Greetings Tavernist,

Hey folks. The birthday of our country is upon us so this weekend will be a time of celebration with friends and family. Just a heads up for you...Tremont and Market will be closed Saturday during the day. Tremont will open at 5p and Market will open at 4p.

At Tremont for the beer tasting on Wednesday (7-9p) we will feature the Belgian brewery Tikka and the feature beer is their Golden Belgian Ale. Representatives from Molo Tenn Distributors will be here to present and discuss this amazing brew.

On the music front we have a special line up this weekend. Nightfall this Friday will probably be the best of the year with JJ Grey & Mofro headlining the event. The opening band for Nightfall Chattanooga locals Blueshammer, will be playing at Market once Nightfall ends. Then on Saturday at Market we present our huge 4th of July bash featuring The Flynts and Dangleberry. Comprised of former members of Unfortunate Pickers and Hopsing Project, these are two bands not to be missed. Due to the holiday we will not have music at Tremont this weekend.

We hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July weekend and have a great week...and don't forget to get your Tavern on!

Dustin Choate
Tremont Tavern & Market Street Tavern

Greetings Tavernist,

Please forward to all on your email list. No one will want to miss out on this one of a kind event.

This weekend is what you have all been waiting for...Market Street Tavern, Hellcat Promotions and Sweetwater Brewing bring you 420 Fest. Two full days of live free local music with a smattering of featured regional and national acts. Yes I said free! Saturday we kick off at noon the first of 25 bands to play through Sunday night. Saturday is for all you hard rockers featuring Giant Tiger, Cutthroat Shamrock and Milquelizard. Headlining on Saturday is local rock heroes and nationally known Mighty Sideshow. Then on Sunday we are back at noon featuring indy stand outs. The final three shows of the day are a power pack trio of Up With The Joneses, The Bohannons and the nationally renowned headliner Seabird. For more detailed information including a full list of bands, set times and sponsors go to www.hellcatpromotions.com.

Hope you all have a great week...and don't forget to get your Tavern on!

Dustin Choate
Tremont Tavern & Market Street Tavern

It has been a couple weeks since the last update. Sorry for the delay but we have have been super busy at both locations. It's hard to keep up communications when we are as busy as we have been lately. Before we get into anything else I just want to send out a call for prayers for people that are a part of our Tavern family...Matt and Lewis Oehmig and the rest of the Oehmig family experienced a great loss when their mother passed away from complications of a stroke. Unfortunately another member of our tavern family, Patrick Droke, also experienced a loss when his mother passed away from similar complications. Our heart goes out to them and please keep them in your thoughts.
 
On the music front: This weekend will be great. At Tremont on Friday we host country music legend Randy Howard. Randy has shared the stage with Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Jr, Waylon Jennings, Charlie Daniels, and Greg Allman. He will be at Tremont on Friday at 10p (no cover). Then on Saturday join us for an intimate night of music with Charles Allison & Friends at 10p.
 
At Market on Friday at 10p, local funk/rock phenoms Fearful Symmetry will take the stage and then on Saturday the tavern house finger lickin' pickin' band, Seersucker, will entertain with their own unique style of country tinged bluegrass. Music starts at 10p and there is no cover.
 
Last of all, I am sending out a request of support to all Tavern supporters. Seven years ago, in my past life :>), I worked for the American Diabetes Association as a fundraiser. I launched a new event, at the time, called the ADA Chattanooga Tour de Cure. The Tour de Cure is a an event that brings bikers (bicycle, not motorcycle) together to ride and raise money for diabetes research and education. Over the past few years we have raised $90,000 each year. Since my departure I have been involved as a volunteer with the ADA. This year, for the first time in seven years, I am going to ride in the event I launched in 2002. My request is three fold. 1) I am asking for riders to join Team Tavern and raise $150 each to reach our goal of $3,000. There are 4 distances being offered 15, 25, 50 & 100 miles so you do not have to be a competitive rider to get involved. 2) As a board member I am looking for volunteers to come out and help make the event enjoyable for the riders. The volunteers are the ones who ultimately make this event a successful one. 3) I am looking for corporate sponsors to either be Team Tavern sponsors or to be grand sponsors of the event and to recruit their own riders to raise money. So, if you have any interest please reply via email. I will contact you or pass on your interest to ADA Area Director, Ben Bass, depending on what you would like to do.
 
