Join the cast, including 32 magnificent horses, and take a nostalgic holiday trip with a friendly North Pole – South Pole rivalry. Watch in delight as the Sugar Plum Fairy brings toys to life right before your eyes. The live nativity scene, which includes three kings arriving atop real camels, brings the true meaning of Christmas to life. Santa himself will also make an appearance in a horse drawn sleigh. You will enjoy all the holiday entertainment while dining on a famous four-course meal.

Grab your family and friends and LET’S GET ROWDY on the LARGEST OUTDOOR SNOW TUBING HILL IN TENNESSEE! These SNOW-covered tubing lanes are over 500’ in length with a 70’ drop — plus, it’s REAL SNOW! There are two Magic Carpet Conveyors to the top of the hill, complete with some of the most amazing views of the Smoky Mountains!

Gather your family close and explore a winter wonderland adorned with more than 6 million twinkling lights and dozens of towering Christmas trees that add a cheerful shimmer. Embrace this special time of year with all your senses as you discover festive flavors, heartwarming holiday shows, and seasonal shopping tucked into the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains. When the sun goes down, watch the winter sky shimmer to life as hundreds of festive drones light up the night during a Christmas drone show!

Can the Hatfields and McCoys come together to celebrate Christmas this season without tearing each other apart? Does young love have a chance with all of this feudin’? Will Lil’ Hickory return home for the holidays or end up on another family’s table with an apple in his mouth? Bring the family and find out, as you dine on the best food and funniest, most festive show in town!

Light up your holiday season at SkyLand’s Festival of Lights with over half a million lights on display. Begin with a scenic chairlift ride to the top of the ranch, where you'll encounter dazzling light displays like Santa’s “Moo”ving Sleigh Ride, the Nativity on the Mountain, and more. Stroll through illuminated tunnels, take family photos, and enjoy Christmas music by a 25-foot tree. Experience an immersive projection show on a 35-foot barn, cozy campfires, and festive treats from the North Pole Gingerbread Bakery. Don’t miss this unique western-themed light festival!

Christmas is coming to Array Variety Show! Join in for the ULTIMATE Christmas Show in the Smokies and celebrate “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!” You’ll witness all the festive lights, the timeless music, and the costumes that make the Christmas season so special! This two-hour extravaganza features world-class vocalists and incredible yuletide dancers performing all your favorite Christmas classics, as well as new favorites.

The magic of Christmas abounds as the talented renditions of Christmas favorites combined with beautiful choreography, brightly decorated holiday sets and colorful costumes bring the enchantment of Christmas to the Country Tonite stage.

Illusionation, Believe in the Magic’ show starring internationally acclaimed magician Hudy will open its Christmas show in November at The Mountain of Entertainment Theater. Hudy’s magic sparkles during the holidays, combining large-scale illusions, state-of-the art special effects, dazzling new Christmas costumes, classic sleight of hand tricks and imagination to form his annual Christmas show

Discover the enchanting spirit of Christmas from the comfort of your vehicle as you glide past shimmering lights and captivating displays. This charming, family-friendly attraction is perfect for all ages and offers heartwarming joy at an unbeatable price. So, load up your car (or sleigh), head on over, and get into the holiday spirit!

Lights Over Gatlinburg get's bigger and better this year! The entire park will be covered with all things Christmas, with thousands of New Christmas Lights, photo ops for the entire family, a huge 38 ft. Christmas tree. The famous tunnel of lights gets an upgrade and will span the Entire Length of the SkyBridge! This is truly a magical experience that every visitor simply must see, and we can't wait for you to see this all-new version of the famous Lights Over Gatlinburg event! 

Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as you return back to the Bryson City Depot.

The Wonders of Light walking trail is a free outdoor walk-thru holiday lights experience. The flat, paved trail treats walkers to more than 25 nature-inspired musical light displays featuring colorful butterflies, larger-than-life wildflowers, and even Old Man Winter.

