Riverbend Festival organizers have announced this year's full schedule. Daily general admission wristbands ($40 in advance, $55 at the gate) and daily VIP ($125), as well as Star Seating ($33 plus wristband), for the May 27-June 30 event will go on sale Thursday at noon. Already on sale are four-day wristbands for $65 in advance and $85 at the gate, and four-day VIP bands for $300.
The barge stage, once the face of the festival, will be retired this year and a new Coke Stage will be located under the Olgiati Bridge.The Bud Light Stage will be located on the Chattanooga Green in the corner, where the Chevy Stage used to be. The Chevy Stage will feature local acts and will move to the grassy area by the river facing the concrete amphitheatre that used to be VIP and Star Seating for the barge. The TVFCU Stage will be located on the east side of the Tennessee Aquarium and feature a lineup of primarily tribute acts.
The Coke Stage will be the same type of large stage used at major festivals around the country and will include a catwalk allowing performers to get out into the audience. In addition to getting the acts closer to the audience, it can handle the lighting and rigging that the barge could not, something that prevented the festival from booking acts with large stage shows.
Complete 2020 Riverbend Schedule:
Wednesday, May 27: * All times are P.M. Coke Stage The Revivalists 10:15-11:30 The Record Company 7:45-8 Bud Light Stage Blackberry Smoke 9-10:15 Here Come the Mummies 6:30-7:45 TVFCU Stage Tennessee's Dead 8:30-10 The Malemen Band 7-8:115 Chevy Stage Erick Baker 8-9:30 Monet Maddox & The Mission 6:30-7:45 Thursday, May 28: Coke Stage Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave 10:15-11:30 Mavis Staples 7:45-9 Bud Light Stage Samantha Fish 9-10:15 Christone "Kingfish" Ingram 6:30-7:45 TVFCU Rumours: A Fleetwood Mac Tribute 8:30-10 Paul Childers 7-8:15 Chevy Stage Lenox Hills Band 7-9:30 Citi Limitz 6:30-7:45 Friday, May 29: Coke Stage Cody Jinks 10:45-midnight The Cadillac Three 7:45-9 Bud Light Stage Brothers Osborne 9:30-10:45 Ray Wylie Hubbard 6:30-7:45 TVFCU Mitch Rossell 8:30-10 Bébé le Strange 7-8:15 Chevy Stage Jess Goggens Band 8-9:30 Campbell Station 6:30-7:45 Saturday, May 30: Coke Stage Darius Rucker 10:15-11:30 Ashley McBryde 7:45-9 Bud Light Stage Ohio Players 8-10:15 Todd Snider 6:30-7:45 TVFCU Deep Shag 8:30-10 Electric Avenue: '80s MTV Experience 7-8:15 Chevy Stage The Afternooners 8-9:30 Oweda 6:30-7:45
CHECK OUT SOME OF THE 2020 RIVERBEND FESTIVAL HEADLINERS
Mavis Staples
Ashley McBryde
Blackberry Smoke
Brothers Osborne
Christine "Kingfish" Ingram
Cody Jinks
Darius Rucker
Here Come the Mummies
Ohio Players
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Samantha Fish
The Cadillac Three
The Record Company
The Revivalists
Todd Snider
Trombone Shorty