Hey Chatt!! Here is your July 17th to July 19th, 2026 weekend guide!

🍦 Ice Cream Crawl, All Weekend

The River City Company's 5th annual Ice Cream Crawl celebrates National Ice Cream Day all weekend long. Hit participating spots, scan the QR code, enter the "Mystery Word," and you're automatically entered to win a $100 Chattanooga Express Card and ice cream prize packages.

Participating spots:

🍦 Clumpies (Southside + Northshore, two chances!)
🍦 The Ice Cream Show
🍦 Milk & Honey
🍦 Scoop Around Ice Cream Bar (Main St + Market St)
🍦 Bleu Fox Cheese Shop
🍦 Ben & Jerry's
🍦 Cold Stone Creamery (Riverfront)

🕐 Friday July 17 – Sunday July 19 • All day

📍 Multiple downtown & Northshore locations

💰 Free to participate • Prizes available

⟶ Details & Participating Spots

Pro tip: Hop the CARTA electric shuttle between the Northshore and downtown so you don't have to think about parking after your third scoop. No shame.

It's Friday, it's summer, and Nightfall is back at Miller Plaza. Grab something from a food truck, browse the artisan vendor market, and let Link and Chain carry you into the weekend. Night 1 of the Ice Cream Crawl is also tonight, and Miller Plaza is walking distance from several participating shops. Double up.

🕐 6:00 PM vendors open • 7:00 PM Ogya (opener) • 8:00 PM Link and Chain (headliner)

📍 Miller Plaza, 850 Market St

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⚾ Wreckers Weekend: Lookouts vs. Columbus Clingstones

It's Wreckers Weekend at the brand-new Erlanger Park. The Lookouts play as the Chattanooga Wreckers all three games this weekend, saluting hometown inventor Ernest Holmes and the fact that the tow truck was invented right here in Chattanooga. Three-game homestand against the Columbus Clingstones at the new stadium. Very Chattanooga.

🕐 Friday 7:00 PM • Saturday 6:30 PM • Sunday 1:00 PM matinee

📍 Erlanger Park, South Broad District

💰 See link for ticket pricing

⟶ Details & Tickets

❄️ Frozen: The Broadway Musical (Opening Night)

Opening night for the Chattanooga Theatre Centre's production of Disney's Frozen: The Broadway Musical, running through August 2. All the songs from the film plus new music by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Great family option if you've got kids in the mix, and opening night has that first-audience energy. Multiple weekend showings if Friday doesn't work: Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 2:30 PM matinee.

🕐 7:30 PM

📍 Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St, North Shore

💰 Tickets from $37 (avg $44)

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🎸 Same As It Ever Was: Talking Heads Tribute

A 7-piece Knoxville band that's been performing the full Talking Heads catalog for over two decades. Everything from '77 to Naked, B-sides and deep cuts included. Small-venue, dance-floor kind of night. Perfect if "Once in a Lifetime" makes you feel like you're seeing your life through new eyes.

🕐 8:00 PM (21+)

📍 Barrelhouse Ballroom, 1501 Long St, Southside

💰 $15 advance / $20 day of show

⟶ Details & Tickets

The 2nd Annual Hot as Hades Market brings hot peppers, artisan hot sauces, fiery dishes, local makers, and live music from Taylor Levin and Camelcase to the Choo Choo's historic grounds. Hosted by Shop the Market At. A spice-lover's evening at one of the coolest venues in town.

🕐 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM

📍 Chattanooga Choo Choo, 1400 Market St

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🐟 Fish & Sips at the Tennessee Aquarium

Okay, this one is special. After-hours access to both Aquarium buildings, 10 four-ounce craft beer/cider/seltzer pours from local and regional breweries, complimentary small bites from the Edwin Hotel, and a branded canvas tote, pin, and neck gaiter. All while wandering past otters and sharks at night. Tickets will sell out and are not available at the door, so book now if you want in. Worth every penny.

🕐 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM (21+, ID required)

📍 Tennessee Aquarium, 1 Broad St

💰 $60 – $85 • Not available at the door

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🎤 Killers of Kill Tony

If you're a comedy nerd, you already know these names. Four Kill Tony breakout alumni (David Lucas, Hans Kim, Timmy No Brakes, and Martin Phillips) at Soldiers & Sailors for a proper ticketed night of stand-up. This is not a bar show. A portion of proceeds benefits the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation.

🕐 7:00 PM

📍 Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie Ave

💰 See link for ticket pricing

⟶ Details & Tickets

This week's Riverfront Nights headliner is Back 2 Mac: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac. All the gold-standard classics, river breeze, and Chattanooga summer energy. Rick Rushing & the Blues Strangers open at 7 PM. As an expanded evening, Riverfront Parkway will be closed for extra vendors, food trucks, and activities like doggie pools, cornhole, giant Jenga, and beach volleyball. Free to attend, but show up before it fills up.

🕐 6:00 PM gates • 7:00 PM Rick Rushing • Back 2 Mac follows

📍 Ross's Landing, 100 Riverfront Pkwy

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Summer BBQ the way it should be: outdoors, free, with cold beer and live music. The Chattanooga Market's signature Sunday takes on a BBQ theme this week, with a curated lineup of food trucks serving BBQ-centric favorites: chicken, pork, beef, dry-rubbed, slathered, spicy to mild. There's a flavor (and a napkin) for everyone. Live music from The Essentials, plus the market's usual full lineup of artisans, farm-fresh food, and local makers. This one's genuinely worth the trip out to Southside. Family-friendly, low-key, excellent food.

🕐 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

📍 First Horizon Pavilion, 1801 Reggie White Blvd

💰 Free admission • Pay-lot parking on site

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🎼 Chanticleer at The Caverns

Here's your one-of-a-kind Sunday event. Chanticleer, the GRAMMY Award-winning ensemble called "the world's reigning male chorus" by the New Yorker, performing inside a mountain in Pelham. Twelve male voices spanning soprano to bass, working through Renaissance, jazz, and contemporary pieces. The acoustic environment inside The Caverns is unlike anything else. This is the kind of thing you'll be glad you went to.

🕐 5:00 PM

📍 The Caverns, 555 Charlie Roberts Rd, Pelham, TN (~30 min south)

💰 $83 – $168

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