Music Calendar
To include a listing in the Music calendar, submit your events at www.Chattanooga Now.com. Questions? Call Barry Courter at 423-757-6354.
Live music
ACOUSTIC GOSPEL JAM — Brainerd United Methodist Church, McFerrin Chapel, 4315 Brainerd Road. Jam session, 6-7 p.m. each Sunday. After 7 p.m. play anything. 423-698-5928.
BAKEWELL OPRY — Bakewell Community Center, 114 McCallie Ferry Road. Barely Kickin’ Band, 6:30 p.m. March 3. Free; donations accepted. Concession sales, including soup and cornbread, start at 5:30 p.m. 423-332-3829.
CHARLES & MYRTLE’S COFFEEHOUSE — Christ Unity Church, 105 McBrien Road. Folk music by John Lathim and Michelle Young, 8 p.m. March 3. $10 suggested donation. 423892-4960, www.christunity.org.
CREATIVE ARTS GUILD — 520 W. Waugh St., Dalton, Ga. 706-278-0168, lisae@ creativeartsguild.org, www. creativeartsguild.org. UTC Faculty Jazz Quintet, 7:308:30 p.m. March 4. $10 adults, free to Dalton State College faculty and students, $8 other students and seniors over 65.
COUNTRY, FORT OGLETHORPE — Cloud Springs Deli, 4097 Cloud Springs Road. Featured acts, 6 p.m. each Tuesday.
bssinard4809@att.net.
COWBOY GOSPEL JUBILEE — Cleveland Cowboy Church, 3040 Blythe Road, Cleveland, Tenn. Featured acts, 7 p.m. March 3. 423-476-7936.
CSO SENSORY FRIENDLY CONCERTS — Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Performance by small ensembles in a space that allows for movement, interaction or easy listening, 11 a.m.-11:45 March 11. Free but registration required. www. chattanoogasymphony.org.
CSOYO CONCERTS — Brainerd Baptist Church, 300 Brookfield Ave. Winter concert by Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras, 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 6. $6 adults, $4 children/ students/seniors 65+.
EAST TENNESSEE MUSIC COLLECTORS SHOW — East Ridge Community Center, 1517 Tombras Ave. Music dealers selling rare vintage vinyl LPs and 45s, CDs, music DVDs and memorabilia, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 5. $2. Bring clean used albums and 45s for appraisal and purchase. 704-996-9945, www. facebook.com/GregNealShows.
ENGELHEIM VINEYARDS — 127 Lakeview Road, Ellijay, Ga. 706-635-9463, www.engelheim.com. Music by Dr. Paul, 1:30 p.m. March 4, and Lloyd Clark, 1:30 p.m. March 5.
GOSPEL, DAYTON, TENN. — Gospel Singing Hall, Highway 27 North. Donnie Young and New Beginning, 6 p.m. March 4. 423-285-2165.
GOSPEL, DAYTON, TENN. — McDonald’s, 130 Able Drive. McDonald’s Singers and featured acts, 7 p.m. each Thursday. 423-240-6027.
GOSPEL, HIXSON — Dairy Queen, 5433 Highway 153. Band Night with Kindred Spirits Vocal Band and guest singers, 6-8 p.m. March 7. 423-593-7217.
GOSPEL, OOLTEWAH — Rafael’s Italian Restaurant, 5032 Ooltewah-Ringgold Road. Dwight Sanders and Zeke Turner featured, 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 6. 423-356-9260.
GOSPEL, OOLTEWAH— Wendy’s, 6009 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road, Ooltewah. Featured singers, 6:30-8:30 p.m. each Tuesday. 899-7852.
GOSPEL, RED BANK — White Oak United Methodist Church, 2232 Lyndon Ave. Spirit Filled, Dwight Sanders and Craig Kirk Tyndall featured, 6:30 p.m. March 3. Refreshments at
5:30 p.m. 423-504-9283, 423267-0837.
GUITAR CHATTANOOGA — Chattanooga State Community College, 4501 Amnicola Highway. French classical guitar virtuoso Judicael Perroy, 7:30 p.m. March 12. www.facebook.com/guitarchattanooga.
LEE UNIVERSITY MUSIC — Conn center, 150 11th St., Cleveland, Tenn. Symphonic Band concert, 7:30 p.m. March 2. Free. 423-614-8343 (box office), 423-614-8240 (School of Music).
MOUNTAIN OPRY — Walden’s Ridge Civic Center, 2501 Fairmount Pike, Signal Mountain. Bluegrass and mountain music, 8-11 p.m. each Friday. Free. 423-886-3252.
MUSIC AT THE WINERY — Cartecay Vineyards, 5704 Clear Creek Road, Ellijay, Ga. Music by Gregg Erwin, 1:305:30 p.m. March 4. Concerts are free. $10 wine tasting. 706-698-9463, www.cartecayvineyards.com.
