{"id":1989685,"date":"2025-08-31T14:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T14:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1989685"},"modified":"2025-08-31T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T14:13:25","slug":"first-responder-cookoff-mountain-music-celebration-and-more-weekend-events-in-the-tri-cities-wjhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/first-responder-cookoff-mountain-music-celebration-and-more-weekend-events-in-the-tri-cities-wjhl\/","title":{"rendered":"First Responder Cookoff, Mountain music celebration and more | Weekend events in the Tri-Cities | WJHL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>TRI-CITIES, Tenn.\/Va. (WJHL) \u2014 A First Responder Cookoff in Mountain City, a mountain music celebration in Johnson County and more are taking place this weekend throughout the Tri-Cities.<\/p>\n<p>Below are events happening throughout the region from Friday, Aug. 29 to Sunday, Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wjhl.com\/wjhl-weather\/forecast\/storm-team-11-warmer-labor-day-weekend-ahead\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"><br \/>\n\t\tStorm Team 11: Warmer Labor Day weekend ahead\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Long Journey Home \u2018Mountain Music\u2019 Celebration<\/h2>\n<p>A festival featuring traditional music that became country music. A musical heritage tour, old-time gospel singing and more will take place throughout the weekend-long event.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jackson Theatre 80th Anniversary<\/h2>\n<p>Live music and classical movie showings to celebrate the Jackson Theatre\u2019s 80th anniversary.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elk Mills\/Poga VFD\u2019s 2nd Annual First Responder Rib Cookoff<\/h2>\n<p>Live music, games, a silent auction, raffles and vendors will be offered. The event is open to the public. Proceeds go towards the rebuild of the Elk Mills-Poga VFD station that was lost during Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graveyard Tales<\/h2>\n<p>Spooky stories of local legends, creepy creatures and lore.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saturday (The 5 p.m. show is for all ages, the 7 p.m. show is intended for ages 12 and up)<\/li>\n<li>McKinney Center, Jonesborough<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/storytellersguild.org\/graveyard-tales\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/storytellersguild.org\/graveyard-tales\/\">More information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Papa Joe Smiddy Mountain Music Festival<\/h2>\n<p>Music festival honoring Dr. Joseph \u201cPapa Joe\u201d Smiddy featuring bluegrass music. Food and craft vendors will be on-site. Admission is free with $5 parking.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sunday, 5 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Natural Tunnel State Park\u2019s amphitheater (1420 Natural Tunnel Parkway, Duffield, Virginia)<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1427337698219001&amp;set=a.949633872656055\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1427337698219001&amp;set=a.949633872656055\">More information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.wjhl.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRI-CITIES, Tenn.\/Va. (WJHL) \u2014 A First Responder Cookoff in Mountain City, a mountain music celebration in Johnson County and more are taking place this weekend throughout the Tri-Cities. Below are events happening throughout the region from Friday, Aug. 29 to Sunday, Aug. 31. 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