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Weekend Events!
What's happening Downtown this weekend?
Check out our Weekend Events list to keep tabs on what's hot downtown each week! For more info, visit our site at the link below!

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Live After Five and The Red Stick Rally present Brandon Giles
Live After Five in Downtown Baton Rouge is the capital city's premier FREE live music event, hosted by the Downtown Business Association. The fall season of Live After Five concludes this Friday with Brandon Giles. It will be held in conjunction with the Red Stick Rally at a new location on River Road at the USS KIDD. Brandon Giles consistently gives an audience a sweat-infused, five-minute hard rock/boogie piano solo with the intensity of a wild man. Then after that, plays a heart-felt rendition of a beautiful country standard.

Friday, October 28



Sunday in the Park presents Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Cha's
The 2011 FREE Fall Concert continues on Sunday and extends through November 6th from noon until 3PM in historic Lafayette Park across from the Shaw Center for the Arts. Come and enjoy amazing live music, wonderful food, face painting and balloon creations. Sunday in the Park is a fall and spring series of free outdoor concerts in collaboration with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and 225 Magazine.

Lafayette Park
Sunday, October 30, 12PM - 3PM



Red Stick Rally Bike Show & Music Festival
Get ready for the most rockin' motorcycle rally in the Southern US! In the heart of downtown, come party on the Mississippi River southern style. The beer will be flowing, and the bands will be playing. Get ready for the most insane costume contest ever (riders and bikes)!

Downtown & Riverfront
October 28 - 30



Baton Rouge Halloween Parade
Baton Rouge Halloween Parade will have it's inaugural run on Saturday. The 2011 parade theme will be First Fright: Something Wicked This Way Comes. This is the only parade in which spectators will be able to give back to the parade. The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank will have one of their trucks as the first unit in the parade. They will have a team of volunteers walking around the truck to collect non-perishable food donations from the crowd. Please join them as they harvest the resources of Baton Rouge for those less fortunate. View the route...

Downtown
Saturday, October 29, 2PM



Trick or Treat with the Ghost of the Castle
Trick or Treat with the friendly Ghost of the Castle
will be filled with fun for all ages. There will be face painting, arts & crafts, costume contest, viewing of "Ghost of the Castle" show and of course trick or treating. $5 Admission

Old State Capitol
Thursday, October 27, 6PM - 8PM



Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical at Manship Theatre
Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences is performing a musical production of Mo Willems's Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical . It's a delightful story about family, best friends, baby steps, and dancing laundry!

Manship Theatre
Sunday, October 30, 2PM



Zenbilly's Halloween Party with Rondo Hatton
Halloween Party with prizes for the best Halloween costumes. Awesome guitar instrumentals quartet Rondo Hatton opens then psychobilly trio Zenbilly will play its creepiest songs, it's a zombie sock hop!

Red Star
Monday, October 31, 10PM - 1AM



Louisiana Book Festival
In the heart of Baton Rouge at the State Library of Louisiana, Louisiana State Capitol, Louisiana State Museum and in nearby locations. The Louisiana Center for the Book and State Library of Louisiana proudly presents Louisiana's free, world class literary celebration. Offering unique opportunities for booklovers of all ages to interact with exceptional writers, poets and storytellers and enjoy an inspiring variety of book-related activities, exhibitions and demonstrations.

State Capitol Grounds
Saturday, October 29, 9AM - 5PM



Abita Grub Crawl
Get a taste of Abita's newest adventure, The Abita Grub Crawl. Meet at a popular restaurant to enjoy a sampling of specially prepared food and Abita brews. Then the party strolls to the next nearby spot (and the next!) for more food, brews and fun. It's a whole new way to meet & eat with Abita. The Baton Rouge Grub Crawl will be on Saturday starting at 4PM at Tsunami. This event will be limited to the first 125 people that pre-register and pay online.

Tsunami, Capital City Grill, Hotel Indigo & Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center
Saturday, October 29, 4PM - 8PM



Pumpkin Party at the Market
Celebrate the fall harvest and all things pumpkin this Saturday at the Red Stick Farmers Market. Children will enjoy kid friendly activities throughout the morning including face painting by Liz Lopes and pumpkin art activities. Chef Celeste Gill will prepare pumpkin soup during the Fresh from the Market cooking demonstration and explain how to roast pumpkin seeds. The cooking show begins at 10AM in the North Street seating area of Main Street Market. The Red Stick Farmers Market takes place every Saturday from 8AM-12PM at Fifth and Main Streets.

Main Street Market
Saturday, October 29



Louisiana State Museum Fall Lecture Series
Lunchtime Lagniappe, a weekly series of lively presentations on local history, is returning to the Capitol Park Museum. The free, hour long program is designed for downtown workers and is held at noon each Wednesday in October. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunch and may come and go as their schedules require. The Louisiana State Museum friends make refreshments available for a small donation.

Capitol Park Museum
Wednesday, October 26, 12PM



The Heaters at Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's
The Heaters is an exciting, variety rock party band formed in the hot summer months of Louisiana in 2011. Promising to always deliver a high-energy and exciting performance, The Heaters come complete with dueling flute and guitar solos, powerful vocals and a tight cohesion from the rhythm section. The Heaters' set list ranges from the 60's to today, delivering all the favorite classic dance and party songs. Since their beginning, The Heaters have set out to provide the crowd with a fun, colorful, and interactive event, promising a good time for any and everyone!

Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's
Friday, October 28



Nightmare on 3rd Street at The Roux House
Come out for a "Nightmare on 3rd Street"! Enjoy your Halloween with live music, costumes and drink specials! $5 Jager Bombs, $3 green beer, $6 Jameson & Absolut Doubles, $5 House Drinks. Costume Contest at Midnight- $50 gift cards will go to the "Best Male", "Best Female", "Best Duo", "Sexiest" and "Best Happy's Girl" costumes.

The Roux House & Happy's
Saturday, October 29, 10PM



The 13th Gate & Necropolis 13
The 13th Gate is the ultimate haunted house! Journey through 13 very frightening themed indoor & (weather-permitting) outdoor areas where your worst nightmares come true and anything can happen.

To celebrate a decade of fright at The 13th Gate, Midnight Productions unveils its latest haunted creation,
Necropolis 13! 40,000 sq ft and over 400 zombie-infested New Orleans style crypts located next to The 13th Gate!
Tickets $20

832 St. Phillip Street
Every Night
Through October 31 6:30PM - 11:30PM




For a full listing of upcoming events, visit our website.


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


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