The Chattanooga Market

Chattanooga Market is Voted #1 in the South for America’s Favorite Farmer’s Market!*

The America’s Favorite Farmers Markets™ contest is a project of the American Farmland Trust. The contest is designed to raise national awareness about the importance of supporting fresh food from local farms and farmers. Market shoppers voted in support of their favorite farmers market starting June 1 until midnight on August 31, 2010.

The votes are in!  *For the large market category (over 56 vendors) Chattanooga Market is #1 in the State of Tennessee, #1 in the South and #8 in the Nation!  Thank you Chattanoogans for your support of our public market and of the local agriculture.

Shopping at farmers markets is one of the best ways to support farms, farmers and local economies. When you buy delicious and fresh fruit, vegetables and more from your local farmers market, you are making healthy and community friendly choices.

Sweet Georgia Sound will perform live at this season’s last River Market this Saturday, September 4th at 11am.  The River Market is open from 10am-5pm and is located at the Tennessee Aquarium Plaza.  This is the final Saturday for the 2010 Season.  It has been a great first season for us and we look forward to seeing you all at our popular Sunday Market the remainder of the year.  We’ll be back for Saturdays at the Aquarium Plaza next Spring!

Sunday at Chattanooga Market, the culmination of NoogaPalooza’s 3-day event takes place at the First Tennessee Pavilion.  Local musicians will be featured on stage all day long from Chattanooga’s vibrant and diverse music community in a way the scenic city has never before seen.  Musicians of every genre, whether a solo act or band member, will have submitted to be involved in the Rock Lottery process.  Those musicians will then be placed into newly created bands – about 10 bands are expected to perform from the Rock Lottery for the first time on the EPB stage live at 6pm (after Market hours). Tickets for the evening event are $15 at the door which includes a NoogaPalooza tshirt.

Celebrity judges and the public will all have an opportunity to vote for their favorite performers from the 6pm NoogaPalooza concerts.

All proceeds from NoogaPalooza will go to Re:Sound Music Resource Center  a registered non-profit committed to supporting the music community in Chattanooga, TN in a multitude of ways. Helping musicians by providing a gathering and performance space, professional resources in the form of rehearsal rooms, networking, business development, recording, marketing and media all at affordable prices. Helping the Chattanooga community at large by assisting a group of artists that enhance the overall economic value of the city, participating in community building projects, providing much needed musically oriented summer youth programs, and providing resources for the public to learn about live and local music in the Chattanooga region.

2010 Chattanooga Market Hot Rod Cruise-In

Sunday, September 12^th

Chattanooga area car clubs, hobbyists, enthusiasts are invited to join us on Sunday, September 12^th from 11am – 4pm at our first annual Chattanooga Market Cruise-in. We’d like to share your love of the automobile with our market-goers and at the same time provide a fun environment for you to get together with fellow auto buffs.

Enjoy the Chattanooga Market with your family – we’ll have plenty of beer, ready-to-eat foods, fresh produce and handmade arts and crafts for your enjoyment as well. Don’t forget the live music to boot! We’re taking pre-orders for a fun commemorative t-shirt, which also helps give us a head count on how many of you folks we can expect.

We’re looking for any year, make, model – the more, the merrier! Please join us for a fun day and help us introduce our crowd to the world of hot rods and classics of the past.

We’ll have cash prizes of $200, $100, $50 for the top 3 voted favorite cars at 3:30pm – must be present to win.

Click here to pre-order your commemorative tshirt which automatically registers your car (registration is free, and not required)



The Possum Hunters  Bluegrass Band is a six piece bluegrass band providing high energy, foot stompin’ bluegrass music that appeals to people of all ages.  Songs range from driving traditional tunes to more modern sounding music with a rock or jazz flair played on bluegrass instruments.

We have performed on radio and television in the Chattanooga and surrounding areas, before enthusiastic crowds at company functions, corporate parties and celebrations, festivals and weddings. We’ve participated in the Riverbend festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee  many times, performed at NightFall and Coffee House Concerts at Miller Plaza in Chattanooga, and are frequent performers at the Mountain Opry located on Signal Mountain TN.  

We have been together for more than 20 years now with  3 of the original members still performing.  We currently have two Cds; “The Possum Hunters”  is our original CD with many traditional tunes on it and “Still Grinnin’” is the latest with several  original tunes.  We are available for bookings in the Chattanooga and surrounding areas.  Give us a call or email us if we can help entertain at your next gathering!

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. Slim Pickins and Steel String Session will be entertaining you live on the EPB Stage all day!

Bring the kids to Chattanooga Market this Sunday, August 22nd from 11am – 4pm  for a day of family fun while you discover how United Way is advancing the common good in our community.

It’s an event for everyone in the community to come learn how we all can Live United! On this special day at the Market, different United Way partner agencies will provide games, arts, crafts and healthy activities for children and their families to enjoy.

