Downtown Events

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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PrizeFest Launches This Weekend

The Louisiana Film, Music, Fashion and Food Prize has gone mostly online for 2020, but the opportunities for fun remain! Louisiana Film Prize Instead of gathering in multiple venues to watch the Orange and Teal Slates of films this year, your ticket will allow you to watch the slates when you want Oct. 2-11. After you […]

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New Normal Drive In Concerts Sept. 18 & 19

See the video of the bands talking about their return. It will make you laugh. It will make you cry. It’s better than ‘Cats’. DON’T WAIT. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW.  It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that 2020 was the year the live music died, or at the very least, was put on indeterminate […]

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Five Things to Do Downtown!

Lederhosen, glass pumpkins, two full nights of live music, Southern kitchen witchery and a much-needed date night top the list of 5 Things to Do Downtown. Pack up your VW for a drive-through concert, practice your yodel and experience the many things our #CoolDowntown has to offer. Eight musical acts, a giant LED screen, food, […]

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Lauren Ross’ 2020 PrizeFest Poster

Each year the Louisiana Film Prize works with a local artist to create a commemorate poster, but we think 2020’s version is pretty perfect. Artist Lauren Ross‘ take from a Louisiana Film Prize perspective pretty much says it all because whose head HASN’T exploded at some point in this dumpster- fire- of- a- year? Ross, […]

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