Upcoming Events


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

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    Rocky Mount Candlelight Christmas

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    ROCKY MOUNT STATE HISTORIC SITE’S “A CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS” TO OCCUR FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS NOVEMBER 30TH & DECEMBER 1ST AND DECEMBER 7TH & DECEMBER 8TH. NOTE TO MEDIA: Rocky Mount Staff believe that this is a potential feature story. Interpreters are available for interviews on site or in studio. In addition, please note that on Monday,

    $12
  • Johnson City: Rocky Mount State Historic Site Winter Encampment

    Rocky Mount State Historic Site 200 Hyder Hill Rd., Piney Flats, TN, United States

    Join us Saturday, Jan. 19 from 10-4 for a winter encampment with the 79th NY Highlanders, a Civil War regiment. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $2.50 for children 5-17. Children under 5 are admitted free. Come see another side of history!

    $2.50 – $6
  • Rocky Mount State Historic Site Opening Day

    Rocky Mount State Historic Site 200 Hyder Hill Rd., Piney Flats, TN, United States

      Rocky Mount State Historic Site will open on Tuesday, March 5th  for its 57th year in operation. Rocky Mount is the historic farm of early settler William Cobb. And it was it was the capital of the Southwest Territory (the predecessor of the State of Tennessee) when Governor William Blount stayed with the Cobb

  • Rocky Mount State Historic Site: Wooly Day and Garden Arts Festival

    Rocky Mount State Historic Site 200 Hyder Hill Rd., Piney Flats, TN, United States

    Rocky Mount State Historic Site will present its annual Wooly Day on April 13th along with the first Garden Arts Festival. “Wooly Day” features hand shearing of Rocky Mount’s flock of Cotswold sheep, wool processing techniques of the 18th century and other spring activities on a frontier farm. The “Garden Arts Festival” will be a

    $5 – $10
  • Rocky Mount State Historic Site: Mary Patton – Colonial Patriot

    Rocky Mount State Historic Site 200 Hyder Hill Rd., Piney Flats, TN, United States

    In celebration of Women’s History Month, Rocky Mount Historical Association will present “Mary Patton – Colonial Patriot” a unique first-person presentation by Lisa Bennett at 6:00 pm. on Friday, March 22, at the Rocky Mount State Historic Site Massengill Museum.   Mary Patton first began manufacturing gunpowder with her husband, John, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,

    FREE
  • Rocky Mount State Historic Site: Timeline Festival & Northeast Tennessee Heritage Fair

    Rocky Mount State Historic Site 200 Hyder Hill Rd., Piney Flats, TN, United States

    The second annual Rocky Mount TimeLine & Heritage Festival will be held on June 15 & 16 at Rocky Mount State Historic Site. Co-sponsored by the Rocky Mount Historical Association and the Overmountain Victory Trail Association the festival will feature seven historic reenactor groups, seven heritage organizations in the region and a wide variety of

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    Rocky Mount State Historic Site: Home School Days

    Rocky Mount State Historic Site 200 Hyder Hill Rd., Piney Flats, TN, United States

    Home School Days will be taking place on Monday, September 9th & Monday, September 16th, 2019. This program allows home schooled children the opportunity to participate in Rocky Mount's Tour & Craft program without having to have a "classroom" sized group to come. The Historic Site will open for Living History Tours from 10-4 with