Ah the rhododendrons are blooming – it must be summer! Taken by our favorite Smoky Mountains photographer, Dean Brown. (more…)
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Smith Family Theater
image courtesy of Smith Family Theater
Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are bursting at the seams with talented performers and high-quality entertainment, and you can prove this to yourself any evening with dinner theater in Pigeon Forge, at the Smith Family Dinner Show.
Dollywood Barbeque & Bluegrass Festival 2013: May 25 – June 09
Willis Clan image courtesy of Dollywood
Once again it’s time for Dollywood to host its 16-day Barbeque & Bluegrass Festival, starting this Saturday, May 25 and lasting through June 9. The festival features over 50 bands in 250 shows staged daily and nightly throughout the park, free for Dollywood patrons and included in admission. (more…)
Bloomin’ Barbeque & Bluegrass 2013 – Sevierville May 17-18
This Friday and Saturday, join the street fair in downtown Sevierville and revel in two days of world-class bluegrass music. Mix that up with a barbecue competition that draws experts and cook teams from across the region and the country, competing for cash and the state champion title with their best recipes and award-winning barbecue dishes. (more…)
RiverRush at Splash Country Mother’s Day 2013 – First Water Coaster comes to TN
image courtesy of Splash Country
Dollywood’s Splash Country water park launches its most ambitious new water ride this Mother’s Day. It’s RiverRush, one of the country’s few water coasters and a first for Tennessee. It promises to be a fantastic ride! (more…)
Dolly Parade 2013 – Dolly Parton in Pigeon Forge Friday, May 10
Last year’s parade with Dolly and her Wild Eagle float.
Tennessee’s favorite daughter Dolly Parton is coming home to the Smoky Mountains again this Friday, in time to be Grand Marshal of the 28th Annual Dolly Parade in Pigeon Forge. (more…)
Where Eagles Dare – Great View
Here’s a picture taken last week from our Where Eagles Dare cabin. It was shaping up to be a fine day in the Smoky Mountains! (more…)
Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage 2013 – April 23-27
image courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association
Spring means flowers, and in the Smoky Mountains it means a festival of color and beauty as a fantastic carpet of wildflowers springs up all around us. The 63rd Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage is here! (more…)
Pigeon Forge Rod Run Spring 2013
one of the many cars from last year’s Rod Run
It’s the Rod Run in Pigeon Forge again, April 19-21, and the town is full of hot cars and custom rides! (more…)
Floyd Garrett’s Muscle Car Museum
image courtesy of Muscle Car Museum
If you love the old American muscle cars it’s worth taking a run to Sevierville just down the road from Pigeon Forge to visit Floyd Garrett’s Muscle Car Museum, one of the largest and best collections in the world of American cars from the golden era of muscle cars. (more…)
