Looks like Riley Green is opening a new Duck Blind location. According to WDEF News 12 out of Chattanooga, the country star is looking to expand his Duck Blind location outside of Nashville, with a new one in the tourist destination of Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the works.
Visit My Smokies shared what little details are currently available, saying it was confirmed by Smoky Mountain Faith, Food & Fun on Facebook that the architecture group responsible for the build shared it was for a new Duck Blind location, which will seemingly be in partnership with Tennessee Shine Co., a distillery that specializes in small-batch moonshine, flavored whiskeys, bourbon, and wine with multiple locations in places like Pigeon Forge and Sevierville too.
Green’s bar will reportedly be located right above the current Tennessee Shine Co. on the Parkway in Gatlinburg, which will continue to operate on the street level, and Duck Blind will take over the second and third level after renovations.
They shared a post on Instagram last week with a duck, saying in the caption that real fans will get the hint:
“Only the realest fans will know.”
I have to imagine it’s a reference to the duck man himself, Mr. Green:
Of course, Riley opened the first location of his Duck Blind location in midtown Nashville in 2024, which is in the old Winners building right next to Losers, and considering Gatlinburg is home to bars owned by other country stars in Blake Shelton’s Ole Red and Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar, it makes a ton of sense that Riley would eye a second location for Duck Blind in such a huge tourist destination like Gatlinburg.
This news has yet to be confirmed by Green himself, but all signs point to the fact that a second Duck Blind location is on the way, though obviously no further details in terms of an opening date or anything of that nature are available yet.
Riley is already off to a busy start to 2026, as he’s already done a tour run in Australia and will kick off the rest of his Cowboy As It Gets Tour in April.
Riley Green 2026 Tour Dates:
March 20th, 2026 – Ipswich, Australia – CMC Rocks QLD^+=
April 11th, 2026 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Tortuga Music Festival
April 16th, 2026 – Southaven, MS – Landers Center#~$
April 17th, 2026 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center#~$
April 18th, 2026 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena#~$
May 7th, 2026 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion#~•
May 8th, 2026 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre#~•
June 18th, 2026 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center#~•
June 19th, 2026 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center#~•
June 20th, 2026 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater#~•
June 25th, 2026 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center#$*
June 26th, 2026 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake#$*
July 16th, 2026 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center#~•
July 23rd, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre#~•
August 6th, 2026 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater#/•
August 7th, 2026 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center#/•
August 8th, 2026 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live#/•
August 13th, 2026 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion#/•
August 14th, 2026 – Hartford, CT – The XFINITY Theatre#/•
August 15th, 2026 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheatre#/•
August 21st, 2026 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford#$*^
August 22nd, 2026 – Grand Forks, ND – Ralph Engelstad Arena#$*
#Justin Moore
~Drake White
$Mackenzie Carpenter
Hannah McFarland
*Adam Hood
/Zach John King
^Braxton Keith
+Jake Worthington
=Bella Mackenzie
