Clarence's info on Baton Rouge's "Live after Five" concert series in Downtown Baton RougeClarence's Cajun radio program in Baton Rouge is on Saturdays 7pm-8 on 90.3 FM |
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This is Clarence's information on Baton Rouge's "Sounds of Summer", "Live after Five" concert series and the "Sunday's in the Park" concert series. All are held in Downtown Baton Rouge. ********************************************************************************** "Live After Five" Fall 2010 - Free outdoor FRIDAY Downtown Baton Rouge concert series: ********************************************************************************** Downtown Baton Rouge sponsors the free outdoor concert series called "Live after Five" for 8 weeks in the Fall and 8 weeks in the Spring on Friday nights. Live at Five is a popular event that features a varity of bands from Cajun to blues and pop music. The Live at 5 concert series are always held outdoors in the downtown Baton Rouge area at the Galvez Plaza on North Blvd next to the River Center/Centroplex. The Live after 5 concert series are from 5pm-8pm on Friday nights. FALL 2010 LIVE AFTER FIVE SCHEDULE: Friday, September 10, 2010, The Warbabies (louisiana rock n’ soul) Friday, September 17, 2010, Four Unplugged (variety) Friday, September 24, 2010, Bucktown All Stars (rock and r&b) Friday, October 1, 2010, Brandon Foret Band (soul and rock) Friday, October 8, 2010, Lil Ray Neal Blues Band (blues) Friday, October 15, 2010, Neighborhood Stars (party mix) Friday, October 22, 2010, Curtis Coubello and The Insta-Gators (zydeco, swamp pop and country) Friday, October 29, 2010, Transit (classic rock) ********************************************************************************** "Sounds of Summer" (Live After Five) Summer 2010 - Free outdoor FRIDAY Downtown Baton Rouge concert series: ********************************************************************************** Downtown Baton Rouge sponsors the free outdoor concert series called "Sounds of Summer" (Live After Five) on Friday nights. The "Sounds of Summer" (Live After Five) concert series are always held outdoors in the downtown Baton Rouge area at the Galvez Plaza on North Blvd next to the River Center/Centroplex. The "Sounds of Summer" (Live After Five) series are from 5pm-8pm on Friday nights. The Sounds of Summer Friday Concert Series 5-8pm at Galvez Plaza - Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of EBR Parish Friday, June 4th, 2010, Lil' Malcolm and the House Rockers (Rollicking Zydeco Accordion) Friday, June 11th, 2010 Bonerama (Great New Orleans Brass Funk) Friday, June 18th, 2010 Mia Borders (R&B and Pop, featured in USA Today) Friday, June 25th, 2010 Big Sam's Funky Nation (Best Funk Group at Big Easy Music Awards) Friday, July 2nd, 2010 Herman Jackson's Big Band (Jazz and R&B) Friday, July 9th, 2010 Eric Lindell (Poetic soul with New Orleans Funk) Friday, July 16th, After 8 (R&B and Funk with Great Brass Section) Friday, July 23rd, Marcia Ball (The queen of the bayou herself concludes the series) Friday, July 30th, Lil Malcolm and the Zydeco House Rockers (Zydeco) Discover BR Days: Sunday and Saturday concerts are from 12:00 noon until 3:00 p.m. at Lafayette Park Sunday, June 6th, 2010 1st Discover BR Day, "Ben Bell and the Stardust Boys" band (Western Rockabilly) Sataturday, July 10th, 2010 2nd Discover Baton Rouge Day "484 South" band (Southern Rock) Pennington Balloon Festival: August 6th, 2010 - Pennington Balloon Festival - Cake-cutting, Music to be announced. August 7th, 2010 - Pennington Balloon Festival - Music to be announced. The Sounds of Summer concert series is part of a parish-wide celebration of the 200th anniversary of the creation of East Baton Rouge Parish. Residents have expressed their appreciation for events such as Sunday in The Park and Live After Five, and now have the opportunity to extend the live music experience into the summer. The Mayor and the Metro Council have joined with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and area media sponsors to create the Sounds of Summer music series as a highlight of a host of quality arts culture and entertainment opportunities that will take place in East Baton Rouge Parish from June to August. The celebration will culminate with the Louisiana Balloon Festival in August. In addition to the Sounds of Summer concerts, the celebration will include two Discover Baton Rouge Days (Sunday, June 6th and Saturday, July 10th) with free admission to a variety of downtown museums and attractions, free music concerts in Lafayette Park and a free screening of the adorable family film, Babe, at 3:00 p.m. in the Manship Theatre. More Discover Baton Rouge Day activities are being scheduled at this time, and they will be excellent opportunities for families to enjoy our great community. The Mayor and Metro Council and The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge will also provide special music presentations at the Louisiana Balloon Festival on Friday and Saturday evenings. In addition, the Mayor, the Metro Council and The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge will also host a special cake-cutting to celebrate East Baton Rouge's 200th birthday at the Pennington Balloon Festival on Friday, Aug. 6. The bicentennial sponsors will provide music at the Balloon festival both Friday, Aug. 6 and Saturday, Aug. 7. The bicentennial events will observe the 200th birthday of East Baton