In addition to the Smoky Mountain Air Show mentioned below, here are some other local events this weekend:
Earth Day Celebration: EarthFest 2016 will be held on Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the World’s Fair Park performance lawn in downtown Knoxville. There will be over 60 exhibitors and attractions. More info...
Orange and White Game: The Tennessee Volunteers football team's annual Orange and White Game is this Saturday, 2PM, at Neyland Stadium. Admission is free, and there is free parking all over campus. There is also a Fan Day event before the game to meet coaches and players and get autographs. More info...
Cumberland Ave. Merchants Selfie With Smokey: The Cumberland Avenue Merchant's Association is sponsoring a Selfie With Smokey promotion. Fans can shoot selfies of themselves with cutouts of UT’s Smokey and the logos of participating businesses to become eligible for the drawings, such as gift cards from the Hilton Garden Inn and Copper Cellar. More info...
Dogwood Arts Festival: Dogwood trails officially open on Friday, April 15. On Saturday, April 16h and Sunday April 17th, the Dogwood Arts Festival hosts the Art DeTOUR, a two-day event where local artists welcome the public into their actual studio space to experience the working creative process as the artist demonstrates the making of a work of art. More info...
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What the...shame shame shame on you Randy!
I am officially revoking your "geeking cyber cutting edge cool card!" You sir have let me down... Just kidding my friend, however you did miss a huge awesomeness event and I hope you can add this and even isolate this in a post.
So here we go...For those that love Space we have a very cool event happening this weekend that happens not often! We got the International Space Station flying almost directly overhead of Knoxville.
Sun Apr 17, 9:20 PM 3 min 87° 29° above NW 36° above SE
This week actually is really jam packed with some great opportunites to see the International Space Station. See below!
Now for those that have not experienced the fun of seeing the ISS here are my tips.
1) Download a couple stargazing apps. Most include the ISS so it will be real easy to spot. Some quick ones that I have on my phone include Skyview, Skeye, ISS Tracker, ISS Detector...
2)Go to (link...)
3)That's it. In conclusion this is going to be a kind of cool way to end the crazy weekend. With Smokies Baseball, and Bristol along with everything else, this will kind of make the perfect ending for the entire family. To go out and watch the most advanced scientific device fly literally almost right over your house.
Here is the flight path for the next few coming days.
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Thu Apr 14, 8:44 PM 2 min 11° 10° above N 10° above NE Facebook Twitter
Thu Apr 14, 10:20 PM < 1 min 24° 19° above NW 24° above NW Facebook Twitter
Fri Apr 15, 9:28 PM 3 min 34° 12° above NNW 30° above ENE Facebook Twitter
Sat Apr 16, 8:35 PM 5 min 20° 10° above NNW 11° above ENE Facebook Twitter
Sat Apr 16, 10:12 PM < 1 min 29° 21° above WNW 29° above W Facebook Twitter
Sun Apr 17, 9:20 PM 3 min 87° 29° above NW 36° above SE Facebook Twitter
Mon Apr 18, 8:32 PM < 1 min 13° 13° above ESE 11° above ESE Facebook Twitter
Mon Apr 18, 10:04 PM 2 min 14° 10° above W 14° above SW Facebook Twitter
Tue Apr 19, 9:13 PM 4 min 29° 25° above W 11° above SSE Facebook Twitter
Thu Apr 21, 9:04 PM 2 min 11° 10° above WSW 10° above SW Facebook Twitter
Last Updated: Feb 26, 2016
Thanks for the tip Dan. Just
(in reply to danandrews)
Thanks for the tip Dan. Just saw the ISS. Will look again tomorrow night.
Also thanks for the tip on Skyview. Was using Google Sky Maps which they abandoned. The open source version is still being maintained, but it doesn't track ISS.
Skyview is a great replacement with lots more features.
It's Bristol Baby, NASCAR comes to East Tennessee
At one point in time, Tennessee had more NASCAR races than any other state with 5 races in Bristol two cups, two Busch races, one truck race, two Busch races in Nashville, and two Busch races in Memphis.
Unfortunately, NASCAR doesn't stop in Memphis or Nashville anymore, the only stop being Bristol, but it's racing at it's rural roots and a motorsport that everyone should experience along the way.
EarthFest 2016
EarthFest 2016 is the perfect productive alternative to the celebration of death and destruction happening at the airport.