Next Stop, Mississippi

Happy New Year! Today, laissez les bon temps rouler! We’re letting the good times roll and kicking off the Mardi Gras season with a stop at Biloxi’s 12th Night Celebration , at Biloxi City Hall, happening Wednesday, January 10th with Coastal Mardi Gras Representative, Anna Harris and Jennifer Schmidt with the Gulf Coast Carnival Association , then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck...

Today, we’re counting down our top 10 favorite 2023 moments on Next Stop, Mississippi! From my very first show, to pickleball, to Chapel Hart, and everything in between, we’ll revisit all the fun we had this year! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your top 10 Next Stop Mississippi 2023 moments! Next Stop, Mississippi is your #1 on-air source for information about upcoming events and attr...

Break our your flyest kicks for our first stop at this year's NYE Sneaker Ball at the Ice House in Jackson, December 31st, with event organizers, Steven C. James and Anitra Williams, then we're off to check out What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods! For our final stops of the day, we’ll enjoy musical selections from not only one artist but two! The first selection was co-written and co-pr...

Today we’ll have an incredible time, at our first stop, as Ballet Magnificat presents “Most Incredible Christmas" , in Jackson December 16th – 17th, at Thalia Mara Hall with Events Company Tour Director, Megan Rhodes, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Meridian to check out the 55th Annual Trees of Christmas at Merrehope , in Meridian,...

Today, for our first stop, we’re off to Gulfport to go under the sea for Mermaids at Mississippi Aquarium , happening December 8th – 10th & December 15th – 17th, with Public Relations and Communications Manager, Nicole Martz, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson, December 8th – 9th...

Today, we're On The Road Live from the 47th Annual Chimneyville Arts Festival , happening through December 2nd at the Bill Waller Mississippi Craft Center in Ridgeland, with Betsey Ross, Executive Director of the Craftsman's Guild of MS , in addition to checking out Fredamind Artist and Ceramicist, Freda Clark-Brent's crafts and Afghans by Aftan Mitchell, before a chat with musician John Causey ab...

Join The Gestalt Gardner host, Felder Rushing and Kamel King, host of Next Stop, Mississippi on MPB Think Radio , live from the 47th Annual Chimneyville Arts Festival , December 1st, 2023 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., at the Bill Waller Mississippi Craft Center in Ridgeland for the merriest shopping event of the holiday season! Each year December, the Chimneyville Arts Festival celebrates with a fantasti...

Today we’re art gazing at the Interactive Van Gogh Exhibit , happening December 1st - the end of February 2024 at Museum of the MS Delta in Greenwood with Executive Director Lisa Cookston, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Downtown Leland for the 58th Annual Christmas on Deer Creek, feat. Chapel Hart , happening December 2nd with Dr....

Today we’re stopping by the City of Gautier 's Annual Lights and Lagniappe on the Bayou , happening December 2nd, in Downtown Gautier with Mayor Casey Vaughan, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the Jackson Convention Complex for Jackson State University Development Foundation 's 2nd Annual 1877 Signature Event , happening November 17t...

Today, we’re starting off with a stop at the Pass Christian Veterans Day Parade , happening November 11th, then we’ll swing by Hernando for their 2023 Veterans Day Parade and Luncheon events today with Carolyn Young, before a final stop in Natchez to check out all of their Special Events during Veterans Week , happening November 4-12th with Filmmaker and President of the Home with Heroes Foundatio...

Today we’re starting off with a stop at the 3rd Annual Natchez Allumer Light Art Festival , November 10 & 11th, with Director and Curator, Stacy Conde, then we’ll check out What’s Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods before a final stop in Natchez to check out all of their Special Events during Veterans Week , happening November 4-12th with Filmmaker and President of the Home with Hero...

Today we’re starting off with a stop in Clarksdale at the 8th Annual Cruzn the Crossroads Car & Truck Show , Saturday October 28th, at the Delta Blues Museum with Organizer, Shannon Dixon, then we’ll cut a corner to Jackson State University’s 50th Anniversary of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival, Nov. 1-4th with Dr. Robert Luckett, Event co-chair & Director/Professor, Margaret W. Alexan...

Today we’re up, up, up and away to the 38th Natchez Balloon Festival , Saturday October 20th - 21st with Carter Burns, Executive Director of the Historic Natchez Foundation and we’ll discuss the bear necessities, with a stop at this year’s 22nd Great Delta Bear Affair: “Bearly Here but Building Back” , Saturday October 28th, in Rolling Fork with Festival Coordinator, Meg Cooper… Plus, we'll also c...

