Upcoming Events
From music festivals, car races, history, heritage, food and everything in between. Here’s your guide.
List of Events
Tennessee Ernie Ford 100th Birthday Celebration – Special Display
In celebration of the anniversary of Tennessee Ernie Ford's 100th birthday, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum will have several objects, photographs, and items of memorabilia on loan from Tennessee Ernie Ford Enterprises and the museum’s collection on display during the entire month of February. This display will supplement the section of the permanent exhibit, including a short film, focused on Ford’s life and career. February 13, 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of Tennessee Ernie Ford’s birthday, and his hometown…
Reading Appalachia: Voices From Children’s Literature
Coming February 2019! Reading Appalachia: Voices From Children’s Literature, a new special exhibit coming to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum! Walk through the pages of your favorite storybook in Reading Appalachia: Voices from Children’s Literature, a groundbreaking exhibit on Appalachian children’s books and stories. Sporting life-size characters from Appalachian children’s books, this exhibit looks at the seminal titles from the late 1800s through the modern story of Appalachia – you’ll feel like you’re walking through the pages of a…
Special Exhibit “I Have A Voice: Tennessee’s African American Musical Heritage”
Dates: February 14—April 30, 2019 The Volunteer State has been the birthplace of some of the most influential music in the world, illustrated by the Beale Street blues clubs in Memphis, the R&B scene on Nashville’s Jefferson Street, and Knoxville’s Gem Theater. I Have a Voice gives a snapshot of African American Tennesseans’ important contribution to American music, including spirituals, blues, ragtime, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and soul music. In turn, their music has influenced and…
SORBA Trail Work Party
Come be a part of our area's newest trail system! No experience necessary, all you need are gloves & sturdy shoes, we'll provide the rest. Lunch will be provided to our volunteers once we're done. https://www.facebook.com/events/1963309300644883/
Elizabethton: Early 19th Century Formal Sweetheart Tea
An Early 19th Century Formal Sweetheart Tea Sunday, February 17 2:00 – 4:00 pm In the Gathering Place – Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park Visitors Center Cost: $15.00 per person or $25.00 per couple or friend February is a month for sweethearts, so the Sabine Hill Social Society has planned a fun afternoon of refreshments and entertainment! Our historically inspired event will have an early 19th century flavor in keeping with the history of Sabine Hill. Our guests will…
Elizabethton: Early 19th Century Sweetheart Tea Formal
An Early 19th Century Formal Sweetheart Tea Sunday, February 17 2:00 – 4:00 pm Cost: $15.00 per person or $25.00 per couple or friend February is a month for sweethearts, so the Sabine Hill Social Society has planned a fun afternoon of refreshments and entertainment. Our historically inspired event will have an early 19th century flavor in keeping with the history of Sabine Hill. You and your…
Greeneville: The Platters & The Drifters (Sold Out)
Spend a nostalgic evening with two of the world’s most beloved Motown groups who were instrumental in creating the Rock & Roll and Doo Wop sound. Head back to a time when life was easy, life was good — the 1950s and the sweet vocal harmonies of The Platters and The Drifters! The Platters, one of the most successful vocal groups of the early Rock & Roll era, had hits that took them to the honored place of being…
Johnson City: Screening of award-winning film “306 Hollywood”
On Monday, Feb. 18, the award-winning documentary film “306 Hollywood,” which chronicles a journey through the life of two siblings’ late grandmother, based on the objects she left behind, will be shown in the ongoing South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers series. The free film begins at 7 p.m. in the Ball Hall auditorium. “All three of our spring Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers films and filmmakers have been part of the Sundance Film Festival,” DeAngelis…
Moonrise over Sinking Waters
SOLD OUT Come watch the full moon rise above the high ridges at Sinking Waters! February's full moon is called the "Full Snow Moon." Whether or not it snows, we'll enjoy a fine hike through the gathering dusk, and then "toast" the rising moon with a Moon Pie. We'll supply the snacks, you supply the moonlit enthusiasm! Be sure to come dressed for the weather, and wear good hiking boots. (It's a mostly uphill hike to the view.) Also be…
OMTU Chili Cook-Off & Gear Swap
We're having a cookoff and you're invited. Join OMTU members and friends for our first ever chili cookoff and gear swap. Bring your best pot of chili to see if you can be crowned champion of the night. The top 3 dishes, as judged by the audience, will win a prize. We will also be hosting a gear swap. You know you have fishing or outdoor gear stored away that you haven't touched in months or years. Now is a…
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