Looking for events going on during your stay in the Red Stick? You've come to the right place!
SPRING: Mardi Gras, Baton Rouge Blues Fest, Fest for All, Bayou Country Superfest, Z Fest, Live After Five
SUMMER: USS Kidd 4th of July Celebration, Fete Rouge Wine and Food Festival, Great Race
FALL: LSU Gameday, Live After Five, Harvest Days, Halloween events, The 13th Gate Haunted House Angola Penitentiary Inmate Rodeo, Louisiana Book Festival, Zachary Art Crawl
WINTER: Holiday events, Rural Life Christmas, Downtown Festival of Lights, Downtown Christmas Parade, Louisiana Marathon, Rouge-Orleans Ultra-Marathon, Zachary Christmas Parade/Open House
From the distinct tastes of the local cuisine to the soulful sounds of blues, gospel, Cajun & Zydeco, Baton Rouge celebrates life to the fullest. Spend a night on the town at one of the many live music clubs for rhythm & blues or Cajun two-step as part of the experience at restaurant/dance halls like Boutin’s. Then try your luck at one of our casinos.
Baton Rouge is the perfect place to experience great music, attractions, adventures and activities. So explore Baton Rouge and invite your friends and family and bring the kids to enjoy the fun!
Shoppers will find an excellent variety of seasonal produce, Louisiana seafood, pasture-raised poultry and pork, farm fresh eggs, artisan breads, fresh-cut flowers, prepared foods, plants, honey and homemade sweets.
Told by two quirky insects, a ladybug called Dolores and a firefly called Mike, Life of Trees takes you on an immersive, all digital journey that reveals the complex processes of what happens inside a tree. Both entertaining and educational, it is also a story about trees and their importance in the ecology of life here on earth. This delightful new animated film will show you nature from a completely different perspective! Visit website for show times www.lasm.org.
Are there aliens in our galaxy? If so, how would be find them? We Are Aliens! takes you on a fascinating and immersive mission in search of these answers. This engaging journey for evidence of life elsewhere also presents how possible discoveries might impact an understanding of our own world. For show times visit www.lasm.org.
Join the little prince on an extraordinary journey as he jumps between amazing planets on a quest to find his beloved Rose. You’ll meet his comical fox friend, wake the friendly stone giant, scale the music planet’s instruments, and dodge a ferocious dragon’s metal claws. Based on Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s classic story, this spectacular, fully immersive adventure is great for all ages. Visit www.lasm.org for show times.
Exhibition documents his personally selected collection of iconic images from his encounters with artists, writers, actors, athletes, and politicians throughout the second half of the 20th Century. The exhibit represents at best that golden era that saw Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, and Samuel Beckett emerge with a unique intellectual allure; Ray Charles and Barbara Streisand come into their own as world-renown musicians; Martin Luther King and James Baldwin expose the struggle for equality; and Robert F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis set fire to the political arena. Exhibition can be viewed during normal museum hours.
Perkins Rowe really comes alive on Rock N Rowe Thursdays. After 8, one of Baton Rouge’s most entertaining bands will play an exciting live show in Town Square Park. Start your weekend early with shopping, dining and a little rocking at Perkins Rowe.
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Down Home Blues!
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