• 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival | Friday, Oct. 6-Saturday, Oct. 7 | Times vary | Ross’s Landing, 201 Riverfront Pkwy., Chattanooga | Free+ | Grab your favorite lawn chair to celebrate this festival’s “Sweet 16th” year, see live performances, and enjoy food + beverage vendors.
• Campfire Concert Series | Friday, Oct. 6 | 6-10 p.m. | Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, 400 Garden Rd., Chattanooga | $0-$35 | Grab your blanket for a night under the stars listening to Milele Roots + enjoy beer and s’mores by the fire.

• BBB Shred Day | Saturday, Oct. 7 | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Coca Cola Bottling Co., 2111 W. Shepherd Rd., Chattanooga | Free | Bring documents for on-site shredding, old hard drives + electronics for destruction or recycling, and unneeded prescription drugs for safe disposal.
• Hispanic Heritage Month | Saturday, Oct. 7 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Chattanooga Zoo, 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave., Chattanooga | $0-$16.95 | Meet some of the Latin American “reZOOdents” during special Keeper Chats — an interpreter will be present.
• Phoenix Fest | Saturday, Oct. 7 | 10 a.m.-11 p.m. | Greenway Park, 755 Raider Dr., Cleveland | Free+ | Come out to this music and arts festival that features various acts, food vendors, and plenty of activities for the kiddos.
• 6th Annual Cornhole Tournament | Saturday, Oct. 7 | 12-4 p.m. | Trident Transport, 505 Riverfront Pkwy., Chattanooga | Free+ | Watch a battle of cornhole teams while enjoying food, music, and games — registration for teams is $100 + all proceeds benefit Child Life Services at the Children’s Hospital at Erlanger.
• Wine Over Water | Saturday, Oct. 7 | 6-9 p.m. | Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View Ave., Chattanooga | $125 | Take in the Scenic City while sipping wines + wine cocktails paired with a variety of food tastings and live music.
• Lovett or Leave It | Saturday, Oct. 7 | 8 p.m. | The Walker Theatre, 399 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga | $23.90-$57.40 | Watch Jon Lovett live and in person as he records his weekly “hit comedy and variety show” podcast.

• Erlanger Health Fair | Sunday, Oct. 8 | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | First Horizon Pavilion, 1826 Reggie White Blvd., Chattanooga | Free+ | Join the Chattanooga Market and Erlanger medical staff to discuss health and receive screenings while shopping your Sunday market needs.
• Chattanooga Pride Festival + Parade | Sunday, Oct. 8 | 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. | Chattanooga Convention Center, 1 Carter St., Chattanooga | Free+, RSVP | End Chattanooga Pride Week with a parade and festival celebration featuring live entertainment and a vendor market.

• Speaking of the 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival, there will be a very special guest in attendance. The traveling art festival “Little Amal” (a 12-ft puppet of a Syrian refugee girl) will stop by at 4 p.m. before heading to the bridge for a lantern walk. Read about her visit + see a sneak peek.

• While Oktoberfest might be done in its traditional celebrations, the world’s largest folk and beer festival will still be hanging around in the Scenic City. Grab your stein and prepare for a Muni-que experience at these five local happenings.

• Carve it up with NOOGAtoday by submitting your best jack-o'-lantern to our pumpkin carving contest. You have until Sunday, Oct. 15 at 11:59 p.m. to show us your skills + believe us, we want you to take a stab at it, gourd-geous. Bonus: Get your pumpkin at one of these patches.

• The Chattanooga Airport recently received the Small Community Air Service Development Program grant from the US Department of Transportation. The $750,000 grant will be used to recruit new air service to Denver, CO — opening up a western hub.

Why go?

• Gastro travel. On top of the city’s world-renowned Creole and Cajun food scene, two New Orleans restaurants were just named on the third annual New York Times Restaurant List of 2023’s 50 best restaurants in the country.

Act like a local

• A few of our favorite live music venues (where you can see live jazz and other acts all year round) include Maple Leaf, Preservation Hall, The Spotted Cat, Tipitina’s, and d.b.a. — but that’s just the start of the list. (Make sure to stop by the open-air market Frenchmen Art Bazaar to browse local art, clothing + more before or after Spotted Cat.)

Where to stay

• Vrbo: Try this beautifully updated second-floor unit in a historic home with a large balcony overlooking St. Charles Avenue, located in a super convenient spot between the Garden District and Uptown (~$248/night).

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