Smoky Mountain Woodcarvers Festival, Townsend, TN
This festival is held at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, a museum housing artifacts dating from 3000 BC to the 1930′s.
Read MoreHeritage Happening, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Townsend, TN
“Celebrate Yesterday, Swing Into Tomorrow, ” Annual fund-rasier at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Dinner, silent and live auction, music and a lot of fun.
Read MorePottery Festival, Townsend TN, Townsend Visitor Center 06-02-12
Marjorie Murphy of Little River Artistry, Townsend, TN
Marion Schlauch Pottery of Walland, TN
This is one blog where the photos can do all the talking. I think the Smoky Mountains Pottery Festival, held at the Townsend TN Visitor Center, is my favorite of the 26 area festivals each year. The colors, the glazes, the shapes & styles all just knock your socks off. Only takes an hour to walk through & parking is close. Plan on spending a bit of money, although it was reasonably priced. The date is Sat June 2nd. Blessings, mizkathleen@Gracehill B&B
 Tony Holman Pottery of Plano, TX |  John Fulwood of Kissimmee River Pottery, Frenchtown, NJ |  Marion Schlauch Pottery of Walland, TN |
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Read MoreSmoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival, Townsend TN, Visitor Center
Townsend TN Visitor Center hosts the Fiber Arts Festival. For a blog writen on the 2011 Festival click here. For more information call865-448-6134.
Read MoreCades Cove, Townsend TN, the 2012 Winter Heritage Festival & Craft Beer!
A Mother Lode Cache of Antique Instruments at the 2012 Winter Heritage Festival
A comprehensive list of events was posted in the Daily Times and online at www.smokymountains.org. The emphasis was the history of the area, and mountain music was predominant. Mom and I attended Friday afternoon’s, “Music of the Mountains” by Great Smoky Mountains National Park Park Ranger Lisa Free. It was a combination of lecture on the oral traditions of passing music down or along, playing various instruments and some singing and foot tapping! Instruments were made out of just about anything and there was a definite bias about which sex could play what instrument. For instance, a 150 years ago you normally would not see a
Jeanie Hilten of the Townsend TN Visitor Center and Lisa Free, ranger at the great Smoky Mountains National Park
woman playing the fiddle or banjo as Ranger Free and Visitor Center’s Manager of Partnership Events, Jeanie Hilten, are doing in this photograph. They would have been considered “loose”! I knew Townsend was a hot bed of emancipated women!
In addition to all of the events listed above, Steve Fillmore of Miss Lily’s Cafe and the Lily Barn decided to test the waters to see if there would be interest in holding an annual craft beer festival in Townsend. National beer sales are in decline overall, but craft beer sales are on the upswing as interest grows. The event was held on Saturday at Laurel Valley Restaurant and Golf Course and was a sold out. Attendee’s were effusive in their praise! Blessings, mizkathleen@ Gracehill Bed and Breakfast
