Townsend Heritage Festival and Old Timers Day
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Townsend Visitors Center 7906 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend, Tennessee 37882
Voted several times as one of the top 20 events in the Southeast, the 21th Annual Townsend Heritage Festival and Old Timers Day is a celebration of our mountain heritage, including a wide array of East Tennessee traditions and experiences. Guests can enjoy bluegrass and mountain music, clogging, storytelling, children's activities, crafts by local artisans, mouth-watering Southern food and demonstrations of a variety of Appalachian skills, such as basketry, spinning, weaving, woodcarving, sorghum molasses and apple butter making, beekeeping and blacksmithing. The two-day festival is free for all ages, and it celebrates Southern Appalachian Mountain culture and heritage.