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Details on Gas, Food Lodging Fest – Bands, local venues set for pre-South by Southwest shows

The annual Gas, Food and Lodging Fest is already underway. The month-long Baton Rouge music festival includes local performances from touring bands making their way to Austin, Texas, for South by Southwest.

The festival runs until March 24 and bands are performing at Mud and Water, The Varsity and Spanish Moon. Check out a full schedule below.

Friday, March 7: Incan Abraham at 8 p.m.; Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition, The Deslondes and Kevin Gordon at 10 p.m.
Saturday, March 8: Belle Adair, Denton Hatcher and Daphne Lee Martin
Sunday, March 9: Robert Ellis and Minos the Saint at 7 p.m.; Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun at 10 p.m.
Monday, March 10: The Mary Onettes and Heavenly Beat
Tuesday, March 11: Touche Amoré, Seahaven and Caravels
Friday, March 14:The Captain Legendary Band and Mike Dean Band
Wednesday, March 19: The Kid Carsons, Whiskey Gentry and Clear Plastic Masks
Thursday, March 20: The Breton Sound and Bantam Foxes
For more information on Mud and Water’s shows, click here.

Friday, March 7: Keys ‘n’ Krates and Jesse Slayter
Saturday, March 8: Frank Foster and The Black Cadillacs
Monday, March 10: Switchfoot and The Kopecky Family Band
Tuesday, March 11: ZZ Ward and Linus Young
Tuesday, March 18: SoMo
Friday, March 21: Turnpike Troubadours and Jason Boland & The Stragglers
Monday, March 24: Protest the Hero, Battlecross, Safety Fire, Intervals and Night Verses
For more information on The Varsity’s shows, click here.

Saturday, March 8: Miniature Tigers, Bear Hands and Total Slacker
Sunday, March 9: Future Islands, Wye Oak and Ed Schrader’s Music Beat (pictured above)
Monday, March 10: Those Darlins and Molly Taylor
Tuesday, March 11: Weekend and Nothing
Wednesday, March 12: Oberhofer and West Without
Monday, March 17: Saint Rich
Sunday, March 23: Okkervil River
Monday, March 24: Middle Class Rut
For more information on Spanish Moon’s shows, click here.