Ah, Peak Fall colors in the Smokies! Technically we think we’ve just passed the peak – the National Park Service says several areas reached peak this past weekend. But don’t worry, it’s still a mass of color and will be for some weeks to come yet. And even after that, it’ll go back to plain old gorgeous all winter 🙂 (more…)
Posts By: Carrie Waxler
37th Annual Fall Craftsmen’s Fair 2012
If you missed the Craftsmen’s Fair this summer, now’s your chance to catch the Fall fair. The 37th Annual Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair begins today and runs through October 28th. The Gatlinburg Convention Center hosts the fair, as top artisans from across the country gather in this hugely popular show, recognized as one of the South’s top events. (more…)
Ripley’s Fright Nights 2012: Halloween-Size and Super Scary thru October
Spend an evening scared out of your wits at Ripley’s Haunted Adventure in Gatlinburg this month. October gets the whole family in training for Halloween with super-scary Fright Nights, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. (more…)
Oktoberfest 2012 at Ober Gatlinburg
Oktoberfest begins again this year at Ober Gatlinburg this Friday, September 28, and runs all through October until November 4. (more…)
Ice Skating – ISI Team Competition 2012 at Ober Gatlinburg
The ISI Team Competition happens this weekend at the Ober Gatlinburg Ice Rink, September 22-23. Skaters in several age groups from across the Southeast will participate and show their figure-skating moves. Admission for spectators is free. (more…)
Smoky Mountain Harvest Festival and Fall Colors in the Smoky Mountains
Fall is coming and nothing alerts us to the change in seasons like the Smoky Mountain Harvest Festival, which runs from mid-September through October. This is a county-wide celebration with a huge number of attractions including festivals, hay rides, live entertainment, music, food, apple picking, hot cider, all manner of pumpkins & scarecrows, and an outpouring of unique arts and crafts. (more…)
Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup 2012
Hot rods! Thousands of them! That’s what you’ll see this Friday and Saturday at the Shades of the Past 2012 Hot Rod Roundup #30, at Dollywood’s Splash Country, September 7-8. Featuring rods, customs and classics, there will be some of the sweetest body and paint jobs, and hot motors, you’ll ever see in one place. (more…)
Gatlinburg Fine Arts Festival 2012
This 2012 Labor Day weekend sees the 8th Annual Gatlinburg Fine Arts Festival, when our internationally renowned Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts turns its campus into an arts village for three days. (more…)
Smoky Mountain Relic Show & Sale 2012
We can reach out and touch the Civil War up close when the 3rd Annual Smoky Mountain Relic Show & Sale is staged in Pigeon Forge through the weekend of August 25-26. (more…)
Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival 2012
We’re really excited about the first annual Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival held in multiple venues in Gatlinburg during August 23-25, 2012. (more…)