The 2025 SERA Cave Carnival will be hosted by the East Tennessee Grotto on the weekend of May 2-4, 2025. It will be held at East Fork Stables in Jamestown, Tennessee. This beautiful location offers luxury camping in level forested camp sites and hot showers. There are approximately 2000 caves within a 50 mile radius and over 70 miles of cave passage on the property, within the beautiful Obey river gorge!
Please note that the deadline for pre-registration pricing is April 1, 2025(no joke!)
Click here to register:
Other Lodging and Cabins: For those interested in renting a cabin for the event, there are limited cabins available to rent on the event site and several cabins available in the Jamestown area. Please contact East Fork Stables for more information or to reserve.
The Jordan Hotel is within a mile of the event site.
There are numerous other cabin and B&B options in the area:
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Please consider volunteering for helping in some capacity at the 2025 SERA Cave Carnival. By serving as a volunteer you will receive a free Volunteer T-shirt, meet lots of friendly cavers and help make the Cave Carnival even better. You can choose a category and sign up using the following links:
VENDORS: A comprehensive vendor package is avaiable HERE. It should contain all the registration, space, power and logistics information for setting up your storefront at East Fork Stables campground. If you have further questions, please email: easttngrotto@gmail.com.
SATURDAY NIGHT BAND: Those of you who remember "King Super and the Excellents", our band from 2015 at this same venue, you may recall their "Excellent" performance from Grateful Dead to Pink Floyd to the Beatles and some of their own spontaneous improv tunes such as "Pizza Ninjas". We are fortunate and excited to have the "Tennessee Stifflegs" playing Saturday evening. They are headed up by, among others, Mr. Samuel Quinn who was also a core member of "King Super and the Excellents". This is a professional band and is sure have you swingin'!!!
