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Music Calendar
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Live music
ACOUSTIC GOSPEL JAM — Brainerd United Methodist Church, McFerrin Chapel, 4315 Brainerd Road. Jam session, 6-7 p.m. each Sunday. Free. 423-698-5928.
BAKEWELL OPRY — Bakewell Community Center, 114 McCallie Ferry Road. Live music, first and third Fridays, 7 p.m. Concession sales at 6 p.m. $3 single, $5 couple. 423-332-3829.
BIG FOOT BLUES FESTIVAL — 514 Brawley Road, Tracy City, Tenn. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band headlines three-day festival, Oct. 18-20. Plus Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters and Shemekia Copeland, among others. $90 single day, $125 two-day (Sunday is free); $170 and $280 VIP; plus fees and parking pass. Group, RV and camping packages also available. 931488-8652, info@bigfoot bluesfestival.com, www. bigfootbluesfestival.com.
BLUEGRASS — Whole Foods Market, 301 Manufacturers Road. Forever Bluegrass presents live bluegrass music, 6:30-8:30 p.m. second and third Thursdays. pinioncindy @yahoo.com.
BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE & FISH FRY — Harrison Ruritan Club, 5709 Tyner Lane. Old-fashioned bluegrass
picking served up with barbecue, fried catfish and other concessions, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. Free; donations accepted for club projects. 423-344-7848.
BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND — The Caverns, 555 Charlie Roberts Road, Pelham, Tenn. Artists perform in underground venue. Doors open one hour before show time. Premium ticket prices include accommodations. thecaverns. com.The Infamous Stringdusters with Willie Watson, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18; doors open at 7 p.m. $45-$240.
CHATTANOOGA MUSIC CLUB — Christ Church Episcopal, 663 Douglas St. www.chattanoogamusicclub. org. Club presents Chattanooga Flute Choir, directed by Nora Kile, in concert, 3-4:15 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Free.
CHATTANOOGA SINGING CIRCLE — Center for Mindful Living, 400 E. Main St., Suite 150. Intergenerational, non-auditioned community singing session to promote peace with self, others and world around you, with songs taught by repetitive call-and-response method, 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20. $10 suggested donation; free for children under 13. www. centermindfulliving.org.
CHATTANOOGA SONG CIRCLE — Bluegrass Grill, Pax Breu Ruim, 516 E. Main St. Concerts by local songwriters, with host Richard Daigle, 7 p.m. first and third Fridays.$10 suggested donation. Concessions available.
CHATTANOOGA SONGWRITERS NIGHT — Heritage House, 1428 Jenkins Road. House concert, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10; doors open at 6:30 p.m. Free. Light refreshments served. 423855-9474, ant1667.wix.com/ noogasongwritersasso.
CHOO CHOO CHORUS — Ponders Funeral Home, 4203 Brainerd Road. Men’s barbershop harmony group rehearsal, 7-9:30 p.m.
All voice ranges needed; not required to read music. 423894-8559, 423-413-8681.
Second Presbyterian Church, 700 Pine St. www. choralartsofchattanooga.org, 423-605-6058. “The Wound in the Water,” first concert of the season, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. $15 adults, $10 students.
COFFEEHOUSE CONCERT — Mountain Arts Community Center, 809 Kentucky Ave. Americana music by local artist Toby Hewitt, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. $15 includes coffee and dessert. Proceeds go toward renovation of the MACC theater. 423-505-6520, smepreservationfund.org.
COWBOY GOSPEL JUBILEE — Cleveland Cowboy Church, 3040 Blythe Road, Cleveland, Tenn. Liberty Boys featured, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. Hat passed for headliners. 423476-7936.
CREATIVE ARTS GUILD
520 W. Waugh St., Dalton, Ga. 706-278-0168, www. creativeartsguild.org. Recital by Dalton State Trio of Dalton State College, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17. $10 adults, $8 seniors over 65 and non-Dalton State students. Contact: ejenkins@daltonstate.edu.
CSO POPS — Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St. Chattanooga Symphony & Opera presents “An Evening With Bernadette Peters,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. $15-$90 (reduced prices for students). 423-2678583, www.chattanooga symphony.org.
Greenway Farm Park, 5051 Gann Store Road, Hixson. Free, family-friendly music series hosted by Outdoor Chattanooga around a campfire at Sniteman Log Cabin, 7-9 p.m. Bring your own seating, marshmallow roasting stick and perhaps a picnic supper. › Thursday, Oct. 10: Lew Card. Limited quantity of s’mores kits available.
› Thursday, Oct. 17: Stringer’s Ridge Band. Free locally grown and freshly popped
popcorn.
FREE FIDDLE SCHOOL — Fiddlers Anonymous, 2248 Dayton Blvd., Red Bank. Instruction for newbies at 2 p.m., beginners at 2:30 p.m., intermediates at 3:30 p.m. Sundays; fiddles provided. Free potluck dinner, 4 p.m.; bluegrass jam, 4-8 p.m. 423994-7497.
GOSPEL, DAYTON, TN — McDonald’s, 130 Able Drive. McDonald’s Singers and featured acts, 7 p.m. each Thursday. 423-240-6027.
GOSPEL, EAST BRAINERD — Rafael’s, 5032 Ooltewah Ringgold Road. Craig Tyndall, Calvary’s Blend and Once
Broken 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15. 423-715-2046.
GOSPEL, FORT OGLETHORPE — Cloud Springs Deli, 4097 Cloud Springs Road. Local artists perform, 6-8:30 p.m. Mondays. 706-9568128.
