Spring

April 25 – Rogersville Heritage Association Annual Salad Luncheon, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Hale Springs Inn on Main Street, Tickets $8 each.  Tickets are available at the Depot, the Chamber office, the Review office, Mountain Star Mall, and The Window Box and at the door.   For more information, call the Heritage Association office at 272-1961.

Summer

Independence Day Festival and Parade — Historic Rogersville sponsors a huge Fourth of July Celebration, bringing together more than 50,000 people annually. In addition to one of the largest fireworks displays in the Southeast, the festival features a free concert by a country music superstar. Past acts have included John Anderson, Brad Paisley, Tracy Byrd, and many more. In the Rogersville City Park; open rain or shine, all day. Free. For more information, call 423-272-7497.

Mount Carmel Block Party — 2nd weekend in July
This street festival kicks-off the regional Fun Fest celebration with a fun-filled event in Mount Carmel. Join street vendors and festival-goers for plenty of opportunities for the whole family. Downtown Mount Carmel. For more information, call 423-357-7311.

Archie Campbell Days — Labor Day weekend
The citizens of Bulls Gap celebrate their most famous son, the comedian from CBS’s variety-comedy show Hee-Haw, with this street festival in downtown Olde Bulls Gap on Labor Day Weekend. Vendors, live music, and much more. Off of Highway 11E on South Main Street. All day. Free. For more information, call 423-235-5216.

Riverfront Festival — September
Join the people of Surgoinsville for a street festival in downtown Surgoinsville along the banks of the Holston River. Street vendors and more entice the visitor for a weekend full of exciting times in Hawkins County’s second-oldest town. Downtown Surgoinsville. All day. Free. Call 423-345-2213.

Autumn

Mount Carmel Fall Festival — October
Mount Carmel celebrates the arrival of fall with their street festival in downtown. Join vendors, live musicians and more for a great time. Located in downtown Mount Carmel off of Highway 11W near Kingsport. All day. Free. For more information, call 423-357-7311.

Hawkins County Heritage Days — 2nd weekend in October
Named a “Top Twenty Event in the Southeast” for October, Heritage Days is one of the most memorable festivals in the region. Crowds of more than 40,000 have taken part of the heritage experience in the past, and each year more and more people learn why Historic Rogersville is one of Tennessee’s best kept secrets. Two days, until dark. Downtown Rogersville, off Highway 11W on Main Street. Free. For more information on visiting or obtaining a booth, call 423-272-1961.

Winter

Rogersville Christmas Parade — 1st Saturday in December
Santa makes his official visit to Rogersville in the town’s kick-off of the Christmas season. Parade begins at the Rogersville Middle School off of East Main Street. For more information, call 423-272-2186.

Bulls Gap Christmas Parade — 1st Sunday in December
A Christmas parade through downtown Bulls Gap, beginning at Bulls Gap School off North Main Street. For more information, call 423-235-5216.

Surgoinsville Christmas Parade — 2nd Saturday in December
A Christmas parade through downtown Surgoinsville down Main Street. For more information, call 423-345-2213.

Church Hill Christmas Parade — December
A Christmas parade through downtown Church Hill along Main Boulevard. For more information, call 423-357-6161.

Tour of Homes, Merchant Open House, and Yule Log Ceremony — December
An annual tradition in Historic Rogersville includes a celebration of the holidays with a tour of the town’s homes and residences that are apart of the National Register of Historic Places, special events and sales as a part of the merchants and businesses in the downtown district, and a traditional lighting of a holiday Yule Log. 423-272-1961