Townsend Fall Heritage Festival: Music, Mountain Traditions and Memories in the Making

The foothills of the Smokies will come alive with music, as fiddles, banjos, and harmonies reverberate through the Townsend Fall Heritage Festival, which will take place at a new location, the Greater Smokies Event Grounds, Sept. 26-27, 2025.

Happening the first week of the fall season, the Townsend Fall Heritage Festival honors Appalachian traditions while inspiring future generations. From the first fiddle note to the last banjo strum, the festival will fill the Peaceful Side of the Smokies with music as timeless as the mountains themselves.

The free event boasts a lineup of incredible bands both Friday and Saturday.

Band/Entertainment Lineup Live music begins both days at 11 a.m. From the hard-dri

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