This year, there is an added twist – United Way will collect school supplies for its Stuff the Bus drive. Many local organizations, such as Publix, Porter’s Steak House, First Horizon, and UBS Financial Services are just a few of the companies that will be dropping off supplies to stuff in the bus at the market. United Way asks that visitors to the market please help out by bringing a few school supplies to add to the collection.
 
More than 20 agencies will have booths set up throughout the Market with children’s games and activities. Parents can also sign their toddlers up for free books or get a free DVD to take home while they’re out for a leisurely Sunday.  A few of the featured activities at the Market on August 22 will be face painting, marshmallow target practice, arts and crafts, kid friendly tattoos, Minute to Win It, a coloring table, sculpture making and more – all at no charge.  United Way will give away free Frisbees to all children who visit their booth.United Way will also sell special Chattanooga Market edition LIVE UNITED t-shirts.  All proceeds from the sale go to benefit United Way and work of its partner agencies. Of course, visitors will also enjoy Chattanooga Market’s great vendors with food, produce and hand-made artisian goods.

Nora Jane Struthers Crafts “Classic Americana”

Nashville-Based Singer-Songwriter’s Solo Debut Sees Release June 22

Nora Jane Struthers calls her music “Classic Americana.” The singer-songwriter’s self-titled solo bow, to be issued June 22 on her own label, will be a revelation to roots music fans: overflowing with affecting, literate original compositions and featuring a complement of top Nashville players, it announces the debut of a major new talent.

Produced by Brent Truitt (Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Dixie Chicks) at his East Nashville studio, Nora Jane Struthers features eleven elegantly crafted songs penned by Struthers, plus a rendition of the traditional “Say Darlin’ Say.” The numbers run the gamut from the stunning “Willie”  (a reconsideration of the murder ballad, sung from the victim’s point of view) and the novelistic “Evelyn” and “Greenbrier County” to “Cowgirl Yodel #3,” a romping melding of Jimmie Rodgers and Western swing, and the timely “One Notch Tighter.”

Struthers performs her material with a voice as pretty and homespun as the vintage dresses she favors on stage. Her accompanists on the album include acclaimed singer/multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien, all-star fiddler Stuart Duncan, award-winning dobro player Rob Ickes, top bluegrass guitarist Bryan Sutton, banjo ace Scott Vestal, veteran bassist Dennis Crouch, and, on backing vocals, do-anything performer Shawn Lane. Truitt contributes mandolin and octave mandolin.

Continue reading Nora Jane Struthers at River Market, Saturday, August 21st – 11am

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 Library and other venues for many years.

Originally formed by musically inclined employees of Unum Group, the ensemble now is a stand-alone group made up of talented musicians from the region. The band is under the direction of Jim Ransom, a long-time music educator.

It’s one of your favorite events – the annual FiveStar Food Fight!  This year come see reigning champion Anna Scott of Jaded Root compete against 4 other talented locals for the 2010 competition.  Four other contestants were chosen to compete against Anna this year after a “mini-competition” to be in the competition – should be fun!  This annual event at Chattanooga Market draws crowds of thousands who come to watch chefs prepare food right before their eyes using FiveStar cooking ranges, all under the First Tennessee Pavilion.   All contestants are given money and time to shop in the Market for the fresh foods they will be preparing that day and are supplied with a few additional ingredients.  But there’s a catch, our contestants won’t know the “protein” they’ll be given to prepare until that morning!  It’s fast paced, fun, and competitive.  We’ll have a panel of judges who will sample a plate from each contestant to determine our winners.

This year’s 1st Place Winner of the FiveStar Food Fight will win 2 Tennessee Aquarium River Gorge Explorer Sunset Cruise Tours   (The Tennessee River Gorge Explorer winds along 26 miles of the Tennessee River, and contains over 27,000 acres of protected land.  It is the perfect setting for taking beautiful photos from the deck of your Chattanooga riverboat cruise), Dinner for 2 at Blue Water Grille and one night’s stay at Bluff View Inn.

The 2^nd Place winner will receive 2 Backstage Passes to the Tennessee Aquarium (giving  you VIP access, like never before, to get up-close, touch and feed Aquarium animals).

Here’s who’s cookin’ on Sunday:

• 2008/2009  Champion Anna Scott of Jaded Root
• Ryan Cutchins of 212 Market
• Cathy Boettner a Southern Living Recipe Winner
• Amanda Varnell of Cooking Live
• Jay Rivett of Jay’s Variety Garden at Chattanooga Market

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manufacturing quality cooking equipment for the home with a product line that
includes cook tops, ranges, range hoods, and accessories. Family owned
and operated for four generations, Brown Stove Works is celebrating its 75th
anniversary this year, while the FiveStar division simultaneously celebrates its
twentieth year. For more information about FiveStar including product details,
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