Music & Entertainment

A multi-day bluegrass festival near the Great Smoky Mountains featuring regional and national performers and a celebration of mountain music traditions.

A free celebration of Appalachian traditions with bluegrass and mountain music, clogging, arts and crafts, heritage demonstrations, old-fashioned games, and Southern food.

Open on select fall weekends with an eight-acre corn maze, hayrides, pumpkin patch, sunflower fields, food vendors, music, and other seasonal activities.

Zoo Knoxville's family-friendly Halloween event on select nights with trick-or-treat stations, characters, entertainment, carnival games, seasonal food, and the HallowGlow Forest experience.

A large downtown fall festival with live entertainment, arts and craft vendors, food, local history, pumpkin activities, a quilt show, and the Scott Crisp Memorial PowWow.

Three days of artisan crafts, live music, food, children's activities, and fall mountain scenery in Wears Valley.

A family-friendly evening in historic downtown Sevierville with guided history walks, storytellers, costume contests, lawn games, music, and fireworks.

A weekend arts and folk-life festival at the historic Rose Center featuring handmade work, traditional crafts, food, and regional culture.

Downtown Dayton's two-day fall festival includes costume and pumpkin contests, a petting zoo, food and craft vendors, shopping, and other seasonal activities.

A downtown festival bringing together bluegrass, barbecue, craft and food vendors, produce and nursery vendors, and community activities.

The annual National Storytelling Festival brings nationally and internationally known storytellers to historic Jonesborough for three days devoted to the art of storytelling.

A free bluegrass festival at Ross's Landing featuring two days of live music along Chattanooga's riverfront.

Downtown Newport welcomes the harvest season with arts and crafts, regional food, live entertainment, historic demonstrations, rides, games, and vendors.

A celebration of Hispanic and Latine American cultures at World's Fair Park with cuisine, artisan crafts, music, dancing, entertainment, and educational activities.

A two-day celebration at First Horizon Pavilion with German-inspired food, Oompah music, local artisans, contests, and a festive biergarten.

A hands-on look at Southern Appalachian harvest traditions with pioneer artisans, traditional music, storytelling, demonstrations, and activities across the museum grounds.

A second week of Southern Appalachian harvest traditions with pioneer artisans, traditional music, storytelling, demonstrations, and hands-on activities.