ABOUT Riverbend
Riverbend Festival is on hiatus for 2024.
Like other independently owned and operated music festivals across the nation that are going on a temporary pause, Riverbend is reevaluating and restructuring in order to be successful in the future.
We are so incredibly thankful for 40 amazing years of Riverbend and for the unwavering support from our community. The future holds lots of possibilities, and we hope to return stronger than ever!
We'll see you soon.
HOW WE GOT OUR START
Riverbend Festival, or Riverbend, named for the bend in the Tennessee River by locals, began in June of 1982 as a five-night festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It started as a way to come together downtown to celebrate the community we all share.
After missing a year due to the pandemic, we will celebrate 40 years of music in 2023!
We are proud to be Chattanooga’s original, premier music festival. The annual festival has evolved into three nights, and ranks in the top 10% of all American festivals.
A wide variety of performers covering almost every music genre entertain the crowd on our three stages set along the backdrop of the Tennessee River at Ross’s Landing, also known as the Scenic City’s front porch.
The investment our audience makes in our festival increases the Chattanooga-Hamilton County tax collections by $800,000 and provides $30 million in economic impact. Riverbend is more than a good show. It’s a growing business.
Our efforts provide nearly 250 area residents with full-time, ongoing employment and an amount approaching $1 million in net public sector revenues. Our ‘through-the-gate’ total attendance of 50,000+ means we’re right where we need to be: on the Tennessee River in June waiting on you to take the stage.
OVER THE YEARS
Chattanooga’s original music festival is turning 39 in 2022. While we could go all the way back with our lineups, we thought you’d enjoy seeing who has taken our stages over the past couple of decades.
OVER THE YEARS
Chattanooga’s original music festival is turning 39 in 2022. While we could go all the way back with our lineups, we thought you’d enjoy seeing who has taken our stages over the past couple of decades.
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