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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.
Is it time to start celebrating the Emerald Isles' influence on the Smoky Mountains? Almost! Sevier County rings in the return of the green in the nature surrounding us with events honoring the Celtic heritage that is a large piece of our cultural foundation starting as early as 2 weeks before St. Patrick's Day.
That interesting time of the year between the end of the long cold season in the Smokies and the return of nature and warm weather where we celebrate the cowboy lifestyle of yesteryear is upon us yet again. West comes East and merges with old-school Appalachia for the perennial favorite Pigeon Forge Chuck Wagon Cookoff weekend.
By now, the Christmas decorations have (hopefully) been put away for another 10 months, the eggnog has long been drunk to its full contents, all the "Happy New Years" wishes have been granted and we move on to the quiet season of the Smokies as Winter continues on until the third week of March.
Coming December 1st for 2023 is the 48th annual Fantasy Of Lights Christmas Parade in downtown Gatlinburg! Gatlinburg's most popular Christmas centered event comes marching down Highway 321 to Stoplight #10 at 7:30PM for more than an hour of famous Christmas characters, carolling, floats, marching, clown cars and even drum and pipe bands. All your favorite characters, new and old, famous and maybe some obscure icons from way back in the day, will all be there that evening and you and your kids are going to love it and treasure the memories forever.