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Summer Sounds At This Year’s Riverfront Nights

Riverfront Nights at Ross’ Landing in downtown Chattanooga.
Friends of the Festival
Riverfront Nights at Ross’ Landing in downtown Chattanooga.

Riverfront Nights is in full swing in downtown Chattanooga.

The free concert series for this summer - which began on Independence Day weekend - features performances on Saturdays at 7 PM at the Riverbend site at Ross’ Landing on Riverfront Parkway.

Mickey McCamish is executive director of Friends of the Festival.

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