Contributed Photo by Sheila Harding Cannon / The Signal Mountain Playhouse production of “Bye Bye Birdie” features Noah Huseman, center, as Conrad Birdie, the rock ‘n’ roll heartthrob about to depart for Army duty. The supporting cast includes, from left, Georgia Sharp (seated), Anna Cate Sparkman, Noah Hawkins and Meredith Johnson.Three theater productions, a haunted house workshop and a pub crawl are among the weekend entertainment options. Here’s a look.
> Chattanooga Lookouts, a Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, have begun a six-game home series against the Tennessee Smokies at AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley. Weather permitting, remaining games start 7:15 p.m. Thursday (with drink specials), 7:15 p.m. Friday (with fireworks), 7:15 p.m. Saturday (with a used car giveaway) and 2:15 p.m. Sunday (when kids can run the bases after the game). Tickets are $6-$11. lookouts.com
> Arts Avenue, 1800A Rossville Ave., will welcome Kevn Kinney, lead singer and guitarist of Atlanta rock band Drivin N Cryin, in a solo show on Thursday night and That ’90s Show, playing rock and pop hits of the 1990s, on Saturday night. (A Friday show by Roger Alan Wade has been postponed.) Shows start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 Thursday, $12 Saturday. theartsave.com
> “Black Widow”: The debut of Marvel Studios’ new superhero film, starring Scarlett Johansson, includes a limited run at the Tennessee Aquarium’s Imax Theater, 201 Chestnut St. Screenings at 6:30 and 9:15 p.m. daily through July 17, plus 3:45 p.m. screenings during this opening weekend, Friday and Saturday. The last two weeks of the run, July 18-29, the theater will feature a 6:30 p.m. daily showing, with additional 9:15 p.m. screenings July 23-24. tnaqua.org/imax/black-widow
> Nightfall on Friday features a co-bill by two winners of Road to Nightfall, a competition for local bands to earn the right to headline the free summer concert series. Four-piece rock fusion band We Are Us, who won the 2020 competition but could only play a digital show because of the pandemic, will do a one-hour set at 7 p.m. The 2021 winners, Fantastic Confabulation, will follow with a performance at 8:20 p.m. This high-energy, five-piece band specializes in soul, funk, jazz, R&B and Latin music. Shows take place at Miller Plaza, 850 Market St. Food trucks, artisan vendors and lawn games are set up at Miller Park across M.L. King Boulevard. The Lookout Wild Film Festival will follow the music with an hour of free short adventure films in Miller Park at 9:45 p.m. nightfallchattanooga.com