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Forty-Nine Years of Polished Chrome, Three Days of Judged Competition, and One Free Chance to Win a Corvette in the Smoky Mountains
The 49th annual Corvette Expo and Chevys in the Smokies Spring Show at the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, runs March 19 through 21, 2026, from 9 AM to 5 PM daily, with 100,000 square feet of indoor show cars, a swap meet, sales corral, judged Diamond Awards Show, the Hub City Corvette Club as featured club, a Corvette giveaway, and kids 12 and under admitted free.
Event details
The 49th annual Corvette Expo and Chevys in the Smokies Spring Show, presented by H-J Promotions, fills the LeConte Center at 2986 Teaster Lane in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, March 19 through 21, 2026. Public show hours run Thursday through Saturday, 9 AM to 5 PM, with the Awards Presentation closing the event at 5 PM on Saturday. Admission is $20 per day for adults; children 12 and under are free with an adult purchase. The 2026 featured club is the Hub City Corvette Club, whose members receive two all-access lanyards in lieu of standard event tickets. The Corvette giveaway returns for 2026 with no purchase necessary, just drop your name in the barrel inside the LeConte Center for the chance to win a Corvette.
The Inside Show: 100,000 Square Feet of American Automotive Heritage
The LeConte Center’s full 100,000 square feet of climate-controlled indoor space holds Corvettes, Camaros, Chevelles, and C10s in show-ready condition, each car positioned by EXPO staff on arrival and judged across three mornings before the Saturday awards. Inside show cars must arrive Tuesday 2 to 6 PM or Wednesday 8 AM to 6 PM; cars arriving after Wednesday go directly to the outside Park N Show in the Mountain Lot across Teaster Lane. The swap meet and sales corral run alongside the indoor show, with vendor booths offering parts, accessories, restoration hardware, and automotive memorabilia from across the country. The judged competition runs in multiple classes, with winners announced at the Diamond Awards Presentation on Saturday afternoon. Daily 50/50 drawings and prize giveaways add a participation layer to the show-floor experience throughout all three days.
If You’re Going With Kids: Children 12 and under enter free with a paying adult, making the Corvette Expo one of the more economical three-day indoor family events in the Pigeon Forge spring calendar. The sheer visual range of the show floor, from concours-condition 1953 C1s to current-generation C8 Stingrays, provides a self-guided automotive education for children with any interest in cars at a level of density that no museum collection replicates. The Mountain Lot Park N Show outdoor section provides open air and additional space for families who need it between building visits.
Pigeon Forge Beyond the Show Floor
The LeConte Center sits one block off the Parkway on Teaster Lane, eight miles from Dollywood and within a five-minute drive of the Pigeon Forge Parkway’s full concentration of restaurants, attractions, and the Island in Pigeon Forge entertainment complex. Families combining the car show with a Smoky Mountain stay will find Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Sugarlands entrance approximately 10 minutes south on US-441. For car-show visitors building a multi-night Pigeon Forge base, Lake.com lists cabin and vacation rental options throughout the Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg corridor, providing mountain proximity and domestic comfort across the full three-day event window.
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