Next Stop, Mississippi

Today we’ll stop and smell the flowers at the 34th Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival in Clarksdale, with Festival Co-Chair, Maie Smith, then we’re up, up and away for the RISE Hattiesburg Hot Air Balloon Festival , with Festival Director, Catherine Journs!  Next Stop, Mississippi is your on-air source for information about upcoming events and attractions across the state. Get...

Diversity in our state is what makes us great, and this weekend’s events prove there’s a little some for everyone to enjoy! We’ll talk with Richard Beattie, ride organizer with the 2022 Big Bikes, Blues & Bayous cycling event in Greenwood, we’ll also chat with DJ Scrap about The Return of House Music with "The Blast" at Martin's Downtown and then we’ll discuss the Mississippi Agricultural and...

Today is all about getting Back 2 School! We're talking with Clair Huff of the Mississippi Children’s Museum in Meridian about their Back to School Bash, we also chat with Olivia Blassingame with Amory, MS Junior Auxiliary 's 2022 Back to School Bash and then we sit down with Janet Reihle, with the Flowood Chamber of Commerce to discuss the City of Flowood’s Back to School Health and Wellness Fair...

Check out America’s Got Talent’s Golden Buzzer Champs, Chapel Hart , as they discuss their recent appearance on the hit show and their upcoming performance at the Neshoba County Fair . Host Kamel King also chats with Southern Komfort Brass Band about their performance at Martin’s Downtown and Frank Selby, organizer of the First Annual One Love Caribbean Festival in Gulfport, MS.   Next Stop,...

Today we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about the people, places and events that make MS great! From Dinosaur Train and Neon Night at the MS Children’s Museum to Birding 101 with Wild Birds Unlimited of Southaven, there’s going to be a little something for everyone to enjoy this weekend. We’ll also stop and talk with the Pork Skin Diva live from her food truck at Snowden Grov...

Summer is here, so we’re sharing places and events you and your family can enjoy all summer long right here in the state. This summer is all about the 2022 Blue Bell Ice Cream Social with the City with Soul! We talk with the Jackson Zoo Marketing and Promotions Director EJ Rivers to tell us about this year’s Ice Cream Social and what to expect. So, stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for...

Today it’s all about Mississippi's music and film.  Our road trip begins in Clarksdale MS for the 11th Annual Clarksdale Film and Music Festival Pandemic Edition, after that we’ll check in with the blues prodigy himself, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram to see what he's been up to. So, hold on tight this is Next Stop MS on MPB Think Radio!  For more information on the events and artist w...

We made it through one of the toughest years in our lifetime and now it’s time to hit the road for the New Year!! We’ll start our trip in Jackson for the Mississippi Home Show Jackson and speak with Susan Hogue, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Stages Mississippi, and end the trip with Brad Franklin, Founder and Executive Director of the 6th Annual Jackson Indie Music Week, "The Fastest-...

Well, fall is officially here, the leaves are turning colors, the weather is cooler, and the holidays are right around the corner, so today we’re taking a fall road trip through Mississippi.  We’ll make our first stop at the Two MS Museums and speak with Director Pam Junior, after that, we’ll head to Ocean Springs for the 42nd Annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival and end our road tr...

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about people, places that make Mississippi great! Today we’re bringing you our “Best of Mississippi Cities” series featuring the “Go Cup District” Meridian. We’ll begin our trip with Laura Carmichael, Community Development Director for the city of Meridian, after that, we’ll head to the MAX, Mississippi’s Arts and Entertainme...

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about people, places and events that make MS great! Today it’s all about Books, Business and Music! We’ll start our road trip in Jackson for Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Read Across America Birthday Celebration for Dr. Seuss, next we’re headed to Columbus for the MS University for Women's Music by Women Festival, after that w...

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great! Today on Next stop we’re giving you an exclusive behind the scenes look into the making of Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s original documentary “Meet Carl Jackson” with guests, Director of Television, John Gibson, Assistant Director, Taiwo Gaynor and veteran radio host and...

Join me and Kamel as we travel the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi great! Today our road trip begins in Oxford with Jessica Lynch to talk about their Pop-up Oxford event, next we’ll head to Clarksdale, and chat with Roger Stolle, about the 10th Annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival and we'll end the show with our musical guest, Blues man Sean...

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great! Today we’ll start our road trip with Jon Salem, Managing Director with the Greater Jackson Arts Council to talk about their "MS Magic Lessons" with Elizabeth Gilbert event. Next we’ll welcome Rochelle Hicks Executive Director of MS Tourism Assoc and Craig Ray, Di...

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great! Mississippi is known as the “Birthplace of America’s Music” and no one knows that better than our guests today. Brad Franklin founder of Jackson Indie Music Week, film maker Phillip Scarborough, singer-songwriter Brynn Corbello and Mississippi’s Hip-Hop female sensati...

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi great! 2019 was an awesome year here on Next Stop MS and 2020 will be no exception. Today we’ll start our trip on the MS Gulf Coast with Jordan Warren, Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra to talk about their “Winter Interlude" event. After t...

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great! Christmas hasn’t officially begun yet but today we’re speeding up the clock and featuring Holiday light fest around the state. We’re starting this Festival of Lights road trip off in Cleveland for their 50 Nights of Lights then we’ll head to Canton for their Annual “C...

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about people, places and events that make MS great! Today on Next Stop MS we’re making ONE STOP in Jackson to take a closer look at the "City with Soul" music video with Paul Wolfe of Visit Jackson, Jon Salem with The Greater Jackson Arts Council, and the entire creative team, Singer/songwriter, Teneia Sanders, Hi...

Mississippi is known for many things especially art and festivals so today we’re showcasing "Art Festivals around Mississippi" Our first stop is in Water Valley for the 11th Annual Water Valley Art Crawl, next we’ll head to Ocean Springs for the 41st Annual Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival and end the show in Picayune for the 50th BiAnnual Fall Street Festival. So hold on tight...

As we do every Friday we’ll travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Today our first stop is with Molly Coker, Community Development Manager with The American Cancer Society to talk about their 2019 Making Strides Walk, next we’ll visit with Lolly Rash of Mississippi Heritage Trust about their upcoming "10 Most Endangered Historic...

As we do every Friday we’ll travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Today it’s all about Halloween fun throughout Mississippi. Our first stop will be in Natchez for their 4th Annual Natchez Witches Ride, next we’ll head to Hattiesburg for Zoo Boo 2019 and end our spooktacular trip on the MS Gulf Coast for our featured haunte...

As we do every Friday we’ll travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Today it’s all about Sweet tea, Chili and haunted houses!! Our first stop is in Poplarville for the Sweet Mississippi Tea Festival, next we’ll head to Tupelo for the 20th Annual Chili Fest and end the show in Raymond at the House of the Haunted Fields! For more i...

As we do every Friday, we'll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi great. Our first stop is in Jackson for Oktoberfest at Cathead Distillery, after that, we’ll head to the historic Farish Street district for the 39th Annual Farish Street Heritage Festival and speak with Executive Director Lee King and end the show with MS Rock Combo ‘T...

Join us as we travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Well fall has officially arrived so today we’ll take a look at some of Mississippi’s best fall festivals. Our first stop is in Laurel for the 10th Annual Loblolly Festival next we’ll head to Jackson for WellsFest 2019 and end the show with Grammy award winning singer/songwrite...

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson for the 20th Annual Susan G. Komen Metro Jackson Race for the Cure next we’ll head to Natchez for 4th Annual Classic European Auto & Motorcycle Show. After that we’ll travel to Tupelo for their Bud & Burger...