A Loaded Weekend: Anthony Green, Clay Cormier and a Hometown Reunion All Hit at Once
Some weekends the Baton Rouge calendar just gives. This is one of them: from Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 13–16, two of the city's hardest-working rooms are running nearly back-to-back, and there's genuinely something for the emo kid, the country crowd, and the local diehard. Pace yourselves.
Thursday, Aug. 13 — Jed Harrelson at Chelsea's Live (7 p.m., with Them Ol' Ghosts ). A weeknight opener to the run, downtown, at the 18-and-up room that's been catching more and more of the touring traffic this year. Good low-key start.
Friday, Aug. 14 — pick a lane. At The Texas Club, Clay Cormier and the Highway Boys bring their south Louisiana country, with Whiskey Row opening (9 p.m.). Cormier's the kind of regional draw the Texas Club was built for — close enough to home that the crowd knows the words. Meanwhile downtown, Chelsea's throws #JUICY, a 2000s Night of Nostalgia with DJ Bird (8 p.m.), for anyone who'd rather dance to the decade than two-step through it.
Saturday, Aug. 15 — The Caterie Reunion IV at the Texas Club (7 p.m.), presented by Red Rock & Blue. A "IV" on a reunion tells you plenty: this is a recurring hometown event with enough of a following to keep coming back, the sort of Baton Rouge-scene ritual that a touring-focused listing would overlook entirely. If you know, you know — and if you don't, this is a decent night to find out what a local reunion crowd sounds like when it's happy to be in the same room again.
Sunday, Aug. 16 — Anthony Green at Chelsea's Live (7 p.m.), on his "This Tour Won't Save You" run with GOON and Keith Goodwin. This is the marquee of the weekend for the emo-and-post-hardcore crowd. Green — the Circa Survive and Saosin voice — has one of the more distinctive instruments in the genre, and a Sunday-night club show downtown is exactly the sweaty, close-quarters setting his catalog was made for. Of everything this weekend, this is the one likely to move tickets fastest, so don't sleep on it.
Zoom out and the weekend is a tidy argument for the state of Baton Rouge live music mid-August 2026. With the Varsity still dark, it's Chelsea's and the Texas Club splitting the load — one covering touring emo and DJ nights downtown, the other holding the country-and-rock line on Donmoor — and a hometown reunion slotting in between them like it belongs there, because it does. No single room is trying to be everything. Together, over four nights, they nearly are.
A few logistics: Chelsea's runs an 18-and-up door, so plan accordingly; the Texas Club's set times skew late, so eat first. And whatever you pick, buy ahead where you can — a loaded weekend like this is exactly when the good shows quietly sell out while you're deciding.
Four nights, two rooms, one city that clearly didn't get the memo about a summer slowdown. Go.
Sources: Chelsea's Live; The Texas Club; Baton Rouge shows — Songkick; Baton Rouge concerts — Concertfix