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
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 special guest and they will provide demo's throughout the day. Music will be provide by local Mountain/Bluegrass bands. Food & restrooms available, Free admission and Free parking! Great family fun event. For more information check out our FB group page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/smokymountainnationals
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 culture. Presenting folk, roots, rock & pop music, highland athletics, pipes & drums, highland and Irish dance. Whisky tastings, vendors and a great selection of beer and food from the Scottish, Irish and British homelands. Enjoy a weekend of family fun in the beautiful foothills of Townsend, Tennessee, just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Originally founded in 1981 as the Gatlinburg Scottish Festival and Games, the Games are one of the oldest Scottish Festivals in the country. In 2010, a new home was established in the city of Maryville on the grounds of historic Maryville College, home of "The Scots." In 2022, we moved the event to a larger venue just down road in Townsend. You don't have to be Scottish in order to enjoy this unique Festival! Our location in the foothills of The Great Smoky Mountains is the perfect backdrop for you and your family to get a wee glimpse of Scotland -and to discover and appreciate the rich traditions and history of the Scottish and […]
