Gatlinburg Winter Festival & Chili Cookoff

Mountain Mall to Gatlinburg Skypark

• Date: 11/12/2026
• Starts: 5:00pm
• Ends: 9:00pm

Kick off the holiday season on the Parkway. This free street festival stretches from Mountain Mall to Gatlinburg SkyPark under more than a million twinkling lights. Sample chili from local competitors, enjoy live music and carolers, go ice skating, try axe throwing, and snap photos with Santa and the giant inflatable snow globe. A VIP experience is also available, with a local distillery visit before the event.

Learn more: https://www.gatlinburg.com/event/gatlinburg-winter-festival-%26-chili-cookoff/16/

Image courtesy of the Gatlinburg Convention & Visitors Bureau