Highlights of the 2009 Riverbend Festival

The combination of hot, stormy weather and a cool economy failed to spoil Riverbend this year, organizers said.

For some runners, the notion of elevated terrain can be deflating — physically and mentally.

As I watched The Chattanooga Pipe Band usher people through the festival gates at Riverbend, I began to reflect on how strong Riverbend 2008 really was.

The Bachman-Cummings Band took care of business on the Coca-Cola Stage, and the sky above Ross’s Landing blazed as more than 8,700 aerial bombs exploded in Riverbend 2008’s fireworks finale.

>Riverbend officials are in hot water with the Chattanooga Beer and Wrecker Boardcq after an underage buyer was allowed to purchase beer twice in an undercover police sting, according to a department news release.

Rodney Atkins, voted best new male vocalist last year at the Academy of Country Music, turned Chattanooga’s waterfront into Riverbend country Friday night.

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International Association of Firefighters locals from Chattanooga, Signal Mountain and Cleveland, Tenn., have joined together to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Thinking this might be the weekend to check out this Riverbend Festival you’ve been hearing about? Here’s what you need to know for a jaunt to the riverfront today or Saturday. Who’s left on the schedule?

Even as Riverbend week begins to wind down, ZZ Top proved Thursday that the festival still has “Legs.”

Dark skies and periodic lightning delayed the start of country headliner Josh Turner’s performance on Riverbend’s main stage Wednesday night.

Some streets in the downtown area are closed for the annual Riverbend Festival that runs through Saturday, according to a Chattanooga Traffic Engineer’s Office news release.

Despite tens of thousands of people flocking downtown for the Riverbend Festival, Greyfriar’s, a coffee shop on Broad Street, closes down about five hours earlier this week.

Bursts of lightning threatened Tuesday evening’s Riverbend performance by headlining act MercyMe, but the contemporary Christian band capped the festival’s sixth day as a slight breeze cooled a young but massive audience.