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Concerts, festivals, markets, and community gatherings. Here's what's coming up in the Scenic City.
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Free as they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory
A touring exhibition of contemporary photography, video, projection and mixed media on memory, racism, segregation and slavery, on view at the Hunter Museum of American Art Oct 1, 2026 to Jan 11, 2027.
Hunter Museum of American Art
Museum admission applies; members, children 13 and under (with a paying adult) and teens 14-17 are free
See Rock City
Chattanooga Theatre Centre stages See Rock City, Arlene Hutton's drama about May and Raleigh during the end of World War II, in the Circle Theatre, Nov 6 to 22.
Chattanooga Theatre Centre
AVA Member Salon Show
The Association for Visual Arts lists its Member Salon Show of work by member artists at its Frazier Avenue gallery. The exhibition opens Friday, Nov. 6 and runs through Dec. 20.
AVA Gallery (Association for Visual Arts)
UTC Theatre Co. presents A Midsummer Night's Dream
UTC Theatre Co. performs Shakespeare's comedy of lovers, fairies and artisans in an enchanted forest. Nov 17-21 at the UTC Fine Arts Center.
UTC Fine Arts Center
7:30 PM$15 to $20
NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet
A touring production of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker with an international cast, acrobatics and towering puppets, joined by local young dancers.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
3:00 PM
Chattanooga Ballet's The Nutcracker
Chattanooga Ballet's annual production of The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's holiday story of Clara and the Nutcracker Prince, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
7:30 PM
Lookout Wild Film Festival
Lookout Wild Film Festival screens outdoor adventure and environmental films at the UTC Fine Arts Center, January 14-17, 2027.
UTC Fine Arts Center
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at Chattanooga Theatre Centre
Chattanooga Theatre Centre stages Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the tragedy of the plot against Caesar and the civil war that follows, on its Main Stage March 12-21, 2027.
Chattanooga Theatre Centre
The Complete History of America (abridged) at Chattanooga Theatre Centre
Chattanooga Theatre Centre stages The Complete History of America (abridged), a 90-minute comedy sprint through American history, in its Circle Theatre April 2-18, 2027.
Chattanooga Theatre Centre
4 Bridges Arts Festival
The 4 Bridges Arts Festival, a juried art show by the Association for Visual Arts, fills First Horizon Pavilion April 16-18, 2027. AVA lists $6 entry, free for students and under 18.
First Horizon Pavilion
$6 at the gate; students and children under 18 free (per AVA)
You Can't Take It With You at Chattanooga Theatre Centre
Chattanooga Theatre Centre performs You Can't Take It With You, the comedy about Grandpa Vanderhof's eccentric family, on its Main Stage April 30 to May 16, 2027.
Chattanooga Theatre Centre
TattooNooga 2027
TattooNooga, a tattoo convention hosted by Con Nooga, runs Apr 30 to May 2, 2027 at Camp Jordan Arena. Tickets $10 to $75 plus fees; those getting tattooed must be 18+, per the organizer.
Camp Jordan Arena
3:00 PM$10 to $75 plus fees and taxes, per the organizer
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