Join Us on July 4 & Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday!

America 250 and Riverfront Nights have teamed up to put on the party of the century and it’s all for you, Chattanooga!
Browse below for our schedule of events, vendor list, food & beverage offerings, and more!

Schedule of Events

  • Please sign up ahead of time on the National Parks Partner Website to secure your spot. Suitable for all ages.

    This one hour experience will take you through the history of the frontier town (that would later become Chattanooga) on the eve of the Revolutionary War. Several markers along Ross’s Landing highlight the stories preserved and interpreted by the National Park Service.

  • Experience the harmony, spirit, performance of the 15-member A Cappella ensemble from Lee University. Find yourself mesmerized with their symphony, complimented by the Tennessee River backdrop.

  • Let your kids free to play as children did in 1776- presented by the Chattanooga Audubon Society. Games will include Graces, Hoop Rolling, Marbles, Chunkey, and Non-Contact Stickball.

  • Courtney is a Tennessee-born singer-songwriter returning to Chattanooga after singing in New York, Los Angeles, and Europe for 15 years. Her unique, soulful voice translates across all categories of music from roots rock to southern soul and is complimented by backing Band Bad Matador.

  • Lead singer David Burney’s lilting southern baritone delivers Cash’s classic songs so well you may well wonder from time to time if Johnny himself is in the building.

  • A choreographed show involving 500 drones will fly above downtown Chattanooga. Officials say it will be the largest drone display in local history.

    The event will also feature a 1,000-foot pyro waterfall cascading from the Market Street Bridge. Organizers say it will be the largest display of its kind ever produced locally.

    The drone performance will be produced by Full Spectrum and Pyro Shows, companies that have worked on events for Disney, Dollywood, Riverbend and other productions around the world.

Colonial Village

When you step inside Colonial Village, transport yourself back to July 4th, 1776.

Quilt with the daughters of the revolution, discover your lineage, make a candle, & much more!

  • Spinning Wheel & 18th Century Dress Making
    Quilting
    Butter Churning
    Knot Tying
    Coloring Station

  • Declaration of Independence Signing
    Genealogy Family Search
    Postal Road Maps (Colonial Post Office)
    Ring the Liberty Bell
    The Sites of Chattanooga

  • Recognizing Abigail Adams
    What The Founders Read
    Storytelling
    American History as told by The Sons of the American Revolution

  • Church Dolls & 18th Century Toys
    Blacksmithing
    Village Wall
    Woodworking
    Liberty in Action Patches
    Color Guard Rifle Shooting
    Flag Ceremony

Beverages brought to you by Riverfront:

    • Michelob Zero (Non-Alcoholic)

    • Michelob Ultra

    • Bud Light

    • Golden Road Mango Cart

    • Wicked Weed Pernicious

    • Elysian Space Dust

    • Cutwater Tiki Rum Mai Tai

    • Cutwater Lime Margarita

    • Cutwater Lemon Drop Martini

    • NUTRL Pineapple Seltzer

    • NUTRL Black Cherry Seltzer

    • Trailblazer Mixed Berry 10mg

    • Trailblazer Yerba Mate Lemon-Mint 10mg