Events

Well over 8,000 people turned out as Gatlinburg kicked off the 26th year of Smoky Mountain Winterfest Wednesday night with the annual Gatlinburg Chili Cookoff and Winter Magic Kickoff on the Parkway in downtown Gatlinburg. To signify the start of Gatlinburg Winter Magic, city officials turned on more than 3 million lights across downtown. A tough night of competition led ...

Get in the holiday spirit by joining in the Smoky Mountain Winterfest Celebration. Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Sevier County will kick off their 26th Annual Smoky Mountain Winterfest, which begins Nov. 9, 2015 and continues through February 2016, with three days worth of music and entertainment. More than 14 million lights adorn the streetscapes and businesses throughout Sevier County, ...

An adults-only race anchors a weekend of activities at LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge in April, 2016. Everyone who runs in the RetroRunning event next April in Pigeon Forge is guaranteed to set a personal record. That’s because it’s the only race ever that’s exactly 5 miles, 916 yards long. The peculiar distance and the fact it’s only for runners ...

Mark calendars for the 3rd annual Gran Fondo Asheville, a fun and festive ride on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Road cyclists will take in the natural beauty of Western North Carolina as they cruise along a well-marked course with the option to push themselves for brief timed periods, competing to win. With the event being held two months earlier than ...

Knoxville PrideFest announces the inaugural Pride Night OUT with the Knoxville Ice Bears, Knoxville’s professional hockey team on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. The event will include buffet dinner, ice box seating, player visits, door prizes, cash bar, and much more for just $50 per person. Tickets available for Pride Night OUT with the Knoxville Ice Bears online Expect ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park in cooperation with the Astronomy Club of Asheville, will host a stargazing event on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 at Purchase Knob, home to the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center. The Astronomy Club of Asheville will lead an exploration of the night sky at this high elevation site with a 260-degree, unobstructed view of the sky. ...

Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede announced that Southern Gospel groups, Soul’d Out Quartet and Tribute Quartet, will both perform on Tuesday, Sept. 29 and Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. Each of these special performances will be held during gospel music’s largest annual event, the National Quartet Convention (NQC). Both of these groups performed during last year’s National Quartet Convention and will return ...

The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center will hold the 9th Annual Blue Ribbon Country Fair on Saturday, a celebration of the old-fashioned county fair features competition, games, music, historic demonstrations and more. Returning favorites include the Farmer in the Cove interactive exhibit, Townsend Artisan Guild craft tent, Antique Tractor exhibit, livestock displays and demonstrations. Old-time contests of skill, such as ...

Former Arkansas Governor and current Presidential hopeful, Gov. Mike Huckabee, was in Gatlinburg the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 23, for Fall Jubilee 2015. The Fall Jubilee, now in its 19th year, welcomes more than 6,000 Senior Adults from over 15 states across the country for the annual Gospel conference. This year’s conference featured keynote speaker Gov. Huckabee along with speakers ...

The Austin-Healey Club of America, driving their British built Austin-Healey cars, arrive in Sevierville on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 at the Sevierville Convention Center, Stone Hill Lodge and the Wilderness Waterpark Resort for the Southeastern Classic XXIX event and car show. The Healey’s may be seen on Friday, Sept. 25 as they travel on the Foothills Parkway to “The Tail ...