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features fanciful garland, lights and
ribbon (biltmore.com).

9-Jan. 4 - Dollywood's

Smoky Mountain Christmas

3

- Dickens of a Christmas
brightens Spartanburg, South Carolina
(cityofspartanburg.org).

6, 13, 20 - Dickens of

features lots of lights and special shows
at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee (dollywood.
com).

a Christmas enlivens downtown
Roanoke, Virginia, with a parade,
carriage rides (downtownroanoke.org).

- Illuminate the Yuletide
season at Speedway In Lights in Bristol,
Tennessee, with a NASCAR-themed
light show that runs through early
January (speedwayinlights.org).

- Holiday Market comes
to Marion, Virginia, with vendors at the
farmer's market and the arts school best
known as "The Henderson" (marionva.
org). A Small Town Christmas
shows up in Banner Elk with a parade
and miniature train rides (bannerelk.
com).

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22-Dec. 31

- Rock
City's Enchanted Garden
of Lights showcases more than 30

holiday scenes and over 1 million LED
lights at Lookout Mountain, Georgia
(seerockcity.com).

22-Feb. 17

- Smoky
Mountain Winterfest expands

across Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and
Gatlinburg in Tennessee's Great
Smokies (visitsevierville.com).

23-24

- Lewisburg
Holiday Festival comes to West

Virginia with carriage rides and in-store
refreshments (visitlewisburg.com).

Festival of the Mountain
Masters showcases authentic

Appalachian experiences at Harlan,
Kentucky (606-573-4156).

29-30 - Light Up Blue

Ridge features caroling on "Blue
Friday" (Nov. 29) and a Saturday
appearance (Nov. 30) by Santa
Claus plus a parade and the lighting
of a 27-foot-tall Christmas tree
(lightupblueridge.info). Blowing

Rock Christmas in the Park
& Parade comes to North Carolina

(blowingrock.com).

DECEMBER
2-8

- Great Smoky Arts & Crafts
Community Holiday Show arrives
for a week at Tennessee's Gatlinburg
Convention Center (800-568-4748).

6-8

6-7

- Christmas in
Downtown Wytheville

arrives in Virginia with carriage rides,
Holly Bazaar and Christmas parade
(downtownwytheville.org).

7

- Have Breakfast with
the Elves at Old Rock Cafe

and visit Santa on the Chimney
at Chimney Rock State Park in North
Carolina (800-277-9611). In Georgia,
discover Christmas at the Gorge at
Tallulah Gorge State Park with a visit by
Santa (706-754-7981).

9TH A

AL

BLUES AND NNU
BBQ FESTIVAL

SEPT 21

Downtown City Park, Blue Ridge, GA
The 2019 Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival
will be the best yet! Real-Deal BBQ
Pitmasters from all over Southeast, LIVE
Blues music from 12-9pm. The chart-topping
Chris O'Leary Band will be headlining.
Join us for a day of Music and Food!
***

Blueridgebluesandbbq.com

30th
Annual

14 - Take the Bramwell

Christmas Tour of Homes

to see how the coal barons once
celebrated the holidays in Bramwell,
West Virginia (304-325-8438). Or join
the Holiday Homecoming at
Norris Dam State Park in Tennessee,
where a rustic cabin area becomes
a winter village of festivities for the
holiday season (865-425-4500). You
can also sing carols and take holiday
wagon rides during the Holly Jolly

Celebration and Holiday
Festival in Old Town Winchester

(oldtownwinchesterva.com).

31 - Discover what's claimed to be

the "Best New Year's Eve Show in the
South" in Tennessee with Gatlinburg's
New Year's Eve Fireworks
Show & Ball Drop on the

towering Space Needle (800-5684748).

SEPTEMBER 26-29, 2019

In Beautiful Downtown London, KY
Experience all the egg-citement of four
fun-filled days at one of Kentucky's
Largest Festivals!
* Top-notch entertainment
* Thrilling amusement rides
* Outrageous contests
* Craft & food vendors
* Delicious fried chicken from the
world's largest skillet

CHICKENFESTIVAL.COM * 606-878-6900

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http://www.Blueridgebluesandbbq.com http://www.biltmore.com http://www.cityofspartanburg.org http://www.downtownroanoke.org http://www.speedwayinlights.org http://www.seerockcity.com http://www.downtownwytheville.org http://www.visitsevierville.com http://www.CHICKENFESTIVAL.COM http://www.visitlewisburg.com http://www.lightupblueridge.info http://www.blowingrock.com http://www.oldtownwinchesterva.com

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