Events

Autumn in Gatlinburg is a special time of year. Set against the backdrop of mountains painted with brilliant fall color, Gatlinburg is consistently recognized as one of the top places to see fall foliage in the United States. Downtown Gatlinburg follows suit, as the whole city is adorned with lavish fall decorations to kickoff Smoky Mountain Harvest Festival. Combine beautiful ...

Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede has once again partnered with Food City stores and Pepsi to present the ninth annual Whoadeo children’s event on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. The prize-filled event, open to children ages three to 12, features stick horse competitions, a parade of horses, and costume contests in the Dixie Stampede arena along with a free outdoor carnival from ...

Gatlinburg Youth Football League has partnered with Rocky Top Sports World to host the 44th Annual Smoky Mountain Thanksgiving Youth Football Tournament. In previous years, the tournament hosted more than 120 teams coming from ten states to compete in the football tournament. With the availability of seven fields at Rocky Top Sports World, the event goal is to reach record ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in cooperation with the Smoky Mountains Astronomical Society, will offer a 2 ½-hour stargazing program in Cades Cove on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Experienced astronomers and numerous telescopes will be on hand to provide a discovery of the autumn sky’s position of stars, galaxies, and constellations, including the Milky Way. In ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host the annual Mountain Life Festival at the Mountain Farm Museum Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All activities are free and open to the public. The festival preserves the legacy of Appalachian folkways and is a tribute to the many families who lived on lands that would later become ...

The Comedy Barn Theater® in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. will be hosting the third annual Kickin’ Chicken 5K Run and Fun Walk on Saturday, Sept. 5 at 8 a.m. All of the net proceeds will benefit The Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center that provides comprehensive, coordinated and compassionate services to victims of child abuse. The race will be a single loop ...

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 ...

Jeep enthusiasts will be supporting Smoky Mountain Service Dogs, a non-profit organization that provides service dogs to disabled veterans, at one of the largest Jeep events in the southeast this month. More than 1,000 Jeeps and several thousand Jeep lovers are expected at the Third Annual Great Smoky Mountain Jeep Invasion at the LeConte Event Center in Pigeon Forge on ...

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 ...

The 40th annual Gatlinburg 4th of July Midnight Parade steps off at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, 2015 to the cheers of close to 80,000 spectators. For 40 years, the Parade has honored our nation’s Military Veterans and other U.S. Military Heroes with this classic, small town American parade. The First Independence Day Parade in the Nation has garnered ...