📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | Nov. 2–8
Why it matters: Voters head to the polls Tuesday, and Friday packs Federales Fest, a Día de Muertos mariachi show and the city’s Veterans Month kickoff into one day.
🗓️ Monday, November 2
🐞 Reflections in the Garden—noon–1 p.m. 📍 Ione Burden Conference Center, LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens, 4560 Essen Lane
- Xerces Society volunteer ambassador Teri Gegenheimer shows how to create winter habitat for beneficial insects. $10; free for Friends of the Gardens members, who can also watch the livestream. Register.
🗓️ Wednesday, November 4
🛍️ Sip & Shop at Perkins Rowe—5–8 p.m. 📍 Perkins Rowe
- Featured sips and store promos across the Rowe. The first 20 arrivals get a goodie bag. Details.
🗓️ Thursday, November 5
🎸 The Red Clay Strays—6:30 p.m. 📍 Raising Cane’s River Center Arena
- Alabama’s breakout Southern rock band headlines, with Muscadine Bloodline and Brent Cobb. Tickets.
🗓️ Friday, November 6
🤠 Federales Fest—3–11 p.m. 📍 Live Oak at Cedar Lodge, 6300 Jefferson Highway
- The fourth annual festival serves up country, rock and Americana with Southern food. Tickets.
🎱 Bingo Loco—4 p.m. 📍 Chelsea’s Live, 1010 Nicholson Dr.
- Bingo as a rowdy party with prizes. 18 and older. Tickets.
🎺 Mariachi Herencia de Mexico: Día de Muertos—7:30 p.m. 📍 Manship Theatre, 100 Lafayette St.
- Bring a photo of a loved one for the ofrenda that LSU’s Latin American Student Organization is building. Code THANKYOU10 saves 10%. Tickets.
🎤 Bryan Martin with Thomas Cain—9 p.m. 📍 Texas Club, 456 N. Donmoor Ave.
- The “We Ride” country singer. Doors 7:30 p.m. Tickets.
🗓️ Saturday, November 7
🥕 Red Stick Farmers Market + Baton Rouge Arts Market—8 a.m.–noon 📍 5th & Main streets
- The first Saturday Arts Market joins the weekly farmers market for local art, jewelry and gifts. Details.
🎨 Read & Create—11 a.m. 📍 Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 S. River Road
- Guided story time and an art activity for kids 3–8 and their grown-ups. Included with admission; free for members. Details.
🗓️ Sunday, November 8
🎬 Primetime—2 and 5 p.m. 📍 Manship Theatre
- A Louisiana-made drama about To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen’s sting that went fatally wrong. Rated R. Tickets.
📋 Civic Duty
🏛️ Press Club: 6th Congressional District Candidate Forum—Monday, November 2, noon 📍 Drusilla Place Catering, Drusilla Shopping Center
- All 10 candidates have been confirmed or invited. Doors open 11:30 a.m. Lunch is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Details. LPB posts video on its YouTube channel.
🏛️ St. George Board of Adjustment and Planning & Zoning—Monday, November 2, 5 and 6 p.m. 📍 St. George City Hall, 11207 Proverbs Ave.
- See the city calendar.
🗳️ Election Day—Tuesday, November 3, 6 a.m.–8 p.m. 📍 Your polling place
- U.S. Senate and House races and 10 constitutional amendments are on the ballot. Anyone in line at 8 p.m. can vote. Find your polling place.
🇺🇸 Veterans Month Kickoff: Salute and Share—Friday, November 6, 11 a.m. 📍 Rhorer Plaza, behind City Hall
- Mayor-President Sid Edwards proclaims Veterans Month. Take home one of 250 American flags to honor a veteran. The Florida Street Blowhards perform. Free. Details.
🇺🇸 Mayor’s Veterans Breakfast registration 📍 Main Library at Goodwood
- The breakfast is Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 8:30 a.m. Registration required. Register.
🗣️ Civic Sips: Civic Speed Dating registration 📍 Louisiana’s Old State Capitol
- Meet state and local leaders, including Mayor-President Sid Edwards, on Nov. 12. Seating is limited. RSVP by Nov. 10.
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