Wednesday nights great for karaoke-hopping downtown

One more downtown venue that has added karaoke to its Wednesday night festivities: Boudreaux & Thibodeaux’s. The Third Street venue now hosts Jamaoke, featuring live music by house band Tribal Butterfly, from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. This is the fourth downtown hotspot to have karaoke on Wednesday nights, giving you and your vocal gang the option of karaoke-hopping downtown. Join the hipsters at Red Star on Laurel for indie pop, colorful Spanish Townites at Hound Dog’s on Main for R&B and the queens at George’s on St. Louis for the showtunes.

Soprano performs French folklore with BRSO

Soprano performs French folklore with BRSO Image American soprano Alyson Cambridge and the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra deliver a hauntingly beautiful performance of Chants d’Auvergne by Joseph Canteloube, based on French folklore and rustic melodies, as well as Bela Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra and Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien. Cambridge is a frequent guest of the Metropolitan Opera, and has performed around the world with a “powerful, clear voice,” writes the New York Times. The show, the fourth installment of the Entergy Masterwork Series led by BRSO music director Timothy Muffitt, starts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the River Center Theatre for Performing Arts. Tickets are $17 to $49 and available through brso.org. (Photo by Dario Acosta)
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North Mississippi All-Stars take over The Varsity

The North Mississippi All-Stars bring their culturally rich sound of modern Delta country blues to The Varsity stage Thursday night. Featuring R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough and Otha Turner, the musical traditions of the All-Stars have been passed down through generations. Opening act is the Hill Country Revue. Don’t miss the 9 p.m. show. Tickets are $16 and available in advance at varsitytheatre.com.

Three Redneck Tenors deliver knee-slappin' musical

Dressed in the fine long tailcoat tuxedos, three mullet-topped cousins belt out a musical comedy that mixes Beethoven, NASCAR and lite beer. The Three Redneck Tenors of Paris, Texas, bring down-home laughs to the Manship Theatre stage, so put on your best pair of overalls and get out of the trailer to watch Billy Bob, Billy Joe and Billy Billee. Two performances at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $40 to $60 and available via manshiptheatre.org.

Catch folk star Richie Havens live at Manship

Straight from the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene, Brooklyn native Richie Havens performs at the Manship Theatre on Sunday. The Woodstock legend built a reputation of being a premier interpreter of Bob Dylan’s material, especially after his landmark performance of “Just Like a Woman” from the Dylan 30th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden in 1992. The intimate show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40 to $60 at manshiptheatre.com.

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