APRIL
2-4: Spring Wildflower Festival & Native Plant Sale at Reflection Riding
2: Good Friday Gospel Sing at Memorial Auditorium
2-10: University Theatre presents “Seussical” at UTC Fine Arts Center
2-11: Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presents “Mixed Media”
2-30: “Artistic Expressions: Art as Therapy” at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
3: Hug a Bunny Day at Chattanooga Zoo
3: Chattanooga Locomotion vs. Atlanta Xplosion at Red Bank High School
3-11: Spring break activities at local attractions
4: Eggstravaganza egg hunt at Camp Jordan
6: Patten Performance: Red Priest acoustic quartet in UTC Fine Arts Center
6: Chattanooga Lookouts in exhibition game against Chattanooga State Tigers
8: Rodney Carrington at Tivoli Theatre
8: String Theory chamber music at Hunter Museum, featuring Erin Keefe, Nai-Yuan Hu, Scott Lee, Edward Arron and Gloria Chien
8-10: Joyce Meyer Ministries at McKenzie Arena
8-12: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Huntsville Stars (season opener)
8-18: “Death and Taxes” at Gem Theatre, Etowah
9-10: Opening weekend at Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park
9: 100-Year Anniversary Celebration for Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga
9: Manhattan Piano Trio in Covenant Arts concert season at Covenant College
10: CSO Pops: “Hooray for Hollywood” at Tivoli
10: First Steam All the Way train ride of the season at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
10: Outdoor Chattanooga’s Outdoor Expo and Gear Swap
10-11: Wildflower Pilgrimage at Fall Creek Falls State Park
11: Chocolate Fling at The Mill for Epilepsy Foundation
15: Heart in concert at Memorial Auditorium
15: Three Redneck Tenors at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
15-16: CSO Masterworks: “The Sea” at Tivoli
15-24: “Dearly Departed” at Athens Arts Center
16: Lippizzaner Stallions at McKenzie Arena
16-17: Bugapaluza 12 at Camp Jordan
16-17: Star Party at Fall Creek Falls State Park
16-5/1: “Tinyard Hill” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
16-5/2: “Enchanted April” (Mainstage) at Chattanooga Theatre Centre
17: Dragon Boat Festival
17: Party for the Planet at Chattanooga Zoo
17: Cumberland Trio third annual reunion concert at Barking Legs
17: First Chickamauga Turn train ride of season at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
17: Joe Elmore: Tennessee Two-Lane Memories and Music at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
17-18: Four Bridges Arts Festival at First Tennessee Pavilion
17-18: Faux Bridges Arts Festival at Winder Binder Gallery
17-18: Spring Plant Sale at Crabtree Farms
19-23: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Montgomery Biscuits at AT&T Field
20: UnBought and UnBossed awards breakfast for Girls Inc.
23: Ray O Light in Fourth Friday Family Fun Night at Creative Discovery Museum Science Theatre
23-25, 5/1-2: Day Out With Thomas the Tank Engine at Tennessee Valley Railroad
24: CSO Guild Gala, “Oh What a Night,” at Chattanooga Convention Center, featuring billboard hits of the 1960s performed by Aaron Lazar, Ron Bohmer and Titus Burgess
24: Party for the Planet at Tennessee Aquarium
24: Chattanooga Locomotion vs. Tennessee Valley Tigers at Red Bank High School
24: NAACP’s ACT-SO (Afro-Academic Cultural Technical Scientific Olympics) program
24: Ramp Tramp Festival, Polk County
24: Earl Brackin and Gary Stanley in WoodSongs Coffeehouse Concert Series to benefit Providence Ministries Women and Children’s Shelter at Freight Depot, Dalton
24-25: National Cornbread Festival, South Pittsburg
24-25: Dicehead Siege (Southern Invasion of Everything Gaming Extravaganza) at Camp Jordan
25: Chattanooga Market opens ninth season at First Tennessee Pavilion
25: Preliminary Round 4 of Southeastern Funny People Search at Comedy Catch
29-5/1: Boxcar Pinion Memorial Bluegrass Festival at Raccoon Mountain Campground
29-5/2: “The Sun and the Four Winds” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
29-5/3: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Tennessee Smokies at AT&T Field
30-5/9: “Loving the Sixties” at Whole Backstage Theatre, Guntersville
30-5/16: “Jack and the Beanstalk” (Youth) at Chattanooga Theatre Centre
MAY
TBA: Home opener of the Chattanooga Football Club soccer team
TBA: 25th anniversary of Comedy Catch
1: Free Comic Book Day
1: CSO Pops: “We Will Rock You” at Tivoli
1: Marion County Cruisers’ first outing of season
1: Blackberry Winter Charity Ball, Monteagle
1-2: Hunting and Fishing Expo, Etowah
1-8: Wilderness First Responder Course at Outdoor Chattanooga
2: WTCI Wine Dinner at St. John’s Restaurant
3: Quilt/textile show at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum
3-8: Chattanooga District Senior Olympics (various venues)
4: Widespread Panic in concert at Memorial Auditorium
4: Women of Distinction at Chattanooga Convention Center for American Lung Association of Tennessee
6: Preliminary Round 5 of Southeastern Funny People Search at Comedy Catch
7: “Transformations 6: Contemporary Works in Glass” opens at Hunter Museum (through 10/24)
7: Taste of Chattanooga (tentative)
7: Armed Forces Day Parade
7: Rhythm & Noon kicks off at Miller Plaza (tentative)
7, 14, 21, 28: Evening Shade concert series in Cleveland
7-9: 2nd annual Southern Blooms Festival at Rock City
7-9: International Dogwood Festival in Winchester
7-6/25: “Patterns of Fashion: Vintage Hats” at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
8: Chattanooga Locomotion vs. Memphis Belle at Red Bank High School
8: Old Harp Singers annual gathering, Athens
8: Dinner on the Diner train ride at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
8-15: Tennessee Strawberry Festival, Dayton
8, 15, 22, 29: Chickamauga Turn train rides at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
9: Mother’s Day luncheon, with Metropolitan Bells, at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
10-14: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Mississippi Braves at AT&T Field
13: Re:Start’s 50th anniversary benefit, featuring author Erin Gruwell, at Tivoli Theatre
13-16: Antique Alley Yard Sale (on U.S. 11, 502 miles between Meridian, Miss., and Bristol, Va.)
