Upcoming Events


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

  • Picknicking With History

    TN, United States

    Get close with local history on Saturday, May 13th as the Heritage Alliance hosts its second annual “Picnicking with History” at the Knob Creek Historical Museum in Johnson City. This event will include a tour of the historic grounds and buildings and a picnic lunch on the lawn. Tickets include the tour, admission to the museum,

  • Recurring

    Heritage Alliance Trivia Night

    McKinney Center 103 Franklin Ave, Jonesborough, TN, United States

    The Heritage Alliance's riotously fun history trivia nights are back this summer on May 26th, June 16th, and July 14th at the McKinney Center. Join us on those Friday evenings at 7:00 pm for some summer fun. Not a “history buff?” Don’t worry! Trivia questions cover a wide range of topics and categories (music, literature, pop

  • Recurring

    Historic Jonesborough Town Tour

    Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum 100 W. Main St., Jonesborough, TN, United States

    Historic Jonesborough Town Tours are also back in full swing on Saturdays starting on March 4th.  Town Tours are available every Saturday at 1:00 pm.  This year Town Tours will also be available at 3:00 pm on Sundays before Brews and Tunes from June through September. Tickets are only $5.00. The tour leaves from the

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  • History Happy Hour

    Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum 100 W. Main St., Jonesborough, TN, United States

    Join the Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum on June 15th at 6:30 pm as we welcome Katherine N. Banks, University Archivist & Information Resources Librarian at Milligan University for this month’s History Happy Hour! Mrs. Banks will be presenting on the history of co-education at Milligan University. According to Mrs. Banks, “Milligan has always

  • Jonesborough’s Historic Porches and Bay Windows

    Jonesborough Visitor Center TN, United States

    Join the Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum on July 20th at 6:30 pm as we welcome Dr. William Kennedy. Dr. Kennedy’s talk is entitled “Jonesborough’s Historic Porches and Bay Windows: Form, Function, and Flowers.” He will be speaking about the architectural, as well as the social function historic porches have served in Jonesborough’s history. The

  • Heritage Alliance: Summer Social

    Old Jonesborough Cemetary 116 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN, United States

    The Heritage Alliance is hosting a Summer Social in the Old Jonesborough Cemetery on Saturday, August 12th from 6:00-8:00 pm. “It used to be a common thing for families and friends to gather in the cemetery and picnic, share stories of their loved ones, and relax,” shares Executive Director Anne Mason. “There was nothing odd about

  • Heritage Alliance Summer Supper

    The Heritage Alliance is excited to host a Summer Supper on Saturday, July 15 at 6 p.m. on Spring Street in Jonesborough. The Summer Suppers are an exclusive series and seating is limited to 36 people. Tickets are $60 for Summer Suppers can be purchased through the Town of Jonesborough’s ticketing website at jonesborough.com/tickets. Summer Suppers sell out every year. This year’s Summer Supper will take

  • History Happy Hour

    Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum 100 W. Main St., Jonesborough, TN, United States

    Join the Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum on August 17th at 6:30 pm as we welcome Mr. Frank Collins. Mr. Collins’ presentation is "Historic Jonesborough - Image Overlays using Google Earth Pro, DeedMapper, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, and the earliest records of Jonesborough".  He will be demonstrating how to overlay historic records, maps, and

  • Affrilachian Dinner

    The Heritage Alliance is excited to host  Chef Torrece Gregoire (Chef T)  of Union 41 restaurant at the Langston Centre on Tuesday, September 19th for a special Affrilachian Dinner as a part of the Taste of Tennessee Festival. The Taste of Tennessee is a weeklong event throughout northeast Tennessee that will highlight Appalachian foodways. Tickets for

  • Cast Iron Clinic

    The Heritage Alliance is excited to partner with Create Appalachia and Vintage Kitchen Cast Iron and Collectibles to bring a Cast Iron Clinic to Create Appalachia’s Johnson City office. Katie Hoffman and Brett Tiller of Vintage Kitchen Cast Iron buy, sell, trade, and restore cast iron professionally. Katie and Brett will lead a discussion about