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.
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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.
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First up, we’re celebrating the harvest season on location at Cypress Point Resort in Brandon for their Trunk or Treat 2025! We chat with General Manger, Angela Measells and get wild with the wildlife at their safari park, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final countdown to the 82nd National Folk Festival, November 7th – 9th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:
Trick or Treat for Little Feet
Spooky Ale Trail in Downtown Meridian
The Floor is Lava Obstacle Course
Dracula Screening on the Welty Lawn
62nd Semi-Annual Picayune Fall Street Festival
Krewe of Voodoo presents: Voodoo Manor @ The Den on Main Street
Día de los Muertos: A Creative Celebration to Honor our Ancestors
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Trunk or Treat @ Cypress Point Resort & 82nd National Folk 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 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!
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"Iconic Halloween movie cars" refers to vehicles from horror, thriller, or comedy films with a supernatural or horror theme that have become memorable, such as the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters or the evil Christine from the movie of the same name.
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Recalls: Check for Recalls: Vehicle, Car Seat, Tire, Equipment | NHTSA
News: Tesla Deploys 'Mad Max' Mode, Immediately Triggers NHTSA Investigation
Auto Casey Car Review: 2026 Hummer EV Pickup Truck | Short Take
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First up, we’re heading west to chat with Wylie & the Wild West about their performance at the 82nd National Folk Festival, November 7th - 9th in Downtown Jackson, then we off to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Fun Run, October 25th in Pearl, before an epic sit down with Ernie Hudson, Valarie Pettiford, & Michael Jai White about the season 6 premiere of BET's The Family Business. We'll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi Wylie & the Wild West, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, & BET's The Family Business
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!
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First up, we’re off to learn all about the state’s 10 Most Endangered Historic Places with Mississippi Heritage Trust, with MS Heritage Trust's Exec. Dir., Lolly Rash, October 23rd at the Heights by Urban Foxes, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop at the 82nd National Folk Festival, November 7th – 9th in Jackson, to jump right off into the blues with blues GIANT, Ms. Jody, hailing from Bay Springs, MS, by way of Chicago, IL! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in MS & National Folk Festival - Ms Jody
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!
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Today, we're off to the 34th Annual CelticFest MS, happening October 11th-12th at Bobby Cleveland Park at Lakeshore on the Reservoir in Brandon with event rep. Margaret Cupples, Mind the Dresser band, and professional falconers, then, we check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Jackson, November 7th-9th, for the 82nd National Folk Festival with featured Salsa Dura artist, Edwin Perez! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | 34th Annual CelticFest Mississippi & National Folk Festival - Edwin Perez
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!
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First up, we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, and then we’re off to Houlka for their 2025 Cornbread Festival with Mayor David Huffman, before a final stop in Mantee for their 2025 Black-Eyed Pea Festival with Mayor Doug Wilson, with both events taking place the same day, Saturday, October 11th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Houlka Cornbread Festival & Mantee Black-Eyed Pea 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 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!
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First up, we’re off to Wellsfest 2025, happening October 4th, with Rep. Brenda Ferguson, then we’re checking out what’s happening around the Two MS Museum's neck of the woods during their "Free Days" and America250 celebrations, before a final stop & sit down with singer/songwriter ELSIE, hailing from the Columbia/Hattiesburg area, about her on-the-rise career and new single, "Ghetto Cowboy!" Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | WellsFest 2025, Two MS Museums "Free Days," America 250, & ELSIE
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!
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First up, we’re off to the Gulf Coast for this year's Cruisin' the Coast, America’s Largest Block Party, happening October 5th – 12th, with none other than the legendary Cruisin’ Craig himself, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop in Clarksdale to jam out at the 5th Annual Mighty Roots Music Festival, presented by the Stovall Gin Co., October 3rd – 5th! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:
Fifth Annual It's Pride Y'all Festival
10th Annual Mississippi Science Fest
Eupora Smoke & Sizzle Hometown Fest
Open Hart Sessions: Danica Hart (Poplarville)
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Cruisin' the Coast 2025 & 5th Annual Mighty Roots Music 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 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!
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Today we’re jam packed with outstanding events, just like our first stop, at the 2025 Mississippi Book Festival, tomorrow September 13th! In with us to tell us all about her book, Unpalatable: Stories of Pain and Pleasure in Southern Cookbooks is author Carrie Helms Tippen, then we’re gearing up for the September 18th premiere of MPB’s Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers, with film contributors Taiwo Gaynor & Pamela Junior, then it’s a final stop at the Two MS Museums September 19th for Songs and Stories: Celebrating the Oral Traditions of Gospel Music with Minster of Music, Chandra Wise! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Carrie Helms, Everlasting The Life & Legacy of Medgar Evers, & Songs & Stories
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!
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For our first stop, we’re rolling out with Festival Manager, Thabi Moyo and Marketing & Community Outreach Coordinator, Shaquita Chapman, as it’s ALL CALL for volunteers at the 82nd National Folk Festival, happening November 7th – 9th in Jackson, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop/sit down with photographer and author of “Hometown Mississippi,” Melody Golding, as we gear up for the Mississippi Book Festival, happening September 13th at the State Capitol! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:
Mississippi Book Festival's Southern Screening of The Wild Robot
Friday on Farish! - September 5th
Luke Bryan: Country Song Came On Tour
2025 Mississippi Book Festival Pre-Fest Party
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | National Folk Festival & Melody Golding @ The Book 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 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!
