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Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Summer Celebration is just that—a time to celebrate making memories with family at a place everyone enjoys! This summertime event gives families a unique chance to ride Dollywood’s world-class roller coasters, including Lightning Rod and Wild Eagle all day and well into the night! Once the sun sets, these rides will thrill guests as they race through the summer night not knowing which way the track will turn next!
Sevierville’s nineteenth annual Bloomin’ BBQ Music & Food Festival will take place May 19-20, 2023. This family-friendly event will once again bring barbeque cook teams from all over the United States to Sevierville to compete for $17,500 in cash and prizes and the title of Tennessee State Champion in the Bush’s Best TN State Championship Cook Off. Rounding out the event is toe-tapping music on three stages, incredible arts and crafts, kids’ games and the Mountain Soul Vocal Competition honoring Sevierville’s favorite hometown girl, Dolly Parton.
Each year, Pigeon Forge gets decked out in red, white, and blue to celebrate Independence Day with the Patriot Festival. This festival hosts live entertainment, activities for kids, delicious food, and a firework show to finish the evening. In the past, several big-name stars in the music industry have made their way to the Smoky Mountains to participate in the event, and this year will be no different. Find out who is the headline act at this year’s Patriot Festival in Pigeon Forge:
This year's annual Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival is taking place at the Townsend Visitor's Center in, you guessed it, Townsend, TN, on the main road on May 20th and May 21st. The Smoky Mountains have a large presence of Celtic, Irish and Scottish communities that have been here for hundreds of years, so a celebration of Scottish highlander culture in the Tennessee highlands goes together like a black bear and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park!
It is possible you've heard the news already, but if not, we'll be happy to introduce you to it here. Beginning March 1st, 2023, the Smoky Mountain National Park will require parking tags on vehicles for parking accessibility at National Park destinations. Daily passes are $5 and weekly and yearly passes are also available.
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March, St. Patricks Day and the Spring revival of the Smokies are going to be here sooner than you think and we wanted to give our readers a heads-up on special events Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg will be having next month. Let's take a look.
Not every Valentine's Day outing needs to be a romantic duet, Valentine's can be a perfectly good reason to take the kids to the Smokies for just a fun little family getaway. If you're looking for a mid-February excuse to come out to the mountains (and who isn't?), here are some attractions in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg we think would be great for Valentine's Day for families in the Smokies.
In this small article, we wanted to highlight a recent trip to the Sunliner Diner restaurant in Pigeon Forge and their clever integration of Pigeon Forge identity and the listing of food items and services commonly referred to as a "menu". We just wanted to highlight this bit of creativity you can find from a newer and very popular restaurant in our area!
From MyPigeonForge.com, we wanted to share their latest blog article as was posted on their site for prospective Summer vacation visitors to learn some of the best things they can do for Summer in the Smoky Mountains.