Upcoming Events


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

  • Tellabration!™ 2025

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

    An Unforgettable Afternoon of Storytelling and Community The Jonesborough Storytellers Guild (JSG) is thrilled to announce that it will be joining hundreds of celebrations worldwide for Tellabration!™ 2025, a storytelling concert that promises to enchant and inspire. This year’s event will take place on October 12 from 2-4 p.m. at the McKinney Center, 103 Franklin

  • Matinee: Spot on the Hill

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

    This October, the McKinney Center is proud to present the 11th year of A Spot on the Hill, the original, research-based play all about the inhabitants of the Old Jonesborough Cemetery. Created by Anne G’Fellers-Mason, this edition of Jonesborough’s cemetery play features new characters. Stories include Dr. Matthew Mahoney, one of the founders of the Herald & Tribune newspaper,

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    Graveyard Tales

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

    Real? Imagined? Who knows? Creepy tales unfold from stories passed down, legends and myths, and things that go screech in the night with the Jonesborough Storytellers Guild on Aug. 30 for two special concerts at the McKinney Center. The Jonesborough Guild is the oldest continuing group of storytellers in the nation. Graveyard Tales will include spooky stories

  • StoryTown Radio Show: Old College Try

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

    Celebrate the new semester by coming out to the latest edition of the StoryTown Radio Show on Monday, August 25, at 7:00 p.m. at the McKinney Center.   StoryTown performs in the format of a live, old-time radio show complete with sound effects, musical underscoring, live skits, and a great musical guest. This month’s show

  • McKinney Center Fall Market

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

    The McKinney Center will host an Art/Craft show on Saturday, August 23, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.   Vendors will be set up in the parking lot directly outside of the McKinney Center and throughout the building. The McKinney Center Fall Market will feature over 40 artists and vendors. A few examples of vendors' items are

  • Kitchen Disasters & Culinary Fails

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

    On July 28 at 7 p.m., StoryTown is stepping into the kitchen and jumping right back out with “Kitchen Disasters and Culinary Fails,” a new show full of hilarious tales about when the recipe doesn’t go as planned. StoryTown performs in the format of a live, old-time radio show complete with sound effects, musical underscoring, live skits, and a great musical guest.

    $10
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    McKinney Center: Can’t Get Away with This

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

    Jonesborough, TN - Inspired by a true crime from Jonesborough’s past, “Can’t Get Away with This” is an original play written by Anne G’Fellers-Mason. It will be performed at the McKinney Center on July 18th, 19th, 25th, and 26th at 7:30 p.m. and on July 19th and 26th at 2:00 p.m. On August 26, 1928, the body of Officer James Hood was found on Main

  • Recurring

    Can’t Get Away with This

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

    Jonesborough, TN - Inspired by a true crime from Jonesborough’s past, “Can’t Get Away with This” is an original play written by Anne G’Fellers-Mason. It will be performed at the McKinney Center on July 18th, 19th, 25th, and 26th at 7:30 p.m. and on July 19th and 26th at 2:00 p.m. On August 26, 1928, the body of Officer James Hood was found on Main

  • Recurring

    McKinney Center: Can’t Get Away with This

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

    Jonesborough, TN - Inspired by a true crime from Jonesborough’s past, “Can’t Get Away with This” is an original play written by Anne G’Fellers-Mason. It will be performed at the McKinney Center on July 18th, 19th, 25th, and 26th at 7:30 p.m. and on July 19th and 26th at 2:00 p.m. On August 26, 1928, the body of Officer James Hood was found on Main

  • Recurring

    Can’t Get Away with This

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

    Jonesborough, TN - Inspired by a true crime from Jonesborough’s past, “Can’t Get Away with This” is an original play written by Anne G’Fellers-Mason. It will be performed at the McKinney Center on July 18th, 19th, 25th, and 26th at 7:30 p.m. and on July 19th and 26th at 2:00 p.m. On August 26, 1928, the body of Officer James Hood was found on Main