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🥕 Red Stick Farmers Market
📅 Saturday, May 30th, 2026
⌚ 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Main Street Market

Your Saturday morning plans = handled. The Red Stick Farmers Market is happening downtown next to the Main Street Market fro 8am to 12pm.

Stroll through rows of fresh produce from local farmers, grab breakfast or coffee, and listen to some live music, all in one place!

☀️ Fresh Fest is back at the Red Stick Farmers Market. Its an eight-week celebration of Louisiana’s peak harvest season featuring fresh local produce, cooking demos, tastings, live music, kids’ activities, and more. Happening every Saturday through July 18th this summer at the Red Stick Farmers Market.

📍 LOCATION:
Main Street Market
501 Main St
Baton Rouge, LA

🎉 HIGHLIGHTS:
🥕 Fresh, locally grown produce
🍞 Baked goods, coffee, and local eats
🎶 Live music and local vendors
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-friendly downtown atmosphere

🎟️ ADMISSION:
Free to attend

🇺🇸 FALLEN VETS FLAG RETRIEVAL DAY
📅 Saturday, May 30, 2026
⌚️ 9:00 AM
📍 Louisiana State Capitol

After planting more than 11,000 American flags at the Louisiana State Capitol in honor of our nation's heroes, volunteers are now coming together to carefully retrieve and preserve each flag for future tributes.

👉 It’s a simple but meaningful way to honor those who served while helping preserve one of Baton Rouge’s most powerful Memorial Day displays.

🎉 HIGHLIGHTS:
🇺🇸 Help retrieve and preserve 11,000 American flags
🤝 Volunteer alongside fellow community members
⭐ Honor the men and women who served our country
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-friendly volunteer opportunity
❤️ Meaningful way to give back and show gratitude

📍 LOCATION:
Louisiana State Capitol
Baton Rouge, LA

💡 INSIDER TIP:
Wear comfortable clothing and consider bringing gloves, sunscreen, and water. You'll be spending time outdoors helping collect flags throughout the Capitol grounds.

👉 Tag someone who would want to help and follow us for more community events around Baton Rouge.

Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1
Downtown Development District

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🌙 NIGHT MARKET BTR
📅 Saturday, May 30, 2026
⌚ 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
📍 Downtown Baton Rouge

One of Baton Rouge’s coolest nights is coming back!
Night Market BTR returns with a huge celebration of Asian culture, food, art, music, and local vendors, turning downtown into a full nighttime festival experience.

👉 If you went last year, you already know the food lineup alone makes this worth showing up for.

📍Location
North 4th Street Downtown

🎉 HIGHLIGHTS:
🍜 Asian food vendors and street food favorites
🛍️ Local artists, makers, and pop-up shops
🎶 Live music and performances
🎭 Cultural showcases and entertainment
🌆 Night market atmosphere in downtown Baton Rouge

🎟️ ADMISSION:
$5.00 to attend
Ticket link in comments

This one pulled a huge crowd last time… who’s going back? 👀

👉 Follow us for more festivals, markets, and events around Baton Rouge

Night Market BTR

💔 Baton Rouge is mourning the loss of a longtime local figure many residents knew simply by hearing his voice.

Troy Carter, the longtime manager of Chicken Shack on North Acadian, has died after dedicating more than 46 years to the restaurant. Over the decades, Carter became a familiar part of life for countless Baton Rouge residents through his upbeat personality, customer service, and the iconic phone messages that generations of customers remember hearing when calling the restaurant.

For many locals, his voice became just as recognizable as the restaurant itself.

Chicken Shack announced his passing Monday and described Carter as someone who would be deeply missed by both employees and customers. Community members quickly filled social media with memories, condolences, and stories about the impact he had over the years.

After nearly five decades at one of Baton Rouge’s most recognizable restaurants, Carter leaves behind a legacy that longtime customers say won’t be forgotten anytime soon.

❤️ Prayers for his family, friends, coworkers, and the entire Chicken Shack community.

Chicken Shack - Acadian Thrwy

✨Did you know that Baton Rouge's most nostalgic burger spot, Dearman’s Diner, offers catering for any sized event?

They have catering options like the burger bar, hot dog bar, lunch boxes, chicken strips, and meat pies.

Try Dearman’s catering for your next office party, meeting or event. No party too big or too small!

Catering menu is attached.

🍔 Dearman's Diner
📍 7633 Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rouge
📞 (225) 924-1391

🍕 CRUST PIZZA CATERING GIVEAWAY 🍕

We teamed up with Crust Pizza Co. - Baton Rouge to give one lucky winner a $300 catering package perfect for office lunches, graduation parties, family gatherings, game nights, or honestly just becoming everyone’s favorite person for a day!

Crust has quietly built one of the most underrated catering menus in Baton Rouge with gourmet pizzas, pastas, fresh salads, wings, garlic knots, cheese bread, boxed lunches, desserts, and more.

Their catering packages can feed groups of all sizes with options like Chicken Alfredo, Baked Ziti, Big Buffalo Chicken Pizza, Pepperoni Supreme, Hawaiian Salad, wings, cookies, and even gallon teas and lemonades. And they deliver!

👑 One winner will receive:
• $300 in Crust Pizza catering

🎟️ TO ENTER YOU MUST:
1️⃣ Like and share this post
2️⃣ Follow Crust Pizza Co. - Baton Rouge and us, Geaux Baton Rouge
3️⃣ Tag who's invited to your Crust Pizza party in the comments 🎊 🎉
BONUS: Share this post to your story for 5 extra entries

⚠️ We DO NOT send out PMs during the contest. Those are scams.

Winner will be announced and tagged here by us on Monday May 25th at 6pm.

Good luck 🍕🔥

🍽️ Help Support Micah – Jambalaya Plate Sale
📅 Saturday, May 23, 2026
⌚ 12:00 PM (Pickup Begins)
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The Baton Rouge community is coming together to support one of its own. Join in for a Jambalaya Plate Sale benefiting Micah, a longtime member of the Baton Rouge General team who has spent over 13 years caring for patients and making an impact.

Now it’s our turn to show up for him. Come grab a plate, support a great cause, and help lift up someone who has given so much to others.

💙 ABOUT THE CAUSE:
Micah is currently facing treatment for glioblastoma. This fundraiser helps support him during this difficult time just as he’s supported so many in our community.

📍 LOCATION:
Baton Rouge General – Bluebonnet
Outside the ER (Ambulance Bay area)
Baton Rouge, LA

🎉 DETAILS:
🍛 Jambalaya plates available for pickup starting at noon
💳 Cash & Venmo accepted
🤝 Community fundraiser supporting Micah

🎟️ COST:
$10.00 Per plate

Baton Rouge General Medical Center
Abbey Martrain