Today is all about Germaine's Birthday Shenanigans! Up first, we're heading to Jackson for Taste of Mississippi: A Benefit for Stewpot, then we're off to Leland to be appraised at the Mississippi Antique Showcase, and wrapping it all up, the legendary, Eddie Cotton, Jr. joins the show for a musical birthday celebration that your invited to! And of course, we'll check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

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

Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival 26'

Martin's St Paddy's Parade Party & After Show

Hal's St. Paddy's Parade & Festival's Official Afterparty

Martin's Downtown St. Paddy's After Show with DJ Swiftie - Taylor Swift Dance Party

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Today is a trifecta of events! First up, we’re checking out Visionaries 2026: Women Who Move Mississippi, featuring actress Tatyana Ali, March 27th, then it’s all about the music at Jackson Indie Music Week, featuring rapper King Drastic & more, March 22nd – 28th, and for our last stop, we’re in Downtown Clinton for this year’s Red Brick Roads Music & Art Festival, March 26th – 28th… All of this before we check out what’s happening around your neck of the woods!

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

Sonic Exploration

Epic Funk Brass Band Live at Martin's Downtown

Indigenous Natchez Language

Billy Ocean @ MSU Riley Center

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Today, it's birthday shenanigans for Kamel King, we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, and we're hitting the track at Run the Rainbow for Children's of Mississippi! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

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

Jamal Roberts' Soul Sound Choir Live @ The MAX

America250 Lunch Lecture Series: Gardner, Felder Rushing

The Blues is Alright Tour 26'

Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band with The Hooten Hallers at Martin's Downtown

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Today, it's birthday shenanigans for Java Chatman, then we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop at Urban Foxes in Jackson to sit down with multi-instrumentalist songwriters, Bronwyn Chelette, Shanice Richards, and Rosalee Walsh of The Little Mercies! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

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

Sapphire Anniversary Exhibit: Celebrating 45 Years of The Chimneyville Weavers & Spinners Guild

Ali Siddiq: In The Shadows

We Them One’s Comedy Tour: Memphis

We Them One’s Comedy Tour: Biloxi

Gulf Coast Walk for Diabetes

Grammy Museum Mississippi 10 Year Celebration

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For our first stop, we're in Jackson for Faith & Fertility: Q&A and Book Signing on February 26th, and Heart of the Matter: A Brunch Panel for Better Living on February 28th, with Aikisha & Willie Colon, then we're off to the Greenville Open Black Rodeo, February 28th with Miss Black Rodeo USA 2025, Mariah Beckom, and organizers Stan Johnson & Andy Wade before checking 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:

2nd Annual Black History Expo: Tech Evolution

Celebrating a Century of Black History

Supper’d at Concord Venue

Soulful Sounds: Presented by Acute Inflections

History Is Lunch: Wayne-Sanderson Farms, "Mississippi Made: Wayne-Sanderson Farms"

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For our first stop, we’re off to the ultimate mashup of all time, Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience, happening March 27th in Jackson with Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Executive Director, Janet Reihle & blues musician, Keith "The Prince of the Delta Blues" Johnson, then we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods, before a final stop in Oxford to celebrate African-American history at this year's U of M Black History Month Concert: Sublime Artistic Creativity Transcends Boundaries, happening February 24th, with Professor of Music, Dr. George Dor, and Program Coordinator, Andrea Drummond. Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

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

Black Art Now: Through the Lens

Black History Month Exhibit

Mississippi Ag & Outdoor Expo 2026

FREE Fruit Tree Seminar feat. Gardener Felder Rushing

Legacy on the Block: Jackson’s Day of Cultural Legacy

By Any Means Necessary (A Mini Comedy Special ft. Rita Brent)

Songs & Stories: Celebrating the Oral Traditions of Early Gospel Music

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Today is a mashup of holidays! For our first stop, we’re Pulling Up and Painting with the Hilarious Homies and Art by Monet, celebrating Valentine’s Day at The Patton House & Gallery in Jackson Friday the 13th, before we let the good times roll in Louisiana at the 13th Annual Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Festival, Saturday, February 14th! And of course, 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:

61st Annual Dixie National Rodeo

Mardi Gras Valentines Weekend with the Dean King Band

Meet Cute: Valentine's Day Speed Dating at Novel

14th Annual Carnaval de Mardi Gras and Gumbo Cook-Off

Southern Soul Valentine

MKOTSH Lundi Gras Golf Cart Parade

History Is Lunch: Kamel King in conversation with Dexter Allen, "Jacktown: The Sound of Soul, Grit, and Legacy"

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First up, we’re heading to New Stage Theatre to check out their upcoming play “Primary Trust,” written by Eboni Booth, before a sit-down with fitness influencer, Briana Benn, aka Organic Fitness Nutrition, about her journey and The Organic Space JXN and Chris Valentine with Rest Recovery Wellness JXN before, our cold dip and sauna, on-site! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop, Mississippi!

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