Embark on a magical journey through the enchanting winter wonderland of Pigeon Forge! The annual Winterfest Driving Tour of Lights promises to dazzle and delight, transforming our mountain town into a twinkling spectacle of holiday magic. Gather your loved ones, hop into your car, and let the holiday spirit guide you through the sparkling streets adorned with millions of twinkling lights.

Crave Golf Club will once again transform the country’s top mini-golf course into a winter wonderland! This one-of-a-kind candy-themed, interactive mini-golf course will deck the halls and everything else in garland, wreaths, and more lights than Willy Wonka would have ever approved! There will be almost 100 trees, 30,000 Christmas Lights, and 20,000 ornaments. Come start a family tradition with Christmas mini-golf, mini-bowling, escape rooms, candy canes, and Christmas trees galore!

‘Tis the season to YO HO at Paula Deen’s Lumberjack Feud Christmas Show! This year, ‘Jack’ up your holiday spirit in a woodsy, back yard ‘Decked out halls’ and sing along to original tunes of the season inspired by folklore of the forest. Enjoy holiday twists on over a dozen sporting competitions including speed climbing, sawing, log rolling, and more. And you won’t want to miss a new special holiday meal, available throughout the season.

For more than 30 years, Gatlinburg has celebrated Winter Magic with millions of twinkling lights on festive holiday displays throughout the city. Soak up the spirit of the season from the comfort of your own vehicle and take a memorable journey on the exciting Gatlinburg Winter Magic Lights Tour. Gatlinburg is rolling out all the stops with seasonal decorations. Gatlinburg Winter Magic also features over-the-top winter displays including life-size, 3-dimensional snowpeople.

Celebrate the enchantment of the holidays during the reimagined Christmas experience featuring thousands of twinkling lights, spirited entertainment, and holiday magic like never before.

Deck the halls and light up your holiday season with our Redneck Christmas Light Tours! Beware of merry Rednecks and tipsy reindeer aboard this festive, fun-filled adventure! Wear your best Redneck attire-think favorite flannel, ugly Christmas sweater, and of course, a Santa hat! Join in some rowdy Christmas carolin’(Redneck style) & jingle all the way with your favorite redneck comedians.

This popular drive-thru light show features acres of dazzling lights synchronized to music, with a brand-new theme for 2024. Step into the magic of the North Pole as elves work in Santa’s workshop, reindeer train for flight, and Santa himself gets into some fun mishaps. After the show, head to Snowy Mountain Village for family-friendly activities, crafts, food, and even visits with Santa on select nights. It’s the perfect way to create unforgettable holiday memories!

Fun for all ages with inflatable bounce houses, exciting activities for the kids, photo spots, mouthwatering food and desserts, carnival games, crafts, and on SELECT NIGHTS, a visit with Boomer or Santa himself!

There is no better place to spend a winter day. Ober Mountain offers snow activities for anyone interested in playing in snow AND plenty of things to do inside for those who prefer to stay warm! The opportunity to Snow Tube, Ice Skate or play in the Family Snow Zone presents the foundation for fabulous winter memories! A continued winter tradition for many families, Ober offers the complete experience.

Millions of lights. Custom decorations. Over a mile of garland. Endless entertainment. Winterfest at The Island in Pigeon Forge is unlike any experience in the Smokies with millions of lights, one of the region’s most spectacular Christmas tree, and more, this 23-acre property lights up as the sun goes down to create a holiday ambiance you’re sure to love!

When it’s Christmas time in the Smokies, The Comedy Barn is ready to put you in the Christmas spirit. Come experience a Christmas show that only The Comedy Barn can bring you. You will hear nothing but Christmas music, see nothing but Christmas costumes, and laugh at special Christmas acts you’ll only see at the Pigeon Forge show.

Located in the breezeway at The Island in Pigeon Forge, Santa Claus will be available in his workshop for photos from 3:00 – 8:00 pm during select dates in November and December.

