posted May 13, 2008
) Swing dance lessons will be available at the Founder's Day celebration at Rock City Saturday. Click to enlarge. |
Live music will transport visitors back to 1932, when Rock City was first opened to the public. Big band music will be provided by Sweet Georgia Sound in the new Rock City Pavilion and there will be swing dance lessons with Jeff Sandy and Amy Blackburn. Food will include barbeque, ribs, baked potatoes, traditional sides, beer and Rock City’s famous fudge cake. Children can enjoy face paintings, balloon animals, an inflatable bounce house and pictures with Rocky.
“Founder’s Day kicks off our summer line-up of entertainment,” says Karen Baker, director of marketing. “It’s the perfect time to purchase an annual pass and come back again and again to enjoy the Summer Concert Series and the Rock City Raptors birds of prey shows. Then the fall and holidays will feature Rocktoberfest and Enchanted Garden of Lights.”
Located six miles from downtown Chattanooga, Rock City is a 14-acre natural and scenic attraction with unique rock formations and gardens atop Lookout Mountain. Over half a million visitors will tour Rock City Gardens this year. Rock City is now open daily for self-guided tours from 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. with extended hours in the summer.
Other features include a Starbucks in the original Fairyland community fire station, the Big Rock Grill, assorted gift shops and Fairyland Caverns and Mother Goose Village. In addition to Rock City Gardens, See Rock City, Inc., also owns and operates the Battles for Chattanooga Museum and Grandview Conference Center on Lookout Mountain and Rock City’s Enchanted Cornfield Maze in Flintstone. For more information, special events or closing hours call 800-854-0675.
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