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Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
31: 7th
Annual Winter Heritage Festival in the Smokies
Townsend, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and nearby areas.
Music, crafts, demonstrations, hikes, exhibits, dining and more.
865-448-6134.
Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
1 - 2: 7th
Annual Winter Heritage Festival in the Smokies
Townsend, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and nearby areas. Music,
crafts, demonstrations, hikes, exhibits, dining and more. 865-448-6134.
18: Herb and
Wildflower Day
Townsend Visitors Center. Walks and discussions with expert botanists
and naturalists. Baked goods, pottery, crafts and plant sales. 9 am - 3
pm.
21: Basket
Making, Karen Kenst
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
1 - 16: 33rd
Annual Quilt Show
Cooper Athletic Center, Maryville College.
17 - 31:
Woodcarver's Show
Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
2 - 3:
Jewelry Exhibit, Julia Schirack and Carol Dean
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
5: Jewelry
& Art Exhibit, Diana Dearen
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
12: Acustic
Eidolon Concert
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
13: Spring
Sprint 5K Run
Alcoa. 865-983-9244.
19 - 20: Smoky
Mountain Fiber Arts Festival
Townsend Visitors Center and the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage
Center. Fiber arts classes and
demonstrations, vendors, sheep shearing demonstrations, spinning, weaving,
dyeing and needlecrafts. Food is also available. 800-525-6834.
19: Music of
the Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
19 - 20: Spring
Arts and Crafts Show
Foothills Mall. 865-983-9244.
23 - 26: Art
& Woodcrafts, Myron & Sanford Downs
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
27: Girl
Scout Day
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
TBA: Sam
Houston Birthday Celebration
Sam Houston Schoolhouse, Maryville. 865-983-1550.
Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
Saturday Nights May
thru October: Pickin'
On the Porch
Wood N' Strings Dulcimer Shop. 7 pm.
865-448-6647.
3: Blount
County Music Series - Pistol Creek Catch of the Day
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
3 - 4: 21st
Annual Townsend's Spring Festival and Old Timers Day
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Townsend Visitors Center, Trillium
Cove Shopping Village and other locations around Townsend. A celebration
of Appalachian history and crafts, bluegrass music, wildflower walks,
storytelling, BBQ, clogging, the Young Pickers Contest, book signings,
bake sales, and much more! FREE ADMISSION. $8 parking per day. Proceeds
benefit the Townsend Volunteer Fire Department. NO PETS ALLOWED. 9 am - 10
pm. daily. 865-448-6134.
4: Smoky
Mountain Quilter's Road Show
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
4: Railroad
Days
Little River Railroad Museum. 865-448-2211.
4 - 5: Nawger Nob
Arts & Crafts Show
Townsend. 865-448-2259.
9 - 10: BTA
Class
9 - 10: Cards
& Ornaments, Donna Erdman
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
9 - 11:
Assorted Crafts, Norma Tosh
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
9 - 11:
Painted Rocks, Terri Zimmer
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
9 - 11: Arts
& Crafts, Deede Adele
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
10: Blount
County Music Series
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
10 - 11: New
Midland Plaza Spring Art and Craft Fair
New Midland Plaza, Alcoa. 865-983-9644.
14: Tourism
Reception
14 - 16:
Woodturning, Monte Walker
Townsend Visitors Center.
800-525-6834.
14 - 16:
Horseshoe Decorations, Bonnie McCampbell
Townsend Visitors Center.
800-525-6834.
TBA: 9th
Annual Troutfest - CANCELLED FOR 2013
Townsend and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A fly fishing and
exposition, banquet and auction. 800-525-6834.
17 - 19: 32nd
Annual Smoky Mountain Highland Games
Maryville College. Scottish clans
meeting featuring Highland athletics, bagpipe competitions, Highland
dancing, border collie demonstrations, haggis hurling, entertainment,
whiskey tasting, food and merchandise vendors. Visit http://smokymountaingames.org.
