Events

  Find holiday events and specials all month long! The season kicks off with A Trail Town Christmas Parade on the first Friday at 7pm in downtown Damascus. The community parade features a Parade Float Contest and the Damascus Loves Dogs Holiday Costume Contest. Santa will be at the Fire Hall after the parade.

The Appalachian Trail Days Festival is the biggest event of the year in Damascus and the world’s largest celebration of the Appalachian Trail and hiker culture! Each year in May, the town swells to an estimated 25,000 people for the festival. You can expect a grand reunion of thru-hikers past and present, over a hundred […]