Rouge Parish, which was created in 1810 after Fulwar Skipwith and Philemon Thomas led 70 men from St. Francisville to Baton Rouge, captured a Spanish fort there, and declared the city's independence from Spain. ********************************************************************************************** "Sunday in the Park" Spring 2010 - Free downtown SUNDAY Baton Rouge outdoor concert series ********************************************************************************************** Held on the following Sundays from Noon-3pm in downtown Baton Rouge at Lafayette Park under the oak trees in front of the Shaw Center for the Arts at 100 Lafayette Street. These perfomances are outdoors and free to attend. You can purchase lunch from nearby restaurants and you can bring your own lawn chairs if you wish. This is a six week series of family-friendly performances. SPRING 2010 SUNDAY IN THE PARK SCHEDULE: www.artsbr.org 4/11/2010 Fete Louisiana featuring Feufollet and Cedric Watson (Cajun/Creole) 4/18/2010 484 South (variety) and Tyler Kinchen and the Right Pieces (variety) 4/25/2010 Eden Brent ( Piano jazz, blues, soul and pop) 5/2/2010 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (cajun) 5/09/2010 Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue (high energy funk rock) 5/16/2010 Phat Hat (soul, groove ) Please listen to Clarence's Cajun radio program in Baton Rouge. Saturdays 7pm-8pm on WBRH 90.3 FM View Clarence's Baton Rouge Cajun and Zydeco Schedule. Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Announces The 2010 free concert line up promises to usher in Spring with Louisiana style. Starting on Sunday, April 11th and continuing for 6 consecutive Sundays downtown from noon until 3:00 p.m. at Lafayette Park at the Shaw Center for the Arts. Come and enjoy amazing live music, wonderful food, face painting and balloon creations. A free bike valet will be provided by B.R.A.S.S. Face painting and balloon creations will be provided by The Party Artist. www.cedricwatson.com Double-bill, Fete Louisiane: Cedric Watson and Feufollet will kick off the season on April 11th. Both celebrate their Creole roots and spice it up with Cajun Zydeco original creations. Fiddles, accordions and rich vocals make the Louisiana sounds as sultry as ever. Both create music that resonates with the adoring crowds and feels instantly classic and yet refreshingly new. Crowd pleasing and toe tapping, Cedric Watson and Feufollet capture the best of the Spring season and the legendary Louisiana party. Feufollet www.feufollet.net On April 18th, 484 South and Tyler Kinchen and the Right Pieces deliver another double-bill as part of Sunday in the Park and the Earth Day celebration downtown. 484 south has sounds of real life with Southern rock-crunching guitars and heartfelt vocals. Tyler Kinchen and the Right Pieces plays soulful, jazzy R&B with moonlighting piano and Louisiana mystery. 484 South Band Tyler Kinchen and the Right Pieces Tyler Kinchen On April 25th in celebration with the Blues Festival, Eden Brent will bring her ferocious Boogie-Woogie that injects new fire and grit into the style with swinging, rocking, torchy blues and jazz. Eden Brent's piano playing and singing style ranges from melancholic whisper to a full-blown juke joint holler. She's simultaneously confident and confiding, ably blending an earthy meld of jazz, blues, soul and pop as she huskily invites listeners into her lazy, lush world. Eden Brent www.edenbrent.com On May 2nd, as part of a special performance during FestForAll, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet will demonstrate why this multiple Grammy winning group draws huge crowds inside and outside of Louisiana. They embrace their rich Cajun traditions and artfully blend their music and sound with Zydeco, New Orleans Jazz, and Tex-Mex Country to create a unique and highly-celebrated sound. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet beauSoleil On May 9th, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue will mesmerize and deliver a high-energy funk rock show. Troy Trombone Shorty is equally hot on trombone and trumpet. His talent and technical skill amaze, but it is his down home soul that will bring the crowd to its feet and dancing in his notorious second line. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue www.tromboneshorty.com The Spring 2010 Sunday in the Park concert series concludes on May 16th with Phat Hat who plan to introduce the soul to the groove and make the crowd move. This truly inspiring group of talented musicians fuel a sound that is completely funky and groovy. Their deep rhythms and soulful goodness keep the dance floor, or in this case, street rocking out. Phat Hat www.phathatband.com Please listen to Clarence's Cajun radio program in Baton Rouge. Saturdays 7pm-8pm on WBRH 90.3 FM View Clarence's Baton Rouge Cajun and Zydeco Schedule. This is located at www.cajunradio.org/batonrougeliveafterfiveliveatfiveliveat5.html You might also like my other web pages: Baton Rouge Bars Baton Rouge Restaurants - Downtown area Downtown Baton Rouge Events Baton Rouge Restaurants - Metropolitan area Baton Rouge Restaurants - Clarence's reviews Baton Rouge Restaurants - Sushi Bars Baton Rouge Comedy Clubs Baton Rouge Movie Theaters Baton Rouge IMAX Theater and Planetarium Please listen to Clarence's Cajun radio program in Baton Rouge. Saturdays 7pm-8pm on WBRH 90.3 FM View Clarence's Baton Rouge Cajun and Zydeco Schedule. |