Trevor Shaw and Kathryn Hill dance around as Seven Handle Circus performs at Riverbend on Sunday. Shaw and Hill have gone to several Seven Handle Circus concerts in Atlanta and Chattanooga.
Buddy Guy performs with his band on the Coke Stage at Riverbend on Sunday.
For three decades, getting into the music, crowd and food fest that is the Riverbend Festival required a colorful little pin.
Not this year. Organizers abandoned the admission pin, opting instead for a wristband that will allow them to track attendance better. The wristbands also are more cost effective and easier to identify.
One festival fan on Sunday night pined for the pin.
“I have collected pins since day one. They should have at least had them as a collectors’ item even if they used the wristbands for admission,” said 51-year-old Becky Arrowsmith, of Hixson.
Arrowsmith was one of thousands of people headed to the riverfront for a night of guitar good times with Buddy Guy and a variety of other musical acts.