Entertainment

Sevier County residents and workers may celebrate the season and view millions of Christmas lights at Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas for only a $5 donation during Sevier County Days. Dolly invites everyone who lives and works in Sevier County to enjoy free admission with a $5 donation per person to benefit Sevier County Food Ministries, a voluntary interfaith ministry that ...

Country Tonite is having Area Appreciation Days for residents of Sevier County and 14 surrounding counties in east Tennessee. The Country Tonite Area Appreciation Days offer runs Nov. 2–11, 2018. Tickets are only $8 for adults. Kids 12 & under get in free. Proceeds will benefit needy families for Christmas. Country Tonite’s Smoky Mountain Christmas promises a little bonus for ...

Start your Halloween in Gatlinburg at the Trick or Treat Kick-Off Karnival, sponsored by Ripley’s Haunted Adventure and Anakeesta. The 11th Annual Trick or Treat Kick-Off Karnival will be held 12–5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 on the plaza at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, traffic light #5 in downtown Gatlinburg. There will be a costume contest, games, prizes ...

Sheriff Ron Seals invites Sevier County residents to his Spooktacular Block Party, a free and safe environment for youth to spend their Halloween night. This year’s Spooktacular Block Party will be held 5–9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 at the Sevier County Jail and Courthouse area in Downtown Sevierville. The event is offered at no cost for Sevier County ...

Pigeon Forge residents are encouraged to participate in the city’s Community Halloween Spooktacular Event and Safety Day. The free event is a community program produced by the Pigeon Forge Parks and Recreation Department along with Pigeon Forge first responders. Community Halloween Spooktacular Event and Safety Day will be held 3– 9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 at the Pigeon ...

Ripley’s Tennessee Attractions, including Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Guinness World Records Adventure, donated $50,000 worth of school supplies to the Greenbrier Teacher Depot. “I am absolutely delighted with the large amount of school supplies that Ripley’s has recently donated to the Greenbrier Teacher Depot. The Depot opens its doors each semester to the public ...

Ahoy mateys! The Pirates Revenge Dinner and Show, produced by Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group, will sail into Pigeon Forge the summer of 2019 in the current Smoky Mountain Opry Theater location. Plans have been submitted to the City of Pigeon Forge’s planning commission for a huge $20 million renovation of the Smoky Mountain Opry Theater to turn the theater into ...

After nearly a decade of rave reviews and financial success on the Carolina coast, Dolly Parton’s newest Pirates Voyage dinner attraction is slated to open in Pigeon Forge next spring. Keep an eye to the spyglass, mateys; Dolly’s pirates will be searching for treasure in the Great Smoky Mountains, next summer! “The show has been so successful in Myrtle Beach ...

Alcatraz East Crime Museum will be opening The Second Amendment on Friday. The exhibit will give visitors the opportunity to learn about laws that shaped this amendment and see rare firearms on display. Alcatraz East Crime Museum has partnered with the National Rifle Association Museums, which includes the National Firearms Museum located in Fairfax, Virginia, which have generously loaned the ...

During Local Appreciation Days at Alcatraz East Crime Museum, area residents can view the 9/11 exhibit and hear from a forensic expert that worked at Ground Zero after the terror attack. As we approach the 17th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Alcatraz East Crime Museum will be hosting a special guest speaker who will share his story of working ...