If you happen to love music history and a good ghost story, hold onto your Victrola, because Shreveport Municipal Auditorium just made one heck of an announcement. The National Historic Landmark has placed tickets on sale for a series of haunted tours during the week of Halloween (including one on …
Know someone who loves Louisiana music history? An expansive new boxed set from Bear Family Records, At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight, chronicles the lifespan of the Louisiana Hayride in a way that it has never been chronicled before. The release of this set has generated a wave of press coverage …
Featured Photo: An image of artist Nick Cave’s “soundsuits” provided by Shreveport Regional Arts Council. Celebrated artist Nick Cave, who contemporary art lovers will recognize for his iconic “soundsuit” creations as well as genre-defying installations and performances in some of the world’s top museums, will premiere a new multimedia performance …
Featured photo: A promotional image from the Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage website. UPDATE: ACCORDING TO POSTS ON THE SHREVEPORT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM FACEBOOK PAGE, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Star Trek fans in the Shreveport-Bossier City region got some great news recently when it was announced that Shreveport Municipal Auditorium will …
Featured photo: A beaded blanket created for use in Nick Cave’s upcoming AS IS performance. Photo used courtesy of Kathryn Usher. About This Post: 20×49.com asked local art lover Molly McCombs to contribute a series of guest blog posts documenting and exploring Nick Cave’s AS IS, a community-wide art project …
Featured Photo: The featured photo for this post was taken from David Cross’s Facebook page for promotional purposes. If you own this photo and would like us to remove it, please e-mail cjay@sbctb.org. Photo credit: Daniel Bergeron. A 12-hour-long social media freak-out ensued among Shreveport-Bossier’s Gen Xers (and folks of …
Editor’s Note: Whenever possible, 20×49.com likes to feature the unique perspective of locals. We invited local art lover Molly McCombs, who has previously blogged for 20×49.com about the fabulousness of local estate sales, to share her take on celebrated visual artist Nick Cave’s residency in Shreveport. In this first post …
UPDATE: This giveaway ended on Monday, Sept. 15. The winner has been notified by e-mail. Thanks for participating! The good folks at Huka Entertainment, who are producing the Sept. 26, 2014 Peter Frampton gig at Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, have made a pair of tickets to the concert available for one …
Photo: The bronze statues of Elvis Presley and James Burton are back on Elvis Presley Boulevard and will be uncovered on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Before I started by job at the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau (who, as I occasionally point out, make this blog possible), I would never …
Photo credit: Juan Ocampo/Bernstein Associates, used courtesy of Shore Fire Media UPDATE: A special pre-sale link was forwarded to us by concert promoters. You can buy Maxwell tickets *now* by using this link. Soul singer Maxwell recently became the latest star to announce a Summer 2014 tour stop at Shreveport …
Rock music fans in and around Shreveport-Bossier received a surprise this week when it was announced that Jack White would be making a stop at Shreveport Municipal Auditorium on June 2, 2014, during his first headlining U.S. tour since 2012. White, who is an American roots music fan in addition …
The Re-Opening of Shreveport Municipal Auditorium (April-May 2014) Following a year-long closure for renovations that saw this national historic landmark receive some much-needed TLC, I expect that the beloved Shreveport Municipal Auditorium will reopen in grand style. With the addition of ADA-compliant seating, a new backstage load-in elevator, air conditioning …
Shreveport-Bossier has a long history of ghost stories and haunted places, and a new event is spotlighting the most chilling every Saturday now through October including Halloween night. The Haunted Shreveport Tour and Dinner is a unique experience starting with a three-course meal at one of the area’s newest eateries, …