The Mountain Mile Christmas Market is coming to town for the first time ever! Come celebrate the holidays every Friday through Sunday with local goods and vendors, s’mores kits and gourmet hot chocolate, Christmas lights and photo ops, and meet Santa when he’s in!

On select dates this holiday season guests can celebrate with family at the Heritage Center’s Christmas in the Village by stepping back in time to a pioneer celebration. Living history interpreters will act as guides through the holiday-adorned historic Appalachian village full of handcrafting demonstrations allowing visitors to connect with the spirit and history of Townsend, Cades Cove and the Great Smoky Mountains. Kettle corn and hot cider will also be available for guests to enjoy.

Through the holiday season, visitors can meet characters and storytellers and enjoy caroling along the Parkway Friday and Saturday evenings during this annual event! Winter Magic Tunes & Tales will once again present strolling Christmas entertainment on the streets of Gatlinburg. Holiday music will fill the air with a sacred-secular mixture of Appalachia, Bluegrass, and Country. Visitors will also enjoy visiting with Santa’s Elves-Frosty-Rudolph, a little bit of history, humor and more!

On select Saturday's this holiday season you can start your day in the holiday spirit by creating magical memories with Santa at SkyLand Ranch during Santa’s Country Christmas Breakfast. Spend your morning having a southern homemade breakfast while meeting and visiting with Santa Claus! Afterwards, participate in festive activities including a Christmas craft, sing along with Santa while he plays his banjo, write a letter, and capture a reminder of the morning with a souvenir photo!

Celebrate New Year's Eve at Gatlinburg SkyPark with the best and most unique view of the fireworks from the Space Needle. Secure your VIP "NYE Lights of Wonder" tickets for an exclusive experience on the SkyBridge, 500 feet above Gatlinburg and 100 feet above the fireworks launchpad. Ring in the New Year with fireworks, music, dancing, and breathtaking views at Gatlinburg SkyPark!

Gatlinburg will welcome the arrival of 2025 in unique style with its annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop & Fireworks Show around the base of the Space Needle at traffic light #8 late December 31. At the stroke of midnight, the ball will drop and fireworks will blast off the rooftop of the 400-foot tall Space Needle with special music choreographed for the fireworks show. The Space Needle has added rhythmic LED lights to the tower, making for a spectacular display.

Come celebrate the natural features, creatures and cultures of the Great Smoky Mountains. This is a great opportunity to learn and ask questions about nature. Showcasing what makes the Smokies so special, Wilderness Wildlife Week celebrates the abundance of wildlife, variety of plants, trees, and wildflowers, and rich history of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee through a series of classes, seminars, demonstrations, guided hikes, panel discussions, and workshops.

This February, the Gatlinburg SkyBridge transforms into a magical experience for the whole family with its "Covered in Love" Valentine’s Day-themed lights. Starting at sunset, the world-famous bridge glows with thousands of pink lights, creating a picture-perfect setting that kids and adults alike will love!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day all March long this year by trekking 500 feet above Gatlinburg to enjoy the record-breaking SkyBridge's green lights! All 680 feet of the bridge will be illuminating St. Patty-themed green lights, helping you get a feeling of luck this season! In addition, dangling beneath the SkyBridge will be twinkling shamrocks brightening up the night's sky!

The Titanic was built in the heart of Ireland and through out the month of March the TITANIC Museum Attraction salutes everything Irish from Gaelic folklore, music, singing and dancing. Discover and learn about TITANIC’s Irish roots.

Country Tonite Theatre is excited to host another very magical weekend as magicians gather for a 3-day magic convention. Each year the three day convention features several lectures, a dealer’s room, a close up competition, a stage competition and two evening shows.

Chevys In The Smokies is an annual car show and swap meet celebrating Camaros, Chevelles, C10s, and all types of Chevrolet vehicles. The 2025 Chevys In The Smokies is the 48th anniversary of the Smoky Mountain car show. Events include a swap meet, sales corral, park 'n show, awards show, and a corvette cruise on the Tail Of The Dragon.

