Downtown Events

Get Your Smoothie Saturday!

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34th Annual African American History Parade

The 34th annual African-American History Month Parade hits the streets of downtown Shreveport Saturday, Feb. 5, and you’re invited to come and enjoy. The parade’s official start time is 11 am, but the main streets- Part of Common and Market and most of Milam and Texas Street will all close at 8 am to give […]

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Friday Kickoff of Critical Mass 10!

The works of more than 100 area artists will be on display for the celebration of a decade of Critical Mass! The yearly event is a professional critical review of local art and this year, will feature a retrospective of the nine Critical Mass winners. It is going to be an amazing event, that will […]

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Spring Street Museum Reopens

Downtown’s treasure trove of Shreveport history, the Spring Street Museum, is once again open! Regular hours are Tuesday- Saturday, 10am- 4pm. The small museum has an oversized collection of items ranging from the founding of Shreve Town, and later Shreveport, to the present. Interactive displays allow you to scroll through photos and hear accounts of […]

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2021’s Top Five Downtown Stories

1. Covid, Again. Since the outbreak began, many have lost friends or family members to Covid-19. Others know people dealing with the as-yet unexplainable after effects known as Covid Long Haul. The cost in health and lives has been tragically high. To downtown urban centers nationwide, the business effects of the pandemic have been severe, […]

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All Aboard for Shreveport Railroad Museum!

The Shreveport Railroad Museum, co-located at 142 North Common with the Shreveport Water Works Museum, is planning a celebration January 30, 2022 to debut their new HO model railroad. The new model train layout features a scale buildings that would have been downtown in the 1940s – 60s, and took roughly six months to complete. […]

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Saturday is #ShopDowntown Bingo Deadline!

Have you filled out your #ShopDowntown Holiday Shopping Bingo card yet? You have just a few days to get into the running for a $250 gift basket filled with downtown goodies and other fun gifts. Participating is super simple- just print out this bingo card or pick one up at any of the downtown businesses […]

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Downtown’s Holiday Wonderlands

Downtown venues are going to be bursting with all sorts of holiday cheer and there are three in particular that you will want to know about. For the first time in their history, Robinson Film Center/Abby Singer’s Bistro at 617 Texas Street has combined decor, food, and art in a holiday happening. Holi-dazed is a […]

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Boutiques de Noel Free Lunch Trolley

Nothing says Christmas is just around the corner like the Shreveport Opera Guild’s Les Boutiques de Noel! The event, which is once again being held at the Shreveport Convention Center at 400 Caddo Street, opens Thursday, Nov. 18 and runs through Saturday, Nov. 20. Especially exciting to us is the Boutiques’ free Downtown Lunch Trolley […]

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The Clean Team Strikes Again

This past Saturday, members of the DDA’s Streetscape division and other DDA employees converged, clean-up equipment in hand, on the 500 and 600 blocks of Spring Street. The employees at the Blind Tiger restaurant at 120 Texas Street certainly noticed the activity. The large storefront windows to their popular eatery look out on heavily-trafficked Spring […]

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