Area Events
The information provided on this page is for the convenience of our guests. We strive to keep the calendar accurate and up to date. Before you plan an entire trip around an event scheduled for the dates you are interested in, please contact the event coordinators, by phone or email, to verify that it has not been canceled, rescheduled, or relocated. If you would like your Townsend area event listed on this calendar, email us.
January
1: New Years Day
1-10: Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro Closed for Vacation
2-31: Free Snow Tubing
25-26: Winter Heritage Festival
25-27: Ski & Stay Package
February
1-28: Free Snow Tubing
8-10: Ski & Stay Package
14-17: Valentine’s Dinner at Dancing Bear Lodge
15-17: Moonlight & Moonshine
March
1-31: Free Snow Tubing
1-31: Spring Break Special at Dancing Bear Lodge
April
15: Townsend Founder's Day Festival
12-14 Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival
21: Easter Brunch & Sunrise Service
27-29: Women's Health & Wellness Weekend
May
4- Tennessee Pottery Festival
4-5: Townsend Spring Festival and Old Timer's Day
25-28: Memorial Day Weekend at Dancing Bear Lodge
21-31: Celebration of Fireflies
June
1-17: Celebration of Fireflies
23: Dancing Bear 4th Birthday Bash
29: FreedomFest 2019
July
4: Fourth of July
August
11:Bacon at the Bear
18: Great Smoky Mountain Hot Air Balloon Festival
September
28: Blue Ribbon County Fair
23:Holiday Homecoming
31-3: Labor Day Weekend
6-7: Great Smoky Mountain Half Marathon
15: Dancing Bear Bicycle Bash
CAM Cabin Crafts Annual Fall Festival
Fall Festival and Old Timer’s Day at the Townsend Visitors Center
Blue Ribbon Country Fair at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center
Little River Railroad Days at the Little River Railroad Museum
October
Maryville College Homecoming
Halloween Weekend
Maryville College Arts & Crafts Fair
Fall Taste of Art and Wine
November
Townsend Grains & Grits Festival
Holiday Homecoming at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center
Thanksgiving Dinner at Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro
House of Santa Mouse – Blount County Arts and Crafts Guild
December
Townsend Christmas Parade
Reindeer Run 5K in Maryville
24: Christmas Eve Dinner at Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro
31: New Year’s Eve Dinner at Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro
Learn more about Events Happening in Townsend TN.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, co-sponsor the Smoky Mountain Field School, which are workshops, hikes and “adventures”! For their extensive listing of classes go to http://www.outreach.utk.edu/smoky/ or call 865-974-0150 for more information. Many of these are on Saturdays and run all day.
