Riverbend Festival

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The Riverbend Festival, or called Riverbend by locals, is an annual music festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which was started in June of 1981 as a five night festival. Over the years, the festival grew into the nine nights of its current run and presently ranks in the top 10% of all American festivals. [1][citation needed] Additionally, Riverbend has won several national awards from the International Festivals and Events Association, including 8 in 2007. [2] The attendance for Riverbend has grown over the years and there are now regularly over 600,000 people that come over the course of the festival. Individual nights can see some 80,000 people in attendance. [3] Named for the bend in the Tennessee River on which Chattanooga was established, the festival features a wide array of performers representing different musical genres on various stages set up around the downtown area. The attendance figure of 600,000 includes repeat visitors over the duration of the festival. And includes volunteer staff and workers and security. One worker working 10 days servicing the port 'o johns will count as 10 attendees. It is unknown the actual number of discounted and full priced attendance pins sold. All of the above claims are made by the Riverbend organization with dead links to their own website.

More than a hundred acts converge each year to perform on multiple stages. Headline performers are featured on the Coca-cola stage, a barge which has been converted into a full concert stage. The barge floats just off the shore against a large collection of amphitheater seats built into a hillside at the water's edge. Major companies, such as Covista Communications, Unum, and Budweiser, sponsor other stages throughout the riverfront area.

Admission is given to people with "Riverbend Pins", which can be purchased at over 120 Kangaroo Express stores in Tennessee and Georgia the weeks leading up to the festival for a discounted price, or purchased at the gate for regular price [4]. One pin provides admission to every night of the festival. Concessions are purchased using a token system and many street vendors set up food and souvenir stands.

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[edit] 2011 Headliners

[edit] Notable past performers

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[edit] Official site

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