18:
"Heartbeat of the Mountains"
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Annual Gala Dinner and Auction.
865-448-0044.
17 - 19: Art
Exhibit, Cathy Coulter
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
21 - 23: Art
& Woodcrafts, Myron & Sanford Downs
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
24 - 26: Art
Exhibit, Roma McCammon
Townsend Visitors Center.
800-525-6834.
28 - June 2:
H.O.G. Rally
The Shed at Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson. Begins at 8 am.
Registration deadline April 10, 2013. Attendees must present current
National H.O.G. Membership Card to register. 615-255-3442.
29 - 30: Art
Exhibit, Fred Weiser
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
31: Jewelry
& Art Exhibit, Diana Dearen
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
Friday Nights Year Round:
Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
Saturday Nights May thru
October: Pickin'
On the Porch
Wood N' Strings Dulcimer Shop. 7 pm.
865-448-6647.
TBA: Sunset Music Series
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
1 - 2: Jewelry
& Art Exhibit, Diana Dearen
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
1 - 2: H.O.G. Rally
The Shed at Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson. Begins at 8 am.
Registration deadline April 10, 2013. Attendees must present current
National H.O.G. Membership Card to register. 615-255-3442.
TBA: 6th Annual Smoky Mountain Pottery
Festival
Townsend Visitors Center. Master pottery demonstrations and exhibits. 9 am - 4 pm.
Tickets, which go on sale
Monday, April 23, are $35 for Chamber and Downtown Association members and
$45 for the public. 865-983-2241for tickets.
2: Heritage Happening
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Gala Auction. 865-448-0044.
3 - 30: Smoky Mountain
Photographer's Showcase
4 - 6: Photography, Linda
Waterhouse
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
9 - 15:
Kaufman's Acoustic Kamps and Concert Series
Maryville College. Workshops in flatpicking guitar, fingerpicking guitar,
mandolin, Old Time Banjo, Bluegrass Banjo, Old Time Fiddle, Bluegrass
Fiddle, dobro, Mountain dulcimer, songwriting, vocal class and bass.
Concerts by the instructors each evening. 865-982-3808.
11 - 13:
Cards and Christmas Ornaments, Donna Erdman
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
15 - 16:
Photography, Rick Kratz
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
15: Summer Solstice
8K
Walland.
865-805-2008.
16 - 22:
Kaufman's Acoustic Kamps
Maryville College. Workshops in flatpicking guitar, fingerpicking guitar,
mandolin, Old Time Banjo, Bluegrass Banjo, Old Time Fiddle, Bluegrass
Fiddle, dobro, Mountain dulcimer, songwriting, vocal class and bass.
Concerts by the instructors each evening. 865-982-3808.
21 - 23:
Photography Exhibit, Rex Gullufsen
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
28 - 30: Photography
Exhibit, Barry Spruce
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
Saturday Nights May
thru October: Pickin'
On the Porch
Wood N' Strings Dulcimer Shop. 7 pm.
865-448-6647.
TBA: Sunset
Music Series
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
2 - 4: Arts &
Crafts Exhibit, Deede Edele
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
2 - 4: Assorted
Crafts, Norma Jean Tosh
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
4 - 6: Red,
White and Blue Show
5: Special
Concert - Pop High School Band
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
5 - 6: Fabric Doll Making,
Carolyn Gregory
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
5 - 6: Decoupage Plates
& Ceramics Exhibit, Anna Bolton
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
5 - 6: Assorted Crafts
Exhibit, Juanita Collins
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
7: Fabric Doll Making,
Carolyn Gregory
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
7: Decoupage Plates &
Ceramics
Exhibit, Anna Bolton
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
9 - 11: Art
Exhibit, Gloria Nelson
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
9 - 11: Pottery
Exhibit, Carol Ware
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
12 - 14: 45th
Annual Smoky
Mountain Classic Slow Pitch Softball Tournament
Maryville. 865-983-9244.
