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Riverfront Nights
Riverfront Nights returns this weekend for a six-week run (with a break Aug. 25 for the Southern Brewers Festival) featuring a lively lineup of headliners and some of Chattanooga’s best bands opening each Saturday evening show.
Produced by Friends of the Festival (the entertainment arm of Riverbend) and Chattanooga’s Parks and Recreation Department, Riverfront Nights has become a summer staple and a bookend to the Riverbend Festival each year.
In addition to the music, Outdoor Chattanooga sponsors “On the Green” during each concert, which features outdoor activities such as disc golf and and soccer. All shows are child- and pet-friendly, although coolers are not allowed. Doors open and beer sales begin at 6:30 p.m. Local opening bands start at 7 p.m. with headliners at 8 p.m.
Riverfront Nights
Free
Saturdays, Aug. 4-Sept. 15
(no show on Aug. 25)
21st Century Waterfront
riverfrontnights.com
Saturday, Aug. 4
Papa Grows Funk
New Orleans funk and soul. The Kymera Project opens.
Saturday, Aug. 11
Grant Farm
Flatpicking champ Tyler Grant’s first solo project. Spoonful James opens.
Saturday, Aug. 18
Yellow Dubmarine
Beatles covers set to reggae/ska. Endezlous opens.
Saturday, Sept. 1
Sister Sparrow
& the Dirty Birds
Soul, rock and funk. The Rick Bowers Band opens.
Saturday, Sept. 8
Fishbone
“Godfathers of Black Punk/Ska Funk.” Opposite Box opens.
Saturday, Sept. 15
Joe Robinson
Guitar shredder with smooth-style vocals. Strung Like A Horse opens.
Pulse Picks
Thursday, Aug. 2
Music
All American Summer featuring the Ben Friberg Trio
Chattanooga jazz favorites.
6:30 p.m.
Hunter Museum
10 Bluff View
(423) 267-0968
huntermuseum.org
Event
“Aldo Leopold: A Standard of Change”
Jim Pfitzer’s one-man play.
7 p.m.
Barking Legs Theater
1307 Dodds Ave.
(423) 624-5347
barkinglegs.org
Friday, Aug. 3
Music
Jack Corey & Hope Trider
Acoustic performance in an intimate space.
9 p.m.
The Office (inside Days Inn)
901 Carter St.
(423) 634-9191
Event
“Painting with Glazes”
Opening reception.
5 p.m.
In-Town Gallery
26A Frazier Ave.
(423) 267-9214
intowngallery.com
Saturday, Aug. 4
Music
The Communicators Present: That 90’s Show with Meet the Monocots
Back to the ’90s—if you dare.
10 p.m.
Rhythm & Brews
221 Market St.
rhythm-brews.com
Event
Art til Dark
Winder Binder’s art show runs all day long.
Noon
Winder Binder Gallery & Bookstore
40 Frazier Ave.
(423) 413-8999
winderbinder.wordpress.com