PALACE THEATRE — 72 S. Main St., Crossville, Tenn. All times Central. 931-484-6133. www.palacetheatre-crossville.com. ›
Saturday, March 4: Cumberland Jamboree’s first all-gospel show, 7 p.m., $5. ›Thursday, March 9: The Little Roy and Lizzy Show, 7 p.m., $21.50, $25.50, $28.50 ($3 more day of).
›Friday, March 10: The Staph Band tribute to country singer Johnny Moore, 7 p.m. $12. ›Saturday, March 11: The Farm Hands bluegrass band, 7 p.m. $15 adults, $8 students.
POSITIVE BLUEGRASS —Jo Mama’s Wraps, 12553 N. Main St., Trenton, Ga. Local
musician Carl Towns performs gospel music and “posgrass,” 5:30-7:30 p.m. each Wednesday. Free. 706-657-7138, carl@ wildernessradio.net.
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.
SALE CREEK OPRY — Sale Creek Lions Club, 15222 Coppinger Road. Old-time country and gospel music, 6:30 p.m. each Saturday. Free. floyd bledsoe@ymail.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.
SNOW HILL BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE — Highway 58 Volunteer Fire Department Training Center, 9100 Snow Hill Road, Harrison. Volunteer firefighters sponsor jamboree by area bands, 5:45-10 p.m. March 4. Free. 423-529-8009.
SONGBIRDS GUITAR MUSEUM — 35 Station St. www.songbirdsguitars.com. Grand-opening events for world’s largest collection of rare, vintage guitars. ›
March 10-12: Ongoing educational sessions, “Les Paul — From Start to Finish,” led by Jim Wysocki, longtime friend of the late guitar player. Free with museum admission. ›
March 11: Street festival with Gibson Guitar traveling museum, music by Chattanooga Girls Rock, The Pool, The Drew Sterchi Band and The Communicators. Free outdoor party; regular admission to museum.
STRING THEORY — Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View. Clarinetist Ricardo Morales and the Miro String Quartet, 6:30 p.m. March 14.
$30 Hunter members, $40 nonmembers, $10 students with ID, $25 for groups of 20+. 423-414-2525, www.stringtheorymusic.org.
TENNESSEE VALLEY THEATRE — 184 W. Jackson Ave., Spring City, Tenn. 423-3657529, www.tennessvalleytheatre.com. Emi Sunshine and Mt. LeConte Jug Band in benefit for Smoky Mountain fire victims, 7-9 p.m. March 4. $15, with 100 percent of proceeds donated. Only 200 tickets. Call TVT or buy at Banjo’s BBQ, 22090 Rhea County Highway, or ERA BlueKey Properties, 22576 Rhea County Highway.
UTC MUSIC — UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St. Concerts at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free. 423-425-4601, www.utc.edu/music. › March 3-5: Piano Festival. › March 9: “O King,” a tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 7:30-9:15 p.m. Free. Reception follows.
SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 3 › 3 p.m. Collaborative and Piano Ensemble. Masterclass. Dr. ChoEun Lee of Lee University will coach students in an eight-hand piano ensemble number as well as two accompanied vocal selections. Walk-ins welcome to masterclass. Parking available in Lot 10 across the street from the Fine Arts Center. › 7:30 p.m. UTC Music Faculty Concert. Performances by faculty members Monte Coulter (marimba), with guest Monte Coulter IV (clarinet), plus Ronda Ford (flute), Eric Hanson (double bass), Rebecca St. Goar (mezzo-soprano), Jocelyn Sanders (horn), Clint Schmitt (saxophone), Nikolasa Tejero (clarinet), David and Gigi Walters (piano), Perry Ward (baritone), Kenyon Wilson (tuba), Sigrid Luther and Jenny Parker (piano). Guest pianist Alan Nichols will
perform a composition by Jonathan McNair.
SATURDAY, MARCH 4 › 7:30 p.m. Benefit concert for the UTC Piano Program featuring guest artist Chih-Long Hu. This memorial concert for Dr. Sin-Hsing Tsai will include tributes from Dr. Stuart Benkert, interim head of the Department of Performing Arts; Kelsey Huffman, former student of Tsai; Nikolasa Tejero, friend and colleague; and Sung-Ho “Andy” Tsai, her brother.
SUNDAY, MARCH 5 › 3 p.m. Piano Extravaganza. Four concert grand pianos will be onstage with pianists performing works for two, four, six and eight hands. UTC students and alumni performing were selected last year by Dr. Tsai for this event. Guest pianists Hsin-I Guo and Patrick Rice will perform a two-piano arrangement of “The Serpent’s Kiss.”