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National comedians want to create connection, conversation on Abortion Access Front tour
Entertainment/Life

National comedians want to create connection, conversation on Abortion Access Front tour

  • BY MATTHEW SIGUR | Contributing writer
  • Sep 19, 2019

Lizz Winstead has no fear about bringing her Abortion Access Front stand-up comedy and sketch show to Louisiana.

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Trends come and go, but Screaming Females will always shred
Music

Trends come and go, but Screaming Females will always shred

  • BY MATTHEW SIGUR | Special to The Advocate
  • Oct 17, 2018

Note: This show has been moved to Southside Arts Center, 524 N. Foster Drive.

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The shape of punk to come: How Baton Rouge's Heavy Mantle relied on its gut and got a record deal
Music

The shape of punk to come: How Baton Rouge's Heavy Mantle relied on its gut and got a record deal

  • By Matthew Sigur | Special to The Advocate
  • Sep 6, 2018

Heavy Mantle was born out of necessity.

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Good friends make good music: How Joe Adragna started his power-pop band The Junior League
Entertainment/Life

Good friends make good music: How Joe Adragna started his power-pop band The Junior League

  • BY MATTHEW SIGUR | Special to The Advocate
  • Aug 23, 2018

Some concerts change your life. For Joe Adragna, that concert was The Minus 5 in 2002 at the House of Blues in New Orleans.

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All killer, no filler: Baton Rouge band The Rakers talk starting a band later in life
Entertainment/Life

All killer, no filler: Baton Rouge band The Rakers talk starting a band later in life

  • BY JOHN WIRT | Special to The Advocate
  • Feb 22, 2018

The Rakers do it for love. Day jobs and the other demands in their grown-up lives can’t stop the music.

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Surfin' Baton Rouge: Rondo Hatton brings its surf rock to Mid City Ballroom this weekend
Entertainment/Life

Surfin' Baton Rouge: Rondo Hatton brings its surf rock to Mid City Ballroom this weekend

  • BY JOHN WIRT | Special to The Advocate
  • Jan 25, 2018

Grab a surfboard. Crank the reverb. The return of Rondo Hatton is upon us.

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New to Mid City: Inside Baton Rouge Music Exchange and Mid City Ballroom's new space
Entertainment/Life

New to Mid City: Inside Baton Rouge Music Exchange and Mid City Ballroom's new space

  • BY NILS BRECKOFF | Special to The Advocate
  • Sep 27, 2017

With a few exceptions, the capital city isn’t known for its funky venues, eclectic shops, or character-oozing holes-in-the-wall. Fortunately,…

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Blues without convention: Alvin Youngblood Hart defies genre expectations with each move he makes
Entertainment/Life

Blues without convention: Alvin Youngblood Hart defies genre expectations with each move he makes

  • BY JOHN WIRT | Special to The Advocate
  • Aug 10, 2017

Alvin Youngblood Hart plays the acoustic blues with the best of them. But blues and his fluid finger-style guitar playing don’t define Hart. B…

New Baton Rouge music venue Mid City Ballroom sets opening gig for Aug. 11
Entertainment/Life

New Baton Rouge music venue Mid City Ballroom sets opening gig for Aug. 11

  • BY MATTHEW SIGUR | msigur@theadvocate.com
  • Aug 1, 2017

A new Mid City music shop and venue has lined up its first concert. 

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Mid City Ballroom, a new music venue to Baton Rouge, to open in the summer
Entertainment/Life

Mid City Ballroom, a new music venue to Baton Rouge, to open in the summer

  • BY MATTHEW SIGUR | msigur@theadvocate.com
  • Apr 3, 2017

Looking for some more live rock and jazz shows in the Capital City? Mid City might have the concerts you're searching for, and the venue could…

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