Johnson City
Spring
Iris Festival
Greenville
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423.638-4111
The Greene County Partnership's Iris Festival was created in 1995 and has become the community's major festival of the year, featuring artists, craftsmen, merchants, food vendors and entertainers from across the country. The Annual Woodcarving Show is held each year in conjunction with the festival, attracting noted woodcarvers from across the southeast
Summer
Blue Plum
Festival
Downtown Johnson City
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The Blue Plum Festival is a free, outdoor, art and music festival held in downtown Johnson City. The festivities are usually in early June and last Friday through Saturday night. Be sure to bring your lawn chair to enjoy live music!
Farmers Market
South Roan & State of Franklin, Johnson City
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423.257.8745
The Johnson City Farmer’s Market is located at the corner of S. Roan St and State of Franklin Rd. Vendors are set up on Wednesday and Saturday mornings from June through October.
Music On
The Square
101 E Main St
Downtown Jonesborough
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Held Friday evenings, March through September, Music on the Square is Americana at its best, featuring live performances by local and regional bands, storytellers, poets, and performance artists.
State Street
Farmers Market
810 State Street
Bristol TN/VA
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423.764.1879
State Street Farmer's Market opened in Bristol's old transit center, located at 810 State Street, where the Country Music Mural is located. The market is open on Saturdays from 7am – 1pm during the months of May through October and Wednesdays from 7am – 1pm during the months of June through September.
“Liberty:
the Saga of Sycamore
Shoals”
1651 W Elk Ave
Elizabethton, TN 37643
visit website
423.543.5808
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is used as a backdrop for one of Tennessee's longest running outdoor dramas "Liberty: The Saga of Sycamore Shoals," running throughout the month of July.
Rhododendron
Festival
Roan Mtn State Park Hwy 143, Roan Mountain
Tennessee 37687
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800-250-8620
The Rhododendron festival has continued uninterrupted for over fifty years and is held the third weekend or fourth weekend of June, depending on the peak of the rhododendron bloom. The festival features handmade crafts, food, and a variety of traditional music, plus an array of old-time folkway demonstrations.
Trade Days
Festival
228 Modock Road
Trade, TN 37691
visit website
423.727.3007
Trade Days, which is held in Trade, TN, celebrates all the elements of Northeast Tennessee culture. Arts, crafts, and exhibits represent the best of Appalachian life, both past and present. The powwow is a favorite of many of the visitors to Trade Days each and every year, where Native Americans from many different tribes come to share their heritage and history.
Fall
Farmers Market
South Roan & State of Franklin, Johnson City
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423.257.8745
The Johnson City Farmer’s Market is located at the corner of S. Roan St and State of Franklin Rd. Vendors are set up on Wednesday and Saturday mornings from June through October.
National
Storytelling
Festival
116 W Main St
Jonesborough, TN 37659
visit website
800-952-8392
The National Storytelling Festival was named one of the Top 20 Events by the Southeast Tourism Society. The International Storytelling Center—to further infuse storytelling into the mainstream of our society—is building nearly 40 years of history to promote the power of storytelling and its creative applications to build a better world.
Bristol Rhythm
& Roots Reunion
State St
Bristol, VA 24201
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423.573.4898
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion brings quality national, regional and local music and entertainment to Downtown Bristol. With 17 indoor and outdoor venues, hundreds of the Reunion has quickly developed into one of the finest music festivals in the Southeast.
State Street
Farmers Market
810 State St
Bristol TN/VA
visit website
423.764.1879
State Street Farmer's Market opened in Bristol's old transit center, located at 810 State Street, where the Country Music Mural is located. The market is open on Saturdays from 7am – 1pm during the months of May through October and Wednesdays from 7am – 1pm during the months of June through September.
Apple Festival
Erwin
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The Unicoi County Apple Festival, consistently named one of the Southeast Tourism Society's Top Twenty Events of the Southeast, is held the first Friday and Saturday of October each year. Apple Festival began in 1978 as a way to celebrate the local apple crop and is a celebration and presentation of the unique heritage, foods, crafts and culture of the Southern Appalachian region.
Fall Fest
Chillin’ N Grillin’
Greenville
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The annual Aussie Fall Fest Chillin' N Grillin' offers crafts, food, entertainment, a Karaoke competition and features a Chili Cook Off competition and a Bar-B-Q and Wings Cook Off.
Winter
Speedway In
Lights
Bristol Motor Speedway
visit website
423.989.6800
Enjoy a winter wonderland at the Speedway where over 1 million lights are lit as you visit Santa's Village or ice skate along the 4.3 mile driving course. November-January