Choose a month and any month to find a festival, special event or other celebration. Pigeon ForgeTenn.

This resort town is located near Great Smoky Mountains National Park and knows how to make you have a great time.

Every year begins with a mid-January salute of its neighbor. This is followed by eight days free Wilderness Wildlife Week activities. You can find classes, seminars and workshops in photography, as well as mini-concerts, and hikes to the park’s 800 acres of natural beauty.

The February big event is very unusual: a salute cowboy poetry and western music called Saddle Up. A Mountain Quiltfest is March’s soft side.

Festivals and events are organized by the city and other businesses, with Dollywood being a major organizer.

A popular theme park punctuates its nearly year-long season with an international festival during spring, a fall festival of bluegrass music and BBQ, and then a spectacular Christmas celebration known as A Smoky Mountain Christmas.

Actually, a Smoky Mountain Christmas is part of a larger celebration called Pigeon Forge Winterfest. This captures all kinds of events that take place from early November through February.

The Titanic Museum Attraction is also involved in the fun, with a January Ice-Carving Competition, winter snowfalls along the museum’s bow (the building looks just like the famous ship) as well as other programs. The entire year 2013, for example, is marked “2013”. “The Year of the Titanic Children”This article focuses on the 133 kids who participated in the famous voyage.

Dolly’s Homecoming Parade is a May event that draws thousands of people to honor Dolly Parton. It’s Norman Rockwell at its best — young twirling teams and high-school bands — but Dolly is the only one who rides in the first flotilla.

Other months include car shows dedicated to nostalgic classics and hot rods, a spectacular Fourth of July concert and fireworks display, an enormous autumn crafts fair, and the Salute to Veterans Parade in November.

All information about events can be found online at MyPigeonForge.com, or by calling 800-251-9100.