A medley of melodies will ring in spring at Dollywood. The I Will Always Love You Music Festival will fill the cascading mountains with the warmth of song and sunshine through larger-than-life performances, colorful and interactive installations and more. The joy, warmth, flavors and music of spring are ready to be discovered at Dollywood.

Join the fun at the Ponies in the Smokies 2025 car show with 108,000 square feet of indoor vendors and special displays. Come and enjoy the beautiful Smoky Mountains and kick off the car show season right. Ponies In The Smokies is an annual Pigeon Forge car show celebrating the Ford Mustang – the longest produced nameplate by Ford Motor Company.

Calling all the automotive enthusiasts out there! The Pigeon Forge Rod Run car event is the area’s largest automotive gathering, and it’s coming back to town from April 10-12. It's one you surely don’t want to miss! This spring event will feature a massive swap meet with hundreds of show cars, a car corral, top 25 awards, ultimate 5 awards, a cash giveaway of $8,000, and much more. This event is family-friendly and offers free spectator parking at the show! Be sure to head over to the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge and have a blast with us!

Experience the splendor of springtime in the Smokies. Blooming to life in spectacular color, Dollywood's Flower & Food Festival celebrates the beautiful blossoms and fresh flavors of the season with larger-than-life Mosaicultures, unique foods, and NEW shows! Capture picture-perfect moments under the signature Umbrella Sky and hear inspiring sounds of springtime as live music fills the air. Celebrate spring with all your senses.

Get ready for the annual Bronco Super Celebration! It’s not just any car show – it’s a weekend packed with fun for everyone. From cool games and contests for the kids to organized sightseeing drives and product giveaways, there’s tons to do both at the showgrounds and around town. Since 2006, the Bronco Super Celebration has been bringing Bronco lovers together in Townsend, TN, making this event the biggest Bronco gathering in the world.

The Grand National F-100 Reunion in Pigeon Forge is the largest classic Ford truck show in the country. The event is open to Ford trucks from 1996 and older. This event will showcase trucks in a family atmosphere, with an awards banquet and food vendors.

In May and June, guests at the SkyPark will see a unique display of the American Flag, our Military Flags, and all 50 State Flags from the SkyBridge. This will be a sight to see as all flags will be displayed above the city from the SkyBridge, and it should be a great new way for us to honor our nation for both Memorial Day and Flag Day.

Live music. Delicious food. Awesome fun. Whether you’re enjoying toe-tapping tunes, devouring the nation’s best BBQ or simply enjoying the sights and sounds of one of the southeast’s top festivals, Bloomin’ BBQ is a weekend of fun for the whole family.

Each year, Sevierville’s Bloomin’ BBQ Festival plays host to the biggest and brightest bluegrass stars.

The Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival and Games is the leading, and one of the oldest, celebrations of all things Scottish. The event features Scottish culture and traditions with educational presentations, Scotch tasting seminars, Border Collie demonstrations, Pipe and Drum bands and Highland Dancing. Scottish clans and athletes will compete in the hammer throw toss, kilted mile run, feats of strength, caber toss and the battle axe competition. Food vendors will offer cultural fare like meat pies, short breads – and of course – haggis.

Come celebrate the unofficial kickoff to summer at the Community Center over Memorial Day weekend! The Outdoor Pool Party will show off the 30-foot double slide, Splash Pad and Kiddie Pool area. The event will feature games, discounted concessions, music and of course, swimming!

The annual Pontiacs in Pigeon Forge features a Swap Meet and classic GTO’s, Firebirds, Fieros, Best in Show, Best in Stock and the Saturday Night Cruise. This year Pontiacs in Pigeon Forge will be held at the LeConte Center. All proceeds from the show will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Every June, Tennessee State Parks offers two opportunities to fish for free and without a license. Free Fishing Day is open to anyone and is always the Saturday in the first full week in June. Second, Free Fishing Week follows Free Fishing Day and is open to children 15 and younger. Although all Tennessee public waters, agency owned and operated lakes are included, this is a wonderful time to fish the bodies of water in and near the Smoky Mountains, which are known for wild trout and fly fishing.

