Main Street Elizabethton invites you to participate in the fourth annual Firefly 5K Run/Walk on Friday, July 5 at 8 PM! Run or walk throughout Downtown Elizabethton on the July First Friday's Adventure Vibes to support downtown revitalization. The streets will be filled with Music, Shopping, Dining, and Fun! The race starts and finishes by […]

Join us for this fun summer series and experience the streets of Downtown Elizabethton come alive for First Friday. This month's First Friday is sponsored by Debby Gibson Real Estate Co! 🎉 August 2nd is dedicated to our local community as we close out the summer series with Hometown Vibes.🤎 Pick-up a BINGO card each […]

Bring a blanket or lawn chair and join us for free concerts in the park every Saturday through August at Covered Bridge Park. Food trucks will be available for food and snacks for purchase.

Join the Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution at Fort Watauga in honor of the Overmountain Men and their victory over loyalist forces at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The 244th anniversary of the “Gathering at Sycamore Shoals" will be celebrated with a memorial service and a ceremonial wreath laying. Free Admission.

The Elizabethton Parks and Recreation is excited to bring you Covered Bridge Days 2024! We'll have more arts & crafts vendors, food trucks, kid's activities, fireworks and much more. Check out the schedule below and we hope to see everyone there! Friday September 20 *Kid’s Island* 11am-8pm Inflatables/Attractions 2pm-3pm Foam Party 3pm-4pm Magician 4pm-5pm Foam […]

Join us for a weekend of living history during the encampment of the Overmountain militia before the Battle of King’s Mountain in 1780. Enjoy historical demonstrations, displays, and presentations as you re-live some of the most crucial days of the American Revolution. Free Admission.

For the past 50 years members of the Overmountain Victory Trail Association have recreated the historic march to King’s Mountain. On September 25, marchers will cross the Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals, just as the Overmountain militia crossed 244 years ago. Free Admission.

Years in the making, we are thrilled to announce our First Annual Thriving Through The Thicket music festival, a benefit for Recovery Resources TN. This will be a Friday evening, and Saturday event hosting lots of regional talent including some very close to home. This is a family friendly event with activities for the kids, […]

June 1947 saw the first of the Rhododendron Festivals, conceived and carried out by the Roan Mountain Citizens Club as a two-day celebration to memorialize and perpetuate the most gorgeous display of natural beauty on the North American continent. This festival has continued uninterrupted for over sixty years. The festival is held annually in June. […]

The Covered Bridge Jams summer concert series returns for its 11th year, bringing live music to Covered Bridge Park nearly every Saturday night from June through the end of August. Presented by the Elizabethton Parks and Recreation Department, 6/28 will showcase Carson Peters and Iron Mountain. Carson Peters and Iron Mountain is a high-energy, traditional […]