Outdoor festivals blossom in springtime
The following arts and crafts fairs and festivals are within a day-trip’s drive of Chattanooga.
April 4-5: Spring Arts and Crafts Show, Foothills Mall, Maryville, Tenn. (865) 983-9244.
April 4-22: Dogwood Arts Festival, Knoxville; for complete schedule of events check the Web site www. dogwoodarts.com. (865) 637-4561
April 11-13: International Dogwood Festival, Winchester, Tenn., 200 crafts vendors, Kentucky Headhunters and Confederate Railroad headline. (866) 967-2532
April 11-13: Festival on Market Square, downtown Knoxville’s Market Square, music and art festival part of Dogwood Arts Festival. www.dogwoodarts.com
April 18-20: Bear on the Square, Dahlonega, Ga., town square and depot, Appalacahian crafts and music. (800) 231-5543.
April 19-20: Big Shanty Festival, Kennesaw, Ga., 200 arts and crafts vendors. (770) 423-1330.
April 19-20: Four Bridges Arts Festival, First Tennesse Pavilion, Chattanooga, 151 artists. 265-4282.
April 26-27: National Cornbread Festival, downtown South Pittsburg, Tenn., cornbread cookoff, crafts, music. (423) 837-0022.
May 2-4: TACA Spring Craft Fair, downtown Nashville, Tenn., in Centennial Park, 170 artists. www.tennesseecrafts.org
May 3: Railroad Rendezvous Springfest, Cookeville, Tenn., state championship resonator guitar competition, antiques and crafts. (931) 526-2211
May 13-17: Strawberry Festival, throughout Dayton, Tenn., (423) 775-0361
May 17-18: British & Appalachian Festival, historic Rugby, Tenn., storytelling, arts & crafts. (888) 214-3400.
May 17-18: Gatlinburg Fine Arts Festival, Ripley’s Aquarium and along River Road in downtown Gatlinburg, Tenn., benefits Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. www.gfaf.net.
June 7: Smoky Mountain Pottery Festival, Townsend, Tenn., Visitor Center. (800) 525-6834
June 7-8: Craft Fair on the Plateau, Crossville, Tenn., Knights of Columbus fairgrounds. (931) 707-7291.
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