13-30: “Hello Dolly” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
14: Chattanooga Girls Choir’s spring concert at First Baptist Church
14-15: TaleSpin Festival (tentative)
14-15: Nine Mile Bluegrass Festival
14-30: Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presents “Columbinus”
15: Spirits in the Wild at Chattanooga Zoo
15: Chattanooga Boys Choir’s spring concert at Second Presbyterian Church
15: Tour de Cure for American Diabetes Association
15: The WannaBeatles at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
15-16: Battle of Resaca re-enactment
16 and 23: Semifinal rounds of Southeastern Funny People Search at Comedy Catch
16-6/25: Tennessee Watercolor Society’s 32nd exhibition at Chattanooga State
16-6/25: “A Glass Menagerie: The Chastain Glassware Collection” at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
18-20: “Riverdance: The Farewell Tour” in TAPA Broadway Series at Memorial Auditorium
19-20: Toddler Time: Vintage Hats at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
20-24: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Carolina Mudcats at AT&T Field
21: CSO Ensemble in Sunset Concert Series at North River Civic Center
21: Multi-instrumentalist Justin David at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
21-23: JampCon sci-fi convention at Chattanooga Convention Center
22: Coffee Shop Poetry Reading at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
22-23: Log Cabin Days, Pikeville
28: Nightfall at Miller Plaza: Big Sam’s Funky Nation
28-30: Thunder on the Rock, Monteagle
28-30: Reggae Festival, Turtletown
28-6/12: “Pig Farm” (Circle) at Chattanooga Theatre Centre
29: Bella Sera, benefiting Chattanooga Endeavors, at Renaissance Park
29: Glenn Miller Orchestra at Chattanooga Choo Choo
29: National Moo-Fest, Athens
29-30: Who-Fest International Folk Art Festival at Renaissance Park
29-31: Hillbilly Olympic Games at Ketner’s Mill, Whitwell
31-6/1: Delano Bluegrass Festival
31/6-4: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. West Tenn Diamond Jaxx at AT&T Field
JUNE
4: Dreamnight at Chattanooga Zoo
4-5: Coke Ovens Bluegrass Festival, Dunlap
4-6: Dixie Highway Yard Sale from Ringgold/Tunnel Hill to Marietta
4-6: Rock Climbing Workshop at Fall Creek Falls State Park
5: Chattanooga Locomotion vs. Carolina Queens at Red Bank High School
5-9: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Carolina Mudcats at AT&T Field
5, 19, 26: Chickamauga Turn train rides at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
6: Lee Greenwood in concert at Memorial Auditorium for Chattanooga Firefighters Association
6: Justin Moore at Lake Winnepesaukah
8: Semifinals of Southeastern Funny People Search at Comedy Catch
9: Coker Tire Cruise Night, part of Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour, at Chattanooga State
11-12: Astronomy Weekend at Fall Creek Falls State Park
11-19: Riverbend Festival (announced headliners are Darius Rucker on the 16th, Charlie Daniels Band on 19th)
12: Steam All the Way train ride at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
17-7/6: “TUSA” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
18: The Dismembered Tennesseans in Sunset Concert Series at North River Civic Center
18-27: “South Pacific” at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
18-7/10: “The Crucible” (Mainstage) at Chattanooga Theatre Centre
19: Hank’s Day at Chattanooga Zoo
22-27: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Birmingham Barons at AT&T Field
25: Stephen Rolfe Powell solo exhibition opens at Hunter Museum (through 10/24)
25: Deep Groove Steel Band at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
26: Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presents “Not Suitable for Children” (repeats July 10, July 24, Aug. 7)
JULY
1: Patriotic Organ Concert at Memorial Auditorium
4: Atlanta Rhythm Section in South Pittsburg
4-6: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Carolina Mudcats at AT&T Field
6-8/20: “Then and Now: The Evolution of the General Store” at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
7-10: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Huntsville Stars at AT&T Field
9-10: Astronomy Weekend at Fall Creek Falls State Park
9-11: Liberty Con sci-fi convention at Comfort Inn & Suites
10: Enrichment Day at Chattanooga Zoo
10-11: She: An Expo for Women at Chattanooga Convention Center (with fitness expert Jillian Michaels on 10th)
11: Comedy/juggling duo Passing Zone at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
16: Cocktails for Conservation at Chattanooga Zoo
22-26: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Montgomery Biscuits at AT&T Field
22-8/26: “A Little Night Music” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
23-25: U.S. National Dragon Boat Racing Championships
