Pops on the River (Chattanooga, Kingston: theater, closing, transport)

[Jon F Moss]

Thursday, July 3, at Coolidge Park

Celebrate Independence Day on Thursday, July 3rd, with a patriotic concert at Coolidge Park produced by the Chattanooga Downtown Partnership and featuring the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera (CSO).

Pops on the River, an outdoor musical concert, will be held from 8:00 p.m. to 9:45 p.m., concluding with a patriotic fireworks finale over the Tennessee River. It is presented FREE to the public by sponsoring organizations Regions Bank and Chattanooga Times Free Press, along with co-sponsor Allied Arts.

The CSO, directed by Robert Bernhardt, will present a program featuring patriotic pieces from Sousa, Tchaikovsky and Anderson, as well as a vocal set including songs from Porgy & Bess, Carousel and South Pacific. Local favorites the Dismembered Tennesseans will also perform a 15-minutes set during the show.

The public is invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy a picnic during this concert and fireworks display. Food, beer and non-alcoholic drink concessions will be available on site. A rain date for the concert is scheduled for Sunday, July 6th.

Coolidge Park will be closing to vehicular traffic at 4:30 PM on the day of the show. Attendees are encouraged to park in UNUM parking lots between 4th and 5th Streets at no charge, where, beginning at 6 PM, busses will transport passengers across the river, unloading near the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. Busses will pick up at the intersection of Tremont and River Streets to return attendees to the UNUM parking lots until 11 PM.

Attendees may also park on the south shore of the river and walk across the Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge to the performance in Coolidge Park. However, no one will be allowed to set up chairs, or remain on the Walnut Street Bridge during the show, as it will be closed beginning at 8:15 PM in preparation for the fireworks display.

**parking secrets for the asking**

[sparkyboy1]

Chatters:

We'll be in town starting mid-day on the 4th. Am I reading this correctly, the fireworks display is on the 3rd!

We are traveling with 2 mutts, is there a place we can go hang out, walk the dogs and see a display on the 4th that's nearby?

thanks

[SPLIT]

S: Should be the 4th north on Rt #27 Soddy Lake, BIG car show all day, music
food booths, small town family party, Good Fireworks, all boats anchor in cove.
..TD. Thanks for reminder, read in paper yesterday. Did you TYPE all that letter or cut & Paste.
.. Will practise POPs earlier in day, going to Kingston ,Tenn for DRAG boat race show.

[Jon F Moss]

I'm the king of cut-n-paste only when it's relevant.

[sparkyboy1]

Sounds like Soddy, thanks for the info

[jkmewright]

We're in for Soddy as well! Wait til you see all the people parking in the medians and just on the side of the interstate lol

[jkmewright]

Sparky, check out the outdoor theater thread. You can't bring in your own drinks BUT pooches are allowed You can do the Pops on the 3rd, Soddy Lake on the 4th and the outdoor theater on the 5th. If you keep seeing the same car @ all those places, that's ME

Sorry for the hijack Tri! We are going to the Pops too. Probably park downtown and watch from the "other" shore. We'll look for ya

[Jon F Moss]

here's a little video in case you missed it...

YouTube - Pops in the Park - Chattanooga - 4th of July

[jkmewright]

Oh my goodness wasn't that the greatest? Fireworks from the ballpark then MORE from the Pops! We had a blast!