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Nightfall is a 14 week FREE summer concert series, held on Friday night – rain or shine - in Miller Plaza & Park, downtown Chattanooga.
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Opener starting at 7pm & Headliner begins at 8pm. Every Friday from May 1 to July 31 from 6:00pm - 9:30pm. The Nightfall Concert Series is held each Friday night – rain or shine - in Miller Plaza, downtown Chattanooga. Headlining acts begin at 8pm with local opening acts starting at 7pm. The 2021 series runs from June 4th - September 10th. Bring your kids, lawn chairs, pets and friends to enjoy great live music, food, moonshine and an ice cold beer at the corner of Market Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard starting at 5pm and going on until 10pm. There’s motorcycle parking on the closed portion of Market Street alongside the plaza and plenty of parking close by for everyone.

10/24/2026

🎶☀️ CHATTANOOGA, HAVE Y’ALL BEEN MISSING FREE LIVE MUSIC?!

BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE!! 🙌🎸

Our Nightfall season may be over, but that doesn’t mean the music has to stop!

Chattanooga Presents, the crew that brings you Nightfall every summer and helps produce 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival every fall, is excited to be teaming up with IBMA World of Bluegrass to bring you another incredible day of FREE live music!

And it’s happening RIGHT NOW at Pickin’ in the Park in Miller Park & Miller Plaza!

🎻 We’ve got amazing Kids on Bluegrass performers and college bands from across the country taking the stage all day. These young musicians are the future of bluegrass, so come catch the next big act before they’re famous!

🎶 THEN STARTING AT 5 PM, LET’S SHOW OUR LOCAL BANDS SOME LOVE!

Here’s tonight’s lineup at Miller Park:

🎵 5:00 PM – Possum Creek Pickers
🎵 5:40 PM – Shakin’ the Calico
🎵 6:20 PM – Blake Worthington String Band
🎵 7:00 PM – Blue Cumberland
🎵 7:40 PM – New Grass Express
🎵 8:20 PM – Randy Steele & High Cold Wind

And you know the drill! 😉

☀️ Beautiful weather and sunshine
🍔 Plenty of delicious food trucks
🥤 Ice-cold drinks
🛍️ Local artists and vendors to shop
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-friendly fun
🐾 Bring your four-legged friends on a leash!

Grab your blankets, lawn chairs, kids, neighbors, and friends, and COME ON DOWNTOWN!

Find your spot, grab some lunch or dinner, sip something cold, and soak up this gorgeous Chattanooga Saturday.

📍 Miller Park & Miller Plaza
⏰ Happening NOW until 9 PM!
🎟️ COMPLETELY FREE — NO TICKETS REQUIRED!

We’ve missed seeing all those familiar Nightfall faces, and we’d love nothing more than to see y’all downtown today! 💙

Different festival. Same love for live music. Same Chattanooga community.

SEE Y’ALL DOWN HERE! 🎻🎶

09/29/2026

Nightfall people, we know something about you… you REALLY like FREE live music. 😉🎶 And frankly, so do we.

So while we’re counting down the days until Nightfall returns, we want to make sure another fantastic FREE Chattanooga music tradition is on your radar!

🪕 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival
📅 THIS Friday, Oct. 2 + Saturday, Oct. 3
📍 Ross’s Landing
🎟️ FREE admission!

Bring your chairs and blankets, settle in by the river, and enjoy two days of seriously good bluegrass. There will be food trucks and drinks available on site, so come hungry and make a day (or two!) of it.

A couple quick things to know: no outside coolers are allowed, and 3 Sisters is rain or shine — because a little Tennessee weather has never scared off good music. 🎻

If you support Nightfall because you love free live music in Chattanooga, come show some love to 3 Sisters this weekend. We’ll see y’all at Ross’s Landing! 💙

09/18/2026

Happening now! Come vote for your favorite band, shop vintage, play yard games, grab some grub and a cold drink when you get here. See you then!

09/17/2026

🚨 FREE LIVE MUSIC TOMORROW NIGHT! 🚨

Nightfall may be over for the season, but we’ll ALWAYS support more free live music in Chattanooga. 🎸❤️

Come out to The Friday Mix: Y2K Night at First Horizon Pavilion and VOTE for your favorite local band!

🎸 6:45 — Safe Haven
🎸 7:40 — Field Hockey
🎸 8:25 — ChattSav
🎸 9:10 — Hour Late

PLUS 🛍️ Electric Crocodile’s Vintage Market, food trucks, full bar, games + all the Y2K vibes.

📍 First Horizon Pavilion
📅 TOMORROW, FRIDAY, SEPT 18 | 6:30–10 PM
🎟️ FREE!

Presented by Stadium Corporation, Chattanooga Presents, UTC Athletics & Electric Crocodile.

Come hang. Hear some great local music. CAST YOUR VOTE. 🗳️🔥

09/03/2026

🚨 LAST CALL FOR LOCAL BANDS! 🚨

Nightfall friends—we’re helping spread the word about an awesome new opportunity for Chattanooga’s emerging music scene!

To be clear: This is not Nightfall or Road to Nightfall. The Nightfall team is partnering with Finley Stadium and Electric Crocodile to help launch The Friday Mix, a free live music event for our fellow Chattanooga music lovers.

