After Halloween, the mood and focus in this great county immediately shifts to Winterfest, a special event that all three of the major cities - Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Sevierville - are celebrating at municipal areas in their respective cities. Sometimes cities hold their Winterfests on some of the same days, but 2016 has each kickoff in each city on a different day, so interested parties who want to... well... party can visit all three without driving too far.
Sevierville has their Winterfest on November 7th from 3:00PM to 8:00PM, Pigeon Forge has their Kickoff on November 8th from 4:00PM to 6:00PM and Gatlinburg, which we'll focus on here, has their Kickoff on November 9th from 5:00PM to 8:00PM.
As is tradition in Gatlinburg, we celebrate Winterfest with a Chili Cookoff in downtown Gatlinburg between Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies and Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum. This event is so big that the city of Gatlinburg shuts down a whole section of the downtown parkway just to hold it. The first part of the event is the chili cookoff where dozens of tables featuring dozens of local restaurants (as well as those from abroad) set up to serve all-you-can-eat chili. The purchase of an admission "spoon" is you all need to enjoy the best chili in the Smoky Mountains. Then later the switch will go on and BOOM, Gatlinburg will finish putting on the last of the Winterfest lights with their own trolley tours to follow.
See more on this event at http://www.gatlinburg.com/events/details.aspx?id=11.
We'll have more Winterfest events coming up for you soon, be sure to come back and check on us! www.allthesmokies.com.
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