GOSPEL, HIXSON — Burks United Methodist Church, 6433 Hixson Pike. Kindred Spirits Vocal Band and guests, 6-8 p.m. each Thursday. 423-593-7217.
LEE UNIVERSITY — Cleveland, Tenn. 423-614-8343 (box office), 423-614-8240 (School of Music).
› Thursday, Oct. 10: Choral Union fall concert, “Selah,” 7:30 p.m. in Pangle Hall, 340 Church St. NE. Free
and nonticketed.
› Saturday, Oct. 12: Glory Encounter with gospel artists Taron Berry, Benita Jones and Jonathan Nelson and Lee University Evangelistic Singers, 7 p.m. in Pangle Hall. Free but registration required on www.eventbrite.com.
› Monday, Oct. 14: Orchestra concert, 7:30 p.m. in Pangle Hall. Free and nonticketed.
LET’S SING FROM MEMORY — Northside Presbyterian Church, 923 Mississippi Ave. Free social gathering for those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, accompanied by caregivers, to sing old songs and hymns that may reconnect to memories, 1-2:30 p.m. first and third Tuesdays. Free. 423-266-1766, http:// northsidepresbyterian.org.
LEVITT AMP MUSIC SERIES — Bessie Smith Cultural Center lawn, 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Rise Chattanooga presents outdoor music series (inside if raining), 6-9 p.m.Free. www.risecha.org.
› Thursday, Oct. 10: Louis York & The Shindellas
› Thursday, Oct. 17: Frank Bumpass
MOUNTAIN OPRY — Walden’s Ridge Civic Center, 2501 Fairmount Pike, Signal Mountain. Bluegrass and mountain music, 8-11 p.m. each Friday. Free. 423-8863252.
NOONTUNES — Miller Plaza, 850 Market St. Local artists in weekly midday music series, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Food trucks and local vendors on-site. 423-265-3700, www. millerplazachattanooga.com. › Friday, Oct. 11: The Trinity (jazz/blues) › Prince T, aka Terrence J. Smith III (R&B/urban adult contemporary)
OPERA TENNESSEE — Northside Presbyterian Church, 923 Mississippi Ave. www.operatn.org. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10; 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11; 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. $20 general admission, $15 students/ seniors, $10 children 5-12.
RED BANK BLUEGRASS JAM — Grace Nazarene Church, 6310 Dayton Blvd. Jam session for all levels of bluegrass and country musicians, 6:30-9 p.m. each Thursday. Play or listen. 423-877-9948.
THE RINGGOLD OPRY — Ringgold Depot, 155 Depot St., Ringgold, Ga. Bluegrass and old-time country music, clogging and dancing, 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. Featured acts: Red Hot & Blue and Man in Black Tribute to Johnny Cash. Free; donations welcome. 706-935-2251, ringgolddepotopry@gmail. com.
SALE CREEK OPRY — Sale Creek Lions Club, 15222 Coppinger Road. Old-time country and gospel music, 6:30 p.m. each Saturday. $5 couples, $3 singles; free for kids 12 and younger. floydbledsoe@ymail.com.
SCENIC CITY CHORUS — Spring Creek Road Baptist Church, 1312 Spring Creek Road. Women’s four-part harmony sessions for all talent levels, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Mondays. Singers needed; visitors welcome. 423-9023298, sceniccitychorus.com.
SENIORS DANCE — Teamsters Union Hall, 4431 Bonny Oaks Drive. Band plays line dance, slow country and ’50s rock music, 7-10 p.m. each Saturday. $5 donation. 423867-7185.
SODDY-DAISY JAMBOREE — Soddy-Daisy Community Center, 190 Depot St. Pickers and listeners gather, 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. Free. 423332-3654.
SOUTHERN ADVENTIST MUSIC DEPARTMENT — Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists, 4829 College Drive East. 423-2362880.Wind Symphony, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Free.
TERRY POPE MEMORIAL CONCERT — Red Bank United Methodist Church, 3800 Dayton Blvd. Mid-South Symphonic Band pays tribute to trumpet player, music educator and Giant Steps Music manager Terry Pope, who died in June, 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. Donations to the church’s food bank requested. Free admission. midsouthsymphonicband. com.
TIVOLI THEATRE CONCERT TOURS — 709 Broad St. 423757-5580, www.tivolichattanooga.com.
› Thursday, Oct. 17: Dream Theater: Distance Over Time Tour celebrating 10 years of “Scenes From a Memory,” 8 p.m.; doors open at 7 p.m. $31.50-$86.50.
› Friday, Oct. 18: Tivoli Theatre Foundation’s inaugural annual gala featuring Alison Krauss, 8:30 p.m.; doors open at 7:30 p.m. $65, $85, $250 with VIP reception.
UTC MUSIC — 423-425-4601, www.utc.edu/music.
› Thursday, Oct. 10: UTC Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, 5 p.m.
› Saturday, Oct. 19: UTC faculty and guest artist recital, 3 p.m.
WALKER THEATRE CONCERT TOURS — Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie Ave. 423-757-5580, www.tivolichattanooga.com.
› Friday, Oct. 11: Langhorne Slim and The Lost At Last Band, with Katie Pruitt, 8 p.m.; doors open at 7 p.m. $25.
› Saturday, Oct. 12: Delbert McClinton, 8 p.m.; doors open at 7 p.m. $37 and $47.