The Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center hosts Dr. Bill Bass at a book signing and lecture.

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in Concert, Townsend, TN at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center.  Call 865-448-0044 for more information.  Tickets are $25 a person and include a pre-concert reception.

The Smoky Mountain Wood Carvers Festival is being held at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center in Townsend, TN.  The 2010 show was an amazing sucess with 517 entries.  Call 800-541-5994 for more information.

For complete information go to http://www.smokymountains.org/info/heritage.html

This Festival takes place at the Townsend Visitor Center and has bluegrass music and clogging, mountain music jam sessions, storytelling, antique tractors, family activities, crafts by local artisans, great food, and demonstrations of a variety of traditional skills including basketry, quilting, weaving, sorghum molasses, apple butter making, apple cider, beekeeping, and blacksmithing.

Festival events are free and take place on the grounds of the Townsend Visitors Center, located at 7906 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, TN 37882. Call 800-525-6834for details and updates. The Heritage Festival is one of four events during "Townsend Days" Fall Celebration:

which also include activities at the Little River Railroad Museum, the Nawger Nob Arts and Craft Show, and the Blue Riboon Country Fair at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center.

call the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, 865-448-0044, for more information and times, or visit www.gsmheritagecenter.org

In concert at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, TN, Blue Mother Tupelo,  on Fri Sept 10th, 2010

In concert at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, TN, the Grassabillies on Fri Sept 3rd, 2010

at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, sponsored by the Smoky Mountain Woodcarvers Supply and the Townsend Artisans Guild

In concert at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center amphitheatre, Townsend, TN,  Randy McGinnis, Native American Flute, and Lucie Carlson, Concert Violinist

In concert at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center amphitheatre, Townsend, TN,  Steve Kaufman, at 7PM

In concert at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center amphitheatre, Townsend, TN,  Y'uns, at 7PM

In concert at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center amphitheatre, Townsend, TN,  E G Knight , at 7PM

In concert at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center amphitheatre, Townsend, TN,  John Myers Band , at 7PM

In concert at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center amphitheatre, Lonesome Coyotes , at 7PM

In concert at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center amphitheatre, Labron Lazenby, at 7PM

Annual Gala for the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center includes dinner, silent and live auctions.  For more info see my blog at http://www.gracehillbandb.com/2009/06/the-2009-great-smoky-mountain-heritage-center-annual-fundraiser/

For more information on the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center Sprig Heritage Festival call 865-448-0044.