Fairs
Our 48th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair returns to the Great Lawn in Nashville’s iconic Centennial Park!
Join us by the Parthenon for this FREE, family-friendly event.
Fair Dates:
October 9, 10 & 11, 2026
FALL FAIR
The 48th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair 2026 is open for free to the public Oct. 9, 10, & 11, 2026, outdoors in the heart of Nashville at beautiful Centennial Park, adjacent to the iconic Parthenon. The show is ranked in the top 25 of premier craft art fairs in the country. Attracting approximately 45,000 visitors annually, an opportunity for artists to directly meet and engage patrons, collectors, and the public. This juried art show presents traditional and contemporary fine craft, handmade by ~200 individual artists. Open to artists who reside in the United States.
Join the Nashville tradition of celebrating and supporting American handmade craft at this premier event on the lawn in Centennial Park. Shop one-of-a-kind, finely crafted artwork directly from the juried, award-winning artists. A unique feature of Tennessee Craft Fairs requires artists to be on-site. While shopping, you’ll meet the artists, learn what inspires them, and how they take raw materials like clay, wood, metal, and glass and transform them into fine craft.
In addition to the array of high-quality crafts, visitors enjoy fun hands-on activities in our Kids’ Tent, food from area vendors, and demonstrations from artisans aimed at educating as they create pieces in front of your eyes.
Tennessee Craft is a nonprofit organization that champions the local fine craft movement by supporting growth and creative expression for all artists, building a platform for high-quality craftsmanship, and reinforcing the importance of fine craft for the entire community.
Donate to Tennessee Craft and keep the fair free and accessible to everyone in our community!
SPONSOR THE FAIR
Would you like to promote your business to 100,000 annual visitors at our Craft Fairs?
Contact Kim Waag for more information. Sponsorships to support the Craft Fair, keeping it FREE to the public and accessible, are appreciated.
Sponsorships are also available that include a booth space to market your organization or company and network onsite at the event.
VOLUNTEERS
Join the Tennessee Craft Fair volunteer team!
Spend a fall day in Centennial Park while helping make the Fair a great experience for artists and visitors.
Volunteers assist with booth sitting, deliver water and snacks to artists, and help with activities throughout the Great Lawn.
Choose a four-hour morning, afternoon, or evening shift.
Complete a short recorded training online beforehand,
then enjoy water, snacks, a free volunteer T-shirt, and a fun day in the park.
Volunteer on your own or bring a group—be part of the Tennessee Craft Fair!
FOOD VENDOR APPLICATIONS
A variety of cuisines will be offered at our upcoming 48th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair. Come on out and enjoy a weekend of creative art and food!
Food Vendors: Beware of a scam that is in circulation by parties who are reaching out to restaurants and food vendors WHO ARE NOT Tennessee Craft. Their email, application, and invoice they send to you to food vend is not legitimate. Do Not Submit an application and Do Not Pay to be on the 2026 48th Annual Tennessee Craft Fair food court without first CALLING the Tennessee Craft office at 615-736-7600 to verify your acceptance as a food vendor for the 48th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair.
Food vendors were finalized for the October 2026 show on August 1.
EMERGING ARTIST PROGRAM (EAP)
Previously Named Emerging Makers Tent (EMT)
A new program, Emerging Artist Program (EAP), will launch at our upcoming
2026 48th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair,
October 9-11, 2026, at Centennial Park.
EMERGING ARTIST PROGRAM PROSPECTUS FOR MENTORS & EMERGING ARTISTS
An exclusive opportunity for current Tennessee Craft members who are 18+ years of age and reside in Tennessee or are studying at Tennessee institutions.
Need to renew your membership or join Tennessee Craft as a current-year member? Renew/Join HERE.
EAP is a similar fair opportunity to past fairs’ EMT, where juried emerging artists learn from and alongside mentor artists, receive resources and knowledge through this now heightened, curriculum-based program, and sell their art in a group tent. Emerging artists will build the skills they need to take the next step toward exhibiting as individual artists with their own booths at a future Tennessee Craft fair. EAP artists no longer exhibit in chapter sections. EAP exhibiting artists will perform all fair exhibition responsibilities required of individual exhibiting artists in this group in a 3-day mentorship environment.
If you have further questions, please contact our Fair Director
See who participated in our previous fairs:
2026 55th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
2025 47th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair
2025 54th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
2024 46th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair
2024 53rd Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
2023 45th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair
2023 52nd Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
2022 44th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair
2022 51st Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
2021 43rd Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair
2021 50th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
2020 42nd Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair—CANCELLED due to COVID-19
2020 49th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair—CANCELLED due to COVID-19
2019 41st Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair
2019 48th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
2018 40th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair
2018 47th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
2017 39th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair
2017 46th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
2016 38th Annual Fall Tennessee Craft Fair
2016 45th Annual Spring Tennessee Craft Fair
