McEwen Irish Picnic

Might want to mark your calendar for the weekend of late July. Those are the dates of an annual festival in McEwen, TN. The McEwen Irish Picnic is said to be the oldest continuously running festival in the state. Since we’re celebrating 25 years of Tennessee Crossroads, we thought it might be fun to relive our first visit back in 1992.

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Might want to mark your calendar for the weekend of July 27 and 28. Those are the dates of an annual festival in McEwen. The Irish Picnic is said to be the oldest continuously running festival in the state. Since we're celebrating 25 years of TNX, we thought it might be fun to relive our first visit back in 1992.

Each year's picnic is held in July.

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