Historic Jonesborough

04/04/2025

Weekly Hiking Group 🥾🚶‍♂️

We're looking for volunteers to help lead our weekly hiking groups in Jonesborough! If you love being outdoors and encouraging others, this is a great opportunity to get involved and support your community!

Weekly Walk Schedule:
☀Monday Morning Walks at 9 AM - Begins at the Visitors Center and includes a scenic walk through Historic Downtown Jonesborough!
☀Thursday Evening Walks at 6 PM - 4-mile roundtrip walk from Persimmon Ridge Park to the Washington County Courthouse & back!

If you are interested in volunteering to lead these weekly walks, please contact Chris Kudera, Parks & Rec. Director, via email at [email protected]!

04/02/2025

Don't miss the 2025 Music on the Square Fundraiser on April 11th at the McKinney Center from 6 to 8 p.m.🎶🎺🎉

Join us for:
🎙 Live music from JP Mathes & John Suits
🥪 Heavy Hors d'oeuvres from Main Street Cafe and Catering
✨ Silent & Live Auction
🎉 Exclusive first look at the 2025 Music on the Square Lineup
👚 Early Access to new 2025 Music on the Square Merchandise

All proceeds from the fundraiser go to support our summer concert series, Music on the Square, a free event open to the public every Friday evening at 7 p.m. during the months of May through September. 🎶🎸

Tickets to this event are $50 for general admission and $350 for a table of 8 and can be purchased at Jonesborough.com/MOTS 🎵

03/31/2025

Spring is in the air here in Downtown Jonesborough💛💐💗

has a fun line-up of movies playing this weekend to celebrate:

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - April 3rd at 7 p.m.
The Lost Boys - April 4th at 7 p.m.
The Searchers - April 5th at 3 p.m.
Unforgiven - April 5th at 7 p.m.
Wicked - April 6th at 3 p.m.

Get your tickets at thejacksontheatre.com 🎟

03/29/2025

03/27/2025

Happy Throwback Thursday☀️

We wanted to share an old photo of the Post Office Building located on 117 West Main Street!✉️

This building is now home to the iconic 🥗 just one of our favorite stops to grab a bit to eat for lunch any day!🤤

03/26/2025

Don't miss the 2025 Music on the Square Fundraiser on April 11th! 🎉🎶 Join us at the McKinney Center from 6 to 8 p.m. and enjoy local food, live music, a silent auction, and a live auction!

Tickets to this event are $50 for general admission and $350 for a table of 8 and can be purchased at the link in our bio! 🎟️

For more information on Music on the Square, check out Jonesborough.com/MOTS 🎵

03/25/2025

2025 Easter Eggstravaganza🐰🌷🎉

Join us on Saturday, April 19th from 12 to 3 p.m. for a day packed with family-friendly activities at the International Storytelling Center, Jimmy Neil Smith Park, Jonesborough Central Christian Church, and The Christopher Taylor House!

From photos with the Easter Bunny to face painting, children's crafts, an Officer K-9 meet and greet, Touch-a-Truck, and the Funny Farm Animal Experience, there's something for everyone to enjoy!🐣🐰

And of course, don't miss out on the egg hunt in Jimmy Neil Smith Park, where kids ages 12 and under can search for over 5,000 candy and toy-filled eggs! With egg hunt divisions for every age group, it's guaranteed to be an egg-stra special time! 🥚🍭

Plus, the Jonesborough Parks & Recreation Department will host its first-ever Sensory Easter Egg Hunt on Friday, April 19, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Lincoln Park, behind the Jonesborough Senior Center, following the Easter Eggstravaganza in Downtown Jonesborough from 12 to 3 p.m. This inclusive event is designed for individuals of all ages with disabilities or those who benefit from a calmer, slower-paced environment! 🐰🌷

For more information, please visit jonesborough.com/easter 🐣

03/23/2025

Donald Davis, one of America’s favorite master storytellers, is coming to The Jackson Theatre on April 22 & 23 at 7:30 p.m. 😃

The two-night storytelling concert will feature Davis telling different stories each evening! 🎙

General Admission tickets are $16, get yours today at jonesborough.com/tickets🎟

03/21/2025

Everyone has a story to share, and we want to hear yours! 👂

Call the McKinney Center or the Jonesborough Senior Center to reserve a 30-minute time slot between 9:00-12:00 during Listening Days on Tuesday, March 25th! Area residents are encouraged to come and share personal stories about moving to Jonesborough, immigrating to the United States, service stories from the Armed Forces, humorous tales about miscommunication, and cooking adventures gone wrong.📖

We're a little less than two weeks away from Listening Day at the Jonesborough Senior Center. Everyone has a story to share, and we want to hear yours. Call the McKinney Center or the Senior Center to reserve a 30-minute time slot between 9:00-12:00 that Tuesday.

