Entertainment

Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain Spring kicks off a full season of events with Gatlinburg’s Smoky Mountain Wine Fest, offering wine aficionados a day of tasting the finest of the area’s culinary fare and samples from 17 different Tennessee wineries. The Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain Wine Fest will be held at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts on Saturday, April 8, 2017 from 1–6 ...

Sculptures created by 11 University of Tennessee art students that incorporate materials provided by steel recycler Gerdau will be on public display April 6-19, 2017 at the Knoxville Convention Center. “The Art of Recycling” sculpture exhibition celebrates April’s National Recycling Month and is a partnership among Gerdau, Dogwood Arts and the University of Tennessee Sculpture Program. The artworks will be ...

Families looking for a way to squeeze a few more hours out of spring break should visit Dollywood’s Spring Break to enjoy the award-winning park’s extended operating hours, thrilling rides and the mesmerizing talents of enra, a cutting-edge performance group which appeared on America’s Got Talent in 2015. Dollywood’s extended 2017 Spring Break hours give families more time to experience ...

The Smoky Mountain Opry, renowned as the must-see variety show in Pigeon Forge, has opened for its grand finale farewell season with “Feel the Music,” an all-new original show with many new cast members and what Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group is promising to be their biggest and best production show in Pigeon Forge to date. The acclaimed Smoky Mountain Opry ...

A Parade of Santas and other events will be held in Gatlinburg during the Santa Family Reunion this weekend. Santa is coming from the North, coming from the South, and coming from the East and the West. But how can this be? Everyone knows the real spirit of Santa Claus resides at the North Pole, but from March 17-20, 2017 ...

The Sevierville Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the unveiling of the Dolly Parton Statue. Created by artist Jim Gray, the statue is located on the Sevier County Courthouse lawn in historic downtown Sevierville. The exhibit 30: Celebrating Dolly in Bronze will be on display from March 15, 2017 until the end of December at the Sevierville ...

A new dinner theater show that tells the story of Dolly Parton’s family will open this spring in the former Lumberjack Adventure theatre on the Parkway in Pigeon Forge. The musical theater production with its high–flying acrobats and lumberjack competitions at Lumberjack Adventure will not be returning for the 2017 season as show owners announced today that the theater will ...

Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies unveiled its new Glass Bottom Boat Adventure earlier this month, which gives tourists a chance to venture into Shark Lagoon and explore the spectacular habitat of the many animals of the aquarium. The new specifically designed indoor 16-foot glass bottom boat features only 3 inches of glass that separate the visitor from the animals that ...

A student’s jam-packed account of her family’s Pigeon Forge vacation recently won the family-friendly destination its sixth Emmy Award. “Show & Tell” is the title of the TV commercial that took top honors in the Commercial Spot category. Prompted by a young lady’s cue, the curtain rises to reveal a “few things we did” during her family’s Pigeon Forge vacation. ...

With Dollywood’s 2017 season on the horizon, the award-winning theme park is looking for friendly faces ready to join the team. Job fairs will be held Saturday, Feb. 18 and Saturday, Feb. 25 for those who have scheduled interview appointments in advance. Openings include positions for the entire length of the 2017 operating season, as well as shorter peak season ...