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Is it that time of the year already? Sort of - in years past, the annual Pigeon Forge Spring parade; formerly grand marshaled by Dolly Parton and Cal Ripken, would come early-to-mid May as a way to bridge the gap between the Spring Break seasons and the Summer Vacation seasons of the year; but for 2025, the Music In The Mountains Spring Parade now helps usher the Spring season in shortly after the official start of the season - and it's coming a lot sooner than you think.
New Years Eve is just a few days away and there are festivities going on in each of the main cities of Sevier County. In this article, we'll share the 3 biggest celebrations being scheduled for 12/31/24.
The Halloween spirit is going on and going strong in Pigeon Forge for the month of October. The biggest source of Halloween fun prior to the 31st isDollywood's Harvest Festival and LumiNights throughout the amusement park, but for those who want more to enjoy the season before it turns November, we have these events in Pigeon Forge that will build pumpkin memories and Autumn color delights you'll enjoy remembering for years to come!
Back to school" is on everyone's mind, but as of writing, it's only actually been Summer for slightly more than a month. Summer doesn't actually end when school begins (for some, not even when you've got whole families going back to school!) so the Smokies continues on with some interesting events that grown-ups can enjoy (and most you can bring the kids with if possible) coming in August and September. We'd like to give you a preview of those events here!
The Summer season will be winding down not too long from now and we'll soon be starting a brand new tourism season with the ever popular Harvest Festival Autumn season in Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Sevierville and the rest of the Tennessee Smokies. Fall in Southern Appalachia is a time to cherish - the cooling, brisk air adds a dimension of dignity to the atmosphere, the cities bring out the straw, pumpkins, hay bales and Halloween decorations for inside and the outside the establishments, the sun setting earlier reminds us of the holiday season to come and, of course, we get views of the Smoky Mountain Fall colors stretched out for miles and miles ahead of us that you can't beat anywhere else in our little area!
It's that time again! Gatlinburg is preparing to have the first 4th of July parade in the country once again with the 2024 4th of July Midnight Parade along the main downtown parkway at 11:59PM of July 3rd.
Only a couple of weeks until 4th of July and the Pigeon Forge Patriot Festival comes back around for another awesome day-long celebration of Summer fun and American freedom! Here's what the city of Pigeon Forge has to say on the event for 2024:
For many visitors, a Smoky Mountain vacation is an annual (or otherwise frequent) tradition. When it's Summer and the kids are out of school, it's time for a trip to the Smokies! When it's early-mid Fall and the leaves are changing color, it's time for a trip to the Smokies! When it's Spring Break and solitude in a luxury Appalachian house all by yourself sounds great after weeks of study at college, it's time for a trip to - yep, you recognized the pattern here.
Brochures for vacation ideas like Parrot Mountain in Pigeon Forge are everywhere. Every rest stop, gas station, restaurant, grocery store and information desk in the county stocks some awesome information and visual demonstrations of a variety of attractions in town that don't always get the spotlight when talking about fun things to do with the family in our area.
These are snapshots of special events going on during the Spring season in East Tennessee within a reasonable driving distance of the Smokies from Tennessee Home & Farm Spring 2024 and Tennessee Connections Spring 2024 magazines.