Fall for Gatlinburg Arts & Crafts

Traveling with your shopping buddies or fellow collectors? Plan to visit The Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair in October. The event draws artisan and crafts vendors from all over the nation, featuring 200 booths of unique handmade products for sale. Makers demonstrate their talents and craft wares onsite, after earning their spots through a rigorous jury process. You’ll find jewelry, pottery, artwork, leather goods, local candy, photography…and so much more! Admission includes a multi-day pass upgrade for free. Kids under 17 enter for free with an adult admission.

This November, members of the Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community will come together for their annual Thanksgiving show at the Gatlinburg Convention Center. An 8-mile loop with more than 80 independent resident artists and craftspeople, Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community was established more than 80 years ago. Today, the area represents the nation’s largest artistic community. Shop for gorgeous quilts, old-fashioned straw brooms, woven baskets, handmade candles, pottery, musical instruments, leather goods, and many other wares.

You don’t have to make it to a special event to shop for the best goods Gatlinburg has to offer. Gatlinburg has an array of shops that offer unique, Made in Gatlinburg items as a keepsake or a special gift. Visit The Village which welcomes shoppers year-round, and features plenty of dining spots for hungry travelers.

Express your own creativity at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, hosting more than 200 educational experiences each year. Arrowmont is the oldest craft school in Tennessee, that offers arts and crafts workshops like painting, woodworking, drawing, glass, photography, basket weaving, ceramics, fiber arts, book arts and metalworking.