Gatlinburg SpringFest
March 11 – June 7
Ahhh…Springtime in the Smokies! There’s no better time to enjoy nature and festivals of all types.
Gatlinburg Screenfest
March 13 – 15
Gatlinburg Screenfest, the city of Gatlinburg’s first annual film festival, will feature independent films and filmmakers from all over the nation. For more information, call 1-865-809-4106
Celebrate Santa
March 16 – 18
Santa Claus is coming to Gatlinburg! And Mrs. Claus, and the reindeer, too. It’s the biggest convention of jolly old elves you can imagine! For more information, call 1-865-244-5231
Holly and Shamrock Parade
St. Nicholas meets St. Patrick
March 17
St. Nicholas & St. Patrick – Together At Last! For the first time these two Saints will meet and march together in the first Holly & Shamrock Parade in the nation. And what would a parade be without bands? And we have a great one. The All Santa Band will be playing for your entertainment, as well as high school bands, pipe and drum corps and some very unique musical groups. And talk about sleighs! The parade will have everything from carriages to the famous Cyber Sleigh! As with all of Santa’s parades there will be lots of floats from some of the biggest entertainment venues and resorts in Gatlinburg. See holly with shamrocks, elves and leprechauns, winter saying hello to spring, and of course, red and green everywhere as you have never seen it before!
Nasville Suzuki Players
March 19
Under the direction of Thornton Cline, the Nashville Suzuki Players will perform a free public concert in Gatlinburg on Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in W.L. Mills Conference Center, and will also entertain the student body of Pi Beta Phi Elementary School during two assemblies that day. For more information, call 1-865-430-4148
Gatlinburg Gateway Triathlon
March 28
The third annual triathlon at the Community Center starts at 8:15 a.m. and is open to anyone 15 years and older capable of swimming one-half mile, biking twenty kilometers, and running five kilometers consecutively. For more information, call 1-865-436-4990
Music of the Mountains
March 28
Great Smoky Mountains National Park presents its fourth annual event highlighted by “An Evening With Jimbo Whaley and Friends” at 6:30 p.m. at W.L. Mills Conference Center. This year’s one-day event begins at Sugarlands Visitor Center with free, limited-seating performances by a series of six acts from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 29.
Tags: Gatlinburg, Special Events
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