Events and Happenings in the Smokies
APRIL
5-8 Great Smoky Easter Arts & Crafts Show (Gatlinburg)
26-29 73rd Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage (Gatlinburg and Great Smoky Mountains National Park)
MAY
19-20 Annual Bloomin' Barbeque & Bluegrass Festival (Sevierville)
20-21 42nd Annual Smoky Mountains Scottish Festival & Games (Maryville)
JUNE
3-4 6th Annual Smallmouth King Bass Fishing Tournament (Sevierville)
20-21 29th Annual A Mountain Quiltfest ™ (Pigeon Forge)
JULY
3-4 First Independence Day Parade in the Nation at Midnight (Gatlinburg)
4 Independence Day Fireworks (mult.)
4 33rd Annual Patriot Festival (Pigeon Forge)
7-16 July Craftsmen's Fair (Gatlinburg)
AUGUST
14 Hot Air Balloon Festival (Townsend, Great Smoky Mountains National Park)
24-26 11th Annual Smoky Mountain Jeep Club Invasion (Pigeon Forge)
29-Sept. 4 Sevier County Fair (Sevier County)
SEPTEMBER
14-16 23rd Annual Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival (Pigeon Forge)
24-30 National Quartet Convention (Pigeon Forge)
OCTOBER
6-8 29th Annual Robert Tino's Smoky Mountain Homecoming (Severville)
Sept. 29-0ct. 28 48th Annual Rotary Club Crafts Festival (Pigeon Forge)
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER
Dec.14 7th Annual "Fantasy of Lights" Christmas Parade (Gatlinburg)
Dates are subject to change.