Christmas at Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge has always been a super production. This year, the 2015 season is showing us how to make the event even more spectacular.
Dixie Stampede at Christmas Time 2015
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2015 Christmas Bluegrass Festival in Pigeon Forge
If you agree that bluegrass is the sweetest music ever invented, then you need to be in Pigeon Forge over the next few days.The 2015 Christmas in the Smokies Bluegrass Festival is happening at the Smoky Mountain Convention Center in Pigeon Forge, December 9-12. Tickets available at the door.
Headlined again by the driving force behind the festival, acclaimed musician – and 2015 Female Traditional Vocalist of the Year – Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road, her hugely talented band, the festival presents a hard driving, high-energy experience with a host of notable performers.
Image courtesy of Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road
Christmas Season 2015 in Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge
In the days following Thanksgiving, you cannot miss the fact that Christmas season has begun, here in the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge area of the Smoky Mountains.
We are deep in the Winterfest time of year, with millions of Christmas lights twinkling everywhere – strung throughout Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and the theme park village of Dollywood.
Smoky Mountain Grocery Shopping Delivered To Your Cabin
Did you know there’s a local company serving the cabins of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge with a grocery shopping service? Now you can have someone pick up the supplies you want for your stay in your Smoky Mountains cabin, without having to go to the store yourself!
The best part? With the pre-arrival service, you can even have the friendly and super-efficient folks at Smoky Mountain Grocery pick up all the items on your shopping list and put them in your cabin before you get there, with cold items in the fridge, all ready for you from the moment you arrive! (more…)
The Lights Go On in Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge
It’s Winterfest 2015 in the Smoky Mountains as Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Dollywood all turn on their millions of Christmas lights for the festive holiday season.
That’s literally millions of lights. Dollywood alone lights its theme park wonderland with 4 million lights, many of them synchronized to music in stunning displays. Dollywood began its winter season on November 7, turning on its lights to inaugurate (more…)
2015 Smoky Mountain Fall Trout Tournament
Image courtesy of Smoky Mountain Trout Tournament
The 16th Annual Smoky Mountain Fall Trout Tournament happens this weekend on September 26 and 27, 2015. Over 20 miles of premium fishing streams and waters are stocked with thousands of trout again for this ever popular event.
It’s the largest fishing tournament in the Smoky Mountains, and meanders throughout the Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Great Smoky Mountains National Park area. Several hundred entrants will compete – or maybe just calmly fish – in the event.
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Oktoberfest 2015 and Winter is Coming
Images courtesy of Ober Gatlinburg
Oktoberfest could claim to be the first big party of the holiday season – there’s nothing like getting a start on things. You don’t have to tell them this at Ober Gatlinburg, where Oktoberfest 2015 gets underway on September 25 and will run through November 1.
Celebrating the German tradition, Ober Gatlinburg puts on a show with Bavarian food, beer, music, crazy dancing and fun.
16th Annual Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival 2015
The 2015, 16th Annual Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival starts Thursday for 3 days, September 17-19. This festival is one of the nicest you’ll ever attend, with a crowd of around 3,000, highly acclaimed talent performing, and a camper village that adds to some amazing jamming between shows.
image courtesy of Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival
2015 Hot Rod Roundup at Splash Country and the Fall Rod Run in Pigeon Forge
Shades of the Past 2015 Hot Rod Roundup
Image courtesy of Shades of the Past
Fall must be coming because Pigeon Forge has caught the muscle car fever again. The 2015, 33rd Annual Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup happens again this Friday and Saturday, September 11-12, at Dollywood’s Splash Country. It’s a family-fun affair with no alcohol, indoor restrooms, and a huge parking lot filled with amazing cars on display, none of which is newer than 1972 – sorry friend, you’ll have to park that new Caddy somewhere else!
Parking is plentiful at Splash Country for $12 – or you can park for free in downtown Pigeon Forge and take the trolley out for 50 cents. The show is open 8 am to 5 pm each day, and on Saturday the judging and awards start at 4:30pm. This is where a ’32 Ford Hi-Boy Roadster is given as the first prize, followed by $10,000 as 2nd prize! (more…)
Cabins With Resort Amenities – Including Swimming Pools
With more than 500 cabins under our management, we have many cabins in resort communities. A resort location offers additional benefits to top off your cabin experience.
The advantage of a resort typically means plenty of parking, well maintained roads (a factor in winter), and resort amenities such as community room, picnic area, and conference center for meetings, family celebrations, weddings and other such occasions. And usually a swimming pool in season – and we know what that’s for!
