Events

“All things edible, all things Appalachian!” That is the motto of the “Taste of Tennessee” festival, taking place on Sunday, September 17th – Sunday, September 24th throughout the Northeast Tennessee region. The Taste of Tennessee is a week-long celebration of Appalachian food and foodways, highlighting the history and culture surrounding the region’s cuisine.This year’s festival […]

The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash […]

Available at 3:00 p.m. on Sundays (June-Sept) before Brews and Tunes, these tours depart from the Chester Inn Museum. Costumed guides will discuss the history of the town, its people, and the lives they built as you stroll down Main Street. Tickets are $5.00 per person and can be purchased at the Chester Inn Museum. […]

Watauga Brewing

At the International Storytelling Center

Please join the Heritage Alliance and Create Appalachia for a workshop on basic fermenting. No experience necessary!Katie Hoffman, Executive Director of Create Appalachia and Appalachian foodways scholar, will lead this hands-on session. You’ll make a small batch of sauerkraut and Katie will share tips for fermenting other veggies, too. If you grow a garden, you’ll […]

Please join the Heritage Alliance and Create Appalachia for a workshop on basic fermenting. No experience necessary!Katie Hoffman, Executive Director of Create Appalachia and Appalachian foodways scholar, will lead this hands-on session. You’ll make a small batch of sauerkraut and Katie will share tips for fermenting other veggies, too. If you grow a garden, you’ll […]

A collaboration between The Heritage Alliance of Northeast Tennessee and Create Appalachia, this workshop features Katie Hoffman and Brett Tiller of Vintage Kitchen Cast Iron and Collectibles. Vintage Kitchen buys, sells, trades, and restores cast iron professionally. Katie and Brett will lead a discussion about selecting the right pans for your kitchen and show you […]

Join the ChesterInn State Historic Site and Museum on September 21st at 6:30 pm as we welcome JoshuaDacey, Site Manager at the Chester Inn Museum for this month’s History HappyHour!At the conclusion of the Civil War officials at the state andlocal levels in many of the former Confederate states vigorously fought to keepa racial caste […]

Available at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, these tours depart from the Chester Inn Museum. Costumed guides will discuss the history of the town, its people, and the lives they built as you stroll down Main Street. Tickets are $5.00 per person and can be purchased at the Chester Inn Museum. Children 8 and younger are […]