Annual Summer Craft Show at the Gatlinburg Convention Center

“A Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Event!”

The 35^th Annual Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Summer Fair has been voted one of the South’s most popular summer events, and appropriately so! Over 180 of the finest artists and craftspeople from across the USA will gather at the Gatlinburg Convention Center July 16-24 to demonstrate and exhibit their crafts. The Gatlinburg Convention Center transforms into an enormous multi-level community of craftspeople performing their talents and offering their handicrafts for sale. Many exhibitors will be favorites seen from year to year, but new juried craftsmen always offer something interesting and exciting for guests to enjoy. The craftsman’s fair provides an ideal opportunity to purchase heirloom quality Smoky Mountain souvenirs for friends and family back home.

Plan to give yourself plenty of time to see all that the Gatlinburg craft show has to offer. You can even take a shopping break and relax with the country, blue grass and gospel music played throughout the day by Dennis Lee and Band, July 16-20, and Keith Longbotham, July21-24. They can be heard at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. daily, and at noon and 2 p.m. on Sundays.

Fair hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Admission to the craft fair is only $6, or free for everyone ages 12 and under. Book your stay at Twin Islands or Crossroads Inn, and forget about paying for Convention Center parking. You can grab a ride from the trolley station next door and head straight to the summer fair!