Events

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 […]

Join The Elizabethton Parks and Recreation Department for a full afternoon of FREE fun featuring inflatables, pageants, and performances along with an evening of music and fireworks to celebrate Independence Day! With the announcement of the reopening of the Broad Street Bridge, we will be changing the location back to Covered Bridge Park. Food trucks […]

Elizabethton Parks and Recreation is excited to bring you Covered Bridge Days 2025! We'll have arts & crafts vendors, food trucks, kid's activities, fireworks and much more. Stay tuned for music lineups and more information.

Saturday, September 20 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday, September 21 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Cost: Free Experience the incredible story of the Overmountain Men and their historic gathering at Sycamore Shoals prior to the Battle of Kings Mountain in the fall of 1780. Join numerous living history demonstrators, re-enactors, and heritage interpreters as […]

Members of the Overmountain Victory Trail Association have recreated the historic march to King’s Mountain since 1975. On September 25, marchers will cross the Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals, just as the Overmountain militia crossed 245 years ago. Event is dependent on river conditions.

Come out and enjoy the fall time in the mountains with handcrafted vendors, live entertainment, food, and a fiddle competition. Parking is by donations and the festival is free of charge.