Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Festival 2024
Bigfoot sightings, guest speakers, live music, 75+ vendors, and 30+ food trucks…you won’t want to miss this year’s event!
Date and time
Location
Townsend Visitors Center
7906 East Lamar Alexander Parkway Townsend, TN 37882Refund Policy
About this event
Join us in Townsend, TN on May 4, 2024 for the 4th Annual Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Festival!
Lineup (Speakers)
- Ron Morehead – Adventurer, Researcher & Author
- Russell Acord – Travel Channel's “Expedition Bigfoot”
- Ronny LeBlanc – Travel Channel’s “Expedition Bigfoot”
- Turtleman – Animal Planet’s “Call of the Wildman”
- Buck, Huckleberry, Wild Bill, & Willy – Travel Channel’s Mountain Monsters
- R. Scott Nelson – Crypto-Linguist
- Diamond Jim Bordwine
Live Music by Solo Not Solo, SlashSquatch, and BigToeven
The Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Festival is family-friendly and pet-friendly with kid zone, vendors, and food trucks on-site.
Please note that there is limited handicap access.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. There is on-site parking available. All proceeds benefit the Townsend Fire Department. Parking will be $25 cash only, unless you purchase VIP parking in advance.
VIP parking includes a guaranteed parking spot in close proximity to the festival grounds.
If parking on the festival grounds doesn't sell out in advance, you will be able to purchase parking day-of. Note that only cash will be accepted. Other locations throughout Townsend will offer parking as well.
Yes, tickets are available for purchase day-of for $15.
Children 10 and under are free and no ticket is needed.
Yes. Details and tickets can be found at https://bigvib.com/.
Yes, the event is pet-friendly. Please be a responsible owner and always keep your dog on a leash. Please also bring bags to clean up your dog's waste.
Autographs are free with purchase of 8x10 or merchandise. If you bring your own item, autographs are $10. Photographs with guests are free.
Yes! There will be a variety of activities that the whole family to enjoy.
Gates open at 9:30 am, programming begins at 10:00 am.
Your race entry includes parking for the festival (a $25 savings) and free entry to the event. If you move your car after the race, you'll be asked to pay $25 for parking. Your non-running companions will need to pay the $15 entry fee (or $10 advance purchase).
The majority of this outdoor festival will take place in a field. Our VIP parking option secures parking adjacent to the entry gate, but please note that there is uneven ground and gravel walking paths throughout festival footprint.
Yes, we do allow you to bring refillable water bottles into the festival footprint. There is a filling station on-site and water available for purchase.
We do allow you to enter the festival with a bag; however, any bags are subject to search by our security team.
Yes, we do encourage you to bring your own chair(s).
No, please do not bring in outside food or drink into the festival footprint. We do allow refillable water bottles. No coolers are allowed.
Yes, a shuttle will run between the festival grounds (Townsend Visitors Center), Little Arrow Outdoor Resort, Burger Master, Company Distilling, Cades Cove Jeep Outpost/Bigfoot in the Smokies, Townsend Mercantile, The Townsend Abbey, Beyond the Barn, Apple Valley, and Cades Cove Cellars.
No, we do not allow attendees to bring canopies or tents into the festival footprint.