2020 fall festivals in the Chattanooga area
It's not just unpredictable weather event organizers are facing down for their fall festivals this year. As the coronavirus remains a threat, schedules are in flux more this year than at any other time.

It's not just unpredictable weather event organizers are facing down for their fall festivals this year. As the coronavirus remains a threat, schedules are in flux more this year than at any other time.

Readers aren't the only ones who can benefit from the immersion in literature coming this week during YA-hoo Fest, a young-adult book festival. Aspiring writers may also pick up some tips in a series of panel discussions focusing on aspects of craft and genre.

Tennessee Vols fans will have a new bobblehead to add to the memorabilia collection Friday, but there are fewer than 2,000 to go around.

At least 104 vendors are confirmed for the Fall Market at Collegedale Commons on Saturday, just shy of the organizer's goal for one of the first arts-and-crafts events of the 2020 fall festival season.

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Helen, Georgia, lays claim to having the longest-running Oktoberfest in the United States, but its 50th year will pass without the multiple weeks of revelry that normally occur in the Festhalle.

With the coronavirus still considered a threat for crowded gatherings, the Association for Visual Arts will introduce a virtual format for the 2020 4 Bridges Arts Festival, which was postponed to this weekend, Sept. 3-5, from its normal April slot on the calendar.

You don't have to serve picnic foods for your Labor Day meal. Here are a few suggestions to expand the menu and let experts do the cooking.

What are your plans for Labor Day?

When Chattanooga-area schools cleared their buildings in mid-March in an effort to keep the coronavirus from spreading in Hamilton County, the move felt something like a fire drill: Grab what you need and get out.
