May « 2009 « The Chattanooga Market

2009 Beast Feast Results

Our first-annual Beast Feast BBQ Showcase & Competition broke attendance records for both the Market and the venue — we appreciate everyone’s support, and have already started planning towards an expanded format for 2010.

Awarded by the general public by popular vote

The People’s Choice Award Southern [...]

On Stage 5/31- Uptown Big Band

The Uptown Big Band, Chattanooga’s classic salute to the Big Bands of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s, will be performing at the Chattanooga Market this weekend.

The band, under different names, has been featured at Riverbend, Downtown Chattanooga Rhythm and Noon Concert Series, SwingFest, the Saturday Concert Series at the Chattanooga Public [...]

CFL Sunday at Chattanooga Market 5/31

Come check out the latest in technology that EPB has to offer! There will be demonstrations and energy efficiency tips that anyone can implement in their home to reduce their electricity use, as well as safety lessons for children. EPB will be giving away 3,000 free CFL (compact fluorescent light bulbs) bulbs and taking [...]

The Beast Feast!

Beast Feast – Sunday, May 24th

Calling all carnivores! This is the event you’ve been waiting for…10 of Chattanooga’s best BBQ restaurateurs will be serving it up. For just 5 bucks you’ll get 5 generous samplings. Not enough for you? Just 10 bucks will get you all 10 offerings. Like it smoked, grilled, dry-rubbed, or sauce-basted? You’ll taste many flavors. [...]

On Stage 5/24- Out and Runnin’

O&R is an eclectic mix of ‘soul/funk meets alternative bluegrass’. Playing music for us is a preference, not a necessity. We are just four buddies with completely different backgrounds (from polka to rock n roll with deep roots in bluegrass and country) who combine different talents to make the most unique combination [...]

On Stage 5/24- Dark Hollow Band

One day in September, 1999, on the front porch of a house on Dark Hollow Road in East Tennessee, with a bucket and two sticks from the front yard, Gene Beffre sat down and banged out a beat as Randall Kent Wilkerson played and sang his songs. Dark Hollow Band evolved from that simple moment. In 2000, John Gillespie came along and sweetened the sound with his flute and squeezebox. Later that same year the inimitable Rod Erwin brought his ingeniously subtle, yet powerful bass into the mix. Next came Dave Patterson who would expand and warp the sound with his screaming electric guitar. One by one, as if by design, each member would appear and bring their own unique fingerprint to the mix. At one point they had up to eleven band members! The end result would be an eclectic mix of everything from gospel to folk to blues to country to screamin’ rock n’ roll.

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Chattanooga Strawberry Festival – Sunday, May 17th

This Sunday, it’s all about Strawberries at Chattanooga Market! Our farmers will be bringing them in by the bushels and selling them quick, so come early. The vendors are excited to share their strawberry creations, tastings and specialties for purchase. It’s also our first week of Cooking-Live at Chattanooga Market which will include, [...]

On Stage 5/17- Hudson K

Perhaps it was the definitiveness of genre with which she started her musical endeavor which lead Christina Horn, a.k.a. Hudson K, to her current style of genre-dissolving anti-pop piano rock. Listening to her music, you can’t help but guess that the classical masters trained her technical eyes and ears. But when she first heard the early sounds of Tori Amos, it occurred to her that she had options beyond teaching piano lessons and accompanying the church choir. Certainly she has been compared to Amos by music journalists in her native Knoxville, and she won’t deny the strength of Amos’s influence on her ambition. Still, she has poured her own earthiness into her style and created a sound that is uniquely hers. This sound found a home first behind the vocals of fellow Knoxville native Matt Urmy in the short lived but loved local indie outfit Teleskope.

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Mother’s Day Toast at Chattanooga Market – Sunday, May 10th

This Sunday Chattanooga Market will be celebrating Mother’s Day with Pennies For Vicki, a local non-profit organization founded in remembrance of Vicki Connor, an employee of KZ-106′s oldies station who died of breast cancer in January 2001. Our festivities for Mom will include a wine and cheese plate for $5 which will benefit [...]