Community Calendar

🎉 CareFest is THIS SUNDAY! 🎉
Join us on **Sunday, June 28** for a day of community, music, mutual aid, and solidarity benefiting the **Comunidad Care Fund**.

🛍️ Community Market | 11 AM–3 PM
📚 Community Program & Political Education | 3 PM–4 PM
🎶 Benefit Concert | 5 PM

The Comunidad Care Fund provides emergency support to local families impacted by immigration enforcement, detention, and deportation. Every dollar raised stays right here in our community, helping families meet immediate needs during times of crisis.

Shop over 20 local vendors, connect with community organizations, learn about immigrant justice efforts in Chattanooga, and enjoy an evening of live music—all while supporting a vital community resource.

💛 100% of proceeds benefit the Comunidad Care Fund.

📅 Sunday, June 28
📍 Shredder's Lair & The Reading Room
3230 Brainerd Rd, Chattanooga, TN
🎟️ Concert tickets available at the door

Together, we can put community care into action.

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Enjoy panoramic—and quieter—views of area fireworks from Lover’s Leap, July 3-4, as Rock City celebrates America 250 high above the action. Perched on the bluff of Lookout Mountain, the sweeping views from Rock City offer a unique opportunity to see multiple firework shows from area celebrations. The distance also makes for a quieter experience, perfect for those seeking a more sensory friendly experience.

Rock City’s Red, White, & Wonder ticket bundle provides a $150, all-encompassing experience for the whole family:

Four admission tickets

Glow sticks for everyone

4 “Stars & Stripes” meals at Café 7, featuring BBQ smoked chicken, chips, drink, and a Bomb Pop or salad

Rock City opens at 9 A.M. and closes at midnight on July 3-4; last ticketed entry time is 11:15 P.M. Tickets are available online only.

Visit seerockcity.com/america-250/ for more information.

WaterWays announcing the start of our summer water quality testing initiative, including results from this week’s first round of testing. Over the next eight weeks, WaterWays will monitor local waterways and share timely updates to help keep the community informed about current water conditions, potential concerns, and the importance of protecting our shared water resources. We would appreciate your help sharing this information with the public and highlighting the ongoing work being done to support clean, safe, and healthy waterways across our region.
Thank you for your time and consideration.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EHwsEjLzMCrzMjNQDarLPrB5oSFzn7hLIZpt8pQLrnc/edit?usp=drivesdk

Main and Landis Education Galleries: Annual Juried Member Exhibition

Every year, AVA hosts a Juried Show for our Member Artists. Each year a panel of jurors (each an established professional in the visual art field) score and evaluate submissions from AVA’s member artists. This show is a smaller scale group exhibit and helps us determine an artist for our annual Solo Artist Exhibition. The artist whose work receives the highest score from the Jurors is awarded “Best in Show” and will receive a solo exhibition of their work at AVA the following year as well as serving as a juror for the next Juried Show. Jurors are also each asked to select an artist to receive “Juror’s Choice” for automatic inclusion in the exhibition, regardless of score. Those artists are awarded a small group exhibition of their work in the Landis Education Gallery the following year, coinciding with the Best in Show solo exhibition.

Opening Night- Friday, July 3rd

Five guys who are artist friends invite you to the Breakout Show of Five Sketch Guys on July's First Friday at ClearStory Art, downtown Chattanooga. You will be dazzled by lustrous landscape art, ship shape maritime art, macro nature photography, intriguing Waffle House and lovingly crafted pottery on display and available. We hope you can come and be dazzled!

Freedom Fest – TN 250 BASH
📍 Graysville, Tennessee
📅 July 4, 2026
🕙 10:00 AM Start

Celebrate Independence Day and Tennessee’s 250th anniversary at Freedom Fest – TN 250 BASH in Graysville! This patriotic community celebration is the perfect way to honor our nation’s history while enjoying a full day of small-town charm, family fun, and festive activities.

Kick off your Fourth of July with a lively parade, followed by local vendors, food, entertainment, and activities for all ages. From red, white, and blue decorations to community spirit on full display, Freedom Fest captures everything we love about celebrating in Rhea County.

As part of the county-wide “Come for the History, Stay for the Fun!” TN 250 celebration, this event highlights the unique history and pride of Graysville while bringing together all three Rhea County cities for one unforgettable weekend.

