If you go
› What: Beersheba Springs Arts and Crafts Fair.› When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. CDT Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 27-28.› Where: Historic Beersheba Springs Assembly Grounds, 55 Hege Ave., Beersheba Springs, Tenn.› Admission: Free.› Website: www.facebook.com/events/1134749446542959.
Fall Festival Guide coming next weekend
› The Times Free Press’s annual Fall Festival Guide comes out next weekend with listings for 100 regional fairs and festivals. Look for it in your Sunday, Sept. 4, newspaper and in the September issue of Chatter magazine.
A dragon crafted by Oakville Ironworks out of Danville, Ala., one of the Beersheba Springs Arts and Crafts Fair vendors.
The Udder Soap Co. in Columbia, Tenn., will have homemade goat’s milk soap and related products.
Vendor Chuck Mullican of McMinnville, Tenn., crafts Windsor chairs and other woodturned works.Festivalgoers mark their calendars for the fourth weekend in August every year. That’s when Beersheba Springs Arts and Crafts Fair is held – recognized as the kickoff to the fall festival season.
But this weekend’s fair is even more notable. The popular craft show is marking its 50th year Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27-28, at the historic Beersheba United Methodist Assembly Grounds.
“We’re just going to have a jamboree,” enthuses Fran Holt, publicity chairwoman for the show.