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Things to do in the Chattanooga area this week include Summerween, cocktail festival, comedians Blue, Armisen and Cho

by Lisa Denton ·June 21, 2025

Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Lucy Kelley and other members of the Chattanooga Fire Cabaret will entertain during Summerween, a summertime Halloween celebration, scheduled June 28 in Patten Square.

Things to do in the Chattanooga area this weekend include River City Fair, Juneteenth culminations, Big 9 Music Fest

by Lisa Denton ·June 17, 2025

This weekend will see the conclusion of Juneteenth events, a new fair at the Tennessee Riverpark and the critically acclaimed Chattanooga Film Festival. Here's the chronology.

Staff file photo / Female Athlete of the Year Rhyne Howard, left, from Bradley Central High School, shakes hands with Times Free Press sportswriter David Paschall during the 2018 Best of Preps banquet. Howard, now a guard with the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, will be the special guest at this year's Best of Preps event at Memorial Auditorium on Thursday.

Things to do in the Chattanooga area this week include River City Fair, Make Music Day, Big 9 Music Fest, Juneteenth events

by Lisa Denton ·June 14, 2025

Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton/ Reenactors from the 44th U.S. Colored Infantry regiment march down East M.L. King Blvd. to lead the 2024 Juneteenth parade through downtown Chattanooga. This year's parade, presented by the Unity Group of Chattanooga, is June 19.

Things to do in the Chattanooga area this week include Bonnaroo, Juneteenth, DadFest, veterans concert, Negro League baseball

by Lisa Denton ·June 7, 2025

Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.

Country singer Luke Combs will be among the artists on the first day of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, set for June 12-15 in Manchester, Tenn.

Soddy-Daisy couple live aboard a sailboat and island-hop through the Caribbean and Florida Keys

by Lisa Denton ·June 3, 2025

Docked, for now, at Gold Point Marina in Hixson, the sailboat Caretta is 10 tons of hull and boom and tightly furled mainsail.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / A toy parrot has found a home on board the sailboat Caretta, a 40-foot Gulfstar ketch owned by Andrea and Barry Baker.

Things to do in the Chattanooga area this week include Farm Olympics, movie premiere, Beast Feast, fishing expo, summer music in surrounding cities

by Lisa Denton ·May 31, 2025

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Staff file photo / Mayfield Dairy will be part of MooFest, scheduled June 7 in downtown Athens, Tenn. Festivalgoers can take part in contests and games at 11:45, 12:45 and 1:45 p.m. at the Market Park Pavilion stage.

Things to do in the Chattanooga area this week include Riverfront Nights, international soccer, Little Debbie party, bridge and bee festivals

by Lisa Denton ·May 24, 2025

Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.

Contributed File Photo / Comedian Nate Bargatze is close to selling out the Chattanooga stop on his Big Dumb Eyes world tour. The Old Hickory, Tenn., native will be at UTC's McKenzie Arena on June 1.

Things to do in the Chattanooga area this week include Ironman 70.3, dinosaur expo, water parks, beer and fairy festivals

by Lisa Denton ·May 17, 2025

Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Dinosaur-themed inflatables are among the attractions at Jurassic Quest, a three-day dinosaur expo returning to the Chattanooga Convention Center on May 23-25.

Things to do in Chattanooga this week include Jfest, Battle of Resaca reenactment, Spirits in the Wild, Shakespeare outdoors

by Lisa Denton ·May 10, 2025

Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.

Staff File Photo by Robin Rudd / Union infantry fires from behind earthworks at a previous reenactment of the Battle of Resaca. This year's event, hosted by volunteers with the Georgia Division Reenactors Association, is scheduled May 17-18 on a portion of the original battlefield.

Things to do in the Chattanooga area this week include ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, Dolly Days, Mother’s Day events, children’s museum anniversary

by Lisa Denton ·May 3, 2025

Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.