IF YOU GOWhat: Siskin StarNight featuring Josh Turner.When: 6 p.m. Aug. 25 (reservation deadline today).Where: Chattanooga Convention Center, 1 Carter Plaza.Admission: $250.Phone: 648-1707.Website: www.siskin.org/starnight.
The last time Josh Turner was in town, he was headlining a benefit for Ringgold High School’s band program. A driving thunderstorm just before showtime turned the venue, Davis Cattle Farm, into a sloppy, multi-acre mud pit. Yet the country singer wouldn’t call a rainout.
“It was quite the event,” said Turner in a phone interview, chuckling as he recalled that night. “We did everything we could to at least play a little bit of music.”
When the multiplatinum artist returns to Chattanooga, the conditions promise to be golden.
Turner is headlining the 50th anniversary StarNight gala, the major fundraiser of Siskin Children’s Institute, on Aug. 25 at the Chattanooga Convention Center. (Reservation deadline is today.)