Today we’ll get into family, school and community at MPB’s 2023 Summer Learning Family Fun Day at the Jackson Convention Complex, June 17th with Felicia Davis, Early Childhood Education & Student Enrichment Division Manager and Keidra Hooks, Training and Outreach Specialist with MPB Education, then we’ll swing by the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, June 23-24th at the Betty Davis Ponderosa in Waterford with Frank Kossen, NMHCP Board Member, before our final stop at this year’s Bentonia Blues Festival, June 16th at Blue Front Café in Bentonia with Gilbert Vowell, Robert Farr and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes!

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Today we’re On The Road live from the 25th Annual Tupelo Elvis Festival at Cadence Bank Arena in Downtown Tupelo! We’ll check out all the action and learn more about this iconic celebration, in the King’s hometown, with Stephanie Coomer, Deputy Director for Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau, Dalton Russell, Marketing & Community Outreach Director and Debbie Brangenberg, Former Executive Director, both with Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association and so much more! Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

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Today we’re celebrating freedom with a stop at the Vicksburg Juneteenth Heritage Festival, Saturday June 17th, with Vicksburg Juneteenth Heritage Festival Committee Chair, Bobbie Bingham Morrow, then we’ll pay homage at the Voices of Courage & Justice 60th Festivities, happening June 8th and 9th in Jackson, with Reena Evers-Everette, Executive Director of the Medgar And Myrlie Evers Institute, before our final stop at this year’s Mississippi Songwriter’s Festival, Friday, June 16th, and 17th, in Cleveland with singer/songwriter, Tricia Walker of Big Front Porch Productions.

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Today we’re sailing out to the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra's, Sounds by the Sea - A Salute to Our Military event, May 27th in Gulfport, with Music Director, Dr. Peter Rubardt, then we’ll celebrate 50 years of Hip-Hop at the 6th Annual Old School Party with A Purpose- Fundraiser for Grace House, happening May 27th at the Mississippi Trade Mart, in Jackson with Organizer, Steven James and DJ Finesse! Plus, we also let you know "What's Happening" around your neck of the woods!

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Today we’re walking the plank to check out Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse’s 8th Annual Pirate Day in the Bay, May 19th - 20th in Bay St. Louis, with Lady Claiborne & Captain Longbeard, then we’re getting wild at the Born to Be Wild: Family & Friends Picnic, happening May 20th at the MS Museum of Natural Science, in Jackson with Corey Wright, MDWFP Conservation Educator and Naturalist and Pam Dollar, Executive Director for the Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities. 

Visit our events calendar at mpbonline.org and click the community tab for Mississippi Events. If you have an event, you’d like to share, you can upload it directly to our calendar or email it to [email protected]. 

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Today we’re celebrating women in music at the 2nd Annual Women in Blues Festival, May 18th – 20th, in Clarkdale at Shared Experiences Headquarters with festival founder, Colleen Buyers, before we swing by the 2023 Mississippi Makers Fest, happening May 13th at Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, with Brother Rogers, Director of Programs and Communication Division at MDAH! 

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Today we’re checking out the 2023 Snappy Sync Soiree and Firefly Tours, May 18th through May 21st, 2023 at the Bill Waller Mississippi Craft Center in Ridgeland with representative, Claire Graves before we stop by the 70th Annual Jimmy Rodgers Music Festival, happening May 7-14th, 2023 in Meridian with Executive Director, Leslie Lee. Plus, we’ll also let you know what’s happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!

Visit our events calendar at mpbonline.org and click the community tab for Mississippi Events. If you have an event, you’d like to share, you can upload it directly to our calendar or email it to [email protected]. 

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Today we’re On The Road broadcasting live from The American Pickleball Tour at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi! We’ll learn what it is and why pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the nation with APT Director Aaron DelMar, we’ll also check out New Stage Theatre’s newest production "Fences," happening through April 30th, in Jackson and more!

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