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[Hankster]

The Chattanooga Riverbend music festival takes place in a couple of weeks on the waterfront. I'll take some pictures and post them for you to see.  I think you all will be impressed.

[flith]

Hankster, on May 28 2006, 10:12 AM, said:

The Chattanooga Riverbend music festival takes place in a couple of weeks on the waterfront. I'll take some pictures and post them for you to see.  I think you all will be impressed.

During the Festival you can also go to www.wrcbtv.com, and look at live streams from their skycam on top of the Lookout's stadium, or the one top of the Grandview apartments.

[nashvillwill]

I am from Nashville and have been to our waterfront countless times. Honestly, it's been so long since I have been to the waterfronts of any other city in Tennessee that I can't vividly remember any of them. That being said, I vote Nashville for last place. It doesn't bother me that the water is dirty (really, what can you expect?), but it bothers me that there is absolutely nothing for a person to do there. Riverfront Park is not user friendly, and basically all events there has been canceled. Riverstages....long gone. Dancin' in the District.....defunct as of this summer. The only thing left that i can think of is the 4th of July celebration (which rocks!). I would be a cool place for a brew fest or something of that nature. However, it seems that the city just does not appreciate it. The new ballpark and rail station might help....we'll see.

[Hankster]

Hankster, on May 28 2006, 10:12 AM, said:

The Chattanooga Riverbend music festival takes place in a couple of weeks on the waterfront. I'll take some pictures and post them for you to see.  I think you all will be impressed.

Here's some pics from Riverbend:

I went to the festival Friday and took a few pictures.  The headline performer was Hank Williams Jr.  The estimated crowd for the day was a whopping 100,000...one of the largest in Riverbend Festival history.  I decided to stay at the smaller venues which were not so crowded, but the entertainment was awesome.  Here's some shots:

Some of the huge crowd


Soul Survivor playing at one of the smaller venues, the Bud Lite Stage


An amazing local band Infradig.  They play a mix of jazz, with elements of hip hop, jungle, etc.  Very cool and very danceable




I watched Al Di Meola during the time Hank Jr was playing.  A wildly enthusiastic crowd of maybe 3,000 watched this Jazz great.  Al Di Meola simply put is the best guitarist I've ever seen, and I've seen some great ones.  I would rate him on par with Stevie Ray Vaughn...he's that damn good!




Riverbend 2006 ended with another huge crowd of nearly 100,000.  This was the most successful Riverbend Festival in it's 26 year history.  The Allman Brothers Band headlined the night that was capped off by as awesome fireworks display.  Here's some more pictures from this years Riverbend Festival.  Enjoy!

Edited by Hankster, 10 July 2006 - 06:08 PM.

[miami1855]

Great Riverbend pics.

It would be great if Nashville had the waterfront realty of Chattanooga or Memphis. However, the river is so narrow there that you can't really build out.

Edited by miami1855, 11 July 2006 - 07:28 AM.

[rocky top buzz]

Actually, one of the nice things about Nashville's river is that's it's wide enough to be usable and worth developing, but at the same time not so wide that you can't use both sides of the river for an event.

I am amazed that 100,000 people were there! That's how many were at the Nashville fireworks, and I thought that number was huge!

[Justiceham]

Wow Hankster, great pics. It is nice to see the potential being taken advantage of by Chattanooga's riverfront. I'd rank them number one any day.

[miami1855]

This is great. Clarksville and Nashville have small areas like this, but nothing this large and interactive.

[smeagolsfree]

I think either Memphis or Chattanooga at this time. You cant under rate Mud Island, which I suppose would be included in the Memphis riverfront.

With the plans that are in the works for Nashville, I would say in 5 years they may have the edge.

[Bound4TN]

Am I missing something or is Nashville the city a nice area?

[Lexy]

Bound4TN, on Aug 9 2006, 05:27 PM, said:

Am I missing something or is Nashville the city a nice area?

Go here and look at my pics.  You be the judge LOL!!  CLICK HERE: http://www.pbase.com/lexyky

Edited by Lexy, 09 August 2006 - 05:26 PM.

[Fellowmann20]

Memphis...There ain't nothin like watchin the mighty Mississippi flow on by.  I always thought the Greenbelt Park on Mud Island was really nice.

[idlewild]

Definitely Memphis, are you kidding...Nashville's riverfront doesn't exist

[flith]

flith, on 19 May 2006 - 06:39 AM, said:

Chattanoog's Riverfront is so nice two events from Georgia have been moved to it.  The Head of the 'Hooch Regatta moved to it last year (from the Chattahoochie in Roswell/Atlanta), and Tour de Georgia has a phase that ends there also.

Since the post above the 'Hooch Regatta has grown to the 2nd largest rowing event after Boston's Charles Regatta.  The 'Hooch attandance should be up 25% with 12000 visitors and 9000 rowers.