Entertainment

Pigeon Forge will honor America’s military with its Veterans Homecoming Parade on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. Robert Cato and Andrew White, members of Guardian for Heroes Foundation, will serve as this year’s Veterans Homecoming Parade grand marshals. Founded by U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the foundation offers free, in-home fitness equipment, training, life coaching and much more to in-need veterans ...

Inside a crowded theater at Dollywood today, Dolly Parton unveiled the theme park’s latest project, a revolutionary new wood coaster named Lightning Rod scheduled to open in March 2016. Both the world’s fastest wood coaster and the world’s first launching wood coaster, Lighting Rod is a 1950s-era hot rod themed, 12-car train that takes 24 passengers on an adrenaline-charged lap ...

An employee of Wahoo Ziplines is in serious condition after a 50-foot fall from a zipline on Monday. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office said it received a 911 call just after 11 a.m. on August 3, 2015 and responded to Wahoo Ziplines at 1200 Matthews Hollow Road in Sevierville, Tenn. where officers found Jeremy Blair, 35, had fallen from a ...

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday in Sevierville for the Sevier Air Trampoline Park, a new indoor family adventure park. When completed later this year, the two story 50,000 sq. ft. building will anchor one end of the Governor’s Crossing Shopping Center and house more than 34,000 sq. ft. of state of the art trampolines, three professional grade dodgeball courts ...

The biggest event in Southern gospel music, the National Quartet Convention (NQC), has committed to a third year in Pigeon Forge in 2016 and has options on dates through 2020, according to Clarke Beasley, NQC executive vice president, and the Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism. The weeklong event moved to the LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge in 2014 and recorded ...

Tickets for Dollywood’s summertime Christian music festival Rock the Smokies on Sept. 5, 2015 have been so popular, concert organizers have added another show time. Now there’s one more chance to see Third Day and For King & Country on stage at Dollywood! Shows will be held at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dollywood in Pigeon Forge is partnering with ...

Top artisans and craft people from the local area and across the nation will participate in the Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair this week. The 40th Annual Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair will be open July 17-26, 2015 at the Gatlinburg Convention Center in downtown Gatlinburg, Tenn., and while it is a great place to see and buy handcrafted items, what makes this event ...

Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort™, the new 300-room hotel centerpiece of Dollywood scheduled to open later this month, is introducing a new membership program to offer exclusive benefits and privileges at the resort, as well as savings certificates for Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country. Founders Club Premier memberships will be sold at an introductory price of $129 per year and include a ...

Trinity Episcopal Church in Gatlinburg is hosting a free concert by renowned mountain dulcimer players Larry and Elaine Conger. Larry was crowned National Mountain Dulcimer Champion in 1998. He has authored several dulcimer books and has numerous recordings to his credit, including contributions to the compilation CDs “Great Players of the Mountain Dulcimer” and “Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer” Vol. ...

The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center announced that it is hosting the traveling exhibit “Qualla Arts and Crafts: Tradition and Innovation.” Founded in 1946, Qualla Arts & Crafts of Cherokee, N.C. is the oldest Native American artists cooperative in the U.S. The exhibit was curated by Western Carolina University and opened in conjunction with the 65th anniversary of Qualla. Western ...