| What About Fun?
When it’s
time to have some fun,
ETSU and northeast
Tennessee have a lot to
offer! Here are just a
few of the possibilities
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Live Music |
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Live
Music in Johnson City
and Beyond! Rob Russell's
guide to music venues
in our area
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| Music
Festivals |
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Belle
Chere Festival (Asheville,
NC)
Blue
Plum Festival (Johnson
City, TN)
Brevard
Music Festival (Brevard,
NC)
FunFest
Concert Series
Little
Chicago Blues Festival
(Johnson City, TN)
Merlefest (Wilksboro,
NC)
Music
on the Square (Jonesborough,
TN)
Rhythm
& Roots (Bristol,
TN/VA)
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| Restaurants (all
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The
Place Setting
(
Fred
Sauceman's reviews of
area restaurants)
Alta Cucina
Amigo’s
Applebee’s Neighborhood
Grill & Bar
Atlanta Bread Company
Bennigan's
Blue Pear Grill
Café Pacific
Café 111
Carrabba’s Italian Grill
Cheddar’s Casual
Café
China Chef
China King Buffet
Chili’s Grill &
Bar
Cootie Brown’s
Cow & Coffee
Cranberries
Dixie Barbeque
El Chico
El Matador
FiFi’s Mediterranean
Food
Firehouse Restaurant
& Catering
Fortunes Chinese Restaurant
Galloway’s
Gatsby’s
Gourmet & Company
Inc.
Grady's American Grill
Heavenly Gyros
Hooters
Hemingway's
House Of Ribs
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The Honey Baked Ham Company and Café
International House of Pancakes
Jane's Lunch Box/At Your Service
Johnny Carerras
K. P. Duty Gourmet Shoppe and Café
Logan's Roadhouse
Lone Star SteakhouseMagic Wok
Makato
The Marble Slab Creamery
Misaki Seafood & Steakhouse
Moto Japanese Restaurant
Nascar Café
Natural Foods Market
O’Charley’s
The Olive Garden
Outback Steakhouse
Peerless Steak House
Perkins Restaurant
Piccadilly Cafeteria
Poor Richard’s Deli
Red Lobster
Red Pig Bar-B-Q
Ruby Tuesday Restaurant
Sagebrush Steakhouse
Shoney's Restaurant
Starbuck’s Coffee
Stirfry Cafe
Sunny’s Cafeteria
Super China Buffet
Sushi Blues
Texas Roadhouse
Tony Roma’s Famous for Ribs
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| Shopping |
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Franklin Terrace
(Barnes & Noble,
Chico’s, Soundroom,
etc.)
Johnson City
Crossings (Circuit
City; Home Depot; Bed,
Bath & Beyond; Michaels;
Old Navy; Stein Mart;
etc.)
Mountcastle Shopping
Center (CK Raggs
& Co., Gourmet &
Co., William King Clothiers,
etc.)
Peerless Shopping
Center (Mahoney's
Outfitters, Talbots,
Treasure House, etc.)
Target Center
(Target Store,
Pier 1 Imports, Books-A-Million,
T. J. Maxx, etc.)
The Mall at Johnson
City (Proffitt's,
Sears, JCPenny, Goody's,
Limited Too, Abercrombie
& Fitch, Gap &
Gap Kids, Victoria's
Secret, Bath & Body
Works, etc.)
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| Storytelling
& Theater |
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Barter
Theater (Abingdon,
VA)
ETSU
Theater
International Storytelling
Center (Jonesborough,
TN)
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Regional Festivals |
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Grandfather
Mountain Highland Games
(NC)
Virginia
Highlands Festival
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| Skiing
& Snowboarding |
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Appalachian
Ski Mountain
Cataloochee
Ski Area
Hawksnest
Golf and Ski Resort
Ski
Beech Mountain
Ski
Wolf Laurel
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| Mountain
Biking |
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ETSU
Mountain Bike Club
Mountain
bike rentals at ETSU Center
for Physical Activity
Virginia’s
Creeper Trail |
| Whitewater
Rafting & Kayaking |
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ETSU
Kayaking Club
Kayak
rentals at ETSU Center
for Physical Activity
B-Cliff
Whitewater Rafting
Cherokee
Adventures, Inc.
Nantahala
Outdoor Center, Inc.
USA
Raft
Wahoo’s
Adventures
Watauga
Kayak
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| Hiking
& Climbing |
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Hiking
equipment rentals at
ETSU Center for Physical
Activity
Hiking
the Appalachian Trail
Hiking
in Tennessee
Overmountain
Victory Trail
ETSU
Basler Ropes Challenge
Course
Indoor climbing wall
at ETSU Center for Physical
Activity
Tennessee
Rock Climbing
Table
Rock & Linville Gorge
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| Fun
on Campus |
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Center
for Physical Activity (A
photo tour and guide to ETSU’s premier
recreation and fitness
facility)
ETSU Bucaneers
Intramurals
Student Activities Online Calendar
WETS-FM Radio |
| National
& State Parks |
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Great
Smoky Mountains National
Park
Cherokee
National Forest
Pisgah
National Forest
Blue
Ridge Parkway
Grandfather
Mountain
Rhododendron
Gardens
Roan
Mountain State Park
Sycamore
Shoals State Park
Warriors
Path State Park
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| Camping,
Fishing, Boating, Water-Skiing |
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Camping
equipment rentals at
ETSU Center for Physical
Activity
Campgrounds
Fishing
Fly
Fishing
Watauga Lake
Boone
Lake
TVA-Boone
Dam Conditions
Lakeshore
Resort & Marina
TVA
– Watauga Dam Conditions
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| Golf |
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For links to many excellent
courses within easy driving
of Johnson City, see
the Great
Smoky Mountains Golf
Trail
Buffalo
Valley Golf Course
Pine
Oaks Golf Course
Johnson
City Country Club
Ridges
Golf & Country Club
Disc
Golf at Warriors Path
State Park
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| Racing |
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Bristol
Motor Speedway
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| Museums
and Historical Sites |
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Andrew
Johnson Historical Site
(Greenville, TN)
Bays
Mountain Park (Kingsport,
TN)
Birthplace
of Country Music Alliance
(Bristol, TN-VA)
Carroll
Reece Museum (ETSU)
Carter
Family Memorial Music
Center (Hiltons,
VA)
Davy
Crockett Birthplace State
Park (Greenville,
TN)
Hands-On
Regional Museum (Johnson
City, TN)
Historic
Jonesborough (Jonesborough,
TN)
International
Storytelling Center
(Jonesborough, TN)
Rocky
Mount Historic Village
(Piney Flats, TN)
Slocumb
Gallery (ETSU)
Tipton-Haynes
Historical Site (Johnson
City, TN)
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Regional
Tourism |
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Historic
Jonesborough
Elizabethton/Carter County Tourism Association
Northeast
Tennessee Tourism Association
Tennessee
Tourism
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| Nearby
Travel Destinations |
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Asheville, NC: 1 hour
Atlanta: 5 hours
Charleston, SC: 5 1/2
hours
Charlotte, NC: 3 1/2
hours
Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge,
TN: 1 1/2 hours
Knoxville: 2 hours
Myrtle Beach, SC: 6 1/2
hours
Nashville: 4 1/2 hours
Panama City, FL: 11 hours
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East
Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee
37614
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