Knoxville, TENN. — The East Tennessee History Fair is coming back to downtown Knoxville on August 18, 2018.
The all-day event highlights the history of Knoxville through interactive displays, bus and walking tours, Vintage Baseball games and an open house at the Tennessee Theatre. There's also free music, kids' activities, and Nourish Knoxville's Farmers' Market.
The East Tennessee History Fair is hosted by the East Tennessee Historical Society. Please note that some events are subject to change. Click here for the very latest information or follow them on Facebook.
Museum of East TN History Activities:
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m-Free Admission to the Museum of East Tennessee History
10:00 a.m. Meet the Antiques Experts-entrance of the Voices of the Land exhibit
Merikay Waldvogel (10:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.)
James Hooper (10:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.)
John Case (10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.)
Terry Faulkner (10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.)
WDVX's "Kidstuff" Music Show with Sean McCullough
(1:00 p.m. - Bilo Nelson Auditorium)
Davy Crockett's Birthday Party
2:15 p.m. Party & Storytelling (Bilo Nelson Auditorium)
Krutch Park Activities:
History Hound Doc Costume Contest
9:30 a.m. - Free Registration
10:15 a.m. - Contest begins on the WDVX Radio & Clayton Country Music Stage
Music in Krutch Park:
WDVX Radio and Clayton Country Music Stage
Emcees: Russ Jeffers and Freddy Smith
11 a.m. Jimbo Whaley & Greenbrier
Noon David West & the Cider Mountain Boys
1 p.m. Jimbo Whaley & Greenbrier
2 p.m. Russ & Becky Jeffers
3 p.m. The Travelin’ Caudills
4 p.m. Liza Jane & Curley Alexander
Other Activities:
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Friends of the Knox County Public Library Book Sale
Checkers Skirmish at Mast General Store
Children's Activities
11:00 a.m.- Woman Suffrage Celebration (at the Memorial)
Living History Timeline:
French and Indian War & Cherokee - Fort Loudoun State Historic Area
1790s - Regiment of Knox County Militia
Pioneer - The Daily Reenactors
William Thomas - Gary Holt
Mexican-American War - Ed Archer
Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln - Tom & Sue Wright
General Robert E. Lee - Jim Young
Civil War - 79th NY Infantry, 8th TN Volunteer Infantry, and Gerald & Sandra Augustus
Civil War Era Baseball - Members of the Knoxville Holstons Vintage Base Ball Team
Suffragists - Woman Suffrage Coalition
World War I- Tennessee State Parks & "The History Campany" with the Southeast Veterans Museum
World War II - Citizens Soldiers
Cold War - Grenzregiment 35
Korean and Vietnam Wars - 35th Infantry Division Living History Group
Various - Tennesseans for Living History
Artist Demonstrations:
Cornhusk dolls
Spinning & Fiber
Primitive items made from quilts
Raku pottery
Clay & Fiber/Natural Dying
Homemade soaps
Vintage repurposed home decor
Spinning & Powder horns
Chair caning & basket weaving
Painting, beaded jewelry & Scarves
Tin & Coppersmithing
Black powder Accouterments
Vintage Baseball:
11:00 a.m.- Warmups and demonstrations
Noon: Game begins (658 Jessamine Street)
Click here to learn about Vintage Baseball
Tennessee Theatre:
11:00 a.m. - Open House and tours of the Tennessee Theatre
11:30 a.m.- A Tribute to John Ward
12:00 p.m. - Open House
12:30 p.m. -The Films of Walther Barth: New High Definition Transfers
1:00 p.m. - Open House
1:30 p.m. - Theaters Segregated in All-America City: Knoxville Desegregation Protests of the early 1960s
2:00 p.m. - Open House
2:30 p.m. - Happy Anniversary Tennessee Theatre!
Patricia Neal: We Knew Her as Patsy
3:30 p.m. - A Face In The Crowd
Click here for more information.
Special Tours:
11:00 a.m.- 3;00 p.m. Historic Homes Bus Tours
Blount Mansion
James White's Fort
Mabry-Hazen House
Bethel Cemetery & Museum
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
WWI Vintage Baseball Game
Old Knoxville HIgh
11:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. Knoxville Walking Tours -"Misbehaving Women"
(Departs from the History Center Entrance)
4:00 p.m. South Knox Waterfront Walking tour with Jack Neely
(Departs from the front of the History Center)
1:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church Stained Glass & Historic Cemetery Tours
(Corner of State Street & Clinch Avenue)