Baton Rouge, LA

Manship Theatre

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Manship Theatre is a downtown Baton Rouge performing-arts venue inside the Shaw Center that presents touring and regional live music in a seated professional setting. The theater is better suited to listening-oriented concerts than late-night club shows, making Americana, folk, jazz, singer-songwriters, acoustic rock, bluegrass, chamber crossover, and polished regional acts natural fits. For musicians, strong songs, storytelling, and dynamics matter because the audience is seated and focused on the stage. Full bands can work well when the show is structured as a concert rather than several bar sets. Artists should expect professional technical support, formal timing, and ticketing. Manship Theatre is a strong Baton Rouge target for musicians with a complete seated show and enough draw to support a theater audience without needing the capacity of a larger arena.

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Melanie
Role
Talent Buyer
(225) 389-7221Open booking page

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Capacity
325
Capacity notes
seated (main theatre), 130 seated (Hartley/Vey Studio Theatre).
Age policy
All Ages
Genres
All Genres
Sound & production
House sound system
Address
100 Lafayette Street, 70801, United States
Venue phone
(225) 344-0334

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