Music growth in notes and numbers
* 34 – Number of musical venues* 45 – Number of restaurants offering live music* 16 – Regularly offer live music, 16 music-focused festivals, and 16 other festivals and events that have music as a secondary focus.
Hot Tickets
A sampling of upcoming concerts in Chattanooga:01/14: Gregg Allman (Tivoli Theatre)01/19: Missy Raines & the New Hip (Barking Legs Theater)01/21: Lera Lynn: (The Camp House)01/28: Tedeschi Trucks Band (Tivoli Theatre)02/17: Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ (Revelry Room)03/04: Margo Price (Revelry Room)03/11: Get the Led Out (Track 29)03/16: Son Volt (Revelry Room)05/07: Brian Wilson (Tivoli Theatre)
Here’s a little-known fact: the Glenn Miller Orchestra’s swing classic “Chattanooga Choo Choo” was America’s first gold record, signifying sales of 1 million copies. Now, 75 years after the mega-hit became the most popular song in the land, Chattanooga is trying to strike musical gold once again.
The seeds have been planted for a citywide musical revolution which is expected to bear fruit in 2017.
Much of the city’s next-level tourism push is based on a burgeoning music scene that, along with outdoor tourism, is helping transform the Scenic City into a multi-faceted entertainment hub. No longer just a family-vacation destination, the city has begun to attract music fans to an ever-growing list of venues and events.