Upcoming Events


From music festivals, racing, history, heritage, food and everything in between. Here's your guide.

  • Heritage Alliance: Railroad History Tour, Sneak Peeks, and Trivia

    This year has been a year of growth and change for the Heritage Alliance. It has been a year of struggle, but also one of triumph. Even when we were closed to the public, the Heritage Alliance kept working to preserve local history and share it with the world. We’ve created digital exhibits, filmed and edited

  • Heritage Alliance: Trivia

    The Heritage Alliance is pleased to host a history-themed team trivia challenge as part of “Giving Tuesday” on December 1, 2020. The event is part of a day-long online program of videos, presentations, tours, and activities intended to raise awareness of and funds for the organization. Teams (of up to six people) can register for

    $5
  • Heritage Alliance: Women’s Suffrage Storytelling

    The Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum is excited to welcome local storyteller Pam Miller as she shares a special story about the fight for women’s suffrage in the museum’s Victorian parlor. Tennessee played a pivotal role in the passage of the 19th amendment. Guests can tune in for the nail biter of a story

  • Heritage Alliance: Local Food Cooking Class

    Are you in the mood to whip up a festive dish from the comfort of your home kitchen? Well, you’re in luck! The Heritage Alliance is hosting an online cooking class with local foodie and blogger Margie Kendall on Saturday, December 12th at 4:00 p.m. Margie hosted a cooking class for the Alliance in August and

  • History Team Trivia Challenge

    TN, United States

    The Heritage Alliance is pleased to offer a history-themed team trivia challenge on Thursday, February 18 at 7:00 PM. This is the second trivia event sponsored by the organization, who first offered the program in December 2020. The event encourages friendly competition for participants who answer questions pertaining to general historical knowledge. Teams (of up

    $5
  • History Happy Hour

    TN, United States

    History Happy Hour returns on Thursday, March 18th at 6:30 pm! We kick our 2021 schedule off with Dr. Ashley Rattner and her presentation, “Benjamin Lundy, East Tennessee, and the Early Abolitionist Press.” Lundy was an abolitionist and an editor who spent his early career in Ohio and Missouri. He founded the abolitionist publication, The Genius of

  • History Happy Hour

    Jonesborough Visitor Center TN, United States

    History Happy Hour will be back in-person on Thursday, April 15th with Dr. Robert Turpin from Lees-McRae College and his research, “Black Cyclists in the United States, 1880-1910.” Dr. Turpin’s presentation will share the history and accomplishments of Black cyclists during this era and will go beyond Marshall “Major” Taylor who was a well-known cyclist from

    FREE
  • Heritage Alliance History-Themed Trivia Night

    The Heritage Alliance is pleased to offer a history-themed team trivia challenge on Thursday, April 22 at 7:00 PM. Teams (of up to six people) can register for this virtual trivia experience up until the evening of the event and last approximately 1-2 hours. Joe Spiker, Head Docent of the Chester Inn State Historic Site

    $5
  • History Happy Hour

    TN, United States

    This month’s History Happy Hour springs into action with a look at honey and mead! The program will take place at 6:30 pm on Thursday, May 20th. Join us as we welcome Kim Floyd and Jeff “Puff” Irvin for their presentation, “A Friend in Mead is a Friend Indeed.” They will look at some of

    FREE
  • Jonesborough: Summer Supper Series

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    Downtown Jonesborough 116 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN, United States

    The Heritage Alliance is excited to kick-off a new dining experience in Jonesborough with its Summer Supper series. The suppers will take place from May-September on five different historic lawns. Summer Suppers is an exclusive series and seating is very limited. Tickets for Summer Suppers can be purchased through the Town of Jonesborough’s ticketing website

    $45