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Chattanooga’s Riverbend Festival strikes up the bands

IF YOU GO

Wristbands for the entire festival can be purchased for $55. One-day passes are $25, and both are available at the main gate near the Tennessee Aquarium.

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Riverbend 2015 online

Visit timesfreepress.com/news/riverbend to get complete coverage of the 2015 Riverbend Festival.

The Riverbend Festival starts tonight and, for long-time attendees, you need to know about a few changes.

First, if you are one of those people who in the past has gone to the riverfront site early in the day to plant a chair and stake a claim to a spot for the evening, forget it. No one will be let onto the 21st Century waterfront site until 5 p.m. each day.