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Today on the show, we’re commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, as we honor the lives lost, celebrate our resilience, and reflect on our progress. For our first stop, we’re heading to The City of Pascagoula to chat with Mayor Jay Willis about the city’s Commemoration Ceremony, today at Point Park, then we’ll slide over to The City of D’Iberville to talk with Mayor Rusty Quave about their Remembrance Ceremony & Exhibit, today, at the D’Iberville Community Center, plus we’ll also check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:
20th Anniversary Commemoration of Hurricane Katrina on MPB
Katrina Reflections: Celebrating 20 Years of Rebirth
Emmett Till 70th Anniversary Commemoration Weekend
7th Annual Red's Old Timers Blues Festival
Epic Funk Brass Band Live @ Martin's Downtown
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Pascagoula and D'Iberville Remember Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later
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!
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Today on the show we’re asking what’s the tea for our first stop, at The BOSS T.E.A. Party at Sippsi Good Tea in Jackson, August 23rd, with event organizer & owner of BOSS Educator, Dr. LaQuanta Nelson and host Rita Brent, then we’ll spill all the tea about what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at the Mary C. O’Keefe Theater in Ocean Springs, Aug 23rd for the Music Alive Ensemble featuring sisters, vocalist Stephanie Jordan and violinist, Rachel Jordan! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:
Teyana Taylor "Escape Room" Listening Event @ OffBeat
Starlito x Don Trip: Step Brothers 4 Life Tour
Full Steam A-Pizza Fun Day @ TrainTastic
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | THE BOSS T.E.A. PARTY & Music Alive Ensemble
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!
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Today, we are on the road live at Trustmark Park for "Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night," happening August 16th, benefitting the 82nd National Folk Festival! We're gearing up for all of the action with General Manager, Andrew Seymour, Folk Festival Manger, Thabi Moyo, and Assistant General Manager, David Kerr! Plus, we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:
Eddie Cotton Jr. @ Ground Zero Blues Club Biloxi
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Next Stop, Mississippi | LIVE @ Trustmark Park for "Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night"
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!
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Today on the show it’s all about the blues again as we gear up for our first stop at this year’s 37th Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, happening August 8th-11th in Clarksdale, then we’re checking out what’s happening around your neck of the woods, before a final chat with a movie & TV legend known for his roles in According to Jim and Saturday Night Live, and co-founder of the House of Blues music chain with Dan Akroyd – Jim Belushi joins the show to give us the 411 on Blues Night 2025, tonight at Martin's Downtown in Jackson, and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:
Shower Singers Anonymous Meeting
Cash Money Millionaires: 30th Anniversary Live in Concert
Mississippi Mud Monsters: Identity Crisis Night
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Sunflower Sunflower River Blues & Jim Belushi of The Blues Brothers
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!
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Today, were all about the blues and back to school! We're heading to the Wayfarer Blues Tour featuring Cary Hudson and Dan Raza, happening all month long around the region, then we'll check out what’s happening around your Back to School neck of the woods before a final stop at the 25th Annual Jus' Blues Music Foundation Awards & Conference, in Biloxi, August 1-2nd! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:
Back-to-School Splash Bash at Cowpen Creek
Magnolia Grace Marketplace: Back to School Bash!
2025 Back to School Fair presented by Orange Grove Community Center
Back to School Bash presented by Ambetter by Magnolia Health
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Wayfarer Blues Tour, Back to School, & Jus' Blues Music Foundation Awards
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!
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Today, we are on the road live at the Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo! We're in the middle of all of the action with Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, Andy Gipson, Southern Native Custom Calls, Jackson Music Awards, DAM Coolers, MDWFP Mississippi Outdoors and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
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Next Stop, Mississippi | *Live* at The Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2025
Next Stop, Mississippi | *Live* at The Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2025 Continued...
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!
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Today, of course, we'll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before an awesome HANG OUT, literally with Chewbacca, aka Chewy the sloth, at the Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth Experience with trainer Stephanie Buckley, before a final sit down with Grammy Award Winner, and the bridge between blues, soul and R&B, Dexter Allen to talk blues and his upcoming show at Ground Zero Biloxi and more! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
"What's Happening Around Your Neck of the Woods" Event Listing:
Christmas in July Demo Day @ MS Craftsmen's Guild
Nardo Blackmon: I Ain’t Even Posed To Be Here
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Hattiesburg Zoo Sloth Experience & Dexter Allen @ Ground Zero Blues Club
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!
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Today on the show, we’re heading over to Pacesetter Gallery’s Art of Soul Live Art and Music Event, in Flowood with gallery owner, Keri Davis, featuring artist, Tony Davenport and musician, Eddie Williams, happening July 12th, then we’re turning up at the Season 1 Finale of Late Night with Rita Brent, happening July 11th & 12th in Jackson, before a final stop in Bay St. Louis to celebrate at the 10th Annual Frida Fest, happening Sat. Jul 12th at Mockingbird Café, owned by, Alicein Schwabacher, in honor of world renowned Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | Art of Soul Live Art and Music, Late Night with Rita Brent, & Frida Fest
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!
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Today, we're celebrating Independence Day for our first stop at the Biloxi Shuckers Fireworks Friday: Independence Day Extravaganza, happening July 4th, then we’ll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods before a final stop and sit down with my favorite artist currently, Dear Silas to chat about his upcoming "Cadillac Leather in July" Tour and scheduled stop at Duling Hall in Jackson on August 2nd. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
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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!
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Today on the show, we’re celebrating Kamel King’s JACKTOWN USA Book Release & Signing Party! It’s all going down at Lemuria Books in Jackson, June 26th! And in with us to kick it all off are the players, co-author Joe Lee, and music legends, Eddie Cotton, Jr., Stevie J Blues, Zac Harmon, Chad Wesley, Rashad The Blues Kid and J’Wonn! We’ll also celebrate Juneteenth again at the 9th Annual Juneteenth on Farish Celebration, Saturday, June 21st, in the historic Farish Street District! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!
Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop, Mississippi | JACKTOWN USA & JUNETEENTH on Farish Celebration
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!
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