03/20/2025

We want to send a huge thank you to Hatch Show Print for donating some letterpress posters to our 2025 Music on the Square Fundraiser 🎉

Make sure to get tickets to the Music on the Sqaure Fundraiser at Jonesborough.com/MOTS and you'll have the chance to bid on letterpress posters for Tyler Hubbard, Lynard Skynard, Miranda Lambert, Billy Strings, and so much more! 🪕

Tickets are $50 for general admission and $350 for a table of 8! The fundraiser takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. featuring local food, live music, a silent auction, and a live auction at the McKinney Center. 🎟

We're still accepting donation items for our silent and live auction! Please message us here or email [email protected] with more information, we'd greatly appreciate any donations!🤍

All proceeds from the fundraiser go to support Music on the Square, a free event open to the public every Friday evening at 7 p.m. during the months of May through September. 🎶🎸

03/19/2025

Get ready for our 2025 Music on the Square Fundraiser on April 11th! 🎉🎶

The fundraiser takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. featuring local food, live music, a silent auction, and a live auction at the McKinney Center.

Tickets to this event are $50 for general admission and $350 for a table of 8 and can be purchased at Jonesborough.com/MOTS 🎟️🍽️

All proceeds from the fundraiser go to support Music on the Square, a free event open to the public every Friday evening at 7 p.m. during the months of May through September. 🎶🎸

The fundraiser takes place from 6 to 8 p.m., featuring local food, live music, a silent auction, and a live auction at the McKinney Center.

03/19/2025

You don't want to miss this 4-day Impasto painting and mosaic workshop at the McKinney Center💐

Register at https://tinyurl.com/32n28n9c or call 423-753-0562 for more info!📞

💐Take the Flower Painting & Vase Mosaic class starting this March!💐
For 9th grade - adults, this 4-day Impasto painting and mosaic workshop is for the person who wants to try painting and mosaics without prior knowledge. Students will create a beautiful flower bouquet using water-soluble oil paint in a mosaic vase. The style is intuitive, casual, and abstract. The canvas is a 12x16" flat board that will fit your chosen frame (not included). This is a great workshop to take with family or friends!
Register at https://tinyurl.com/32n28n9c or call 423-753-0562 for more info!

03/17/2025

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!🍀🤩💚

You all sold out our St. Paddy’s Festival shirts in under an hour😱 To celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, we’re opening up preorders for our festival shirts & here is the link to preorder:

https://townofjonesborough.regfox.com/st-paddys-day-t-shirt-form

The festival shirts are $25 and they are a fundraiser for our free summer concert series, Brews & Tunes, which happens every Sunday June-September in Downtown Jonesborough!🎶

Preorders will close on Wednesday, March 19th at 4 p.m. The festival shirts will be ready for pickup on April 14th at the Jonesborough Visitors Center!

03/17/2025

The Town of Jonesborough is applying for a grant through the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Office of Outdoor Recreation. The Town of Jonesborough Parks & Recreation department will be hosting a Community Input Meeting regarding the First Frontier Trail project on March 21st at 6 p.m. at the Jonesborough Visitors Center!

The proposed project will include the development of a park/trail head at the southwest side of the former Jonesborough Middle School property and 9,500 linear feet of recreation trails. The proposed park/trail head will offer parking, restroom facility, bike skills park, and track. The proposed trails will connect the park/rail head to existing trails at East Main Street and continue along East Main Street to the city limits of Johnson City.

In addition, connector trails would be constructed from Spring Street to Scott Lane and May Drive from W College St to the trails being constructed at Saylor’s Place, creating a connector to Tiger Park. The full Project Proposal Presentation is available on the Town’s website at jonesboroughtn.org/firstfrontier
If you have any questions, you may contact Jonesborough Town Hall at (423) 753-1030.

Please let us know your comments below! Comments are encouraged by March 22, 2025.

03/16/2025

Our hearts are heavy about the passing of Jimmy Neil Smith, former mayor of Jonesborough and founder and president emeritus of the International Storytelling Center.

"As a teacher, a journalist, and a community leader, he recognized the power of storytelling to help people work better and live more meaningful lives. His stewardship of the art form would go on to inform and inspire not just other festivals across the nation, but also the work of influential organizations like StoryCorps and the Moth." -International Storytelling Center

The International Storytelling Center is saddened to announce the passing of our founder and president emeritus Jimmy Neil Smith, who died on Saturday, March 15 after a long illness.

Jimmy Neil was a visionary — “a country boy with a dream,” in his words — who organized the folk-art revival of storytelling in the twentieth century. By creating the National Storytelling Festival and, later, the parent organization that would become the International Storytelling Center, he changed the face of the arts in the United States.

Read the full statement here https://www.storytellingcenter.net/news/isc-announces-the-passing-of-our-founder-and-president-emeritus-jimmy-neil-smith/

03/16/2025

What was your favorite part of the St. Paddy's Festival in Downtown Jonesborough?! 🍻🐮☘️🦉

03/13/2025

Tennessee Vacation says come to Downtown Jonesborough, wear your green, and celebrate with us at Jonesborough's 2025 St. Paddy's Celebration 💚🎉🍀

Read full festival details at jonesborough.com/stpaddys 🍀

03/12/2025

Adopt a Highland Cow Plushie🐮💚

Back by popular demand, on Saturday, March 15th starting at 11 a.m., we will have Adopt a Highland Cow Plushies for sale for $25 at the Information Tent located in front of the International Storytelling Center🐮🤎

They sold out in less than an hour last year, so make to get there early & get your’s to celebrate with during our St. Paddy’s Festival🤩🍀🇮🇪*Limited Supply Available*