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Knoxville, TN Destination Guide November 2008
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Dogwood Arts Festival

Dogwood Arts Festival
The event's origins can be traced to the mid-1950s when several Knoxville communities created "Dogwood Trails" to showcase their neighborhoods. Today, the Dogwood Arts Festival is an annual event in Knoxville, Tennessee that celebrates the blooming of the dogwood trees. It includes a parade, a house and garden show, and demonstrations of various Appalachian arts and crafts such as quilting, bluegrass music, and doll-making. Many driving trails are marked in Knoxville and the surrounding area for people to view the dogwoods in bloom. More about the Dogwood Arts Festival



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Online Traveler

I have visited Knoxville several times for extended periods. Each time, I found it harder to leave. Knoxville is beautiful, the people are genuine, friendly, and the pace is refreshing. If you love natural beauty, and outdoor activities, you can’t go wrong here. I have nothing but positive things to say about my experiences in Knoxville. So much so, I’m moving there!
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The Knoxville Zoo is a wonderful facility for animal lovers and admirers. Much larger than my own hometown zoo, it offers a large array of animals from condors to hedgehogs. It is a great place to spend a couple hours with the kids.
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Online Traveler

I love the Old City and go there as much as possible. There is nowhere like this in my hometown so its great to come on a Friday when lots of bands are playing at all these different clubs and cafes. The clubs are awesome and the cafes have the best cappuccino around. I would totally recommend this place to anyone visiting or just driving through Knoxville.
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We go to Knoxville every year when going to the Smokies. So many fun things to do there. We love it. You have such a great choice of what to do and see there and you are so close to the mountains and I love the mountains.
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Overview
 
Find Yourself in Knoxville

Find Yourself in Knoxville Good times and good friends await you in Knoxville, a modern Appalachian city with great dining, nightlife, museums, shopping, family fun and championship sports. From blues to bluegrass or ballet to Boomsday, there's something always happening in Knoxville. Discover a rich history of musical milestones and military masterminds, literary lights and ghoulish ghost stories. The beauty and natural resources surrounding Knoxville mean limitless opportunities for fun and adventure. Whatever you seek, you'll find it here. Find History! Find Art! Find Drama! Find yourself in Knoxville!

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Must See
 

Tress and Flowers along Knoxville's Dogwood Trails

Tress and Flowers along Knoxville's Dogwood Trails Most of the dogwoods seen along the trails are the wild native white dogwoods. Climate and soil here are especially favorable to the dogwood and the trees grow tall and bloom profusely. Blossoms average 4” in length and we have many trees that are close rivals of Maryland’s trees, which claim to be America’s largest dogwood. Please note our unusual weeping dogwood similar in form to the weeping cherry tree. It is usually found growing in the shade of oak trees. This is a natural formation and cannot be transplanted. More about the Tress and Flowers along Knoxville's Dogwood Trails

Festival on Market Square

April 17th - 19th, 2009

Festival on Market SquareDogwood Arts Festival President Ken Knight says the Festival on Market Square is helping to make Knoxville a destination art city. Throughout the event, art enthusiasts can purchase paintings, pottery, glass, jewelry, woodwork, and metal art while enjoying live performances by country, string, blues, and folk bands on two stages. Throughout the festival food and refreshments will be available from a variety of food vendors. This is something for your whole family to enjoy. Be sure to mark your calendars. More about the Festival on Market Square

Fine Arts Show

Fine Arts ShowThe Dogwood Arts Festival 2008 Fine Arts Show was developed to provide a forum for regional artists to compete and display their work. The selected art features both traditional and non-traditional work and will be exhibited at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville. Awards include a Best-of-Show Award of $500 and Honorable Mention Awards of $150 each as designated by the juror, whose decision is final. Be sure to mark your calendars. You don't want to miss out on this. More about the Fine Arts Show


Must Do
 

The Dogwood Arts Festival House & Garden Show

February 20th - 22nd, 2009

The Dogwood Arts Festival House & Garden ShowThe Dogwood Arts Festival House & Garden Show is the largest house and garden show in Tennessee for the do-it-yourselfer and the gardening enthusiast. Besides rooms capes and tables capes visitors can see artist at work making high quality items for everybody’s home and garden needs. This is something for your whole family to enjoy. Come and enjoy a day out. Be sure to mark your calendars. You don’t want to miss out on this event. More about The Dogwood Arts Festival House & Garden Show

