Whether you love country, bluegrass, rock, or pop, Gatlinburg has tunes to get your toes tapping! Head for these live music venues for the best music and food in town.
1. Ole Red
Country star Blake Shelton owns Ole Red, where up-and-coming country acts take the stage all day and into the evening. Ole Red dishes up lunch, dinner and drinks, and the first music act starts when the doors open at 11 a.m.!
2. Jimmy's Smokehouse & Pizza Joint
This down-home restaurant serves BBQ, comfort food, burgers and pizza, all seasoned with tasty, local music. Tuesdays through Saturdays, listen to everything from classic rock and pop to country and acoustic music.
3. Gatlinburg Brewing Company
Enjoy live music while you drink locally made craft beers. Gatlinburg Brewing Company’s specialties are pizzas and hearty pub appetizers like wings, soft pretzels with beer cheese, and spicy jalapeno cheese sticks.
4. Smoky Mountain Brewery
Local bands play nightly at this brewery pub, where you can sample unique beers as well as cocktails, whiskeys and wines. Wings with house-made sauces are a signature dish, with sandwiches, entrees, pizzas and calzones.
5. Anakeesta
This mountain top theme park spotlights bluegrass, country, fiddling, roots rock and more, outdoors at Black Bear Village. Dine at the park’s eateries, or grab a dessert or a beer, and settle down to listen, with Smokies peaks surrounding you.
6. Ole Smoky Moonshine Distillery
Taste real moonshine, the famous “white lightning” once distilled illegally in backwoods stills, now legit and made in downtown Gatlinburg! While you sample flavored ‘shine, listen to live bluegrass music on stage at the heart of the distillery.
7. Shamrock Lounge Pub & Eatery
With live music and karaoke daily, this pub is always lively! Music ranges from rock to pop to traditional Irish music. Hit the dance floor or drink in the rooftop bar. Food includes Irish favorites like cottage pie and bangers and mash, plus fish and chips, cheesesteaks and sandwiches.
8. Tom and Earl’s Back Alley Grill
Friday and Saturday nights, enjoy dinner with a side of music from country artist Denver Evans. He’s toured the world and now calls Gatlinburg home. The Back Alley Grill features burgers, wraps, apps, beer and unusual cocktails to sip while you’re kicking back with Denver’s tunes.
Stay in a Gatlinburg cabin rental and you’re close to all these live music venues. Visit a new one each night on your Gatlinburg vacation!
