2020 Riverbend schedule announced
Riverbend Festival organizers have announced this year's full schedule.

Riverbend Festival organizers have announced this year's full schedule.

Riverbend Festival organizers will announce this year's schedule Thursday at noon during a media event at Songbirds, and organizers said while there is still plenty of variety, fans should notice a more intentional lineup each night.

When it comes to satisfying a sweet tooth, the Chattanooga area is blessed with plenty of options, apparently.

At the time of this writing, tickets remained for JFest, Riverbend, Bonnaroo and Moon River, the four largest music festivals in our area.

Ask just about anybody who has ever opened a restaurant and they will tell you that running such a business is about far more than putting on a chef's hat and whipping up a delicious meal.

Duck Donuts is hosting a "Hatching Celebration" on Saturday, Feb. 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its newly opened Hamilton Corner location in East Brainerd.

The schedules have been set for this year's Road to Nightfall, which for the last nine years has been staged to both showcase local talent and to give one act the opportunity to headline one night of the annual summer concert series.

Since I began writing this column almost 25 years ago, one of the goals has been to provide a look at where we are and where we came from as it relates to the entertainment scene. In particular, the live music scene.

After spending the past two years at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre, the Chattanooga Film Festival is moving to Songbirds and plans to exploit the museum/venue's "sense of history" and "punk rock attitude."

Live Nation has now fully acquired AC Entertainment in Knoxville and named former vice president Ted Heinig president of the regional office, which manages theaters in Chattanooga and Asheville.
