The Chattanooga Market

In it’s 13th year, Cut Up for Life is a collaborative effort of Chattanooga CARES and local beauty salons their spas, stylists, nail technicians and massage therapists who give their valuable time and skills to raise money for people affected by HIV.  It’s a fun way to get top-notch salon services at a discount, and benefit [...]

“Still I Believe” says a lot about up-and-coming folk-rock musician Michael Sechrist. Not only is it the title track of his latest C.D., but it paints a telling picture of the man behind the music, who asserts that there are things still worth believing in, even when they seem distant or hopelessly out of reach.
Sechrist [...]

This Sunday expect to hear some great Bluegrass music at Chattanooga Market.  To celebrate the end of this hot Summer month, we’ll have plenty of fresh produce (some of the season’s best), new vendors selling handmade art, crafts and specialty foods.  Scroll down below to see who’s live on the EPB stage Sunday.

Lou Wamp, Resophonic Guitar, Fiddle, Mandolin
After knowing just a few things about Lou Wamp, there might be an irresistible tendency to begin tossing out labels: “Driven”, “Renaissance Man”, “Multi-talented”, “Perplexing”, or, perhaps if he himself were doing the labeling, just “Perplexed”. Easy enough to understand, given he’s at once a 25-year veteran of the music [...]

Bring the kids to Chattanooga Market this Sunday for a day of family fun while you discover how United Way is advancing the common good in our community.
United Way of Greater Chattanooga and the Chattanooga Market are teaming up this year to bring you LIVE UNITED DAY at the First Tennessee Pavilion on Sunday.  United Way [...]

Nashville-based singer-songwriter/rhythm guitarist Denitia Odigie has just released her latest country-tinged compilation of soul-folk songs. Recorded in Music City U.S.A. with producer Darryl Swart, the 5 song EP, CONTRAST, is already making waves, selling unpredictably well at live shows from Tennessee to Texas to Montreal, Quebec. With beginnings as underground and DIY as her marketing [...]

Buck and Nelson, aka David Buchanan and Nelson Thomas, have been performing music together since the mid 1970’s.  They began learning the basics of music and playing string instruments around 1972.  Their first band was formed with three other performers.  About 1980 they began performing as a trio with Jimmy Waters, and finally as the [...]

This year’s anticipated “foodie” event is sure to be a pleaser with 5 local chefs as they try to wow our local celebrity judges.
12:00 – 1:00 Judges will announce what the protein (meat) will be for the event.  From there, it’s up to each chef’s creativity to determine what meal they will prepare.  They will shop for [...]

Music has always been LaTresa’s first love. She began performing professionally in high school with a series of bands. Her father, a singer/songwriter Church of Christ minister, moved the family around the heart of Dixie a lot. Hers was, at times, a hard scrabble childhood, as her parents struggled to put food on the table [...]

This Sunday we’ll be celebrating National Farmer’s Market week – we are proud to have such a tremendous representation of regional farmers at our producer-only market here in Chattanooga!  The dollar amount of  local economic impact consumers have made on Chattanooga’s area food economies (as measured by direct spending at The Chattanooga Market each week) [...]