12 - 14: Art Exhibit,
Roma McCammon
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
16 - 18:
Woodcrafts, Charles Goosie
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
16 - 18: Art
Exhibit, Randy White
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
20 - 21: 5th
Annual Summer Jam Volkswagon Show
Talley Ho Inn, Townsend. Pre-register your vehicle by July 13,
2013. Visit http://www.summerjamvw.com/index.html
for additional information.
19 - 21:
Jewelry
Exhibit, Corrine Coley
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
19 - 21:
Photography Exhibit, Rex Gullufsen
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
24 -
26: Christyfest
A celebration of the TV series Christy. Autograph and photo
opportunities with the cast and crew along with screenings of series and
movie outtakes, tours of the film site, writers workshops, group dinners,
costume contests, nature hikes, hoe-downs and more. For a complete
schedule, see http://www.christyfest.org/schedule.htm.
23 - 25:
Photography
Exhibit, Barry Spruce
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
26 - 28: Art Exhibit,
Cathy Coulter
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
30:
Woodturning, Monte Walker
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
30:
Horseshoe Decorations, Bonnie McCampbell
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
Saturday Nights May
thru October: Pickin'
On the Porch
Wood N' Strings Dulcimer Shop. 7 pm.
865-448-6647.
TBA: Sunset
Music Series
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
1:
Woodturning, Monte Walker
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
1:
Horseshoe Decorations, Bonnie McCampbell
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
2 - 4: Art Exhibit,
Roma McCammon
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
3: 8th Annual
Slimfest
Midland Plaza, Alcoa. 6 pm - Midnight. 865-414-2000.
6 - 8: Art, Diane
Dearen
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
6 - 8: Art, Gloria
Nelson
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
10: Scholars
Run 5K
Maryville. 865-983-9244.
9 - 11: Art, Fred
Weiser
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
13 - 15: Art, Randy White
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
13 - 15: Art,
Larry Burton
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
23 - 25: Art, Cathy
Coulter
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
27 - 29: Art, Maxine Falls
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
30 - 31: Art, Kim
Hart
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
Saturday Nights May
thru October: Pickin'
On the Porch
Wood N' Strings Dulcimer Shop. 7 pm.
865-448-6647.
1: Art, Kim
Hart
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
3 - 5; Art Exhibit,
Randy White
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
3 - 5: Woodcrafts,
Charles Goosie
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
6 - 7: Assorted
Crafts, Juantia Collins
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
6 - 8:
Stained Glass, Larry and Paula McClain
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
8: Wears Valley
15K Road Race
Townsend. 865-805-2008.
10 - 12: Decoupage
Plates/Ceramics, Anna Bolton
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
10 - 12:
Jewelry, Corrine Coley
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
10 - 12:
Gourds & Gourd Art, Laurie Weiand
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
13 - 14: New
Midland Plaza Fall Art and Craft Fair
New Midland Plaza, Alcoa. 865-983-9644.
13 - 15:
Cigar Box Stringed Instruments, James Dull
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
13
- 15: Pottery Exhibit, Carol Ware
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
13 - 15:
Woodcarving, Hezzie Holden
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
17
- 19: Woodturning, Tom Sciple
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
20:
Storytelling Event
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
20
- 22: Art
Exhibit, Cathy Coulter
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
27 - 28: 21st
Annual Townsend Fall Heritage Festival and Old Timers Day
Celebrates mountain
and Appalachian arts and crafts. Features demonstrations, bluegrass and
mountain music, an antique tractor and engine show, storytelling,
children’s activities, crafts by local artisans, basketry, spinning,
weaving, sorghum molasses, apple butter making, lye soap, beekeeping, and
blacksmithing. 9 am - 10 pm daily. 800-525-6834.
28: Blue
Ribbon Country Fair
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
28: Railroad
Days
Little River Railroad Museum. 865-448-2211.
28 - 29: Nawger Nob
Fall Arts & Crafts Show
Townsend. 865-448-2259.
Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
Saturday Nights May
thru October: Pickin'
On the Porch
Wood N' Strings Dulcimer Shop. 7 pm.
865-448-6647.
1 - 3: Art Exhibit,
Roma McCammon
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
4 -
6: Fabric Dolls, Carolyn Gregory
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
4 - 6: Pottery, Carol Ware
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
5 -
6: Photography,
Rick Kratz
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
5 -
6: Smoky Mountain Woodcarving Festival
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
8 - 10:
Woodcarving Exhibit, Hezzie
Holden
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
8 - 10: Cigar Box
Stringed Instruments Exhibit, James Dull
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
8 - 10: Arts
& Crafts, Deede Edele
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
11 - 13: Jewelry,
Julia Schirack & Carol Dean
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
11 - 13:
Photography, Rex Gullufsen
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
15 - 17: Art
Exhibit, Randy White
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
15 - 17:
Woodcrafts, Charles Goosie
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
12: Townsend 10K
Call Howard Jackson. 865-546-1000.
11 - 13: Foothills
Fall Festival
Maryville. 865-273-3406 or 865-273-3446.
18 - 20:
Photography
Exhibit, Barry Spruce
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
28: Maryville
College Autumn Harvest Crafts Fair
Maryville. 865-981-8000.
22
- 23: Cards and Christmas Ornaments, Donna Erdman
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
22 - 23:
Assorted Crafts, Norma Jean Tosh
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
22 - 23:
Painted Rocks, Terry Zimmer
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
24 - 25:
Basket Making, Karen Kenst & Bonny Kate Sugg
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
24 - 25: Wool
Applique', Joyce Jarman
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
26 - 27: Art,
Fred Weiser
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
29 - 31: Art,
Maxine Falls
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
1 -
3: Stained Glass, Larry and Paula McClain
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
2 -
3: Photography Exhibit, Rick Kratz
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
4 - 5: BTA
Class
6 - 8:
Woodturning Exhibit, Monte Walker
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
6 - 8:
Horseshoe Decorations, Bonnie McCampbell
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
9 - 10: Art, Kim
Hart
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
9 -
10: Jewelry, Corrine Coley
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
9 -
10: Gourds & Gourd Art, Laurie Weiand
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
12 - 14: Photography,
Linda Waterhouse
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
12 - 14:
Decoupage Plates & Ceramics, Anna Bolton
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
12 - 14:
Assorted Crafts, Juanita Collins
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
15 - 17:
Woodturning, Tom Sciple
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
19 - 21: Art
& Jewelry, Diana Dearen
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
22 - 24: Art,
Fred Weiser
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
23: Holiday
Homecoming
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. 865-448-0044.
TBA: Townsend
Artisan Guild Exhibit
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
TBA: 9th
Annual House of
Santa Mouse
Maryville College Alumni Gym. 865-984-9605.
26
- 27: Woodcarving, Hezzie Holden
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
26 - 27:
Cigar Box Stringed Instruments, James Dull
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
29 - 30:
Jewelry, Corrine Coley
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
Friday Nights Year
Round: Rocky Branch Community Center Jam Sessions
Walland. Stage performances and jam sessions. 6 pm - whenever.
TBA: Sam Houston
Schoolhouse Candlelight Tour
Maryville. 865-983-1550.
2: Townsend
Christmas Parade
865-448-6886.
6: Smoky
Mountain Visitors Center Holiday Open House
7 - 8:
Townsend Artisan Guild
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
8: Reindeer
Run 5K
Maryville. 865-983-9244.
10 - 12: Art &
Jewelry, Diana Dearen
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
10 - 12:
Assorted Crafts, Juanita Collins
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
13 - 15: Art,
Kim Hart
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
13 - 15:
Woodcarving, Hezzie Holden
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
17 - 22:
Blown Egg Ornaments, Corrine Coley
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
17 - 22:
Woodcarving, Hezzie Holden
Townsend Visitors Center. 800-525-6834.
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