Riverbend Festival

[1] Additionally, Riverbend has won several national awards from the International Festivals and Events Association, including 8 in 2007.

[2] The attendance for Riverbend has grown over the years and there are now regularly over 650,000 people that come over the course of the festival from all over Tennessee, the Southeast, the United States, and other countries.

More than a hundred acts, both well-known and new, converge each year to perform various kinds of music, including classic rock, country, urban, and bluegrass, as well as jam bands, on three stages set alongside the Tennessee River.

The barge floats just off the shore against a large collection of amphitheater seats built into a hillside at the water's edge.

Major local and national companies, such as Covista Communications, Unum, and Budweiser, sponsor other stages throughout the riverfront area.