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Experience the Heart of Songwriting at the 2025 Gatlinburg Songwriters Festival

On August 15 and 16, 2025, the Historic Gatlinburg Inn will host the Gatlinburg Songwriters Festival, an intimate, soul stirring celebration of songcraft in the Great Smoky Mountains. Surrounded by moss clad ridges and postcard perfect mountain views, this boutique...

Barbecue with a View: A Visit to Myron Mixon BBQ in Gatlinburg

Looking for barbecue and a balcony view in downtown Gatlinburg? You don’t have to go far. Just across the Parkway from the Historic Gatlinburg Inn sits Myron Mixon BBQ, a restaurant carrying the name of one of the most well-known figures in the world of competitive...

Blue Moose Burgers & Wings: Gatlinburg’s Newest Must-Try Spot for Burgers, Wings & Good Vibes

If you’ve been walking the Parkway and wondering what that new burger-and-wing joint is next to all the Gatlinburg action, let us save you the suspense: Blue Moose Burgers & Wings is officially open—and it's a winner. This place isn’t just a tourist trap with a...
Romantic Gift Basket Providers

Romantic Gift Basket Providers

February is the season of romance in the Smokies! Well yeah, that's true everywhere in the country for one big, heart-shaped reason coming up middle of the month, right? But everywhere else in the country doesn't have the crisp, cool air coming down from Mt. LeConte,...

Mountain Man Memorial March

One of the best things our Smoky Mountain community has in unity is our pride of the military and our support of soldiers and veterans who sacrificed either some or all to keep us free in the United States of America. We demonstrate this pride frequently throughout...

The Winter Sports of Ober Gatlinburg

The Winter Sports of Ober Gatlinburg

Before Dollywood (and the amusement parks that property was before it was Dollywood), our big mountain family fun draw was Ober Gatlinburg in, you guessed it, Gatlinburg. Ober's been an iconic fixture of Sevier County's highlands since the days when color television...

Things To Do in Gatlinburg After the Holidays

Things To Do in Gatlinburg After the Holidays

January, February, & March After the summer party dies down, after the bright, shining multi-colored leaves have fallen, after the turkey has been cooked, the presents opened and the fireworks celebrating the new year have exploded, the city of Gatlinburg gets to...

The Gatlinburg Craftmens Fair

The Gatlinburg Craftmens Fair

Gatlinburg, Tennessee, has long been one of the great centers of Appalachian culture with their legacy of arts and crafts here in the Smoky Mountains. Not only do we have one of the biggest arts and crafts communities in the country, but we celebrate that heritage and...

2016 Renovations for our Historic Gatlinburg Hotel

2016 Renovations for our Historic Gatlinburg Hotel

The Gatlinburg Inn, Gatlinburg's most historic downtown hotel renovations are almost complete. Since we had announced our renovation plans in a previous blog post, we've had quite a few questions about how long the renovations were planned to go on for.  At this...

80 Years Down And a Lot More To Go!

80 Years Down And a Lot More To Go!

Downtown Gatlinburg Hotel Open Year Round The year is 1937, 3 years away from the park officially being dedicated at Newfound Gap, and the tourism industry of the Smoky Mountains are virtually at their infancy compared to the city today. The stops are few, the roads...

2015 Smoky Mountain Songwriters Festival Events

The Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival is designed to be a showcase for songwriters, the importance of a songwriter and songwriting, as well as an economic booster for the Smoky Mountains area. Below is a list of the Showcases we are presenting. Every 2nd Monday of...

Gatlinburg’s Fireworks Finale

Finish off the 4th in style with a magnificent fireworks show visible from the downtown streets of Gatlinburg! Join the celebration in downtown Gatlinburg to mark our nation’s “Independence Day” with a magnificent fireworks show. Designated a Top 20 event by Southeast...