Festivals
B elow find arts festivals occurring in northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia, and western North Carolina:
- Appalachian Fair, Gray, TN (August)
- Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights, Abingdon, VA (July/August)
- Appalachian Trail Days, Damascus, VA (May)
- Apple Festival, Erwin, TN (October)
- Asheville Film Festival, Asheville, NC (November)
- Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, Asheville, NC (January)
- Bakersville Creek Walk Arts Festival, Bakersville, NC (September)
- Belle Chere Festival, Asheville, NC (July)
- Blue Plum Festival, Johnson City, TN (June)
- Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands, Asheville, NC (July and October)
- Festival of the Arts, SWVCC, Richlands, VA (April)
- Flag Pond Ramp Festival, Flag Pond, TN (May)
- Fun Fest, Kingsport, TN (July)
- Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, Linville, NC (July)
- Grayson Highlands Fall Festival, Mouth of Wilson, VA (September)
- Highlands Jazz Festival, Abingdon, VA (April)
- Hungry Mother Arts and Crafts Festival, Marion, VA (July)
- Iris Festival, Greeneville, TN (May)
- Jonesborough Days, Jonesborough, TN (July)
- Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, Asheville, NC (July/August)
- Music on the Square, Jonesborough, TN (June-September)
- National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN (October)
- Old Barter Days, Mountain City, TN (August)
- QuiltFest, Jonesborough, TN (July)
- Plum Alley Day, Abingdon, VA (May)
- Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival, Roan Mountain, TN (June)
- Shady Valley Cranberry Festival, Shady Valley, TN (October)
- Shakespeare and Friends, Rogersville, TN
- Shindig on the Green, Asheville, NC (June, July, August)
- Southern Appalachian International Film Festival, Johnson City, TN (November)
- Sycamore Shoals Celtic Festival, Elizabethton, TN (September)
- Sycamore Shoals Native American Festival, Elizabethton, TN (June)
- Toe River Storytelling Festival, Spruce Pine, NC (July)
- Tri-Cities Jazz Festival, Johnson City, TN (April)
- Umoja/Unity Festival, Johnson City, TN (August) (423) 439-7863
- Village Art and Craft Fair, Asheville, NC (August)
- Virginia Highlands Festival, Abingdon, VA (July/August)
- Wooly Worm Festival, Banner Elk, NC (October)
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