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New Year’s Eve 2018 in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge

Posted December 20, 2018 by Tony Perez

New Year’s Eve 2018 in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge offers two great venues bringing the long-anticipated excitement of free concerts, DJ music, specials in local restaurants and theaters, crowds of revelers, millions of seasonal lights and massive fireworks to ring in a brand-new 2019 at midnight.

Tens of thousands of people will be outdoors and up late this year on Monday, December 31, 2018. Usually Gatlinburg’s Space Needle draws 50,000 attendees to the New Year’s event, featuring its own special countdown and ball drop from the 400-ft tower, in its 31st Annual New Year’s Eve celebration. At the same time in Pigeon Forge, excitement builds at The Island, providing free entertainment, a countdown, plenty of razzle dazzle, and more amazing fireworks.

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New Year’s Eve 2017

Posted December 29, 2017 by Tony Perez

New Year’s Eve 2017 is bigger and better than ever in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, to welcome the start of 2018 with amazing fireworks, free shows, and plenty of other events happening in the evening.

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Thanksgiving 2017 Fireworks at the Titanic

Posted November 22, 2017 by Tony Perez

Pigeon Forge is the place to be Thanksgiving evening, November 23, 2017 for the annual fireworks show at the Titanic Museum attraction on Parkway between Lights #1 and #0. The show starts at 7 pm.

The Titanic offers one of the greatest pyrotechnic displays of the year, and you can easily view it from the large parking lot, or go on board and join the special festivities – if you can get a ticket that is. The Titanic is very popular at any time and this special event draws thousands of people.

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New Year’s Eve 2015 in Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge

Posted December 31, 2015 by Lindsey Stallings

It’s New Year’s Eve as 2015 turns into 2016, and Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are getting ready to light up the Smoky Mountains with huge fireworks shows – and both events are FREE.

For the 28th year, the Ball Drop & Fireworks at the Space Needle in Gatlinburg attracts a super-friendly gathering, estimated at close to 50,000 people this year, in one of the largest organized New Year’s events in America. (more…)

Thanksgiving 2014: Fireworks at the Titanic in Pigeon Forge

Posted November 25, 2014 by Lindsey Stallings

images courtesy of Titanic

There’s a spectacular fireworks show this Thanksgiving evening in Pigeon Forge at the Titanic Museum. For the 3rd year running, the acclaimed attraction plans to give us the biggest fireworks show of the year anywhere on the Smoky Mountain Parkway. Even more, the big ship will provide a real, live SNOWFALL from snow making equipment mounted in the bow.

Scheduled for 7 pm on November 27, 2014, the free event draws several thousand people, but you can watch it perfectly from the large parking lot. It will be a very busy visitor day inside the museum, so if you’re thinking of taking a tour you should book ahead. (more…)

New Year’s Eve 2013 in Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge: Celebrations at Needle and Wheel

Posted December 30, 2013 by Carrie Waxler

It’s getting close to 2013 New Year’s Eve, and Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are getting the celebrations ready to add FIREWORKS to the millions of already dazzling winter lights! (more…)

Gatlinburg New Year’s Eve 2012

Posted December 28, 2012 by Carrie Waxler

image courtesy of Space Needle

2013 is just a few days away, so make your plans to join the street party Monday night around the base of the Space Needle in Gatlinburg. It’s the region’s unsurpassed celebration to welcome the New Year, the 25th Annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop and Fireworks Show. (more…)

Pigeon Forge Titanic Fireworks for Thanksgiving 2012

Posted November 20, 2012 by Carrie Waxler

images courtesy of Titanic Museum

There will be massive fireworks for Thanksgiving in Pigeon Forge, courtesy of the Titanic Museum Attraction. It’s a hundred years since RMS Titanic foundered on an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic, and the famous memorial museum in Pigeon Forge has been honoring this centenary all year. (more…)