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Celebrating 40 Years Of Music At The Riverbend Festival

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An aerial view of the Riverbend Festival.
Friends of the Festival

The first Riverbend Festival was held in downtown Chattanooga in the summer of 1982.

Since Riverbend missed a year during the pandemic, the festival is celebrating 40 years of music this year - starting Friday through Sunday at Ross’ Landing.

Mitchell Hall is director of operations - and Samantha Wright is director of sales - for Friends of the Festival.

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