Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community is the only zoned crafts community in the United States, and comprises Glades Road, Buckhorn Road, and the section of East Parkway that connects these two roads in Gatlinburg. About 100 artists and craftspeople can be found within the loop, with talents and trades as varied as painting on numerous media, woodcarving, jewelry and broom making, and ceramic offerings of functional art.
In addition to ongoing craft demonstrations by the artists, the Special Events office of Gatlinburg Department of Tourism has supplied musical entertainment for festival-goers with the scheduling of numerous Appalachian/folk music acts throughout the nine day festival along with the performers that can customarily be found at several of the shops along the trail.
Entertainment schedules and locations are as follows:
Sep. 30 AM – Blue Soul – Smoky Mountain Arts & Crafts Village
PM – Appalachian Grass – Smoky Mountain Arts & Crafts Village
Oct. 1 AM – Jumpin The Track – Smoky Mountain Pottery
AM — South of the River Boys – The Wood Whittlers
PM – Hills & Hollows – Legends of the Fall
PM – Patsy Cline & Elvis Tribute – Nifty Fifties Café (house band)
Oct. 2 AM – Boogertown Gap – Jim Gray Gallery
PM – The Mountain Boys – Cliff Dwellers
Oct. 3 AM – Notchy Creek – The Coffee Loft
PM – White Oak Flats – Glades Village
Oct. 4 AM – Horse Play – Otto Preske Artist In Wood
PM – The Mountain Boys – Dogwood Corner
Oct. 5 AM – Smoky Mountain Rose – Nifty Fifties Café
PM – Danny & the Diamonds – Lorelei Candles
Oct. 6 AM – Gritte Fritter – Glades Village
PM – Maybe Music – Nifty Fifties Café
Oct. 7 AM – The Spurgeon Boys – Morning Mist Galleries
PM – Mountain Air Duo – Morning Mist Galleries
PM – Patsy Cline & Elvis Tribute – Nifty Fifties Café (house band)
Oct. 8 AM – Blue Soul – The Wood Whittlers
PM – Elderburys – Hemlock Village
DAILY Lost Mill String Band – Alewine Pottery
Flint Hill Duo – Santa’s Clause-et
AM indicates 9am until 1pm PM indicates 1pm until 5pm
For easy access to the shops and entertainment of Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community, pick up a brochure at any Gatlinburg Welcome Center or shop within the Community. Trolleys will run their regular schedule to shuttle guests from Gatlinburg to the Arts & Crafts Community. For further information, call the Gatlinburg Office of Special Events at 436-0500.

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