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Lanterns: Light Up the Night

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport

Create a lantern to carry at the Kingsport ARTS Festival kick-off, Light Up the Night! Create colorful, chaotic paper lanterns with us at The Inventor Center! We encourage you to […]

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Keep Kingsport Beautiful Downtown Kingsport Cleanup

Downtown Kingsport Broad Street, Kingsport

Come join our city wide cleanup effort! Meet at the parking lot across from Chef's Pizza. Trash bags, disposable gloves, trash grabbers, and safety vests will be provided. For more […]

“One Sky: To Seek Far”

Bays Mountain Park 853 Bays Mountain Park Road, Kingsport

This special program is the first of a two-part series that includes short stories representing the perspective of different cultures or indigenous societies from around the globe. Each story features […]

$6.00

Lanterns: Light Up the Night

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport

Create a lantern to carry at the Kingsport ARTS Festival kick-off, Light Up the Night! Create colorful, chaotic paper lanterns with us at The Inventor Center! We encourage you to […]

Dining with The Wolves

Bays Mountain Park 853 Bays Mountain Park Road, Kingsport

See the wolf pack enjoy a tasty meal. Meet at the Wolf Habitat. Free Program! Photo by Jay Huron

Free

“Appalachian Skies”

Bays Mountain Park 853 Bays Mountain Park Road, Kingsport

“Appalachian Skies” will take visitors on a majestic tour of the current evening sky using the spectacular Zeiss optical star projector instrument. Its fiber-optic generated star field is stunning and […]

$6.00

SunWatch

Bays Mountain Park 853 Bays Mountain Park Road, Kingsport

SunWatch This free observing program is held by the dam and is offered every clear Saturday & Sunday, 3p-3:30p, March-October. Safely view the Sun in detail! Observe sunspots and more that […]

Free

Bobcat Keeper Talk

Bays Mountain Park 853 Bays Mountain Park Road, Kingsport

Come meet our animal care staff and learn a little bit about our resident bobcats, Carter and Cash. This is a free program. Pre-registration is not required.

“One Sky: To Seek Far”

Bays Mountain Park 853 Bays Mountain Park Road, Kingsport

This special program is the first of a two-part series that includes short stories representing the perspective of different cultures or indigenous societies from around the globe. Each story features […]

$6.00

Gabriel Knows Everything @ Gypsy Cider Circus

Gypsy Circus Cider Company 2645 Fort Henry Drive, Kingsport

"My name is Gabriel and I'm an alternative singer-songwriter from Asheville, North Carolina. I say alternative because I really enjoy to bend genres towards my guitar-playing and live performances - […]

Daniel Byrd’s Boogie Machine @ Model City Taphouse

Model City Tap House 151 E. Main St. Suite #1, Kingsport

Daniel Byrd's Boogie Machine brings Groovy Blues and Electric Soul for the People! Y'all come out and join us for a night of live music with Daniel Byrd's Boogie Machine […]

Jon King at The Reserve

The Reserve 201 East Center Street, Kingsport

Jon King is a singer-songwriter from Piney Flats, Tennessee specializing in southern outlaw country. Bring your crew to the show tonight at 8pm.

StarWatch

Bays Mountain Park 853 Bays Mountain Park Road, Kingsport

StarWatch Night viewing (StarWatch) is held each Saturday in the months of March, April, October & November, starting at dusk at the observatories. If poor weather, an alternate live presentation […]

Free

EVENT CALENDAR PURPOSE AND CRITERIA

A calendar has been created called the This is Kingsport events calendar which will serve as a non-public forum to provide citizens with information about social and organizational gatherings held within the city. The city will disseminate information to the public through this online calendar about social and organizational gatherings which are conducted or promoted by community partners with which the city currently has partnership agreements. Additionally, social or organizational gatherings held on city owned property to which the public at large is invited will be published on this calendar.

Each year the city enters into partnership agreements with multiple community partners some of whom in turn support the city by organizing events or promoting events of members and affiliates. By creating a common source for the dissemination of information about community events the city will be furthering its support of those community partners which in turn support the city. Moreover, the city wishes to and will benefit from highlighting gatherings which will be of benefit and enjoyment to the public.

Community partners may communicate their events or those which they promote to the city which will disseminate the information through the event calendar. Furthermore, the city of Kingsport will publish on the calendar those community events which are held on city property. In order to achieve the city’s goals only those events described herein will be published on the This is Kingsport event calendar which will be curated by city staff.