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Join us August 21, 2021 for a summertime spectacle Join us August 21, 2021 for a summertime spectacle, when professional balloonist light up the evening sky with a beautiful balloon glow and spectacular tethered rides. The sky will be filled with a spectrum of color like never before, against a backdrop of a breathtaking Tennessee Smoky Mountain sunset, in beautiful Townsend, Tennessee!
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The 2021 Townsend, Tennessee map is out! Townsend The 2021 Townsend, Tennessee map is out! Townsend Businesses will begin to see these maps delivered to them over the next few days!  Special thanks to this year's premier sponsors: @gsmheritagecenter โ€ข @dancingbeartn โ€ข @littlearrowresort โ€ข @thelilybarn โ€ข @dogwoodcabins โ€ข @applevalleystores 

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Itโ€™s back and bigger than ever! The 2021 GSM Hot Itโ€™s back and bigger than ever! The 2021 GSM Hot Air Balloon Festival returns August 21, 2021! 
..... Join us for:
โ€ขFAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES
โ€ขLIVE ENTERTAINMENT
โ€ขCRAFTERSโ€”DEMONSTRATING AND SELLING THEIR ARTWORK
โ€ขFOOD TRUCK COURT
โ€ขBEER and WINE TENT
โ€ข LIVE MUSIC 
โ€ข KIDS AREA
โ€ข TETHERED BALLOON RIDES (weather permitting)
๐ŸŽซ TICKET LINK IN BIO ๐ŸŽซ
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ We invite you and your family to join us ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ We invite you and your family to join us in Townsend, Tennessee on July 4th for outdoor, fresh-air fun and Townsendโ€™s largest-ever fireworks show! Yes, we are encouraging masks and physical distancing, but we also encourage quality family time, laughing, singing, shopping, tubing, picnicking, and celebrating our freedom in a safe, responsible and enjoyable manner! 

Food trucks, live music, beer, and merch will be located at the Smoky Mountain Outdoor Center across from the fireworks launch field.  Bathrooms, hand sanitizer stations, and masks will be available and strongly encouraged.  Parking at this location is $20 CASH per car and opens at 5:30 pm.

Our Family-Friendly watch area on July 4th will be located at the Townsend Visitors Center. Parking is $5 Per Car and is CASH ONLY. Each family is invited to pack a picnic, drinks, and lawn chairs, and enjoy the 15-minute fireworks show in their own spacious area!  Parking area gates open at 6:30 pm. 

Fireworks begin at 10:00 pm!

๐™’๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™™๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™จ๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™™๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ-๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™ข๐™ค๐™ ๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™ค๐™ข ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ!

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Join us on July 4th, 2020 for The Smoky Mountain F Join us on July 4th, 2020 for The Smoky Mountain Freedom Festival!!! ๐ŸŽ‡ Many great Townsend businesses have come together to bring you the largest fireworks show in town history! It will be an explosive FULL 15 MINUTES LONG!
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WHEN: JULY 4TH | 6:30pm -10:30pm -
WHERE: The Smoky Mountain Outdoor Center in Townsend, Tennessee ( Surrounding businesses will be celebrating all day with specials and more - so make a day of it!)
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WHAT: From 6:30pm onward, enjoy Live Bands, Food Trucks, and an incredible Fireworks show at the Smoky Mountain Outdoor Center - Fireworks will launch at 10pm sharp! -
A socially distanced, family friendly viewing area will be at the Townsend Visitors Center - simply pack your own picnic, bring your own chairs or blankets and watch the show from your own spacious zone. -
There will be a synchronized music program during the fireworks show that can be enjoyed at **** 91.3FM *****
From SMOC & The Visitor Center and local vicinity.
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PRICE: 
The VIP Party, Live Bands, Food Trucks, Craft Beer & more will he held at Smoky Mountain Outdoor Center. The cost is $20 per car.
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The Family Friendly, social distanced viewing area, held at the Townsend Visitor Center is $5 per car - Gates open at 6:30pm.
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โœจ Reminders: 
1) MASKS ARE NOT REQUIRED BUT STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. 
2) FOR PARKING AT BOTH LOCATIONS, please bring CASH. -
Many Townsend businesses will be having store specials and celebrating so make a day of it and enjoy, shopping, tubing, great food, live music and more! -
Also, check out what Cades Cove Jeep Outpost Outpost will be doing on the 4th! You donโ€™t want to miss it....
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#July4th #Freedom #Fireworks #TownsendTN
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