3 — Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Festival + 5K: Features Bigfoot competitions, guest speakers, live music, vendors, food trucks and other great surprises. At Townsend Event Center. 6-8 — Author Reba Rhyne: ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. — Visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have a new place they can go to rest and learn more about the area's nature, animals and history. The Great Smoky Mountains ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — The Great Smoky Mountains Association has opened a new visitor center called the Great Smokies Welcome Center. Located in Townsend, at 7929 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, this ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — A proposed bill in the Tennessee General Assembly that would allow a tourism development authority to de-annex, or remove themselves from a municipality, could have a major ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. — Months after its official opening, Blount County leaders and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park celebrated the Great Smokies Welcome Center. The welcome center is run by Smokies ...

This not-so-secret Smoky Mountain gem was named the best small town in Tennessee. World Atlas dubbed Townsend as the best small town in Tennessee for a three-day weekend. The town borders Great Smoky ...

A bill intended to allow the removal of the Townsend Event Center from city limits passed its first hurdle in Nashville Wednesday, March 12, as committees in the General Assembly unanimously ...

A collection of protesters gathered outside the Townsend Event Center on Saturday along Lamar Alexander Parkway. Organizers said their goal was to preserve the city’s oversight of festivals. The ...