Fireworks fly above the Tennessee River on Saturday to end the final day of the Riverbend Festival
O.A.R. closes out the final day of the Riverbend Festival on the Coca-Cola stage Saturday.This year’s Riverbend Festival brought to Chattanooga acts ranging from Brandy to Dierks Bentley to Cee Lo’s backside. And on Saturday night, the last night of the festival, the city’s biggest series of shows closed with O.A.R.
Wendy Godwin could not have been much happier. She has been a fan of the Maryland-based rock band for about 10 years. So when she saw the 32nd annual Riverbend lineup on Facebook two months ago, she begged her husband to bring her.
“I told him that would be an awesome birthday present,” she said Saturday evening, sitting beside Jason Godwin on the lawn in front of the Coke Stage two hours before O.A.R. was scheduled to take the stage.
O.A.R. took the stage in front of a full lawn at 9:30, opening with their songs “Dangerous Connection” and “About Mr. Brown.”
Lead singer Marc Roberge gazed out over the crowd.