Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Sister Hazel to headline Riverfest
July 7, 2018
Clarksville’s Riverfest Festival
Clarksville, TN – Sister Hazel will be the featured headliner for Riverfest 2018, the City of Clarksville’s arts and entertainment festival now in its 31st year.
Sister Hazel, a mainstay on the Billboard country and adult alternative charts for more than two decades, will perform at 9:15pm Saturday, September 8th on the Miller Lite Stage at McGregor Park. The concert is free and open to the public.
Chart-topping band Sister Hazel to hit the Miller Lite Stage Saturday, September 8th, 2018.
City of Clarksville puts on spectacular Independence Day Celebration
July 6, 2018
City of Clarksville Independence Day Celebration
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville commemorated the July 4th holiday with their 11th annual Independence Day Celebration at Liberty Park on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018. Festivities began at 5:30pm with kids activities and music at the Liberty Park Amphitheater.
The free concert was part of Clarksville’s Road to Riverfest concert series. The 101st Airborne Division Band kicked things off and then at 8:00pm, Carl Wockner took the stage playing his own style of acoustical folk/pop music.
City of Clarksville’s Independence Day Celebration
Clarksville’s Riverfest Juried Art Show seeks entries
June 25, 2018
Riverfest Juried Art Show Deadline for artists to register is August 22nd
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation and the Clarksville-Montgomery County Arts & Heritage Development Council have partnered to host this year’s Riverfest Juried Art Show.
The Riverfest Juried Art Show showcases the work of local artists in four divisions: professional, amateur, senior, and youth.
Clarksville’s Riverfest Juried Art Show set to open Thursday, September 6th, 2018 at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center.
City of Clarksville’s Independence Day event July 3rd at Liberty Park
June 22, 2018
Clarksville Parks and Recreation
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation will present its 11th annual Independence Day Celebration on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018 at Liberty Park. The event is free and open to the public.
Liberty Park will open at 5:00pm to allow handicap parking and activities and music will begin at 6:30pm. Seating is available throughout the park and the concerts will take place on the Great Lawn of the Wilma Rudolph Event Center.
Clarksville’s annual celebration includes music, fireworks.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Road to Riverfest concerts
June 3, 2018
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation will host Road to Riverfest, an outdoor concert series featuring live music, food and beer at Liberty Park during the three months leading up to Riverfest, Clarksville’s award winning festival.
Now in its 31st year, Riverfest is Clarksville’s longest running community festival and brings more than 30,000 people to the banks of the Cumberland River in an arts and recreation celebration.
Liberty Park Music Series to offer Live Music, Food and Beverages.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation receives Two Kaleidoscope Awards
February 28, 2018
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department has earned two 2018 Kaleidoscope Awards at the Southeast Events and Festival Association Conference.
Clarksville won second place (Silver Award) for Best Festival over $75,000 for Riverfest, and third place (Bronze Award) for Best Photograph: Dining Downtown for the Farm to Table Dinner. The awards were presented Monday night at the conference in Murfreesboro Tennessee.
Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department staff members Kara Zahn, Rob Rayburn and Rachel White proudly display the department’s two 2018 Kaleidoscope Awards bestowed Monday at the Southeast Events and Festival Association Conference.
2017 Riverfest Best Ever, Chris Janson extremely entertaining
September 13, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Riverfest 2017 is shaping up to to be one of the most successful of recent years, (based on attendance) according to Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Robert Rayburn.
“We hear from a lot of people that say we are limited by McGregor Park,” Rayburn said. “I think the success of this weekend shows that we can do more. We want this event to keep growing and improving.”
Lots of food, fun and music Saturday, the last day of Clarksville’s Riverfest 2017. Chris Janson rocks the house to close Riverfest.
Riverfest kicked off Thursday with annual Art Experience
September 8, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Riverfest 2017 kicked off Thursday night, September 7th, 2017 with its annual Art Experience, a juried art competition open to people of all ages and experience levels.
Kara Zahn is Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s event planning specialist and Art Experience coordinator. “This event was formerly known as Tour D’Art,” Zahn said. “For the last three years the different elements have all been combined to create a single event which has been held at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center.”
About 180 people attended Thursday’s Riverfest Art Experience, kicking off a weekend of art, music and culture.
“Go Dive Now” Scuba Diving Pool is back at Riverfest
September 8, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Waterdogs Scuba and Safety has partnered with the National Diving Education Association to bring the “Go Dive Now” program to Clarksville’s Riverfest Festival. If you have ever wondered what it would be like to scuba dive, then here is your chance.
The “Go Dive Now” program will let you try scuba diving under the direction of professional scuba instructors. You will learn how to use scuba gear in shallow water and experience what it’s like to breath underwater.
Try scuba diving at Riverfest today.
Clarksville’s McGregor Park to reopen Friday for Riverfest
September 6, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Sunny and pleasant weather is forecast Thursday through Saturday for Clarksville’s Riverfest Celebration, offering a welcome change from last week’s storms and flooding.
Heavy rains swept through Clarksville early Friday, pushing the Cumberland River to flood stage, covering McGregor Park’s two outdoor stages and forcing Clarksville Parks and Recreation to close the park.
Good Weather Forecasted as the Riverfest Festival kicks off Thursday with Art Experience
