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Some events don’t need big productions or flashy stages to feel memorable — they just need good music, good people, and a place to bring them together. This weekend at the Aquatseli Bluegrass Festival, all of that came together under a wide Tennessee sky. The soundscape alone was worth the trip: banjos ringing, fiddles weaving melodies through the park, harmonies rising and falling like they were stitched into the humidity. And while the music carried everything forward, the

Dandridge, Tennessee isn’t your average small town. It’s one of those places where the history isn’t tucked away in a museum — it’s woven into the streets, the buildings, even the way people talk about their community. Named after Martha Dandridge Washington, our nation’s first First Lady, it stands as Tennessee’s second-oldest town. And when the Scots-Irish Festival comes around, that history doesn’t just sit quietly in the background — it steps out into the open. Walking th