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Events, Hiking, Performances, Teas & Talks on the scenic Cumberland Plateau

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.

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  • Irish Road Bowling on Rugby Parkway

    Recurring
    Historic Rugby 1331 Rugby Parkway, Rugby, TN, United States

    Enjoy a FREE outdoor participant/spectator game of Irish Road Bowling right in the middle of Rugby on slightly traveled Rugby Parkway. Teams form as the game starts, depending on who…

  • Queen’s Tea (Sold Out)

    Hester Hall 121 Cumberland Avenue South, Rugby, TN, United States

    Sorry, but this event is fully booked. If you have a ticket, we look forward to seeing you. Please watch our events for upcoming tea opportunities! Enjoy teatime & accompanying…

  • Irish Road Bowling on Rugby Parkway

    Recurring
    Historic Rugby 1331 Rugby Parkway, Rugby, TN, United States

    Enjoy a FREE outdoor participant/spectator game of Irish Road Bowling right in the middle of Rugby on slightly traveled Rugby Parkway. Teams form as the game starts, depending on who…

  • Third Saturday Hike

    Historic Rugby Visitor Centre 1331 Rugby Parkway, Rugby, TN, United States

    Join the Friends of Rugby State Natural Area for a free guided hike each month on the third Saturday.  NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. This hike should show us some of the…

  • Rugby Cornet Band FREE Concert

    Rebecca Johnson Theatre in Historic Rugby's Visitor Centre 1331 Rugby Parkway, Rugby, TN, United States

    Hear a free concert with a variety of selections sure to entertain everyone. In the Rebecca Johnson Theatre of the Historic Rugby Visitor Centre. Our Cornet Band has grown to…

  • Irish Road Bowling on Rugby Parkway

    Recurring
    Historic Rugby 1331 Rugby Parkway, Rugby, TN, United States

    Enjoy a FREE outdoor participant/spectator game of Irish Road Bowling right in the middle of Rugby on slightly traveled Rugby Parkway. Teams form as the game starts, depending on who…

  • Irish Road Bowling on Rugby Parkway

    Recurring
    Historic Rugby 1331 Rugby Parkway, Rugby, TN, United States

    Enjoy a FREE outdoor participant/spectator game of Irish Road Bowling right in the middle of Rugby on slightly traveled Rugby Parkway. Teams form as the game starts, depending on who is there. All ages! Takes about one hour on the route used.  Play or just watch as the game proceeds west, then east. We yell…

  • Irish Road Bowling on Rugby Parkway

    Historic Rugby 1331 Rugby Parkway, Rugby, TN, United States

    Enjoy a FREE outdoor participant/spectator game of Irish Road Bowling right in the middle of Rugby on slightly traveled Rugby Parkway. Teams form as the game starts, depending on who is there. All ages! Takes about one hour on the route used.  Play or just watch as the game proceeds west, then east. We yell…

  • ‘Paint & Sip’ Art Class

    Hester Hall 121 Cumberland Avenue South, Rugby, TN, United States

    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 Hester Hall! Artist and instructor Freeman Davenport with The Gallery at Rugby will lead the group through an exploration of painting as you create your own work of…

  • Irish Road Bowling on Rugby Parkway

    Recurring
    Historic Rugby 1331 Rugby Parkway, Rugby, TN, United States

    Enjoy a FREE outdoor participant/spectator game of Irish Road Bowling right in the middle of Rugby on slightly traveled Rugby Parkway. Teams form as the game starts, depending on who is there. All ages! Takes about one hour on the route used.  Play or just watch as the game proceeds west, then east. We yell…

  • Cabaret Night CANCELLED

    Hester Hall 121 Cumberland Avenue South, Rugby, TN, United States

    SORRY BUT WE JUST LEARNED July 5 that this event is cancelled on account of "unavoidable challenges." REFUNDS for those who have purchased tickets will be issued by the Appalachian Society for the Arts. Another date may be forthcoming, the Players say. Hear the Plateau Players' take on '50s and '60s tunes in this Musical…

  • “Clocks Are Like Angels” play

    Rebecca Johnson Theatre in Historic Rugby's Visitor Centre 1331 Rugby Parkway, Rugby, TN, United States

    Murfreesboro Little Theatre proudly presents Tennessee playwright, Kyle R. Thomas’s, “Clocks Are Like Angels.” This FREE ADMISSION play takes place in a small town in East Tennessee in 1933, when the TVA began dam construction and started buying up land and displacing families. The story opens with a family burying their fifth baby, and later…