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The Riverbend Festival, also called Riverbend, is a well-known annual music festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which was started in June 1982 as a five-night festival. Over the years, the festival devolved into the three nights of its current run and presently ranks in the top 10 percent of all American festivals. Additionally, Riverbend has won several national awards from the International Festivals and Events Association, including 8 in 2007. The attendance for Riverbend has grown over the years and there are now regularly over 650,000 people that come over the course of the festival from all over Tennessee, the Southeast, the United States, and other countries. Individual nights can see some 80,000 people in attendance. The festival was named for the bend in the Tennessee River on which Chattanooga was established.
More than a hundred acts, both well-known and new, converge each year to perform various kinds of music, including classic rock, country, urban, and bluegrass, as well as jam bands, on three stages set alongside the Tennessee River. Headline performers are featured nightly on the Coca-Cola Stage, a barge which has been converted into a full-size concert stage. The barge floats just off the shore against a large collection of amphitheater seats built into a hillside at the water's edge. Major local and national companies, such as Covista Communications, Unum, and Budweiser, sponsor other stages throughout the riverfront area.
Admission is given to people with special scannable wristbands, which can be purchased in southeast Tennessee and north Georgia in the weeks leading up to the festival for a discounted price or purchased at the gate for a regular price. Admission was previously given to people who had collectible Riverbend Pins. A wristband provides admission for either one night or every night of the festival except for the Bessie Smith Strut. Concessions are purchased using a token system and many street vendors set up food and souvenir stands.
Notable past performers
= 2024
=Riverbend will not be held in 2024 as a "temporary pause" intended to restructure the festival.
= 2023
=Maren Morris
Nathaniel Rateliff
Trombone Shorty
= 2022
=Brothers Osborne
Cage The Elephant
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
= 2020 & 2021
=There was no festival in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
= 2019
=Weezer
Lionel Richie
Keith Urban
Macklemore
= 2018
=Hank Williams Jr.
The Wallflowers
Luke Combs
Switchfoot
Dustin Lynch
Flo Rida
Third Eye Blind
Brett Michaels
= 2017
=Boz Scaggs
Ludacris
Old Dominion
Crowder
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Morris Day
The Time
Cameo
Toby Keith
The Flaming Lips
= 2016
=.38 Special
Salt-n-Pepa
Brett Eldredge
Thomas Rhett
Heart
REO Speedwagon
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Chris Young
Chris Lane
Kane Brown
= 2015
=3 Doors Down
Hunter Hayes
Sam Hunt
Martina McBride
Merle Haggard
Slick Rick
Doug E. Fresh
Little River Band
War
Gregg Allman
Suzy Bogguss
= 2014
=Gary Allan
Widespread Panic
Buddy Guy
TobyMac
Boston
Justin Moore
Joan Jett
Young the Giant
= 2013
=Jake Owen
CeeLo
Brandy
Newsboys
Dierks Bentley
Drake White/Lynyrd Skynyrd
Hot Chelle Rae/Gavin DeGraw
O.A.R.
Florida Georgia Line
= 2012
=Eric Church
Foreigner
The Happy Together Tour
Chris Tomlin
The Band Perry
Charlie Wilson
Goo Goo Dolls
Lauren Alaina
= 2011
=Huey Lewis & the News
The Beach Boys
The Machine with the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra
Casting Crowns
Miranda Lambert
Brian McKnight
Alan Jackson
Kellie Pickler
= 2010
=Sheryl Crow
Alison Krauss & Union Station
The Waybacks, John Cowan, and Joan Osborne
Third Day
Darius Rucker
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
Billy Currington
Charlie Daniels Band
= 2009
=Willie Nelson
Train
Three Dog Night
Steven Curtis Chapman
Commodores
The B-52's
Montgomery Gentry
Little Richard
= 2008
=ZZ Top
The Black Crowes
MercyMe
Little Big Town
Rodney Atkins
Josh Turner
Bachman-Cummings Band
Sheev Palpatine
Anthony Hamilton
Mark Farner (of Grand Funk Railroad)
The Ohio Players
America
= 2007
=The Alan Parsons Project
The Avett Brothers
Blake Shelton
Craig Morgan
Daughtry
Earth, Wind & Fire
Jars of Clay
moe.
Ricky Skaggs
Steve Miller Band
Vince Gill
Col. Bruce Hampton & The Quark Alliance
2007 also debuted Riverbend's first ever classical recital featuring pianist Ning An.
= 2006
=The Allman Brothers Band
Kenny Rogers
Los Lonely Boys
Angie Stone
Hank Williams, Jr.
Sugarland
Trisha Yearwood
Audio Adrenaline
The Derek Trucks Band
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay (of The Grateful Dead)
The Dempseys
= 2005
=Kid Rock
Boyz II Men
Michael McDonald
Newsboys
Cheap Trick
Big and Rich
Pat Benatar
Apologetix
Yoda
Johnny Appleseed
= 2004
=LL Cool J
Keith Urban
Michelle Branch
Michael W. Smith
Styx
Hayseed Dixie
Randy Newman
Little Big Town
= 2003
=Joe Cocker
Martina McBride
The Temptations
Rebecca St. James
Everclear
New Edition
John Michael Montgomery
= 2002
=Lynyrd Skynyrd
Blues Traveler
Lonestar
Nickel Creek
Art Garfunkel
= 2001
=Al Jarreau
Rascal Flatts
Collective Soul
Carman
Travis Tritt
Ronald McDonald
Official site
Riverbend Festival Official Website
Other sites
Riverbend Adds Rock and Roll to Line-up
Pollstar Concert Listing for Chattanooga, TN
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Riverbend Festival
- Riverbend
- Walnut Street Bridge (Chattanooga)
- Bruce Hampton
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Wayne County, Tennessee
- Bessie Smith
- Moe (band)
- Riverbend Music Center
- The Waybacks
