Event Type : River

Beginning in May, Saturday mornings will start off with free yoga at 10:00 am under the River Journey Pavilion. BYOM (bring your own mat) and enjoy the Chattanooga Community Yoga class along the beautiful Tennessee River.

Maria Jordania has been a musical force in Chattanooga for several years. Her sound is constantly evolving, from the cool jazz and funk sounds of Smooth Dialects, to one of the voices behind Tennessee’s Dead. As a fan, you don’t want to look away because you might just miss the next installment of Maria’s fascinating career. A commanding stage presence, fashion icon when she walks in a room, a Maria Jordania (LVNDR) is a show not to be missed.

Chattanooga multi-instrumentalist and mountain dulcimer maestro Butch Ross has tackled everything from Radiohead to Bach and come away with a renewed appreciation for what the humble dulcimer is capable of. No genre is off-limits, nor is there a limit to what Ross has envisioned for this specific instrument. The dulcimer is an unassuming thing, with a handful of strings and a history that feels embedded in the lineage of countless Appalachian musicians. But Ross has taken it and made it something more, something remarkable and versatile. His music is born from his respect for its abilities, a respect born from the years he’s spent prying apart its pieces and discovering new sounds where none existed before. It is this groundbreaking and iconoclastic approach that caused ukulele-virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro to comment, “Now I know what a dulcimer is supposed to sound like.”

Beginning in May, Saturday mornings will start off with free yoga at 10:00 am under the River Journey Pavilion. BYOM (bring your own mat) and enjoy the Chattanooga Community Yoga class along the beautiful Tennessee River.

Beginning in May, Saturday mornings will start off with free yoga at 10:00 am under the River Journey Pavilion. BYOM (bring your own mat) and enjoy the Chattanooga Community Yoga class along the beautiful Tennessee River.

Maria Jordania has been a musical force in Chattanooga for several years. Her sound is constantly evolving, from the cool jazz and funk sounds of Smooth Dialects, to one of the voices behind Tennessee’s Dead. As a fan, you don’t want to look away because you might just miss the next installment of Maria’s fascinating career. A commanding stage presence, fashion icon when she walks in a room, a Maria Jordania (LVNDR) is a show not to be missed.

Beginning in May, Saturday mornings will start off with free yoga at 10:00 am under the River Journey Pavilion. BYOM (bring your own mat) and enjoy the Chattanooga Community Yoga class along the beautiful Tennessee River.

Beginning in May, Saturday mornings will start off with free yoga at 10:00 am under the River Journey Pavilion. BYOM (bring your own mat) and enjoy the Chattanooga Community Yoga class along the beautiful Tennessee River.

Matt Downer, from Chattanooga TN, performs traditional old time music on fiddle, banjo and guitar. Growing up on Sand Mountain, AL, he learned to play music from his grandfather and the elder musicians of the area. A veteran performer, he has played at various venues and festivals including – Rock City, Tivoli, Nightfall, Riverbend and the International Stringband Festival, performing with legendary artists such as – Carolina Chocolate Drops, Pokey Lafarge, Jack Rose, Michael Hurley and Norman Blake. His most recent album was recorded without electricity, directly to wax cylinders, on a 1906 Edison Gramophone at the MTSU Center For Popular Music. A performance by Matt is a trip back in time to the “good old days” of early American music.

Beginning in May, Saturday mornings will start off with free yoga at 10:00 am under the River Journey Pavilion. BYOM (bring your own mat) and enjoy the Chattanooga Community Yoga class along the beautiful Tennessee River.

I became attracted to playing music at the age of 9 while emulating television advertising jingles on my father’s dusty guitar. At about 11 years old, and after listening to a lot of traditional country radio and tunes like “Misty” and “East Bound and Down”, I became highly interested in the 5 string banjo. I quickly realized that at least in our part of Oklahoma, a teacher was not to be found (no internet, no youtube in those days)! Doing the best we could, my parents finally helped me to settle on music theory classes taken from an elderly jazz piano player. He found and gifted me my very first set of steel banjo picks! As I progressed, I quickly had to change from those pointed Ernie Balls to a rightful set of Nationals. I probably still have those first picks…somewhere.

I spent the majority of my early teenage years listening to AM 650 WSM Nashville and WBAP 820 in Fort Worth, while at the same time playing in various local bluegrass bands. That was a time when my best music memories were made. I was very blessed to have performed with many of the greats. From local opry’s to the stages of Nashville, Tennessee, it was a golden time in my learning and experiences.

My music career has taken on many configurations over the years from bluegrass bands, southern rock, traditional country and gospel groups. In 2022, I completed my long awaited first album and EP titled “Joel Scarbrough Singer Songwriter.” This record features songs that all tell stories of life. From a young age and growing up on a farm, to breakups, and of course loneliness. The contemporary light rock piece “Who Made the Light” is a song about this blue marble that we all inhabit and a one sided discourse on where it all came from. I’ve always been a writer, and there’s something refreshing about putting that ability to file and letting other instrumentalists follow your lead.

Beginning in May, Saturday mornings will start off with free yoga at 10:00 am under the River Journey Pavilion. BYOM (bring your own mat) and enjoy the Chattanooga Community Yoga class along the beautiful Tennessee River.

Maria Jordania has been a musical force in Chattanooga for several years. Her sound is constantly evolving, from the cool jazz and funk sounds of Smooth Dialects, to one of the voices behind Tennessee’s Dead. As a fan, you don’t want to look away because you might just miss the next installment of Maria’s fascinating career. A commanding stage presence, fashion icon when she walks in a room, a Maria Jordania (LVNDR) is a show not to be missed.

Beginning in May, Saturday mornings will start off with free yoga at 10:00 am under the River Journey Pavilion. BYOM (bring your own mat) and enjoy the Chattanooga Community Yoga class along the beautiful Tennessee River.

From Atlanta, GA, Julie Gribble sings about life – in all its beauty and ugliness; its humor and sadness.

Beginning in May, Saturday mornings will start off with free yoga at 10:00 am under the River Journey Pavilion. BYOM (bring your own mat) and enjoy the Chattanooga Community Yoga class along the beautiful Tennessee River.

Josh Wheeler is an acoustic musician who plays in Birmingham, Alabama and surrounding areas. Josh plays and sings solo-acoustic shows covering all different types of music. Josh also writes original music.

Beginning in May, Saturday mornings will start off with free yoga at 10:00 am under the River Journey Pavilion. BYOM (bring your own mat) and enjoy the Chattanooga Community Yoga class along the beautiful Tennessee River.

Matt Downer, from Chattanooga TN, performs traditional old time music on fiddle, banjo and guitar. Growing up on Sand Mountain, AL, he learned to play music from his grandfather and the elder musicians of the area. A veteran performer, he has played at various venues and festivals including – Rock City, Tivoli, Nightfall, Riverbend and the International Stringband Festival, performing with legendary artists such as – Carolina Chocolate Drops, Pokey Lafarge, Jack Rose, Michael Hurley and Norman Blake. His most recent album was recorded without electricity, directly to wax cylinders, on a 1906 Edison Gramophone at the MTSU Center For Popular Music. A performance by Matt is a trip back in time to the “good old days” of early American music.