Downtown Events

Downtown Snow Shots. Brrrrr!

If you’ve been following the weather, you know we’re in for the coldest temperatures we’ve seen in a while this weekend and there is a chance of snow again the first of next week. While we occasionally get one snowfall in a year, having two (or three) is pretty rare. With everything else that has […]

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Cool Places to Pop the Question

If you’ve decided that this is the year you ask your significant other to spend a lifetime together, you want it to be memorable, right? We have a couple of ideas how to make the event unforgettable. Way #1: Underwater at the Shreveport Aquarium. For $250, the Shreveport Aquarium will suit up a diver in […]

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Valentine’s Day Downtown Events

Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) starts in earnest on Feb. 11th downtown, giving you multiple days to plan a fun event. Thursday night kicks off with Galentine’s, a party at 421 Texas Street specifically for ladies. The 6;30-9:30 event features passed hors d’oeuvres, build your own charcuterie board bar, dessert bar by Whisk, complimentary glass of bubbles […]

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Downtown’s Top Five 2020 Stories

Wherever we looked in the final days of 2020 there were grim lists of top stories. Covid 19, social justice and injustices, and all things politics dominated headlines in the year past, and has turned the corner to dominate the earliest days of 2021. Much of what people have experienced this year fell into the […]

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Sci-Port’s Downtown Deal

Shopping downtown’s small and local retail shops and eateries is always fun, but Sci-Port Discovery Center is throwing in another reason to spend your money locally. Until December 31, $10 spent at a downtown retailer, restaurant or attraction will get you $5 off a combination ticket to Sci-Port! The combination ticket includes admission to all […]

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Ogilvie-Wiener’s Victorian Christmas Tour

See the beautiful 1896 Ogilvie-Wiener Mansion at 728 Austen Place decked out for the holidays on two Victorian Christmas Tours Friday, Dec. 11, 6-8 pm and Saturday, Dec. 12, 6-8 pm. Tickets are a $10 donation per person, no reservations are needed,  you can purchase tickets at the door.  Every dollar made on the tour […]

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Find Treasure at Scottish Rite Bazaar

Friday through Sunday, November 20-22, the historic Scottish Rite Cathedral at 725 Cotton Street is hosting their second ever Antique and Vintage Bazaar. The first, in 2019, was a huge success with hundreds coming through to shop a variety of vendors and tour one of downtown’s most amazing buildings. The bazaar has taken on a […]

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Death and Donuts with Maggie Molisee

Death and Donuts at ShreveTowne Studio 512, Thurs., Oct. 29 Artist Maggie Molisee invites you into her strange world, a world of death, crime, serial killers and…donuts. Death and Donuts (and coffee) will feature a murderously good time as we celebrate artist Maggie Molisee. Laugh in the face of evil on October 29, from 5-8 […]

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Live Shreveport Opera Performances Return Downtown

If you have been missing live concert performances, your wait is also over. The Shreveport Opera has scheduled two live music events in November. The first, on Friday, Nov. 6, is An Evening of Opera and Broadway Favorites. The second, on Friday, Nov. 14, is Art After Dark: A Series of One Act Operas. This […]

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USA Boxing Sees Record Registration

In the few days since the announcement that the 2020 USA Boxing National Championships are coming to downtown Shreveport Dec. 5-12, USA Boxing reports record levels of interest. The TeamUSA boxing website reports: Since opening registration for the upcoming 2020 USA Boxing National Championships that are taking place this December in Shreveport, La., registration numbers have […]

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