John C Campbell 37th Annual Fall Festival this Weekend

Fall is in the air and the folks at John C Campbell Folk School have been busy preparing the campus for the 37th annual Fall Festival, coming up this weekend, October 2 & 3. The fields have been hayed, the walking trails mulched, and the pumpkins and gourds harvested from the garden for a  great weekend full of music, dancing, and crafts,

If you have never experienced the Fall Festival, now is the time! With 225 craft vendors, 20 food vendors, 40 demonstrators, and continuous live entertainment, there is something for everyone:

Shop for crafts from local and regional artists located along the mulched paths throughout campus. You'll find baskets, jewelry, weaving, knitwear, pottery, home decor, wood carvings, brooms, ironwork, beeswax candles, quilts, woodturned bowls, handmade soap, and much more.
Enjoy live entertainment at the Craft Shop and Festival Barn stages. Listen to bluegrass, old-time, gospel and ballad singing, and get ready to be wowed by the cloggers and the garland and morris dancers. Check out the entertainment schedule here.
Fill up on handcrafted food made by local nonprofit and community groups. You'll find an assortment of delicious treats from scones and fried apple pies to veggie wraps, meat pies, and the Folk School's BBQ.
Learn more about the traditional ways of making craft. Potters will be throwing mugs and bowls. Woodcarvers will be carving miniature animals and ornaments, while woodturners will be spewing wood shavings as they transform chunks of wood into beautiful bowls. Spinners and weavers will show you the traditional way of making yarn and textiles.