Entertainment

Welcome to the Big House! Alcatraz East, a new crime museum, announced they are scheduled to open in Pigeon Forge in fall 2016. The museum will give visitors the behind-the-scenes story of our nation’s crime history. “This is going to be the place for the public to learn about crime history, law enforcement, and all things related,” said Janine Vaccarello, ...

Local and out-of-town guests gathered in downtown Sevierville for an opportunity to enjoy great food and world-class bluegrass music at Sevierville’s 12th Annual Bloomin’ Barbeque & Bluegrass festival held May 20 and 21, 2016. Forty-six cook teams attended the Bush’s Best Tennessee State Championship Barbeque Cook-Off held during the event, with Checkered Pig of Martinsville, Va. claiming Grand Champion while ...

A full slate of Meet the Author events is being planned in Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Sugarlands Visitor Center in the coming weeks. During these sessions, the authors will discuss their work and how the national park impacts their creative endeavors. Friday, May 27, 2016, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., retired GSMNP wildlife ranger Kim Delozier will discuss his books “Bear ...

Art is happening in downtown Sevierville. Local botanical artist Andrea Wilson will exhibit her international award winning etchings June 1–12, 2016 at Courthouse Donuts, 160 Court Avenue in downtown Sevierville, Tenn. This exhibition is the first in a series sponsored by the Sevierville Commons Arts Council and Sevierville Commons Association. A reception will take place Friday, June 3 from 7–10 ...

In honor of the National Park Service Centennial, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, LeConte Lodge, and Great Smoky Mountains Association partnered together to provide the popular “Day Hikes of the Smokies” guide book to all 4th grade students in Sevier County. This generous donation, made possible by Leconte Lodge, is in recognition of the National Park Service’s Every Kid a ...

Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce officially welcomed a new show to the Iris Theater on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. Magical Comedian Chris Collins and Master Mentalist Erik Dobell present Impossibilities – An Evening of Magic, Mindreading and Mayhem. The family-friendly show offers a night full of stunning magic, shattering mindreading and hilarious mayhem. With their more than 40 years of combined ...

Dolly was in Pigeon Forge today to flip the switch and open her new dinner theater, Dolly Parton’s Lumberjack Adventure. Guests at Dolly Parton’s Lumberjack Adventure will experience an all-new, high energy, Smoky Mountains themed competition between two logging families while enjoying a campfire cuisine meal that they may pair with a beer, wine or signature moonshine cocktail. “I can ...

Sevierville’s twelfth annual Bloomin’ Barbeque & Bluegrass will take place May 20-21, 2016. This family-friendly event will once again bring barbeque cook teams from all over the United States to Sevierville to compete for $17,500 in cash and prizes and the title of Tennessee State Champion in the Bush’s Best TN State Championship Cook Off. Rounding out the event is ...

Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge celebrates spring by offering free classes, seminars, events, exhibits and excursions. Pigeon Forge, a gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has a new way to celebrate spring. It’s a five-day event saluting the national park, Mother Nature and the culture of the southern Appalachians. It’s Wilderness Wildlife Week from May 18-22, 2016 and it’s new ...

The Spring 2016 dates for Sevier County Days at Dollywood parks have been announced and people who live or work in Sevier County can soon visit Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country for only a $5 donation to help local families in need of food assistance. Everyone who lives or works in Sevier County is invited to visit Dollywood theme park ...