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Scenic Roots

Heating Up That Skillet: This Year’s National Cornbread Festival

By Ray Bassett
Published April 22, 2026 at 6:19 PM EDT
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Cookin’ up cornbread.
National Cornbread Festival
Cookin’ up cornbread.

(Aired Mon 4/21/26)

The last weekend in April, the town of South Pittsburg, TN - thirty miles west of Chattanooga in Marion County - hosts the National Cornbread Festival.

This year’s festival, which runs Saturday and Sunday, kicks off with a first-ever “pre-heat party” on Thursday - featuring The War and Treaty with Hannah Dasher at the Princess Theatre.

Beth Duggar is the Festival’s president.

National Cornbread Festival sign.
Will Kirk / National Cornbread Festival

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Ray Bassett
Ray is the host and producer of "Scenic Roots" - Mondays through Thursdays at 3 PM - and WUTC's Editorial Director.
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