Next Stop, Mississippi

By: MPB Think Radio
  • Summary

  • Next Stop, Mississippi is your 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, Kamel King (Visit Mississippi) and Germaine Flood highlight well-known and unknown places in Mississippi with the best food, parks, music and arts.


    They’ll not only tell you what’s going on in your neck of the woods but also share the history and people behind the markets, sporting events, concerts, fairs and festivals all over Mississippi. Hear the personal stories and traditions behind that favorite event you attend each year. You never know where they’ll stop, but the adventure always starts with a turn of the dial to Next Stop, Mississippi, airing Friday mornings at 10 am on MPB Think Radio.


    To view or submit events: www.mpbonline.org/community/mississippi-events/. Email the show: nextstop@mpbonline.org.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    © Mississippi Authority for Educational Television d/b/a Mississippi Public Broadcasting 2021
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Episodes
  • Next Stop MS | A Very Merry Christmas @ MCM & Trees of Christmas at Merrehope
    Nov 22 2024

    Today, we’re kicking off the 2024 holiday season right! For our first stop, we’re having A Very Merry Night at the Mississippi Children’s Museum in Jackson, for their aptly titled event tomorrow, November 23rd with Director of Marketing, Morgan Page, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final festive stop at the greatest Christmas tree show on earth, the Trees of Christmas at Merrehope in Meridian, beginning November 24th through December 31st, with President, Kim Waters! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!


    "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

    Side-By-Side

    Light Garden

    Hartfelt Family Christmas Tour - Bartlett, TN 11/22/24

    Hartfelt Family Christmas Tour - Bartlett, TN 11/23/24

    Let's Talk Turkey

    Epic Funk Brass Band @ Social 21 Bistro

    Christmas on the Water 24'

    Deck the District 24'

    Ballet Magnificat Presents: ‘LIGHT HAS COME’


    Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | A Very Merry Night & Trees of Christmas at Merrehope


    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 Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, 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!


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    48 mins
  • Next Stop MS | Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South & Jasper Wildlife Jamboree and Magnolia State Bank Wild Game Cook Off
    Nov 15 2024

    For our first stop, we’re exploring the Mississippi Museum of Art’s “Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South” exhibition, opening November 16th in Jackson with Curator Sharbreon Plummer, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Bay Springs to test our taste bud’s courage at the Jasper Wildlife Jamboree and Magnolia State Bank Wild Game Cook Off, presented by the Bay Springs Chamber of Commerce, happening November 16th with Mayor Donald Brown! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!


    "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

    Hattiesburg Zoo’s Lights of the Wild Nominated for USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice 2024 for Best Zoo Lights

    Seventh Annual “Lights of the Wild”

    Thacker Mountain Radio Hour: Gerry Wilson, Eric Stracener & 5th Child with MS Symphony Ensemble

    National Folk Festival Kickoff

    Fin & Zen Yoga

    Goat Yoga in the Mound!


    Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Of Salt and Spirit Exhibition & Jasper Wildlife Jamboree


    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 Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, 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!


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    50 mins
  • Next Stop MS | GCVA's 2nd Annual Veterans Day Parade & Sweet MS Tea Festival
    Nov 8 2024

    For our first stop, we’re showing our appreciation at the Gulf Coast Veterans Association’s 2nd Annual Veterans Day Parade, Saturday, November 9th in Pass Christian, and in with us to tell us more is the President of the Gulf Coast Veterans Association, Moises Espinal, then we’re off to check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Poplarville, to indulge in the south’s most iconic beverage at this year’s Sweet Mississippi Tea Festival, November 8th & 9th... and in with us to tell us who has the best sweet tea in the south is MS Tea Festival Chairperson and Owner of JD Blueberry and Tea Farm in Poplarville, Don Van de werken, in addition to Official Sweet Tea Judge & former Mayor of Poplarville, Rossie Creel! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!


    "What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:

    Petal Jaycees Veterans Day Chili Cook-Off

    Veteran's Day Program 2024

    7th Annual Hickory Pick'N Day

    Lego Holiday Snow Globe Build

    Wayne-Sanderson Farms Wing Wars


    Check out this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Gulf Coast Veterans Association & Sweet Mississippi Tea Festival


    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 Kamel King, Tourism Development Bureau Manger with Visit Mississippi, 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!


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    49 mins

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