23-8/7: “The Book of Liz” (Circle) at Chattanooga Theatre Centre
25-31: National Softball Association’s Louisville Slugger Class B Girls Fastpitch World Series
29: The Women of Jazz at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
30-31: Fourth annual Wiffle Ball Tournament at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
AUGUST
2-6: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. West Tenn Diamond Jaxx at AT&T Field
5-8: World’s Longest Yard Sale (Highway 127 and Lookout Mountain Parkway)
6-7: Astronomy Weekend at Fall Creek Falls State Park
6-8: North Georgia Bead, Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show, Northwest Georgia Trade & Convention Center, Dalton
7: Contemporary Craft Show by the Art Guild at Fairfield Glade at Fairfield Glade Community Center
12-16: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Tennessee Smokies at AT&T Field
13-29: “The Producers” (Mainstage) Chattanooga Theatre Centre
13-29: Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presents “Romeo & Juliet”
14: Sisters of the Silver Sage at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
19-22: Game Fest South at Chattanooga Choo Choo
19-9/7: “Southern Comforts” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
20: Southern Fried Jazz Band at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
23-25: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Mobile Bay Bears at AT&T Field
26-29: Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Jacksonville Suns at AT&T Field
SEPTEMBER
Saturdays: Football at the Falls at Ruby Falls
1-10/6: “Smoke on the Mountain” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
4-10/29: “National Heritage Quilt Show: Once Upon a Time” at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
5: Confederate Railroad at Lake Winnepesaukah
9: Grandparents Night at Chattanooga Zoo
9-25: “Brigadoon” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
10-11: Prater’s Mill Country Fair, Varnell
10-19: “Smoke on the Mountain” at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
11-12: Battle of Tunnel Hill Civil War re-enactment
13-17: Pro-Walk/Pro-Bike national conference
17: QuinTango ensemble at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
17-10/3: Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presents “Kaspar”
24: Janis Ian at Athens Arts Center
Mid-September: Rock City’s Enchanted Maize at Blowing Springs Farm, Flintstone, Ga.
Late September through October: Ruby Falls Haunted Cavern
OCTOBER
Friday and Saturday nights: Forest of Fear at Rock City’s Enchanted Maize
Saturdays and Sundays: Rocktoberfest at Rock City
2: GoFest at Chattanooga Zoo
8: Banana Ball at Chattanooga Zoo
15-11/7: Fall Color Cruises aboard River Gorge Explorer
16: Evervigilant in concert at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
16-17: 11th annual Festival of the Jack-o’-Lanterns at Chattanooga Nature Center
22: Pianist Michael Jefry Stevens at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
22-23, 29-30: Boo in the Zoo at Chattanooga Zoo (with Dreamnight for special-needs visitors on 28th)
23-24: Fall Colors Weekend at Fall Creek Falls State Park
31: Museum haunting at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
NOVEMBER
4-18: “Best Christmas Pageant Ever” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
6-7: Head of the Hooch at Ross’s Landing
7: WTCI Family Day
8-12/30: “Holiday Jewelry: Vintage Christmas Decorations” at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
9: Doug Varone & Dancers at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
11: Holiday House fundraiser at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens
11-12: “Amahl and the Night Visitors” by Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, Chattanooga Ballet and Chattanooga Theatre Centre
14-17: American Trails National Symposium
18-12/7: “She Loves Me” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
19: Rock City’s Enchanted Garden of Lights (through 1/1)
19: Deck the Falls at Ruby Falls (through 1/1)
19: Tropical Holiday Adventure at Tennessee Aquarium (through 1/2)
20: “We’ve Got Talent” show at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
25: Grateful Gobbler Walk
25: Turkey Trot
DECEMBER
Friday and Saturday nights: Ruby Red Christmas at Ruby Falls
3-4: 6th annual Holiday in the Woods at Chattanooga Nature Center
3-12: “Honk” at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
4: Triple Crown Bouldering Competition at Stone Fort
9: Tartan Terrors, music, comedy and dance ensemble, at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
10-11, 16-18: Holiday Lights at Chattanooga Zoo
10-19: Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presents “A Silent Christmas”
30: Ruby Falls Discovery Day (marking 82nd anniversary)
