, ‪@mavisstaples‬during her Summer Series at The Ellis Theater, October 15th, and we’ve got your chance to win a pair of tickets to the event! Then we’re off to Olde Towne Clinton’s September events including Brick Street Players, Cruzin' Clinton Car Show, & the Big Truck Experience, before a final stop on the Gulf Coast to chat with automotive enthusiast and tv host of‪@MyClassicCarTV‬, Dennis Gage, about his meet & greets during Cruisin' the Coast's 30th Anniversary, happening October 7th-10th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi- Mavis Staples: Summer Series, Mainstreet Clinton, Dennis Gage: My Classic CarNext 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, Jackson is the stop! Up first, the crew is off to hear Songs & Stories: Celebrating the Oral Traditions of Gospel Music, September 13th at the Two Mississippi Museums, then it's a Launch Party, September 12th for West Fest Open Air Market, before a final check-in with the 83rd National Folk Festival as they gear up for round four of artist announcements! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi – Songs & Stories, West Fest Open Air Market, National Folk Festival NewsNext 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...