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Join us for a bonfire and ride in the MIDDLE of January! Are we NUTS? Maybe. Tops are down or freedom panels off!

Bronco Driver Magazine Presents: Super Celebration at Townsend Visitor Center Townsend – Tennessee April 19-22, 2023 Hosted annually since 2006 in the quiet Smoky Mountain Town of Townsend Tennessee – […]

Experienced fiber, artist will share their knowledge and demonstrate techniques. You'll meet the alpacas, llamas, shape, goats, and angora rabbits whose fleece becomes the fibers that are spun into yarn […]

Ever wonder what it would be like to be a museum curator? Want to see what goes on behind the scenes to prepare an exhibit? Come join us as we […]

The single most important event of the 2023 calendar year. Don’t stop BELIEVIN’! This 3rd Annual event will feature Bigfoot competitions, guest speakers, live music, vendors, food trucks and other […]

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL Scotland in the Smokies is calling you!!! Celebrating its 42nd year, the Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival and Games is Tennessee’s oldest festival of Scottish, Irish and Celtic […]

June 3, 2023, at the Talley Ho Inn we will have our second annual Chevy/GMC 1947 to 1955 Truck Show! We have the Heritage Tractor & Engine club as our […]

Get a taste of Appalachian cultural with regional food, music, and history at the Taste of the Smokies, an annual community event benefitting the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center

One Night Only ~ Get Ready for a Foot-Stomping, Bluegrass Extravaganza as Renowned Grammy-Winning Band, The Travelin' McCourys, Takes Center Stage on the Dancing Bear Event Lawn on July 6th!

From Iceland to Italy, and all over the U.S., San Francisco-based band Dirty Cello brings the world a high energy and unique spin on blues, rock and Americana. Led by […]

The inaugural Appalachian Homecoming event will be hosted August 4-6, 2023, by Dancing Bear Lodge & Appalachian Bistro in Townsend, Tennessee. Presented in conjunction with Lodge Cast Iron, the immersive […]

Looking for something to do while you are down in the Great Smokey Mountains? Come and party with Drengroffroad. We are teaming with Cades Cove Jeep Outpost to invade the […]