Things to do in the Chattanooga area this weekend include New Year’s Nightmare, New Year’s Eve concert, First Day Hikes

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Hikers look out from the "point" were they can see all down the lake to Chickamauga Dam. Booker T. Washington State Park kicked off the new year and decade hosting a 2-mile first day hike on Jan. 1, 2020. Tennessee State Parks will host a variety of new year hikes Sunday-Monday at parks across the state. Find a complete itinerary of hikes at tnstateparks.com. Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Hikers look out from the "point" were they can see all down the lake to Chickamauga Dam. Booker T. Washington State Park kicked off the new year and decade hosting a 2-mile first day hike on Jan. 1, 2020. Tennessee State Parks will host a variety of new year hikes Sunday-Monday at parks across the state. Find a complete itinerary of hikes at tnstateparks.com.

By Sam Still December 26, 2023 9 min read

As 2024 fast approaches, there’s still plenty to do this weekend as the new year countdown begins. Dread Hollow will host a New Year’s Nightmare haunted experience, and Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors will host a free New Year’s Eve concert to ring in the new year. Those looking to breathe in the new year air can do so at any of the various First Day Hikes taking place at state parks across Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Here’s this weekend’s chronology.

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— Photographic Society of Chattanooga continues its holiday show at the Gallery at Blackwell, 71 Eastgate Loop. Society members will have their work displayed, and prints will be available for purchase. Gallery hours are 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. The show will run through Feb. 1. Learn more at chattanoogaphoto.org.

— River Gallery, 400 E. Second St., will conclude its exhibition, featuring the works of Janet Eskridge, Scott Hill and Tatiana Hill on Sunday. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Learn more at river-gallery.com.