There’s nothing more satisfying than an aptly named festival & our first two stops of the day will not disappoint… Today, we're off to the Black-Eyed Pea Festival in Mantee, Saturday, October 14th with Mayor of Mantee , Mary Margaret Williams... and you can't have black-eyed peas without cornbread of course, so we'll swing by New Houlka's Cornbread Festival that same day with Mayor of New Houl...

Today we’re on the road live from the 27th Annual Cruisin’ the Coast at Cruisin’ Central in Gulfport! We’ll explore the Cruisin itinerary, during the event’s final days, then we’ll check out What’s Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods with a stop at the 12th Annual Oxford Blues Festival , October 12th – 14th with Darryl Parker, and we’ll literally set sail from Gulfport aboard Ship Island Excur...

Today we’re checking out Wells Fest 2023 at Jamie Fowler Boyll Park, September 30th with representative, Brenda Ferguson, before we stop at the Mississippi Arts Commission's 2023 State Arts Conference , happening October 11-12th, at The Westin in Jackson, with MAC Executive Director, David Lewis & Communications Director, Ellie Banks, plus we’ll let you know what’s happening around y...

Get ready to go up, up, up and away! MPB Think Radio's "Next Stop, Mississippi" is hitting the road for a live broadcast at the  2nd Annual RISE Hot Air Balloon Festival  in Hattiesburg, Mississippi! Join us as we take you to new heights, literally! We’ll soaring above the breathtaking landscapes of Hattiesburg and bring you all the behind-the-scenes action including interviews with fest...

Get ready to go up, up, up and away! MPB Think Radio's "Next Stop, Mississippi" is hitting the road for a live broadcast at the 2nd Annual RISE Hot Air Balloon Festival in Hattiesburg, Mississippi! Join us on Friday, September 22nd at 10 am, as we take you to new heights, literally! We’ll be soaring above the breathtaking landscapes of Hattiesburg and bringing you all the behind-the-scenes action...

Today we’re starting off our trip, in song, at Amory Railroad Festival’s: Depot Music Festival happening September 23rd at Frisco Park, and the music doesn’t stop there because at our 2nd stop, we’re checking out Eli Lev ’s Thacker Mountain Radio Hour performance, happening September 28th in Oxford, in addition to his October 4th performance in Hattiesburg, before our final stop at The Great Rulev...

Today we’re swimming off to the coast for the 42nd Annual Biloxi Seafood Festival , on September 9th with LaWanda Jones, Director of the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce , then we’re antiquing at the Mississippi Antique Showcase , October 13th – 14th in Gulfport with MPB Foundation Executive Director, Angela Crossley Ferraez before a last stop in Belmont to check out the 47th Annual Bear Creek Arts &amp...

Today we’re stopping by the Mississippi Ag & Forestry Museum's 40th Birthday Celebration , happening September 9th in Jackson with Amie Clark, then we’re checking out the Bean Path’s enrollment event to help qualify households in Hinds County for the Affordable Connectivity Program to receive discounts for internet services, happening September 9th with Executive Director Kanika Welch before a...

Today, we’re checking out the screening of " Dogleg ,” as part of the 2023 MS Film Summit , August 26th, at the Capri Theatre in Jackson, then we head to Philadelphia to chat with the legendary, Marty Stuart and rock out at Dolly Parton ’s fundraiser performance, benefitting Marty Stuart's Congress of Country Music at the Ellis Theatre, August 26th, before we cut a corner again through Clinton’s R...

Today we’re heading to the 9th Annual  Mississippi Book Festival , happening August 19th, in Jackson with multi-award winning, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author,  Jerry Craft , and MS Book Fest Board Member Talya Straughter before our second stop at the 2023 Red Brick Roads Music & Art Festival , happening August 25th - 26th, in Clinton , with Festival Dir...

Next Stop, Mississippi broadcasts live from the 35th Sunflower Blues & Gospel Festival ! They deliver the authentic sounds from this year's celebration with live interviews and unforgettable performances, from the Grits, Greens & BB Que VIP Party to Ground Zero Blues Club , they're sharing the excitement and history with you, live from Clarksdale! So, tune-in, buckle-up and hold on tight a...

Join Next Stop, Mississippi from the 35th Sunflower Blues & Gospel Festival , August 11th at 10 am! We'll deliver authentic sounds from this year's celebration with live interviews and unforgettable performances, from the Grits, Greens & BB Que VIP Party to Ground Zero Blues Club , we're sharing the excitement and history with you, live from Clarksdale! So, tune-in, buckle-up and hold on t...