The Bessie Smith Cultural Center will present a full month of events this June celebrating African American history, culture ...

Labor Day weekend arrives with $3 movies for National Cinema Day, a beer festival and the final ... author of "Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South ...

Resembling a southern-fried MONTEREY POP, MEMPHIS ’69 documents the 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival thanks ... s the official liquid of the Chattanooga Film Festival. We love it, ya ...

11-12, a week after the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival an hour from Chattanooga the week before ... The second Big 9 Blues Festival will be Oct. 9 at The Bessie on M.L. King Boulevard.