Next Stop, Mississippi

Today, Germaine Flood, Jay White and  Kamel King, with  Visit Mississippi , jam out at Visit Ridgeland ’s Twilight Concert Series featuring Blues Traveler with none other than band guitarist, Chan Kinchla, and Visit Ridgeland’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Katie Coats, before heading to Tupelo’s Community Theatre to check out the Rocky Horror Picture Show and their Ha...

Germaine Flood and Jay White check out the upcoming stage play “ Her Run to Freedom, ” at Duling Hall in Jackson with Funmi “Queen” Franklin before heading to the AJ Holloway Sports Complex in Biloxi for the “ Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on the MS Gulf Coast ” and “Real Men Wear Pink” upcoming events with Whitney Ott. Then they're off to Jackson, Vicksburg, and Oxford for the “ FAR EAST D...

Today is the final day of MPB's 2022 Fall Pledge Drive and we’re asking you to give to MPB Think Radio for the Love of Mississippi. Germaine Flood and Jay White travel to Poplarville for the 2nd Annual Sweet Mississippi Tea Festival , October 7th- 8th, with Festival representative, Jacob Cochran. Then they're off to Rolling Fork for the 21st Annual Great Delta Bear Affair , October 22nd, with Meg...

Hold on tight, Germaine Flood along with traveling partner Jay White get all the details on the events happening during Mississippi Capital City Pride weekend in Jackson with Jason McCarty, Executive Director of Capital City Pride, before heading to Bozarts Gallery in Water Valley, Mississippi for Suzi Altman’s “I’m Still Here: Documenting James Meredith,” photography exhibition celebrating t...

Buckle up, Germaine Flood along with traveling partners Jay White and Kamel King, with  Visit Mississippi , talk with Yolanda R. Owens, Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement and External Affairs at JSU , about the Mary E. Peoples Scholarship Luncheon featuring Keynote Speaker and 2022 Emmy Winner, Sheryl Lee Ralph, September 29th at the Jackson Convention Complex, before h...

Germaine Flood along with traveling partners Jay White and Kamel King, with  Visit Mississippi , welcome back, two former Next Stop, MS hosts: comedienne, writer and musician Rita Brent and DJ and Director of NPR’s “All Things Considered” Jonas Adams, for Rita’s upcoming Saturday show, “Raised in the Sipp, Rita Brent, The Return” at Duling Hall in Jackson, September 17th, and they travel to W...

Germaine Flood along with traveling partners Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manager with  Visit Mississippi , travel to Bay St. Louis to catch a ride with Mystic Molly, owner of the Mystic Ghost Ride Company on the coast, right before heading to Jackson to talk with Nicole Smith, Special Events Coordinator with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science about the 2022 Mis...

Germaine Flood along with traveling partners Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manager with Visit Mississippi , are heading to Meridian to Dine the Delta at Fork & Fate with Laura Hester, Dir. of Communications and Programs at The MAX & husband and wife duo, Blue Mother Tupelo , then they’ll swing by Cleveland for the Good News Gospel Festival at the Grammy Museum Missis...

Traveling partners, Germaine Flood, Jay White and Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manager with Visit Mississippi , head to the 50-yard line with the MHSAA All-Female Football Crew, lead official Adrienne Barnes, and football crew assigner, Curtis Lowe, for tonight’s Murrah High versus Cleveland High football game at Forest Hill, then we’re traveling to Tupelo, MS for the 2022 Tupelo Summerf...

Germaine Flood, Kamel King and Jay White check out books today at the 2022 Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson, with Festival Deputy Director, Jordan Perry and Moderator, Scott Baretta, then they hit the bricks at the 6th Annual Red Brick Roads Music and Arts Festival , with Main Street Clinton Program Director, Tara Lytal and Clinton Chamber of Commerce Director, Anna Nutt.   Next Stop, Mis...

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...