August means the vacation season is largely over, school starts, people go back to work, hot weather lingers oppressively in the air, and all the celebrations and special events are over for a while. This is a common misconception of how the month works in the Smoky Mountains, usually because that's how it works most other places in the US, but Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Sevierville, at least, have an answer for this stigma, and it includes packing August with more special events than any other month of the season.
August is when we see the fabled Sales Tax-Free weekend throughout the entire state, but it's also start of Celebrate Freedom, in which the city of Pigeon Forge will be, well, celebrating freedom as well as our military history and veterans. Many businesses throughout the month of August will be offering discounts for current serving or veteran military officers.
There's so much going on this month, it would just be easier to list it out as follows:
8/1/15
Stringtime in the Smokies
8/4/15-8/14/15
Back Porch Concert Series at Sugarlands Cellars
8/7/15-8/9/15
Tax Free Weekend
8/19/15-8/23/15
Smoky Mountain Songwriters Festival
8/29/15
Welcome Home Vietnam Parade
Stay tuned with us for September when we have the rod runs and the Autumn season starting. www.allthesmokies.com.
