{"id":5860,"date":"2017-09-13T19:50:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T23:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cabinsofthesmokymountains.com\/blog\/?p=5860"},"modified":"2019-12-23T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T20:50:31","slug":"fall-2017-muscle-cars-bluegrass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cabinsofthesmokymountains.com\/blog\/smoky-mountains\/fall-2017-muscle-cars-bluegrass\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2017 Muscle Cars and Bluegrass in the Smoky Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

High excitement hits Pigeon Forge for the Fall Rod Run happening September 14-16, 2017. It’s 3 days and nights of cruising the strip, and muscle cars everywhere. If you want to take a break to swap muscle for music, at the same time the annual Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival is on just a few miles to the north.<\/p>\n

And that’s not all, because Gatlinburg and Townsend also have some events at the same time, with more live music, lots of food tasting, and even more auto shows! It’s a happening weekend starting on Thursday – read on and we’ll sort it all out for you.<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of the Rod Run<\/p><\/div>\n

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The 35th Annual Fall Rod Run in Pigeon Forge<\/h3>\n

Many cars will already be here from last week’s Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup<\/a> event, and others have been flooding into town to begin this huge event with hundreds of classic cars on display and entered in the contest. There’s $10,000 prize money for the best cars, with multiple categories and awards.<\/p>\n

The show itself is centered in the LeConte Center on Teaster Lane, but the event is massively overflowed into the town of Pigeon Forge itself as Parkway fills up with cars cruising slowly, looking and being looked at. You can set up a lawn chair on Parkway and watch it go by, and you can stroll or cruise the strip yourself, gazing at the multitude of cars that proud owners have parked in friendly parking areas along Parkway.<\/p>\n

Here’s a drive-by view of the event, courtesy of Diane Peck:<\/p>\n