With all of the artists who perform on Riverbend’s stages, it’s easy to forget the artists who choose the streets of the festival as their venue.
While you’re making your way to, from and through the festival, keep an eye out for perfomers like Jimi James (Chattanooga’s “solar powered blues man”) and the Hill City String Band, a traveling group of bluegrass musicians.
Looking for a little variety in your performances? Mike Edwards and Barry Manley will both be out and about ready to amaze you with magic tricks and balloon art.
Ben Benton is a news reporter at the Chattanooga Times Free Press. He covers Southeast Tennessee and previously covered North Georgia education. Ben has worked at the Times Free Press since November 2005, first covering Bledsoe and Sequatchie counties and later adding Marion, Grundy and other counties in the northern and western edges of the region to his coverage. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Tenn., a graduate of Bradley Central High School. Benton ...
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