Downtown Baton Rouge

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From live music and festivals to food, art and family fun, discover what’s happening in the heart of Baton Rouge. Explore upcoming events throughout Downtown Baton Rouge.

SEP 30 WED

2026 MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival: You Be the Judge!

◷ 2:00 PM – 9:30 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

OCT 1 THU

Barfly Entertainment Presents Karaoke, Trivia, Bingo, and more

◷ 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

⌖ Brickyard South Bar + Patio

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

OCT 2 FRI

The Black Jacket Symphony Presents Def Leppard’s “Hysteria”

◷ 7:30 PM – 11:59 PM

⌖ River Center Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

OCT 3 SAT

Strong & Calm Warrior Yoga

◷ 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

⌖ USS KIDD Veterans Museum

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture Family

OCT 3 SAT

Discovery Day: Louisiana Folklore

◷ 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

⌖ Capitol Park Museum

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture Family

OCT 3 SAT

Red Stick Farmers Market + BR Arts Market

◷ 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

⌖ Red Stick Farmers Market

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Family

OCT 4 SUN

The Lone Bellow: What A Time To Be Alive Tour

◷ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Arts & Culture

OCT 4 SUN

Sensory Second Sunday at LASM

◷ 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

⌖ Louisiana Art and Science Museum

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture Family

OCT 7 WED

River City Jazz Masters: Alfredo Rodriguez Band featuring Pedrito Martinez

◷ 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Arts & Culture

OCT 7 WED

Meet the Candidates for EBR School Board

◷ 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

⌖ Louisiana Association of Business & Industry (The Lane Grigsby Conference Center)

● Baton Rouge, LA

OCT 8 THU

Intelligent Worlds

◷ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

OCT 9 FRI

Spite – Baton Rouge

◷ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

⌖ Chelsea's Live

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

OCT 9 FRI

Hollydays Extravaganza 2026

◷ 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

⌖ Capitol Park Museum

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture

OCT 10 SAT

Ancient Beacons Long for Notice

◷ 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

OCT 10 SAT

The California Honeydrops at Chelsea’s Live

◷ 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

⌖ Chelsea's Live

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

OCT 10 SAT

Rock the Dome Laser Series: Laser Zeppelin

◷ 6:00 PM – 11:59 PM

⌖ Irene W. Pennington Planetarium

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Arts & Culture

OCT 10 SAT

Red Stick Farmers Market – Downtown

◷ 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

⌖ Red Stick Farmers Market

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Family

OCT 11 SUN

Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul screening

◷ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

OCT 15 THU

Bayou Bijou: Movies Made in Louisiana

◷ 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

⌖ Old Governor's Mansion

● Baton Rouge, LA

North Blvd Downtown Baton Rouge Louisiana

OCT 15 THU

Capital Area United Way’s 2026 Jambalaya Jam

◷ 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM

⌖ North Blvd. Town Square

● Baton Rouge, LA

Food & Drink

OCT 15 THU

GEAUX SOUTH: An Evening of Southern Art

◷ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

⌖ LSU Museum of Art

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Arts & Culture

OCT 16 FRI

Live After 5: The Rumble ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

◷ 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

⌖ Davis S. Rhorer Plaza

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

OCT 16 FRI

Premiere Film Screening: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

◷ 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

⌖ Old State Capitol

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture

OCT 16 FRI

Family Dinner Improv Comedy Troupe • Shows at the Studio

◷ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

⌖ Hartley/Vey Studio Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture

OCT 16 FRI

Corpse Bride – $5 Movie at Manship Theatre

◷ 7:30 PM – 8:37 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

OCT 17 SAT

The-Room-Big-Shark-Premiere

◷ 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture

OCT 17 SAT

Red Stick Farmers Market – Downtown

◷ 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

⌖ Red Stick Farmers Market

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Family

OCT 23 FRI

Live After 5: Michael Foster Project

◷ 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

⌖ Davis S. Rhorer Plaza

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

OCT 27 TUE

Ghost Stories in the Galleries

◷ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

⌖ LSU Museum of Art

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture

OCT 29 THU

19th Annual Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

◷ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre at Shaw Center for the Arts

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture

Downtown
Baton Rouge

OCT 30 FRI

Fifolet Halloween Festival Parade

◷ 7:00 PM – 11:59 PM

⌖ Downtown Baton Rouge

● Baton Rouge, LA

Family

OCT 30 FRI

Live After 5: Halloween Weekend with Rouge Krewe

◷ 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

⌖ Davis S. Rhorer Plaza

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

OCT 30 FRI

House Of Halloween 2026 Bar Crawl

◷ 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM

⌖ Downtown Baton Rouge

● Baton Rouge, LA

OCT 30 FRI

Big in Baton Rouge & The Arts Council BR Present: Prom Macabre w\ DJ Prep

◷ 8:30 PM – 1:00 AM

⌖ Cary Saurage Center

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Arts & Culture

OCT 31 SAT

Louisiana Book Festival

◷ 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

⌖ Louisiana Book Festival

● Baton Rouge, LA

Festivals

NOV 1 SUN

Music at the Mansion – Quartetto Obrigado

◷ 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

⌖ Old Governor's Mansion

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

Geaux Baton Rouge Raising Cane's River Center

NOV 5 THU

The Red Clay Strays

◷ 6:30 PM – 11:59 PM

⌖ Raising Cane's River Center

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

NOV 6 FRI

Mariachi Herencia de Mexico: Día de Muertos

◷ 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

Raising Canes River Center Theatre For Performing Arts Baton Rouge

NOV 12 THU

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

◷ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

⌖ River Center Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

NOV 13 FRI

Fastball

◷ 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Arts & Culture

NOV 19 THU

A Celtic Christmas

◷ 7:30 PM – 11:59 PM

⌖ River Center Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

NOV 21 SAT

Animeverse Fest

◷ 12:00 AM – 12:00 AM

⌖ Raising Cane's River Center

● Baton Rouge, LA

Festivals

St Josephs Cathedral Downtown Baton Rouge

DEC 2 WED

Holiday Brass at St. Joseph Cathedral

◷ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

⌖ St. Joseph Cathedral

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

DEC 4 FRI

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol

◷ 7:30 PM – 11:59 PM

⌖ River Center Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Arts & Culture

DEC 5 SAT

John Crist Live!

◷ 7:00 PM – 11:59 PM

⌖ River Center Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

DEC 12 SAT

Winter Nights with Matteo Bocelli

◷ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

⌖ Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

DEC 20 SUN

The Nutcracker: A Tale From The Bayou – Baton Rouge

◷ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

⌖ Raising Cane's River Center Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture

DEC 29 TUE

Gary Owen: No Hard Feelings Tour

◷ 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM

⌖ River Center Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Arts & Culture

JAN 9 SAT

Black Jacket Symphony: Michael Jackson’s Thriller – Baton Rouge

◷ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

⌖ Raising Cane's River Center Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music

MAR 25 THU

Bluey’s Big Play

◷ 6:00 PM – 11:59 PM

⌖ River Center Theatre

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Arts & Culture Family

APR 6 TUE

The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight

◷ 7:30 PM – 11:59 PM

⌖ River Center Theatre for Performing Arts

● Baton Rouge, LA

Live Music Arts & Culture

Downtown Baton Rouge

Downtown is home to some of the city’s largest events, live performances, festivals, museums and cultural attractions. Explore upcoming events and find out what’s happening downtown.