🎸 Five local bands will compete live
🏆 Winning band receives $650
💵 The other four selected bands receive $250 each
📍 First Horizon Pavilion
📅 Friday, September 18
⏰ 6:30–10 PM
🎟️ Free for the public

We’re looking for high school bands, college bands, garage bands and emerging local groups ready to bring fresh sound and big energy to a larger stage.

Applications close TOMORROW—and there are still spots available!

Know a band that needs to see this? Tag them, share this post or send it directly to them. Let’s find Chattanooga’s next great live act! 🎶

👉 Apply here: https://forms.gle/s1gYAucuSrLDrx3y6

08/27/2026

🎸 CALLING CHATTANOOGA’S NEXT WAVE OF BANDS! 🎸

Got a band that’s been making some noise in the garage, playing high school or college shows, building a following around town, or just waiting for the right chance to get on a bigger stage?

**THIS ONE’S FOR YOU. 👀**

We’re looking for 5 up-and-coming bands from the Greater Chattanooga area to take the stage at The Friday Mix at First Horizon Pavilion on Friday, September 18!

Think fresh sound. Big energy. The bands your friends keep telling everyone they have to come see. Whether you’re a newer high school band, college band, garage band, or an emerging local group starting to make a name for yourselves, we want to hear what you’ve got.
**APPLICATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 3**

🔥 5 bands selected
💵 $250 for each band chosen to compete
🏆$650 TOTAL to the crowd-favorite winner
🎤 20-minute live sets
🗳️ NO JUDGES — the crowd picks the winner so bring your peeps!
📍 First Horizon Pavilion
⏰ Competition starts at 6:30 PM

And because The Friday Mix is throwing it back to Y2K, every selected band will need to work at least ONE song from the Y2K era into their set. Have fun with it. Make it yours. We want to see what you do with it. 📀✨

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• Bands based in the Greater Chattanooga area
• No solo acts for this competition
• At least one original song in your 20-minute set
• At least one Y2K-era song in your set
• A sample of your music with your application — send us your EPK if you have one!
• Bands that can bring the energy and bring their people — because the public decides who wins!

🥁 We’ll provide a drum kit, bass amp, guitar amps, full sound system and audio engineers. The application will ask about your equipment needs, so tell us what you need and we’ll see what we can accommodate.

**APPLICATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 3**

We’ll notify the five selected bands by **September 7**, so yeah… the turnaround is FAST. Don’t sit on this one.

Know a band that needs to be on this stage? TAG THEM. SHARE THIS. SEND IT TO YOUR MUSIC FRIENDS.

Ready to show Chattanooga what you’ve got?

👇 **APPLY HERE:**
https://forms.gle/1U9SPYeyxorcE9UU7

08/26/2026

The Nightfall crew is teaming up with Chattanooga Athletics Department, Finley Stadium & First Horizon Pavilion and The Electric Crocodile to bring Chattanooga a brand-new FREE live music event—and it’s going to be pretty fly. 😎

✨ THE FRIDAY MIX: Y2K NIGHT ✨
📅 Friday, September 18 | 6:30–10 PM
📍 First Horizon Pavilion
🎟️ FREE ENTRY

🎸 Five local bands compete live
🏆 The crowd chooses the winner
🛍️ Y2K Vintage Market
🎮 Games + Kids Zone
🚚 Food trucks + drink specials

Original music, 2000s throwbacks and nonstop fun. Grab your crew, dress Y2K and come help us launch The Friday Mix!

08/06/2026

As another incredible season of Nightfall comes to a close, we just want to say THANK YOU, Chattanooga! ❤️🎶

Week after week, you showed up, danced, sang along, supported local artists, and made Miller Plaza the place to be on Friday nights. Thank you for choosing to spend your summer evenings with us celebrating FREE, original live music and the amazing talent our community has to offer. The energy you brought every single week is what makes Nightfall so special.

A huge thank you to our sponsors who helped make this season possible: SouthEast Bank, Fletcher Bright Company, EPB, Kia of Chattanooga & Toyota of Cleveland, TOPO, Hutton & Smith, White Lightning Harley-Davidson, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the Tennessee Entertainment Commission, and Chattanooga Wh***ey.

We're also incredibly grateful for the support of our in-kind partners: River City Company, the City of Chattanooga, NPR Music 88.1, the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Plainview, The Moxy, and Community Pie, along with our media partners at Sunny 92.3, Hits 96, Classic Country, and Alt 98.7.

To every artist, vendor, crew member, sponsor, partner, and music fan—thank you for making another unforgettable season possible. ❤️

Until next summer... keep supporting live, local music. We'll see you in 2027! 🎤🎸☀️

Photo Credit: Ray Soldano Photography & Nightfall Staff

07/30/2026

🎸This Friday, July 31 your LAST chance to dance, hang out and experience Nightfall this season! 🎶 The weather is looking great, and we’ll be back home on the Miller Plaza stage—come help us close out the season with one unforgettable Friday night! 🕺

07/29/2026

🚨 It’s the FINAL Nightfall of the season!

Don’t miss your last chance to join us downtown this Friday for live music, local food trucks, art vendors and Happy Hour specials all night long!

🎶 Et Cetera at 7 PM
🎶 MT Jones at 8 PM
📍 Miller Park Stage
🍻 Bars and food trucks open at 6 PM

Come help us close out an incredible season with one more unforgettable Friday night! 🎉

Address

850 Market St/Miller Plaza
Chattanooga, TN
37402

Opening Hours

6pm - 10pm

Website

http://nightfallchattanooga.com/

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