Thanks for your consideration of this and I hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Hope you all have a great week...and don't forget to get your Tavern on!

Dustin Choate
Tremont Tavern & Market Street Tavern

Well folks, we have another fantastic week in the making. We kick the week off on Wednesday at Tremont with our weekly beer tasting. This week the featured brewery is Kona Brewery of Hawaii. The featured brew is the Longboard Lager. Come on down from 5-7p and visit with the reps from Beasley and get your first taste exclusively at Tremont Tavern.

On the music front at Tremont on Friday, bluesman Todd Davis takes the stage for another go round. Then on Saturday come by and check out another bluesman...Jordan Hallquist. Show times are at 10p and there is no cover charge.

On Saturday from 8:30p-9:30p join us as we observe Earth Hour at Tremont. We will be turning off the lights, stereo and tv to enjoy and hour of candlelight and unplugged acoustic music. Our very BJ Hightower will be providing the tunes. For more info regarding Earth Hour go to www.earthhour.org.

At Market on Friday at 9p we welcome back the incomparable Roger Alan Wade. Nuff said about that. Then on Friday the Market Street Tavern house bluegrass band, Bluegrass Pharaohs take the stage at 9p.

Hope you all have a great week...and don't forget to get your Tavern on!

Dustin Choate
Tremont Tavern & Market Street Tavern

Greetings Tavernist,

Oh boy, this week looks to be a wild one. Tuesday is St. Patty's Day and we all know what that means...lots of green beer and Irish music. At Tremont you will find $2 Green Light Pints (Bud Light Draft with green food coloring), $3.50 Killian's Irish Red Pints and $3.50 Boulevard Irish Ale Pints. We will also be featuring Smithwicks Irish Ale, Harp Lager, Guinness Stout, Rogue Kell's Irish Lager and Harpoon Celtic Irish Red. At 5:30p to 7:30p, the duo of Butch Ross and Casey Phillips will be playing our favorite Irish tunes and drinking songs...this is a show you don't want to miss. As usual, we will have a Open Mic with Mike McDade. And you never know, there may be a few other surprises during the night...so drop by and join the fun.

Then on Wednesday from 5-7p, come on down for a little hair of the dog from the night before. Our featured brewery for our beer tasting is Smithwick's Irish Ale. Our friends from Carter Distributing will be here to discuss this great brew.

On the music front at Tremont, this Friday we welcome Kyle McKillop & Friends. Kyle is a great talent that made his way playing open mic night. Adding on talented musicians, playing violin and hand drums, to his great guitar playing and singing, you are in for an infectious treat on Friday. Show time is a 10p. Then on Saturday, Sistern takes the stage for first time gig. Sistern, an all female group with varying backgrounds in bluegrass and rock, is lead by Kathy Veazey of Lumbar 5 and Laura Walker of Dismembered Tennesseans. This may be the start of something beautiful...

At Market Street this week we are resurrecting Open Mic night with a new host and set up. Local music phenom, Gabe Newell will be hosting and will build off of open mic at Tremont. You will most likely see many of the same faces since Gabe is a staple at Tremont on Tuesdays. Open Mic starts at 9p. Hope to see you there!

Then on Friday at Market, local DJs Tone Harm are back and are sure to keep you dancing all night. Show time is 10p and there will be a $3 cover. Then on Saturday, the wild and out rockers 6 Deuce return for a folow up to there December show.

Hope you all have a great week...and don't forget to get your Tavern on!

Dustin Choate
Tremont Tavern & Market Street Tavern