Pigeon Forge - Story Telling Festival

Do you and your family love hearing tall tales or ghost stories? Grab your kids, parents, brothers and sisters and head on out to Pigeon Forge, TN for the 17th annual Smoky Mountain Storytelling Festival. This is the time to visit Pigeon Forge, TN and stay at a Cabins For You cabin. Come hear ghost stories, folklore, tall tales and many more stories that will be tons of fun for everyone of any age. Starting February 7 and last only until February 9. This years festival will be packed with entertaining stories. Storytellers anywhere from California to New York are coming to Pigeon Forge, TN for the Smoky Mountain Storytelling Festival this year. Listen to stories by Waddie Mitchell, Bil Lepp (a 5 time winner of the West Virginia’s Liar Contest), Carmen Deedy (from CUBA!), Willy Chaflin and Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton. The festival includes the National Youth Storytelling Showcase that is presented in partnership with the National Storytelling Network. Hear stories from people that are 17 years old and younger. See the talent that the festival has to offer right in Pigeon Forge, TN. Not to mention the people who come in from other cities around the country to be apart of this festival. Also hear some family friendly ghost stories brought to you by the Old Mill Haunts ‘n’ Haints Tales. Many storytellers have recordings and books and have been heard around the world! Don’t miss out on this unique storytelling experience in Pigeon Forge, TN.
Day passes for the festival are $10 for anyone 18 and older and free for 17 and younger. Weekend passes are $25 for 18 and up and free for 17 and under. Tickets for the Old Mill Haunts ‘n’ Haints Tales are $5 per person. For more information call American Jukebox Theater at 1-866-430-8422. Come visit Pigeon Forge, TN during the Smoky Mountain Storytelling Festival and go home with stories to entertain or frighten the people back home. Book a Cabins For You cabin and head on out for some great storytelling in Pigeon Forge, TN.

The Comedy Barn - Pigeon Forge Family Fun

Pigeon Forge, TN, home to not only the Smoky Mountains and great getaways, but it also has many entertaining shows, dinners, and events to visit while your family stays in one of the beautiful cabins of the Smokies. The Comedy Barn Theater, located on the main Parkway through Pigeon Forge, is one of the most exciting theaters in Pigeon Forge, TN.

Winner of the funniest show for its tenth year, the Comedy Barn Theater has many variety shows and acts, featuring stunning magicians, amazing fire-eaters, skilled jugglers, talented ventriloquists, family-centered comedy, live country and gospel musicians, and live barnyard animals! Using computerized lighting and special effects to highlight their talented comedians, artists, and musicians, the Comedy Barn Theater will have you rolling in laughter at the hilarious family comedy! While you’re there, you can also purchase souvenirs for the whole family. The most popular souvenir, of course, is the video production of each nightly performance, which consists of all the same great fun, only you can take it right to your very own home in remberence of you're Pigeon Forge experience! Also available are many hats, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and stuffed animals. The kids will absolutely love the candy shop, so be sure to stop by on your way out.

Shows are only $21.95 plus tax when you pay upon arrival, or online $19.95 plus tax. The great thing is that the Comedy Barn Theater is free for kids 11 and under! The Comedy Barn Theater in Pigeon Forge, TN, hosts show nightly during the spring, summer, and fall months; every weekend and Tuesdays during January and February. During the Pigeon Forge Thanksgiving and Christmas season, special Christmas shows are held nightly in this Pigeon Forge Barn for an extra special night of comedy and fun. Show are at 2:00, 5:00, and 8:15 on different nights. To learn more about show times, visit their website at www.comedybarn.com.

Make sure to visit Pigeon Forge, TN, and book your exciting comedy show online now. While you’re at it, be sure to call up Cabins for You so we can reserve your Pigeon Forge cabin today! Come see this , and a whole lot more when you visit the wonderful Smoky Mountains in Pigeon Forge, TN!

Dixie Stampede - Pigeon Forge Adventure

If you’re looking for an exciting weekend in Pigeon Forge, TN, Cabins for You offers the best cabins in eastern Tennessee. Complete with a full kitchen, plenty of space to relax, hot tubs, and a spectacular view of the gorgeous Smoky Mountain range.
While you enjoy your family vacation in Pigeon Forge, make sure to visit the Dixie Stampede, located in the heart of Pigeon Forge, TN, on the Parkway. If you want an exciting dinner celebration of Dixie and American pride, the Dixie Stampede is exactly what you’re looking for! The night begins in a family-style non-alcoholic saloon with great bluegrass musicians beginning the exciting evening. After enjoying the pre-dinner show, guests can prepare themselves for the live rodeo entertainment. While seated in the 35,000 square foot arena, you and your family will be prepared a delicious four-course meal, including an entire rotisserie chicken, hot buttered biscuits, thick vegetable soup, tasty corn-on-the-cob, hickory smoked pork-chops, and good southern potatoes – not to mention your selection of beverages and a hot apple pie to complete this mouth-watering meal.
As you eat, the rodeo-style show will host thirty-two champion horses, and you will watch in awe as they compete in trick riding, roman riding, incredible jumps, chuck wagon maneuvers, buckboard racing, and pig and ostrich races which you might be selected to join! The entire audience joins the North against the South game at the Dixie Stampede here in Pigeon Forge, and they compete to find out whether the North or the South is better (which, of course, is bound to bring in hilarious laughter)! The game is played with the rich Southern flair that Dolly Parton brought to the Dixie Stampede in the beginning. Other games are chicken races for the children and barrel racing for the rest of the crowd. The night is topped off with a fantastic tribute to our great country that you will not want to miss out on!
To enjoy all this and more in Pigeon Forge, TN, the life of the Smoky Mountains, call Cabins for You today to book your very own cabin, minutes away from your the Dixie Stampede adventure!

