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Check out our list of upcoming Chattanooga area events, happening locally from Friday, October 16 to Friday, October 23.

Opening Tonight! 

The Addams Family - A New Musical

When: Friday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, October 17 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Where: The Tivoli Theatre
Cost: $20-$28.50

The weird and wonderful Addams Family are coming to Chattanooga in this magnificently macabre new musical comedy. The Addams Family features an original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare. Wednesday Addams has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet young man from a respectable family. She confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before—keep a…

Check out our list of upcoming Chattanooga area events, happening locally from Friday, October 9 to Friday, October 16.

Friday, October 9

Hand Crafted Wishes

When: 7-10 p.m. 
Where: Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View
Cost: $45 - $60

 Celebrate local beer and food at the inaugural Hand Crafted Wishes event at the Hunter Museum of American Art. Each ticket gets you a souvenir tasting glass, unlimited beer and food samples, and the opportunity to listen to live music by Moontower from Atlanta, Georgia. VIP ticket holders will get in 30 minutes earlier than everyone else and be able to enjoy specialty beers only available in the VIP section. This event benefits Make-A-Wish of East Tennessee. For more information,…

Check out our list of upcoming Chattanooga area events, happening locally from Friday, September 18 to Friday, September 25.

Opening tonight! 

The Great Gatsby

When: September 18-19 from 7:30-10 p.m. and September 20 from 2-4:30 p.m.
Where: Robert Kirk Walker Community Theatre, 399 McCallie Avenue
Cost: $19-$23.50

Local theatre company Back Alley Productions opens its production of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic The Great Gatsby tonight at Memorial Auditorium. The story, set in the 1920s tells the story of mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsy who is passionately obsessed with a beautiful woman named Daisy Buchanan, married to a controlling millionaire named Tom. The story is told form the perspective of Nick Carraway, a young bond salesman, who…

Check out our list of upcoming Chattanooga area events, happening locally from Friday, September 11 to Friday, September 18.

September 11-27

Violet: The Musical

When: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30-9:30 p.m. and Sundays from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Where: Ensemble Theatre Of Chattanooga, 104 N. Tuxedo Ave
Cost: $15-20

Violet, a young girl from rural North Carolina, sets out on a journey to heal a scar that disfigures her face. What she discovers on this journey is that her true scars, the ones below the surface, need the most healing. Since Violet's bus journey takes her clear across the state of Tennessee from the North Carolina border to Oklahoma, so does the musical score. From blues and early rock to old country and high gospel,…

Check out our list of upcoming Chattanooga area events, happening locally from Friday, September 4 to Friday, September 11.

Saturday, September 5 and Saturday, September 12

Alice in Wonderland

When: 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. 
Where: Go Georgia Arts Studio, 7787 Nashville St., Ringgold, GA 30736 
Cost: $8

Watch the timeless classic, Alice in Wonderland, played out at the Go Georgia Arts Studio. The production was directed and adapted by John Christian with assistance from Libby Jackson. For more information, visit facebook.com/gogeorgiaarts.

Sunday, September 6

Chattanooga Market Run of Honor 8K

When: 6:30 a.m. registration/race check-in and T-shirt pickup; 8 a.m. start time for 8k and 1 mile
Where: First Tennessee Pavilion, 1826 Reggie…

Check out our list of Chattanooga area events happening locally from Friday, August 21 to Friday, August 28.

Friday, August 21-Sunday, August 23

Comedian Kurt Metzger from Inside Amy Schummer

When: 7:30-9:45 p.m. 
Where: The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Road
Cost: $11-18

A regular performer at New York City’s nightclubs, Kurt Metzger has a long list of credits from shows like "Inside Amy Schumer," "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham," Showtime's "White Boyz in the Hood" and VH1's "Best Week Ever." With several Comedy Central specials under his belt, Metzger was also added to the network’s “Hot List.” For more information or to purchase tickets, visit thecomedycatch.com.

Saturday, August 22

Butterfly Garden…

Check out our list of upcoming Chattanooga area events, happening locally from Friday, August 7 to Friday, August 14.

All weekend long!

Tennessee Tax Free Weekend

Save money this weekend on everything you need for going back to school! Shoppers can buy qualifying items—clothing and school supplies less than $100 in value per item and computers less than $1,500—without paying local or state sales tax from 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7, until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9. Anyone can participate, regardless of whether or not they’re a student. 

Opening tonight! 

Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash

When: August 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 from 8-10 p.m. and August 9 from 2-4 p.m.
Where: Artistic Civic Theatre, 907 Gaston St., Dalton, Ga. 30720
Cost:…

Check out our list of upcoming Chattanooga events, happening locally from Friday, July 31 to Friday, August 7.

Beginning today!
Fall Book Sale At Hamilton Place Mall

When: July 31 through August 15, Monday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: Hamilton Place Mall (the upper level near the Sears entrance inside the mall across from Massage Envy) at 2100 Hamilton Place Blvd.
Cost: Free

The Friends of the Chattanooga Public Library is holding its fall book sale beginning today through August 15 at Hamilton Place Mall. Looking for a new read for the summer or to improve a school or classroom library? Thousands of donated books representing many genres including children's books will be available during this sale. Children's books are $1 for hardcover…

Check out our list of upcoming Chattanooga events, happening locally from Friday, July 24 through Friday, July 31.

Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25

Free Shakespeare Summer Series "The Tempest”

When: 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Where: Camp Jordan, 323 Camp Jordan Parkway, East Ridge, TN 37412
Cost: Free

For its third summer, Back Alley Productions will bring a free performance of a Shakespearean classic to Chattanooga. This year’s show, “The Tempest” features Prospero, an ousted duke of former political power, who seeks revenge against the conspirators who overthrew him. But his vendetta is complicated by the mercy of his daughter Miranda who has fallen in love with one of the shipwrecked nobles. The show runs 2.5 hours including intermission. All shows…