The Volunteer Chevrolet 6th Annual Smoky Mountain Kick-Off Jamboree is Friday, August 15th with competition both on and off the field as Keep Sevier Beautiful challenges fans in the stands to compete in a Litter-Free Challenge. When local high school football teams take the field on Friday night, fans representing each school will be challenged to keep the stands litter-free ...
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Hundreds of runners will race down the Parkway in Pigeon Forge on Saturday night in the PigeonForge.com Midnight 8K. The Knoxville Track Club is holding the PigeonForge.com Midnight 8K on August 2, 2014, drawing runners and walkers from across the region. While Saturday’s race is open registration for anyone who wishes to participate and pays the entry fee, it is ...
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park tourism added $734 million to the economies of communities surrounding the park and supported more than ten thousand jobs in 2013. Spending by visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a vital part of our local economy here in Sevier County. Residents, especially those in the hospitality industry, depend heavily upon the influx ...
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The Old Forge Distillery opened its doors to the public Wednesday. Located next door to the Old Mill Restaurant, it is the first of two distilleries set to open this year in Pigeon Forge. A tour of the Old Forge Distillery is part history lesson and part science. The distillery’s name is inspired by history according to Old Mill Historian ...
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Country music superstars Lonestar will play a free concert at Pigeon Forge’s Patriot Festival this Fourth of July. Be sure to bring your lawn chairs and picnic blankets as the 24th Annual Patriot Festival has a full day of entertainment lined up, including a performance by Lonestar before a finale of spectacular fireworks. Lonestar has sold more than 10 million ...
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If you are a fan of the Firebird, Trans Am, GTO, Bonneville or other Pontiac automobile, you will not want to miss the car show in Pigeon Forge this weekend. The 14th Annual Pontiacs in Pigeon Forge Car Show & Swap Meet is happening June 6-8 at the Music Road Hotel & Convention Center. With the weather looking fine and ...
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Sevier County residents can see one of the newest shows in Pigeon Forge for a discounted ticket price this week. Sablé Theater is offering Sevier County Days to local residents for its “Imagination on Sand” shows today through Saturday, May 24. “Imagination on Sand” is a family friendly entertainment experience featuring an international cast of artists, acrobats, dancers, comedians, horse ...
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August activities include ‘Parade They Never Got’ led by Louise Mandrell PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. – Four days in August have been set aside in this Great Smoky Mountains resort community for special recognitions of America’s veterans. Dates are Aug. 21-24, and activities include salutes at various theaters, display of a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and a full-fledged parade along ...
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Pigeon Forge hosts the 29th Annual Dolly Homecoming Parade. Locals and visitors alike will turn out in mass tomorrow for a spectacular parade to welcome Sevier County’s own Dolly Parton home. The weather promises to be sunny and warm in Pigeon Forge as an expected 50,000 spectators line the Parkway to watch this year’s parade. In addition to seeing world-famous ...
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In case you have not already noticed the traffic or Parkway lined with classic cars, it is time for the Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run. Thousands of car enthusiasts will be in town this weekend for the first car show of 2014 and the weather promises to be sunny and warm. Previously held at the Grand Resort Hotel, the Pigeon ...
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