Springfest in Pigeon Forge TN

A beautiful cabin in Pigeon Forge, TN, is the perfect place to begin your spring vacation. Pigeon Forge TN has plenty to offer during the spring season, including the 5th Annual Springfest, which offers a full three months of fun-filled activities to keep you family entertained during their stay in the beautiful Pigeon Forge cabins.
Springfest is located all over Pigeon Forge, and includes events such as the Dolly Parade and the Quiltfest. This year’s 22nd Annual Dolly Parade is held on April 13, and begins at 6 p.m., and will be hosted by the talented Dolly Parton herself! Winding the streets of Pigeon Forge, “Celebrate Ireland” (as the parade is themed this year) will begin around traffic light #7 and extend all the way to Wears Valley Road on the north end. Not only will it include a magnificent parade of floats and dancers, but high school marching bands will accompany the festivities while competing in the Pigeon Forge Music Festival. You won’t want to miss this exciting night of fun, music, and excitement!
The 14th Annual “A Mountain Quiltfest” is also a part of Springfest in Pigeon Forge, TN. On March 12 thru March 15, 2008, this exciting event will welcome over 20,000 avid quilters craftsman from around the country to participate in this beautiful exhibition of quilts and crafts. Not only will you be able to view the best quilts in the nation, guests will also be allowed to purchase many of these quilts and crafts on display. Classes will also be available for anyone who is interested in learning this art. Whether you have just begun quilting, have been a quilter for yeas, or are just fascinated by this incredible showcase, A Mountain Quiltfest will offer fun for the family and a day you will not forget! (To register, visit mountainquiltfest.com after January 1, 2008, to enter your work).
Springfest isn’t the only reason to book your cabin in Pigeon Forge, TN, but it sure is one of the exciting events going on now in the beautiful Smoky Mountains! Call Cabins for You today to begin planning your next vacation to the Smokies.

Helicoptor Awareness Day

Pigeon Forge, TN, invites you to join the 6th Annual Helicoptor Awareness Day, which began as a tribute to Hal Haynes who founded the Scenic Helicopter Tours. These tours were available to people who were staying in the Pigeon Forge, TN area. Hal Haynes was a man who, as a boy had polio, and had medical attention in Knoxville and the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Throughout his life, he never received gifts, but asked his children to donate to the hospital instead. On his deathbed, Dan Hanynes (Hal’s son) decided to begin the very first Helicopter Awareness Day; which, as its name states, is to heighten awareness of helicopters, its pilotes and operates, and to see how helicopters function. It had been such a success that the Scenic Helicopter Tours (which hosts the awareness day) has founded another company, Helicopter Whirl’d Adventures.
Helicopter Awareness Day will take place on April 21 and April 22, from 10 a.m. til 4 p.m. on Highway 66 in Sevierville, just a short drive from Pigeon Forge, at the Scenic Helicopter Tours Heliport. All the proceeds will be donate to the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, only forty-five minutes from Pigeon Forge, TN. Not only while you are at the April 21 festivities will you be able to tour private helicopters, but you will be able to speak with pilots and to enjoy helicopter rides as well as see the aircraft from the Knox County Sheriff’s Department, UT Life Star, Wings Air Medical and Air Evac Life Team. April 22 events take place at Helicopter Whirl’d Adventures, and guest can enjoy the Pilot Gale ($65 per person or $100 per couple), where you can enjoy food, helicopter exhibits, and even helicopter simulators (6:30 p.m. til 9 p.m.).
This event is not only charitable to the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, but it is also an exciting and educational event for the whole family. Food will be available for sale at the Scenic Helicopter Tours, which also offers tours year-round at its heliport. You can enjoy the beautiful sights of the Smoky Mountains in a way you have never imagined – soaring over the snowy mountaintops and enjoying the breath-taking views
(call the Scenic Helicopter Tours at 865-453-6342 for more information).
After enjoying your day at the Scenic Helicopter Tours, relax in your own Pigeon Forge cabin. Call Cabins for You for your adventure to begin today!