🇺🇸 Patriotic Parade
🍔 Food Vendors & Local Eats
🎶 Live Entertainment
🎉 Family-Friendly Activities

Bring your flags, gather your family, and celebrate the Fourth of July the Rhea County way!

Free admission | All ages welcome

Enjoy panoramic—and quieter—views of area fireworks from Lover’s Leap, July 3-4, as Rock City celebrates America 250 high above the action. Perched on the bluff of Lookout Mountain, the sweeping views from Rock City offer a unique opportunity to see multiple firework shows from area celebrations. The distance also makes for a quieter experience, perfect for those seeking a more sensory friendly experience.

Rock City’s Red, White, & Wonder ticket bundle provides a $150, all-encompassing experience for the whole family:

Four admission tickets

Glow sticks for everyone

4 “Stars & Stripes” meals at Café 7, featuring BBQ smoked chicken, chips, drink, and a Bomb Pop or salad

Rock City opens at 9 A.M. and closes at midnight on July 3-4; last ticketed entry time is 11:15 P.M. Tickets are available online only.

Visit seerockcity.com/america-250/ for more information.

Rock City salutes those who serve. This Independence Day, active and retired military receive FREE admission to Rock City along with 50% off for military family members up to six people. Discounted tickets must be purchased at the ticket window. Not available online.

On July 4, Rock City’s Red, White, & Wonder celebrates America 250 with panoramic—and quieter—evening views of area fireworks from Lover’s Leap. Fourth of July at Rock City will feature live string music throughout the day as well an amazing encounters with an American Bald Eagle at the Freedom Soars bird show. A special BBQ chicken meal at Café 7 will also be available.

Rock City is open from 9 A.M. until midnight on July 4; last ticketed entry time is 11:15 P.M.

Visit seerockcity.com/america-250/ for more information.

WaterWays announcing the start of our summer water quality testing initiative, including results from this week’s first round of testing. Over the next eight weeks, WaterWays will monitor local waterways and share timely updates to help keep the community informed about current water conditions, potential concerns, and the importance of protecting our shared water resources. We would appreciate your help sharing this information with the public and highlighting the ongoing work being done to support clean, safe, and healthy waterways across our region.
Thank you for your time and consideration.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EHwsEjLzMCrzMjNQDarLPrB5oSFzn7hLIZpt8pQLrnc/edit?usp=drivesdk

The Trailblazing Avant-Folk Family Musical group-Faun Fables- will be performing at Signal Mountain's Walden Peak Farm with Chattanooga's own The Heroes Are Horses opening. Come as early as 6pm and have a picnic with your family.
Faun Fables have been trailblazers in avant-folk and original music since the turn of the century. They are known for their exquisite, visceral songs, captivating live performances, and the occasional foray into theater. Their international profile rose significantly with the 2004 Drag City debut Family Album, and since then the group has toured seasonally across grassroots venues, nightclubs, theaters, and festival stages throughout the United States, Europe, the UK, Israel, and Oceania.
Their new album, Counterclockwise, officially released in May 2025, marks their eighth full-length release with Drag City. Its songs and production create the most expansive and richly lived-in sonic world of their career to date. Faun Fables’ timeless “songtelling” practice is rooted in a holistic vision of life in music—one that honors the intimate details of home and family while elevating them through a mystical and fantastical lens.
At the center is Dawn McCarthy, whose voice The New Yorker praised as “one of the more compelling instruments in contemporary music.” Her singing opens hearts and minds, moving effortlessly from a whisper to a rallying battle cry, drawing listeners into her mythic world. She is joined by creative partner Nils Frykdahl (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum), whose adventurous musicality and distinctive vocals help shape the band’s singular sound. Their daughters, having grown up alongside the band’s writing, recording, and touring since babies, now contribute additional vocals, flute, keyboard, bass, and percussion. Faun Fables are currently based in Nevada County, California.

The Heroes are Horses
Founded in 1998, the heroes are horses built a world around the songwriting and open-tuned guitar of Mark Bradley-Shoup, the bowed upright bass of Jim Tate, and the effected radio and VHS of Kenny Burnap. Over time, Kenny moved away, Bob Stagner joined on drums, Marc Trovillion joined playing sounds and synths, and Ryan Dixon joined as songwriter and player of all things needing played. Since Covid, the group moved mostly to electric, but has kept the same focus on building worlds of sound, songwriting, listening with big ears, and playing with big hearts.
Current: Mark Bradley-Shoup, Ryan Dixon, Bob Stagner, Jim Tate