Events, Hiking, Performances, Teas & Talks on the scenic Cumberland Plateau
Historic Rugby hosts a series of hikes, outdoor events, performances, teas, galas, lectures and other events. Find your niche of interest below! Our schedule (all times Eastern) is below but subject to updates, so check back often.
Cemetery Lantern Tour
The Lantern Tour in Rugby’s Laurel Dale Cemetery allows you to meet 9 or 10 former Rugby residents who tell their stories, all true. The accounts come from letters, diaries and other materials in the Historic Rugby Archives. A small group of local singers help set the mood. The Lantern Tour marks its 13th year…
Paint and Sip Workshop
What could be more fun than joining a small group for a painting class while enjoying a glass of wine? Maybe having it in beautiful Historic Rugby’s newly renovated Hester Hall! Instructor Freeman Davenport offers three dates with different themes for this workshop, all Saturdays: July 23 for dandelions, and Sept. 17 for fall color. Times…
Irish Road Bowling
Join in this fun game of Irish Road Bowling or just watch as players divide up into teams and roll and iron ball down Rugby Parkway (now safer with little traffic). The team with the fewest throws from start to finish wins! Their photo is taken with our trophy…
Founders’ Day Celebration & Michaelmas Tea
Help celebrate 15 decades + since Rugby’s founding on the Cumberland Plateau in 1880, our 142nd Anniversary. ALSO this year will mark to the month the 200th anniversary of our founder Thomas Hughes’ birth, Oct. 20,1822! A special program will be included. Hours are 10-5 EDT (9-4 Central). FREE. Take time to and enjoy arts, crafts, food, and music (at…
Irish Road Bowling
Join in this fun game of Irish Road Bowling or just watch as players divide up into teams and roll and iron ball down Rugby Parkway (now safer with little traffic). The team with the fewest throws from start to finish wins! Their photo is taken with our trophy…
Irish Road Bowling
Join in this fun game of Irish Road Bowling or just watch as players divide up into teams and roll and iron ball down Rugby Parkway (now safer with little traffic). The team with the fewest throws from start to finish wins! Their photo is taken with our trophy…
Ghostly Gathering
Historic Rugby presents Ghostly Gathering on two Saturdays, October 22 and 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Eastern. This yearly Halloween-season celebration frequently sells out, and did last year. It is a favorite among village visitors, who enjoy a homemade chili dinner with dessert, followed by oil lamp tours of several historic buildings featuring the “Rugby…
Irish Road Bowling
Join in this fun game of Irish Road Bowling or just watch as players divide up into teams and roll and iron ball down Rugby Parkway (now safer with little traffic). The team with the fewest throws from start to finish wins! Their photo is taken with our trophy…
Historic Rugby Harvest Gala, SOLD OUT
Saturday, Nov 5, 6:30 – 9 PM Eastern/ 5:30-8 Central SORRY, BUT THE EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Enjoy Historic Rugby’s award winning Harvest Gala fundraiser, benefitting Historic Rugby and the Morgan-Scott Project. We’ll have entertainment and dining and a live auction plus a silent auction starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. It will be held in…
Irish Road Bowling
Join in this fun game of Irish Road Bowling or just watch as players divide up into teams and roll and iron ball down Rugby Parkway (now safer with little traffic). The team with the fewest throws from start to finish wins! Their photo is taken with our trophy…
After-Thanksgiving Hike with Jason Miller
Historic Rugby 1331 Rugby Parkway, Rugby, TN, United StatesHike with State Natural Areas’ Jason Miller FRIDAY | NOV. 25 10:00 AM Eastern, Rugby Visitor Centre A FREE “Walk-it-Off” hike helps excuse any Thanksgiving excess so join guide Jason Miller, program administrator for Tennessee State Natural Areas, in this relaxing trek through the Rugby State Natural Area. These moderate hikes range from 1.5 to…
Irish Road Bowling
Join in this fun game of Irish Road Bowling or just watch as players divide up into teams and roll and iron ball down Rugby Parkway (now safer with little traffic). The team with the fewest throws from start to finish wins! Their photo is taken with our trophy…