Today we’re up to the hilt with events! First up, we’re off to the 3rd Annual Miles for Mamas 5K, April 18th in Jackson, before a stop in Utica for Paving the Path: Autism Walk & Touch-a-Truck Event, April 11th, then we’ll head to Brandon for Holi Mela: Festival of Colors 2026, April 11th, before a final stop at the 49th Annual World Catfish Festival in Belzoni, April 11th as well! 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:

Public Voting Opens for the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Hall of Fame

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Miles for Mamas, Autism Walk, Holi Mela, World Catfish Festival

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First up, we’re celebrating all things literature as Lemuria Celebrates 50 Years, Saturday, April 11th with Owner John Evans, then we’re off to Starkville for the 34th International Festival, April 11th at MSU, then fresh off the Sinner’s Movie awards sweeps, it’s a final stop in Clarksdale for this year’s 2026 Juke Joint Festival, happening April 8th through the 12th, with our friend, Roger Stolle! 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:

Afroman Live at Martin's Downtown

2026 Easter at the AG

2nd Annual Ra'shad The Blues Kid Easter Egg Hunt

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Lemuria 50 Years, 34th Annual International Fiesta, Juke Joint Festival 26

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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

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Visionaries 2026: Women Who Move Mississippi, Malik “King Drastic” Nichols, & Red Brick Roads Music & Art Festival

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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

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Kamel King's Birthday & Run the Rainbow with Selena Daniel

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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

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Java's Birthday Shenanigans & The Little Mercies @ Urban Foxes

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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"

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi - Heart of the Matter & Greenville Open Black Rodeo

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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

Watch this episode on MPB's YouTube Channel: Next Stop Mississippi- Symphonic Blues Experience & Sublime Artistic Creativity Transcends Boundaries

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