2025 Events in and Around Townsend
April 23-26, 2025
Townsend Visitor Center
Hosted annually since 2006 and presented by Bronco Driver Magazine, this is four day event is the world's largest Bronco enthusiast gathering. Daily drives, awards, food trucks, raffles and more!
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Townsend Event Center
The BIGGEST event of the year. Featuring super surprise guest speakers, vendors, live music, food trucks, Bigfoot competitions, famous Bigfoot researchers, and much more celebrating everyone's favorite cryptid.
May 17–18, 2025
Townsend Visitor Center
Celebrating its 43rd year, the Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival and Games is Tennessee's oldest festival of Scottish, Irish and Celtic culture. Presenting folk, roots, rock & pop music, highland athletics, pipes & drums, highland and Irish dance. Whisky tastings, vendors and a great selection of beer and food from the Scottish, Irish and British homelands.
May 29-31, 2025
Celebrating first series Chevy and GMC trucks from 1947-1955. Three days of classic trucks with daily cruises, food vendors, music, and fellowship!
Multiple Locations
June 12-14, 2025
224 Waters Rd, Maryville, TN
Hosted annually in June, the Smoky Mountain Small Bore Rally is a must attend event for any small bore enthusiast. The event is a jam-packed weekend of field games, races, stunting, giveaways, riding, food, and contests.
August 16, 2025
Townsend Visitor Center
Join us this August for a summertime spectacle, when professional balloonists light up the evening sky with a beautiful balloon glow and spectacular tethered rides. The sky will be filled with a spectrum of color like never before, against a backdrop of a breathtaking Tennessee Smoky Mountain sunset!
August 21-23, 2025
LeConte Center, Pigeon Forge
Open to ALL Jeep® enthusiasts and Jeep® Clubs throughout the nation, the Smoky Mountain Jeep® Invasion is an Expo for all leading Jeep® parts and their accessory vendors, including a Jeep® Show where several trophies are awarded.
November 1, 2025
Towsend Visitor Center
The Townsend Grains & Grits Festival is a festival of southern spirits and gourmet grub. Come experience our thriving craft spirits and gourmet food community, while discovering some of the region's legendary distillers and blenders, taking place in the Peaceful Side of the Smokies.
From live entertainment guaranteed to get you moving, savory bites and sweet treats from local restaurants and food purveyors and a vast selection of sample craft spirits from regional legends.
***This Event is 21+***