Celebrate the art and heritage of quilting at the annual A Mountain Quiltfest. Quilters from all around will come together in Pigeon Forge for this ultimate quilting event. Quilters have the opportunity to attend classes that are based on skill level and technique. There will also be a quilt show that displays a variety of quilts for your viewing pleasure.

Summer's best moments come alive in the Smokies. Here, days are brighter and nights sparkle during Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Summer Celebration. Surprises await around every sun-kissed corner, including refreshing ways to play, inspiring bursts of summer color and returning family-favorite shows.. As the sun starts to set, watch hundreds of drones dance across the night sky during the dazzling Sweet Summer Nights drone & fireworks show.

Smoky Mountain Tunes & Tales returns this summer to entertain Gatlinburg visitors! Tunes & Tales is a summer-long street performance festival featuring costumed musical performers, dancers and storytellers portraying characters from time periods as far back as the 1800s. Daily performances will be from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Come off the street and beat the July heat! The show offers over 180 booths of the finest craftspeople from all over the United States. Watch as they demonstrate their skill, answer questions and offer their unique art for sale indoors at the Gatlinburg Convention Center.

The Great Smoky Mountain Bronco Stampede is a major annual event in Tennessee held at the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge. Whether you own a Bronco or are thinking about getting one, this is the place to be for EVERYTHING Ford Bronco.The event is open to ALL Bronco enthusiasts and Bronco clubs throughout the nation. It is an Expo for all the leading Bronco parts and accessory vendors and the smaller vendors who deal in Bronco and off-road-related products

The Smoky Mountain Jeep Invasion will be held at the beautiful LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge. This is an indoor and outdoor event that will feature an array of national, regional and local Jeep accessory vendors. This event is a vendor-driven event open to all Jeep enthusiasts. Anyone who owns or loves Jeeps is welcome and encouraged to attend this event. Held inside the beautiful LeConte Center, this year’s invasion will be packed full of vendors and spectators alike, enjoying all things Jeep!

Calling all the automotive enthusiasts out there! The Pigeon Forge Rod Run car event is the area’s largest automotive gathering. It's one you surely don’t want to miss! This fall event will feature a massive swap meet with hundreds of show cars, a car corral, top 25 awards, ultimate 5 awards, a cash giveaway of $10,000, and much more. This spectacular 3 day event is family-friendly and offers free spectator parking at the show!

Celebrate the wonder of the changing seasons with the return of Dollywood's Harvest Festival. Experience the beauty of a Smoky Mountain fall as the forests come alive with vivid color, the smells of apple and pumpkin treats waft through the streets. After sundown, award-winning Great Pumpkin LumiNights illuminates the evening sky with the whimsical warming glow of over 12,000 pumpkins, including the enchanting Hoot Owl Hollow.

Visitors to Pigeon Forge have the opportunity to see and purchase handmade items from some of the area’s most talented artists and crafters at the Rotary Club Fall Crafts Festival.

This Halloween, you will have the opportunity to interact with spooky characters, transform your face into something supernatural at our face-painting station, and get your picture taken with different Crave Halloween characters! Crave encourages you to wear your own costume when visiting during the Craveyard Nights, as the characters love to meet other ghosts and ghouls! Make sure to enjoy Crave’s indoor and outdoor Halloween themed courses, mini-bowling, escape rooms, candy, toy store, and soft serve ice cream as well!

During the month of October, Rocky Top Mountain Coaster is hosting the annual Rocky Top Mountain Coaster Coasts & Goblins. As if a thrilling mountain coaster ride is not enough, during these nights riders will enjoy the hills and thrills with incredible lights, goblins, ghouls and ghosts! These special Halloween-themed nights are not for the faint of heart. The haunted mountain coaster goes on through the whole month with special live actors on Friday and Saturday nights.