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Bessie Smith Heritage Festival

 

Bessie Smith Heritage Festival
African American History Museum
C
hattanooga, TN
Late August
423.266.8658
www.bessiesmithheritagefestival.com
Admission Fee/EST

Bessie Smith is one if the greatest blues singers of the 1920s and 30s. The festival features R&B, jazz and blues artists. Come enjoy an evening national and internationally acclaimed filled with music on the front lawn of the Chattanooga African American Museum and Bessie Smith Hall.

Directions:  From U.S. 27N take exit 1A.  Turn right off the exit. Museum will be on the right.

This project was funded under an agreement with the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

   
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Southeast Tennessee Tourism Association's mission is to develop and implement heritage based programs in the ten-county region known as Southeast Tennessee.