Blues Lagniappe Kick-Off Connect with Capitol Park Museum

660 North Fourth Street,Baton Rouge LA 70802

21 April, 2022

Description

CPM & BR Blues Fest will host the Kick-Off of the Fest with Ma Rainey's Black Bottom & Professor Longhair! Capitol Park Museum is excited to host a program with Baton Rouge Blues Festival. Blues Lagniappe program will feature a panel discussion centered on Women in the Blues and include reflection on Ma Rainey and other highlighted women in the Blues and will culminate with a featured vignette of Theatre League of Baton Rouge's production of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at Capitol Park Museum for our April Third Thursday After Hours Program. This event will also be under the partnership in volunteer capacity in tandem with Dialogue on Race Louisiana. In addition to this enriching program, Capitol Park Museum will have the Me Got Fiyo: The Professor Longhair Centennial exhibition open for vewing. 2019 marked the centennial of the birth of the most beloved and influential pianist in New Orleans history: Henry Roeland Byrd aka Professor Longhair. This exhibit will showcase all things Fess starting with his origins and development to his early hits such as “Tipitina,” “Mardi Gras In New Orleans,” and “Big Chief” to his 1970s comeback, his untimely death, and his continual presence in New Orleans since then.   The Capitol Park Museum features thematic exhibits on the diverse aspects of Louisiana history, industry and culture. The museum includes two permanent exhibitions, entitled Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation, and Experiencing Louisiana: Discovering the Soul of America.   Topics range from the Louisiana Purchase to Sportsmen's Paradise to Mardi Gras traditions throughout the state. Artifacts include a 48 foot wooden shrimp trawler, a Civil War submarine, a record breaking Marlin, a Krewe of lawnmowers, a New Orleans Lucky Dog cart and musical artifacts from Fats Domino, Buddy Guy, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Aaron Neville and much more!