MUSIC
2: 18th annual Good Friday Sing at Memorial Auditorium, featuring Gold City, The Kingsmen, The McKameys and The Hymnsmen Reunion
2: Michael Pickett at Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse
2-3: Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance, Larry Keel & Natural Bridge and Zoogma at Cherokee Farms, LaFayette
3: Yo Gotti & Friends in concert on Live From the Kitchen Tour at Memorial Auditorium
3: Pat Terry at Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse
6: Patten Performance: Red Priest acoustic quartet in UTC Fine Arts Center
8: String Theory chamber music at Hunter Museum, featuring Erin Keefe, Nai-Yuan Hu, Scott Lee, Edward Arron and Gloria Chien
9: Manhattan Piano Trio in Covenant Arts concert season at Covenant College
10: Laurie McLain at Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse
10: Big Wills Arts Council presents Jackson Highway reunion Concert for Arts in Education at DeKalb Theatre, Fort Payne
15: Three Redneck Tenors at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
15-16: CSO Masterworks: “The Sea” at Tivoli
16: Angel Snow, Viktor Krauss and Megan McCormick in concert at Barking Legs Theater
17: Richard Berman at Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse
17: Bakewell Music Festival at Bakewell Community Center and organizational meeting for North Hamilton County Heritage Club and Museum
17: Second annual Tri-County Jamboree Family Fun Day Music and Craft Festival, Dayton
17: Joe Elmore: Tennessee Two-Lane Memories and Music at Tennessee Valley Theatre, Spring City
20: Ian Thomas and Lac La Belle at Barking Legs Theater
22: Todd Snider at Rhythm & Brews
23: Phillips, Craig and Dean at Athens Junior High School
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: Kort McCumber at Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse
24: Earl Brackin and Gary Stanley in WoodSongs Coffeehouse Concert Series at Freight Depot, Dalton
24: Calhoun (Ga.) International String Festival
29-5/1: Boxcar Pinion Memorial Bluegrass Festival at Raccoon Mountain Campground
30-5/2: Chattanooga Traditional Jazz Festival at Chattanooga Choo Choo
COMMUNITY EVENTS
3: Scenic City Kite Club’s annual kite fly at Tennessee Riverpark (first Saturday of April)
9: Pam Tebow speaks at Bethany Christian Services’ spring benefit banquet at Chattanooga Convention Center
9: 100-Year Anniversary Celebration for Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga at Loose Cannon Gallery
10: Junior League of Chattanooga’s kitchen Tour du Jour
10: First Steam All the Way train ride of the season at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
10: Chattanooga Doll Club’s Doll Show and Sale at Colonnade
10: Chattanooga Oral Cancer Awareness Walk at Tennessee Riverpark for Oral Cancer Foundation
11: Chocolate Fling at The Mill for Epilepsy Foundation
13: Chattanooga History Center’s Nicely walking tour of Ross’s Landing
16: Lippizzaner Stallions at McKenzie Arena
17: First Chickamauga Turn train ride of season at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
17: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence
20: UnBought and UnBossed awards breakfast for Girls Inc.
22: Wine & Pearls at BMW of Chattanooga to benefit Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation
23: Singer Jaime Thietten guest speaker/performer for Chattanoogans for Life’s Right to Life banquet at The Chattanoogan
23-25, 5/1-2: Day Out With Thomas the Tank Engine at Tennessee Valley Railroad
24: Forest Hills Cemetery’s third annual History Stroll
24-25: Dicehead Siege (Southern Invasion of Everything Gaming Extravaganza) at Camp Jordan
EASTER
1: Easter egg hunt at Warner Park
3: SonRise Resurrection Pageant at Southern Adventist University
3: Hug a Bunny Day at Chattanooga Zoo
3: Breakfast with the Bunny and Easter Egg Hunt at Lighthouse United Methodist, Ooltewah
3: Sale Creek Lions Club’s annual Easter egg hunt
3: Egg hunt at Dalton Freight Depot
4: Community Easter egg hunt at Camp Jordan, East Ridge
FESTIVALS
16-17: Franklin County Kiwanis Club’s High on the Hog Festival at Winchester City Park
17: Thunder Road Festival in Rockwood
17-18: Faux Bridges Arts Festival at Winder Binder Gallery
18: Sweetwater 420 Festival
24: Ramp Tramp Festival, Polk County
GREEN EVENTS
5-11: State Natural Areas Week in Tennessee
9-11: 25th anniversary Spring Wildflower Festival & Native Plant Sale at Reflection Riding
10: Outdoor Expo and Gear Swap at Coolidge Park
13: Chattanooga Eco Expo at Chattanooga Convention Center
16-17: MacAuthority e-waste recycling at Hamilton Place
17: Party for the Planet at Chattanooga Zoo
17-18: Spring Plant Sale at Crabtree Farms
17-18: Trails & Trilliums at St. Andrew’s School, Sewanee
24: Party for the Planet at Tennessee Aquarium
30-5/1: Chattanooga BioBlitz species count
LOOKOUTS BASEBALL
6: Exhibition game against Chattanooga State Tigers at AT&T Field
8-12: vs. Huntsville Stars
19-23: vs. Montgomery Biscuits
29-5/3: vs. Tennessee Smokies
LITERARY EVENTS
2: Rhyme N Chatt presents “A Taste of the Bayou” poetry by South Louisiana artists at The Mill
3: Chattanooga Nature Center presents “Around the World in 90 Minutes” program by Marty Essen at UTC
5: Book signing by Jon Jefferson and Dr. Bill Bass for “The Bone Thief” at Rock Point Books
17: Read Around Tennessee at Winder Binder Gallery by Tennessee Writers Alliance and Chattanooga Writers Guild
THEATER
2-10: University Theatre presents “Seussical” at UTC Fine Arts Center
2-11: Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presents “Mixed Media”
8-17: Covenant College Drama Association presents “Niada”
8-18: “Death and Taxes” at Gem Theatre, Etowah
15-24: “Dearly Departed” at Athens Arts Center
16-5/1: “Tinyard Hill” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
16-5/2: “Enchanted April” (Mainstage) at Chattanooga Theatre Centre
29-5/2: “The Sun and the Four Winds” at Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville
30-5/16: “Jack and the Beanstalk” (Youth) at Chattanooga Theatre Centre
COMEDY
1: Preliminary Round 3 of Southeastern Funny People Search at Comedy Catch
2-3: Kid Dave Miller at Comedy Catch
8: Rodney Carrington at Tivoli Theatre
8-11: Dan Swartwout at Comedy Catch
15-17: James Johann at Comedy Catch
22-24: Tim Wilson at Comedy Catch
25: Preliminary Round 4 of Southeastern Funny People Search at Comedy Catch
29-5/2: Dale Jones at Comedy Catch