Our planned weekend camping trip to Chattanooga was threatened by thunderstorms and heavy rain so we left the RV home and decided to take a day-trip to get an old-time music fix.

We arrived a couple of hours before the music was due to start and decided to walk from the Lindsay Street Hall to to the riverfront for some exercise and just to enjoy Chattanooga.

Imagine our surprise when we encountered a parking lot full of bands, cars, floats and marchers staging for a parade. It looked like an early St. Patrick’s Day parade but all the signage said Saint Chatty’s Day.

Any excuse to drink beer and  act foolish so we dragged ourselves all along the parade route cheering and clapping for the performers and marchers until the parade passed and it was time for the music to start.

Lunch at “The Honest Pint” then lots of great music. Plenty of banjos, fiddles and guitars.