Tennessee STEAM Festival at Murfreesboro Airport

Murfreesboro Municipal Airport hosts its Tennessee STEAM Festival morning alongside the Discovery Center, and the pitch is simple: a field full of aircraft and emergency vehicles, with exhibitors letting families climb in and put hands on the controls.

When: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Murfreesboro Municipal Airport (MBT)

On display: an AH-64E Apache from the 101st Airborne, a UH-60 Blackhawk from the Tennessee Army National Guard, a Vanderbilt LifeFlight helicopter, member-owned experimental aircraft, jet and piston engines, and Murfreesboro Police and Fire and Rescue vehicles. The Experimental Aircraft Association chapter runs a how-airplanes-fly station and flight simulators, and MTSU brings its DA-40 along with its aircraft maintenance lab and drone operations.

Science, technology, engineering, art and math, delivered in the form your kid actually wants it: sitting in a helicopter.