Smoky Mountain Music Festival

The Smoky Mountain Music Festival is now one of the nation’s most popular events bringing together talented elementary, middle, and high school music groups to Gatlinburg each spring. Begun in 1983, the Smoky Mountain Music Festival brings musical groups from across the country to showcase their work in front of adjudicators. Occurring over three weekends each spring, this festival includes concert bands, jazz bands, orchestras, choral groups and winter guards, indoor drum lines, and other auxiliaries perform at the Gatlinburg Convention Center. This festival also features a parade of bands in the town of Gatlinburg so locals and visitors can enjoy the talented musicians that attend.