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Upcoming Events Help Veterans Find Work and Resources

Upcoming Events Help Veterans Find Work and Resources

Knoxville community partners and employers are participating in a 2-day event to help area veterans access vital resources and find employment. The American Job Center in Knoxville is coordinating a community resource fair and job fair focused on area veterans who need assistance in finding resources or are looking for new employment. Veterans Resource Fair: The American Job Center has ...

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Wilderness Wildlife Week Promises Excursions, Seminars and More

Wilderness Wildlife Week Promises Excursions, Seminars and More

Featuring more than 200 free sessions and activities spanning five days, Pigeon Forge’s award-winning Wilderness Wildlife Week is set for May 7-11. The event is headquartered at the LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge.  In its 29th year, Wilderness Wildlife Week offers a variety of workshops, lectures, seminars, concerts, hikes and other activities designed to introduce or reacquaint participants of all ages with the ...

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Gatlinburg Celebrates 43 Years of July 4th Midnight Parade

Gatlinburg Celebrates 43 Years of July 4th Midnight Parade

Gatlinburg’s award-winning Fourth of July Midnight Parade steps off at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, July 4 with a lineup of entertainment, performers and stunning floats. Celebrating our local community, Gatlinburg-Pittman High School Athletics will act as the Grand Marshal in this year’s parade. Famed as the First Independence Day Parade in the Nation, the Fourth of July Midnight Parade has won ...

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TWRA Holds Free Fishing Day for Adults, Free Fishing Week for Kids

TWRA Holds Free Fishing Day for Adults, Free Fishing Week for Kids

Tennessee’s annual Free Fishing Day and the Youth Free Fishing Week are a great way to get outdoors and introduce someone you know to the sport of fishing. The 2018 Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 9 when anyone may fish free without a license in Tennessee’s public waters. The day allows anyone the opportunity to try this great outdoor ...

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Army Veteran Craig Morgan Headlines Pigeon Forge’s Patriot Festival

Army Veteran Craig Morgan Headlines Pigeon Forge’s Patriot Festival

Craig Morgan, United States Army veteran and Grand Ole Opry member, is set to headline the 28th annual Patriot Festival, Pigeon Forge’s Independence Day celebration. Morgan takes the stage immediately before an elaborate fireworks display lights up the night sky with the Great Smoky Mountains as a backdrop. “We look forward to the Patriot Festival all year long here in ...

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Wilderness Wildlife Week Offers 250 Free Seminars, Concerts, Excursions

Wilderness Wildlife Week Offers 250 Free Seminars, Concerts, Excursions

Featuring more than 250 free sessions and activities spanning five days, Pigeon Forge’s award-winning Wilderness Wildlife Week runs May 8-12, 2018. The event is headquartered at the LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge. In its 28th year, Wilderness Wildlife Week offers a variety of workshops, lectures, seminars, concerts, hikes and other activities designed to introduce or reacquaint participants of all ages with the great ...

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Registration Open for Branch Out Events in Smokies

Registration Open for Branch Out Events in Smokies

Cultural history, natural surroundings, park cemeteries, and sweat-inducing, blood-pumping hikes. These are just a few of the topics to be explored in Great Smoky Mountains Association’s Branch Out activity series this May. Those interested in learning more about our country’s most visited national park are encouraged to join any of these programs set within Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Program: ...

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Enter Lottery to View Smoky Mountains Synchronous Fireflies

Enter Lottery to View Smoky Mountains Synchronous Fireflies

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the dates for viewing Synchronous Fireflies in Elkmont. Shuttle service to the viewing area will be provided on Thursday, June 7 through Thursday, June 14. All visitors wishing to view the synchronous fireflies at Elkmont must have a parking pass distributed through the lottery system at www.recreation.gov. Every year in late May ...

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Comedian Heather Land to Perform at Stronger Women’s Retreat in Pigeon Forge

Comedian Heather Land to Perform at Stronger Women's Retreat in Pigeon Forge

The Stronger women’s retreat in Pigeon Forge will end on a funny note as comedian Heather Land performs on the retreat’s final day. Kathy Crabb, matriarch of the Grammy Award-winning Crabb Family, has hosted the Stronger women’s retreat in Pigeon Forge for several years. Ladies from all across the country have gathered in the mountains for services, food, fellowship and ...

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Knox Shamrock Fest to Feature Irish Festival and Lucky Kidney Run

Knox Shamrock Fest to Feature Irish Festival and Lucky Kidney Run

The East Tennessee Kidney Foundation invites families, runners and volunteers to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and support local dialysis patients by participating in its Knox Shamrock Fest on March 16-17, 2018 in downtown Knoxville. The event includes a two-day Irish festival on Market Square and the 7th annual Lucky Kidney Run. “Whether you plan to run or walk in the ...

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