The Chattanooga Market

Kurt Scobie was born and raised in southeastern Michigan. Blissfield was and is (and forever will be) a small town about an hour outside of Detroit. Kurt grew up in a traditional home where his dad worked in sales in an office, and his mom stayed at home after she had her fourth child. The [...]

Kate Klim was five years old when her family inherited a piano, 9 years old when she received her first lesson, and 11 years old when an unsuccessful audition for the film “Life with Mikey” caused her to rethink her career as a moviestar. This was fortunate, because the singer/songwriter Club Passim has since called [...]

Yes, it’s the cold creamy truth – we’re all screamin’ for ice cream come August and this Sunday you can get 5 scoops (one each of Mayfield’s sweetest flavors) for $5 and benefitting a good cause too!  It’s an annual event at Chattanooga Market, one that kids and adults alike can’t wait for because it’s pure pleasure with Tennessee’s [...]

The American Cancer Society’s Bark For Life is a special event for dogs and their human companions. Bark For Life, held at Chattanooga Market this Sunday, honors the care-giving qualities of our canine “best friends” and includes a one mile walk and special activities and contests for dogs and their human companions.
You and your dog(s) are [...]

Imagine if Janis Joplin were alive today and able to metamorph into a folk rock artist / singer songwriter, add a half cup of Patty Griffin and a tablespoon of Melissa Etheridge and you have Leslie Dysinger.
Leslie began her independent music career in 1992 when she decided to move to Memphis, TN.  In Memphis Leslie [...]

Butch Ross can’t do anything right.  (1), He plays the mountain dulcimer, (2) He plays it standing up like a guitar, (3) He holds it upside and strung backwards and (4) He plays rock n roll on it. Despite all this wrongness, somehow it all sounds just right.
Okay, sure, he plays his own funny, poignant [...]

This Sunday Chattanooga Market will be celebrating the peach crops and bringing them in fresh picked that morning.  Many other food vendors will be showing how peachy it is with their twist on yummy selections like peaches and cream ice cream, jarred peaches, peach salsa and more creative ways to incorporate peaches this Summer.  Amanda Varnell will be [...]

Juliana Finch was raised in the South, in an Italian-American family, listening to Irish music. Her songwriting style reflects that bizarre cocktail.
She has most recently been compared to Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Natalie Merchant, which flatters her and never fails to make her want to keep it up.
Juliana is a professional eavesdropper, a [...]

It just comes naturally for Julie Gribble, writing, singing, and performing.  But what she loves most is to inspire, to reach people with her music.
With her urban folk with a twist of Americana and good ole rock and roll, Gribble has entranced audiences with her modern stories of life, love and relationships. Audiences connect immediately [...]

Stay cool this weekend under the fans of the First Tennessee Pavilion  as you check out the latest in boating by:

Erwin
TRC
Nichols
Mayday

These experts will be on-hand with a few of the latest boat models and making HOT mid-Summer deals.  Of course, Sunday wouldn’t be complete without live bands, plenty of fresh produce, fresh foods, handmade arts [...]