Art In Public Places Knoxville

Art In Public Places KnoxvilleArt in Public Places Knoxville (APPK) announces a call for entries for its 2009 sculpture exhibition. APPK is a program on the Dogwood Arts Festival in partnership with the City of Knoxville. The 2009 call for entries welcomes applications from new and previously exhibiting artist. The exhibition will feature around fifteen (15) large to monumental sculptures. The selected sculptures will be places in downtown Knoxville in the Krutch Park and Krutch Park extension. More about the Art In Public Places Knoxville

Fourth and Gill

Fourth and Gill Historic Fourth & Gill is an excellent example of the neighborhoods that flourished in Knoxville during the last quarter of the 19th Century. The Fourth & Gill neighborhood is a historic neighborhood with specific design guidelines. The revitalized neighborhood features restored Victorian homes first built in the 1880s. Many of the homes’ landscaping includes original trees, plants, and shrubberies. This trail provides a leisurely stroll down the memory lane of historic North Knoxville, beautified and shared by Fourth and Gill’s gracious residents. More about Fourth and Gill


Must Experience
 

Dogwood Arts Festival Parade

April 24th, 2009

Dogwood Arts Festival Parade2009 Parade Date Announced! The grand finale of the 2009 Dogwood Arts Festival will be held on Friday, April 24th, 2009 with the spectacular Dogwood Parade down Gay Street. (Rain date: May 1, 2009) Plans are already underway to make this the most interactive and entertaining parade yet! Get your company, church group, scout troop, charity or any other organization involved by sponsoring a giant parade balloon or by forming a balloon handling team. For more information, contact the Dogwood office at 865.637.4561. Teams fill up fast, so don't delay! More about the Dogwood Arts Festival Parade

The Dogwood Arts Festival 2008 Student Art Show

The Dogwood Arts Festival 2008 Student Art ShowThe Dogwood Arts Festival 2008 Student Art Show was developed to provide a forum for student artists to compete and display their work. The selected art features both traditional and non-traditional work and will be exhibited at The Phoenix in downtown Knoxville and Farragut Town Hall. Open to all artists in grades 6-12. Submit only work completed within the last school year. Awards include a one Best-of-Show Award and two Jurors Citations in both High School (9-12 grade) and Middle School categories (6-8 grade) as designated by the juror(s), whose decision is final. Awarded works will be used in the 2009 Dogwood Arts Festival publicity materials. More about The Dogwood Arts Festival 2008 Student Art Show

The Dogwood Tree

The Dogwood TreeKnoxville’s pink dogwood has an unusual deep color-almost red. All these deep pink trees are commercially grafted, but the unusual color is caused by our naturally acidic soil. There is a native wild pink dogwood; several examples may be seen along the trails. This wild pink dogwood is very pale pink-the merest flush of color on white. Nurserymen used trees such as these to create the commercial pink dogwood. They grafted pink branches on the roots of the white dogwood stock, thus creating pink dogwood blossoms. More about The Dogwood Tree


Contact Info
 
Knoxville Tourism & Sports Corporation

One Vision Plaza
301 South Gay Street
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
Tel.: (865) 523 7263
Toll Free: (800) 727 8045
Fax: (865) 522 3974
Internet: www.Knoxville.org

Teresa Hall
Director of Sales & Marketing Administration
E-mail: thall@Knoxville.org


Attractions & Activities

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Tee-Time in Knoxville

Tee-Time in Knoxville
Knoxville is a great place for every golfer to find his or her game. With 13 courses in town and another 26 less than an hour away, visitors may choose from country clubs to daily fee to par-three courses. Bring your clubs, play a round and experience the beauty of the hills, lakes and rivers of East Tennessee. Knoxville's mild climate means you can play golf year-round. Knoxville has a rich competitive history having hosted golfing tournaments like the Nationwide Tour's Knoxville Open, the Southern Amateur, and the Tennessee State Amateur - just to name a few. Enjoy your Tee-Time in Knoxville, Tennessee. More about the Tee-Time in Knoxville


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