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Gatlinburg Events Raise Awareness, Celebrate Earth Week

Gatlinburg Events Raise Awareness, Celebrate Earth Week

Each spring when the mountains turn green, Gatlinburg celebrates “Going Green” in a big way during the annual Earth Week Celebration held Monday, April 18 to Saturday, April 23, 2016. Gatlinburg dedicates an entire week to celebrate caring for the earth with events designed to share easy green practices through games, crafts and music, opportunities to get outside and maybe even get your ...

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Buds Guns Shop & Range to host Precision Rifle Event

Buds Guns Shop & Range to host Precision Rifle Event

Buds Gun Shop & Range, the largest gun store and indoor range in Tennessee, will host its first-ever Precision Rifle Event April 22-24, 2016. Professional shooters from the Precision Rifle Series (PRS) will be on hand to do product demonstrations, conduct a free seminar and meet with shooting enthusiasts. The Precision Rifle Event at Buds Gun Shop & Range also ...

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Smokies Moves to New Lottery System for Synchronous Fireflies Event Parking Passes

Smokies Moves to New Lottery System for Synchronous Fireflies Event Parking Passes

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that parking passes for shuttle transportation to view the synchronous fireflies at Elkmont will be distributed this year via a lottery system. Since 2006, access to the Elkmont area has been limited to shuttle-service during the eight days of predicted peak activity in order to reduce traffic congestion and provide a safe viewing ...

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Color Me Mutt 5K Color Run and Pet Parade is Geared to Pet Lovers

Color Me Mutt 5K Color Run and Pet Parade is Geared to Pet Lovers

Pets Without Parents, Sevierville’s no-kill animal shelter, and PARC Foundation, the charitable arm of NASCAR SpeedPark Smoky Mountains, are teaming up to host the Color Me Mutt 5K Color Run and Pet Parade on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at 7:30 a.m. at NASCAR SpeedPark. Pet lovers, as well as running enthusiasts, are invited to participate along with their dogs. All ...

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Cash and Prizes up for Grabs in Smoky Mountain Trout Tournament

Cash and Prizes up for Grabs in Smoky Mountain Trout Tournament

There is still time to register for the Spring 2016 Smoky Mountain Trout Tournament and compete for over $10,000 in cash and prizes. The 18th Annual Smoky Mountain Trout Tournament will be held over two days, Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3, 2016. Tournament registration is open to everyone possessing the appropriate fishing license and permits. There are divisions ...

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Dolly Parton Announces Pure & Simple Concert Date in Pigeon Forge

Dolly Parton Announces Pure & Simple Concert Date in Pigeon Forge

Dolly Parton brings her Pure & Simple concert tour home to Sevier County, Tenn. with a stop at the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge on Nov. 15, 2016 to benefit her Imagination Library. The Pure & Simple tour is Parton’s first North American concert tour in more than 25 years and takes her to more than 60 cities across the ...

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Park Hosts Stargazing Event at Cades Cove

Park Hosts Stargazing Event at Cades Cove

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in cooperation with the Smoky Mountains Astronomical Society, will offer a 3-hour stargazing program in Cades Cove on Saturday, April 2, 2016 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Experienced astronomers and numerous telescopes will be on hand to provide a discovery of the spring sky’s position of stars, galaxies, and constellations, including the Milky Way. In case ...

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Beach Volleyball Tournaments Coming to LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge

Beach Volleyball Tournaments Coming to LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge

The LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge is bringing a new sport to this Great Smoky Mountains resort destination – beach volleyball. It is part of a series of sports tournaments that make up the longest booking in the three-year history of the $45 million facility. Franklin Fieldhouse, a sports company in Franklin, Tenn., has contracted the LeConte Event Center for ...

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Harlem Globetrotters make 90th Anniversary Tour stop in Knoxville

Harlem Globetrotters make 90th Anniversary Tour stop in Knoxville

The high-flying hijinks of the Harlem Globetrotters are returning to the Thompson Boling Arena in Knoxville. The Globetrotters, one of the most famous basketball teams in history, is celebrating its 90th year. “This is a special year,” said Handles Franklin of the Harlem Globetrotters. “This season we are paying a tribute to the past while creating special memories.” Handles joined ...

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