Tip: The 2026 edition runs 10 October in Renaissance Park during bridge renovations; tickets include a charcuterie box and glass.
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Scenic City Wings lines Chattanooga's wing kitchens up under the First Horizon Pavilion for a taste-and-vote Sunday, with proceeds supporting the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
Tip: Admission is complimentary and the 2026 date is 4 October; the In the Hot Seat interview series puts local personalities through escalating heat live.
Chattanooga Pizza Week sets a flat price for featured pies across more than a dozen pizzerias, from Community Pie to Fiamma, with an app-based vote crowning the city's favourite.
Tip: The 2026 edition ran 11 to 17 May with $14 featured pizzas and $7 lunch slices; download the organiser's app to log check-ins and vote.
MAINx24 packs more than 120 events into 24 hours on Chattanooga's Main Street each December, resident-organised since 2007 with a chili cook-off and the city's biggest parade.
Tip: Held the first Saturday of December and free to attend; the chili cook-off and parade cluster around late morning, so go early and graze.
Chattanooga Beer Fest pours unlimited samples from about 31 breweries at the First Horizon Pavilion each May, a capped 1,300-ticket session with food trucks and live music alongside.
Tip: The 2026 edition ran Saturday 23 May and every year since 2021 has sold out; buy the $48 advance ticket rather than gambling on the door.
Chattanooga Oktoberfest fills the First Horizon Pavilion with a biergarten, Bavarian cooking, stein hoisting and oompah bands each October, a free-entry weekend now in its 25th year.
Tip: Entry is free but all beer and merchandise sales are card-only on site; the 2026 edition runs 17 and 18 October.
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