The Weekend Lineup: June 5-7

**Friday belongs to Nightfall -- the free summer concert series at [Miller Plaza](/directory/miller-plaza/), with teenage bluegrass mandolin prodigy Wyatt Ellis headlining and High Stuarts also on the bill. Saturday the music spills into the streets for Southside Porchfest, and Sunday the [Walnut Street Bridge](/directory/walnut-street-bridge/) Festival takes over [Coolidge Park](/directory/coolidge-park/) at the city's iconic pedestrian span. Friday and Saturday are a gift -- sunny, 86, and rain doesn't even make the guest list. Sunday's more of a coin flip on showers and storms, so if the Bridge Festival's on your list, get there early and beat the sky to it.**

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## Friday

### [Nightfall: High Stuarts / Wyatt Ellis](/events/nightfall-free-summer-concert-series-high-stuarts-wyatt-ellis-2026-06-05/) -- [Miller Plaza](/directory/miller-plaza/)

Nightfall is back downtown for another free Friday in the open air. Wyatt Ellis -- a teenage mandolin prodigy already turning heads in bluegrass circles -- headlines, with High Stuarts also on the bill. Miller Plaza fills up fast once people clock out, so grab a patch of lawn early. Free, and the most reliable good time on a Chattanooga Friday.

### [Chelcie Lynn: The Loose Lips Tour](/events/chelcie-lynn-trailer-trash-tammy-the-loose-lips-tour-2026-06-05-2/) -- The [Walker Theatre](/directory/walker-theatre/)

Chelcie Lynn -- better known as viral character Trailer Trash Tammy -- brings her Loose Lips Tour to the Walker Theatre. A real touring draw; if you're a fan, this is the night.

### [Carlos Anthony](/events/carlos-anthony-2026-06-05/) -- The Comedy Catch

Touring comedian [Carlos Anthony](/bands/carlos-anthony/) settles in at The Comedy Catch for a full weekend run, Friday through Sunday. Pick your night -- the late shows tend to be the loose ones.

### [Movie Night: Camp Rock](/events/movie-night-camp-rock-at-mcdonald-farm-2026-06-06/) -- [McDonald Farm](/directory/mcdonald-farm/)

An outdoor family movie night at McDonald Farm, screening Camp Rock under the stars. Pack chairs and a blanket -- the easy, low-key way to start the weekend with kids in tow.

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## Saturday

### [Southside Porchfest](/events/southside-porchfest-2026-06-06/) -- Southside Neighborhood

This is the one to build your Saturday around. Porchfest turns the Southside into a walkable live-music crawl -- bands on porches, stoops, and lawns across the neighborhood, and you wander set to set with your people. Exactly the kind of thing Chattanooga does well.

### [Twilight Firefly Market](/events/twilight-firefly-market-2026-06-06/) -- [Chattanooga Choo Choo](/directory/chattanooga-choo-choo-historic-district/)

The Twilight Firefly Market takes over the historic Choo Choo grounds Saturday evening -- a night market with vendors, atmosphere, and the old terminal as a backdrop. A natural cap to the day once the Porchfest sets wind down.

### [River Market](/events/river-market-2026-06-06/) -- [Tennessee Aquarium Plaza](/directory/tennessee-aquarium/)

The [Chattanooga Market](/directory/chattanooga-market/)'s riverfront edition sets up on the [Tennessee Aquarium](/directory/tennessee-aquarium/) Plaza -- live music, local makers, produce, and food along the water. Free to walk through and a solid Saturday-morning anchor.

### [Nicholas Krolak: Past Lives Album Release](/events/nicholas-krolak-past-lives-album-release-concert-2026-06-06/) -- [Barking Legs Theater](/directory/barking-legs-theater/)

Local jazz bassist Nicholas Krolak celebrates the release of his album Past Lives at Barking Legs Theater. An album-release show always runs a little electric -- the band's playing material they care about for a room that came to listen.

### [Caitlynne Curtis](/events/caitlynne-curtis-2026-06-06/) -- [Songbirds](/directory/songbirds/)

Songwriter Caitlynne Curtis plays Songbirds, the city's marquee listening room near the Choo Choo. The right room for lyrics you actually want to hear.

### Get outside: National Trails & Caves Day

Saturday's an outdoors holiday twice over. It's National Trails Day -- [Enterprise South Nature Park](/directory/enterprise-south-nature-park/) is the place to walk it -- and National Cave & Karst Day, marked at both Raccoon Mountain Caverns and the iconic [Ruby Falls](/directory/ruby-falls/) inside Lookout Mountain. With the heat up, the caves stay cool all afternoon.

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## Sunday

### [The Walnut Street Bridge Festival](/events/the-walnut-street-bridge-festival-2026-2026-06-07/) -- [Coolidge Park](/directory/coolidge-park/)

Sunday's centerpiece. The festival sets up at Coolidge Park right at the foot of the Walnut Street Bridge -- one of the world's longest pedestrian spans and the most recognizable spot in the city. (The bridge itself is under restoration this year; the festival carries on at Coolidge Park regardless.) With storms a coin-flip in the afternoon, go early; parking along that stretch goes fast regardless.

### [Top Tomato Festival](/events/top-tomato-festival-2026-06-07/) -- [First Horizon Pavilion](/directory/first-horizon-pavilion/)

The Chattanooga Market's beloved Top Tomato Festival lands at the [First Horizon Pavilion](/directory/first-horizon-pavilion/) -- a genuinely fun, only-here celebration of peak-season tomatoes, the growers who raise them, and the food that comes with.

### [Interstellar Echoes: A Tribute to Pink Floyd](/events/interstellar-echoes-a-tribute-to-pink-floyd-2026-06-07/) -- [The Signal](/directory/the-signal/)

A full-production Pink Floyd tribute at The Signal, the city's big touring stage -- the kind of show that rewards a real sound system, which this room has.

### [Bobby Stone Film Series: Parasite](/events/bobby-stone-film-series-parasite-2026-06-07-2/) -- The Walker Theatre

The Bobby Stone Film Series screens Bong Joon-ho's Parasite at the Walker Theatre. (The series runs other titles across the weekend too -- check the lineup if Sunday's pick isn't your speed.)

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## The Full Lineup

Find everything happening this weekend at [chattanoogalineup.com/events/](/events/).

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