Baton Rouge, LA

Bayou Country Superfest

On hiatusDates not yet announced
Dates
Dates not yet announced
Status
On hiatus
Venue
Tiger Stadium (LSU)
Price
Not announced
Camping
None on site
Last checked
Aug 13, 2026

Bayou Country Superfest in Baton Rouge, LA is not currently confirmed to be running. Froligo tracks its status, history and similar festivals still happening.

What happened to Bayou Country Superfest?

Organizers announced the festival would be "on hiatus until further notice" in January 2020, following a decline in attendance from a peak of 135,000 in 2014 to about 50,000 in 2019.

Reported by Pollstar (Jan 28, 2020), WWL-TV (Jan 27, 2020), WAFB (Jan 27, 2020).

Similar festivals that are still going ahead are listed further down this page.

The experience

What's special

Bayou Country Superfest was a country music festival held over Memorial Day weekend at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, drawing some of the biggest names in country music during its roughly ten-year run

What people love

Attendees recall strong country lineups and a good stadium crowd, with the move to an indoor setting in later years landing well

Last time around (2019)

After a roughly ten-year run, momentum had faded and the festival was placed on hiatus until further notice; its final regular editions were held at Tiger Stadium before it stepped back

How attendees rate it

Based on attendee reports online
Overall★★★★★

Drawn from public attendee reports and reviews. Member star ratings will show here once enough people who went have rated it.

Listen

No official playlist linked yet. Find Bayou Country Superfest on Spotify.

Lineup

Lineup not yet announced. Email me the day it lands.

Getting there

Nearest airport BTR.

How do I get to Bayou Country Superfest?

By car

Most people drive to Bayou Country Superfest. The nearest major airport is BTR, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.

By train

No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.

By bus & public transit
Greyhound / FlixBus, Baton Rouge Bus Station (1253 Florida Blvd)Varies by origin city · Fares vary by route/date

Both carriers run scheduled intercity coach service into a shared downtown Baton Rouge station (12 blocks from downtown proper, itself connected onward by local CATS bus), linking Baton Rouge to New Orleans, Houston and other regional cities. This is a downtown-city bus station, not an airport stop riders from BTR would still need a rideshare/CATS leg to reach it

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CATS (Capital Area Transit System) bus, stop outside BTR baggage claim$1.75 one-way

CATS operates a public bus route connecting BTR to downtown Baton Rouge and other city areas, with a stop directly outside baggage claim. Service stops relatively early (11pm weeknights, 9pm weekends per CATS' own schedule notes), which matters for a festival with evening sets

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Taxi & rideshare
Uber, Lyft, and taxis (BTR terminal pickup)~10-15 min in normal traffic; expect significant lengthening on festival gameday-style traffic per LSU's own gameday parking/traffic advisories · BTR-to-LSU is a short (~5mi) in-town trip, typically inexpensive relative to longer festival-transport legs researched elsewhere in this dataset

Standard rideshare/taxi pickup operates at BTR; this is the practical default for the ~5-mile trip from BTR to the LSU/Tiger Stadium area given CATS' limited evening hours

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Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.

🅿 Parking

Cost $10-20 (varied by lot). LSU's own athletics department ran the last confirmed edition's (2019) parking directly: first-come-first-served, cash-only lots Lot O ($20, Nicholson Dr & W Chimes St), Lot K ($20, Skip Bertman Dr near Nicholson), Alex Box West Lot ($10, Gourrier Ln), Alex Box East Lot ($15, Gourrier Ln). Lots opened 8am on event days; no overnight parking allowed; advance parking sold out ahead of the event. ADA shuttle ran from Lot K to the stadium for accessible-parking holders. This is 2019-specific pricing/lot-naming from LSU's own site and should be re-confirmed if/when a future edition is scheduled, since LSU's campus lot numbering and pricing can shift year to year

🚙 Car hire

Compare car hire at BTR

BTR is a short in-town hop to LSU and CATS/rideshare both cover it fine car hire is a secondary option here, useful mainly for attendees combining the festival with wider Louisiana travel rather than a transport necessity for the festival itself

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Where

Venue

Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Camping & Accommodation

Where can I stay near Bayou Country Superfest?

No on site camping. Here is where to stay nearby.

Budget stays 1
OYO Hotel Baton Rouge (LSU area)

~2 miles from Tiger Stadium cheapest researched option, a short rideshare rather than walkable

≈ $37-51 / night approx, book direct with the hotel

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Mid-range hotels 2
Courtyard by Marriott Baton Rouge Acadian Centre/LSU Area

≈ $98-135 / night approx, book direct with the hotel

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Sonesta ES Suites Baton Rouge University at Southgate

Roughly 1 mile south of Tiger Stadium

≈ $118-158 / night approx, book direct with the hotel

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Luxe hotels 1
The Cook Hotel and Conference Center at LSU

On the LSU campus itself, the closest hotel to Tiger Stadium and genuinely walkable; conference-center format with pool and fitness center

≈ $159-185 / night approx, book direct with the hotel

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Airbnb & private camping
Airbnb

a stadium-scale event on a college campus with a fixed hotel-room count, so surge pricing on short-term rentals during any revived edition should be assumed, consistent with the pattern seen at other stadium-scale fests in this dataset

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Hipcamp

Baton Rouge is a dense urban/campus setting with minimal Hipcamp-listed private-land camping inventory close to Tiger Stadium

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Pricing

Pricing not yet announced

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