April showers bring May flowers––and a few trips to the Chattanooga Market. 💐

Get ready for an abundance of Star Wars puns + mark your calendars for Mother’s Day (May 9) because “it’s gonna be May.”

Week of May 1

Saturday, May 1

History
○ Tour of the 3rd Women’s Army Corps Training Center | Sat., May 1 | 2 p.m. | Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, virtual | Free | Take a virtual tour of the 3rd Women’s Army Corps Training Center via Facebook or Youtube.
Outdoors
○ Hands-on gardening workshop | Sat., May 1 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Crabtree Farms | $30 | The days are sunny + warm, you’ve bought all the plants for a dream garden — now it’s time to learn how to tackle the most popular warm-weather vegetables. 🍅
Edu
○ Applications and Appetizers | Sat., May 1 | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | 5704 Marlin Rd., building 6000 | Free | Grab lunch + fill out your college application at this event hosted by Chattanooga State Community College featuring appetizers from local food truck vendors.
TryThis
○ The Edwin Hotel Derby Party | Sat., May 1 | 4-7:30 p.m. | Whiskey Thief at The Edwin Hotel | $150 | Enjoy the Kentucky Derby Chattanooga-style at this party with signature cocktails, a best-dressed contest, derby-inspired menu, and more.

Sunday, May 2

Week of May 3

Monday, May 3

○ Tableau Beginner + Intermediate Online Bootcamp | Mon., May 3 | 6-9 p.m. | The Chattery, virtual | $45 | This bootcamp is designed for people with little experience with Tableau who want to learn how to visualize large amounts in data in interactive charts + graphs.

TryThis

Tuesday, May 4

Wednesday, May 5

TryThis

Thursday, May 6

Civic

Friday, May 7

Saturday, May 8

TryThis
○ Mardi Gras Masked Parade | Sat., May 8 | 7-11 p.m. | First Horizon Pavilion | $750+ for tables | This outdoor twist on Chambliss Center for Children’s annual Mardi Gras Parade will feature Cajun-inspired food, cocktails, jazz, and a New Orleans-style parade. ⚜️

Sunday, May 9

Week of May 10

Monday, May 10

ForKids

Tuesday, May 11

TryThis

Wednesday, May 12

Drink

Thursday, May 13

Friday, May 14

Saturday, May 15

Active
○ Trail Race at Lula Lake | Sat., May 15-Sun., May 16 | 7 a.m. | $55 | Get outside with this mountain bike + trail run on a 10 or 18-mile course through Lula Lake’’s famous trails. 🏃

Learn

Sunday, May 16

Week of May 17

Monday, May 17

Learn

Dish

○ Chattanooga Burger Week | Mon., May 17-Sun., May 23 | Various participating restaurants | $6 | During Burger Week, get $6 burgers at all participating locations + earn points by filling up your Burger Week passport. 🍔

Tuesday, May 18

Dish
○ Taco Tuesday with Ryan Oyer | Tues., May 18 | 6 p.m. | 1885 Grill | Celebrate Taco Tuesday with tacos + live music by Ryan Oyer. 🌮

Cause

Cause/Outdoors

TryThis

Wednesday, May 19

Thursday, May 20

Friday, May 21

Dish

Saturday, May 22

Cause
○ Women Build Breakfast | Sat., May 22 | 9-10:30 a.m. | First Horizon Pavilion | $25+ | Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build Breakfast is an event to empower women to support affordable housing in Chattanooga (but men are always welcome to come support, too). 🔨

Outdoors

○ Simple Irrigation Solutions for Your Garden | Sat., May 22 | 10-11:30 a.m. | Women Repair Zone, virtual | $25, must pay by May 19 | Keep your garden watered well all summer, and skip the need to ask your neighbors for watering help while you’re out of town. 💧

TryThis

WaterCooler

Film

Sunday, May 23

Week of May 24

Monday, May 24

○ How to Hang Anything | Mon., May 24 | 6-8:15 p.m. | Women Repair Zone, virtual | $45, must pay by May 17 | We’ve all felt the horror of hearing a newly-hung picture crash in the middle of the night — learn how to hang anything from pictures to shelves to curtain rods in this class.

Network

TopGolf Hiring Event | Mon., May 24 | 4-7 p.m. | TopGolf Chattanooga, 490 Camp Jordan Pkwy. | Free | This hiring event will feature interviews for servers, bartender, barback, guest service, drink runner, food runners, chef, prep cooks + dishwasher positions.

Tuesday, May 25

Arts

○ Josh Green’s LUMEN Vinyl EP Release | Tues., May 25 | 7-11:30 p.m. | Treetop Hideaways, 576 Chattanooga Valley Rd. | $6 | Enjoy this EP release in the trees with 500' of LED tape installed in the trees + live triggered from the drums via sensory percussion. 🎵

Wednesday, May 26

Drink

Cause

Thursday, May 27

Friday, May 28

WaterCooler
Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Tennessee Smokies | May 28-30 | May 28-29 7:15 p.m., May 30 2:15 p.m. | AT&T Field | $6+ Ⓟ

Saturday, May 29

Film

Sunday, May 30

Week of May 31

Monday, May 31