Baton Rouge Live After Five!

 

Live After Five in Baton Rouge is the capital city's premier live music event.  Hosted by the Downtown Business Association, it takes place every spring and fall with different genres of music. The concert series is held every year to entice people to visit and journey through downtown Baton Rouge. Visitors then have the opportunity to visit with the local merchants and their businesses in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. The Live After Five concert series helps promote and support downtown projects and improvements to help attract and support new businesses in the downtown area. Prior to Fall 2006, Live After Five consisted of six concerts in the spring and six in the fall. Mayor Holden decided that six per season was simply not enough so he added an extra concert in the fall of 2006 and then there were seven.

 

Excited by the success of the outdoor concert series, the Mayor took it one step further and decided that the series should be extended by two concerts each season. So, in 2008 the City of Baton Rouge and the office of the Mayor-President have supported the addition of four more concerts per year. Now there will be eight concerts in the spring and eight in the fall bringing the total to 16 concerts!  

 

New this season!  The River Center parking garage on St. Louis Street will be open late for Live After Five.

 

Music artists come together for eight weeks starting April 09, 2010 and ending May 28, 2010 to perform live music in downtown Baton Rouge every Friday after 5 at the beautiful Galvez Plaza. Live After Five is a free event that is open to all so check it out!

 

Band Line-up - Spring 2010

May 7     Bench Bar Boogie Band

May 14   Chasing Scarlett

May 21   Carbon Copy Band

May 28   Long Neck Society

 

For more information log on to www.la5.downtownbr.org

 

 

Capital Area Transit will offer two round-trip shuttles for the spring Live After Five concert series. The shuttles will run continuously from 4PM to 10PM. One route will run from Spanish Town Road to St. Philip Street with a possible expansion to Skip Bertman Drive if justified by ridership. Another will run from the bus terminal at Florida Boulevard and North 22nd Street to Galvez Plaza.

The Regular bus fare of $1.00 will be charged each way and a $0.25. transfer. Free parking is available under I-10 at Florida Street and Ninth Street. If the Skip Bertman Drive route is added, a park and ride will be set up at the LSU Vet School.

In addition to the shuttle service, CATS will station a bus near the concert site and distribute information on Baton Rouge public transit. The bus will also serve as place to take a break from the upcoming heat and rest for a while.

 

For more information visit www.brcats.com

 

Or contact:

Baton Rouge Downtown Business Association
227 Florida St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
(225) 389-5520 Office
(225) 389-5523 Fax | 8:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. M-F