Celebrate Appalachian culture at our 48th Fall Festival!
October 5-6, 2024
Fall Festival 2024
About The Fall Festival
The Annual Fall Festival was established in 1974 and is held each year on the first full weekend in October, with this year falling on October 5th & 6th, 2024. There are three outdoor areas for vendors, including juried and non-juried areas, that wind along parts of our beautiful 270-acre campus. In 2023, over 200 vendors shared their work with over 13,000 visitors throughout the southern Appalachian region of TN, VA, NC & SC, and GA. Two stages are host to dozens of local and regional musicians and dancers. There is a $25 non-refundable application fee, and booth fees range from $225 for a 10’x10′ booth in non-juried areas to $300 for our open-air Festival Barn spaces. Options are available for electricity in some vendor areas. Acceptance notifications will be sent the week of May 15th, with booth fees due by July 1st at 5PM. In order to receive a full refund for cancelations, you must let us know by no later than July 15th. We do maintain a waitlist, and vendors will be notified of their waitlist status.
Food & Vendor Application Information
NOTICE: Food & Vendor Applications are now open until May 1, 2024.
Craft Vendor Application | Craft Vendor Terms & Conditions
For Food Vendors:
Food Vendor Applications | Food Vendor Terms & Conditions | Employee Health Policy Agreement | Best Practices and Checklist Document
Form for Nonprofit Food Vendors: No Fee / No Permit TFE Application
Form for Profit Food Vendors: General For Profit TFE Application
Volunteer for this event:
"I attended an artisan bread class around 1999 and have come back for Fall Festival several times. I hope to attend another class in the near future. I love the school grounds and everything that the school stands for."
The Fall Festival presents a wonderful opportunity to share treasured Appalachian culture, crafts, and music with our region’s residents and visitors. When planning each year’s event, we always look for ways to broaden our connection to our Folk School community. This year, we’ll celebrate our 47th anniversary, and we’re excited to offer several new elements we think everyone will enjoy.
Our Fall Festival is essentially a multifaceted arts and music showcase that draws hundreds of passionate artisans and performers. Hundreds of fine craftspeople will showcase distinctive crafts that range from quirky to elegant. Local and regional musicians and dancers, including some talented family groups, will bring a delightful energy to our Folk School campus.
Celebrate Appalachian Culture
Visit a wide variety of fine craft exhibitors tucked along the school’s winding wooded paths. Watch more than 30 artisans demonstrate traditional and contemporary crafts. Fill your ears with traditional roots music, and tap your toes to clogging, Morris, and other dance performances throughout the weekend.
Fall Festival: News & Stories
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April 10, 2024
From childhood memories of sleeping...
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September 29, 2023
We're thrilled that Annie Smith...
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September 22, 2023
The John C. Campbell Folk...
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September 7, 2023
Purchase Tickets Online The John...
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September 7, 2022
"Good to Be Together" CP:...
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May 18, 2022
Purchase Tickets Online The John...
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October 17, 2014
I stopped by the Oscar Cantrell Blacksmith Shop, the current shop of Resident Blacksmith, Paul Garrett. Paul and I talked about the upcoming Blacksmith & Fine Craft Auction on November 1, a special event planned for October 31st, and about Folk School life in general. Enjoy!
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October 4, 2012
Betsy Henn Bailey celebrates her 36th year as a Fall Festival vendor and artist. A local artist and teacher in the Brasstown and Murphy area for over 40 years, Betsy has had a great influence on art and culture in our community. The week before the 39th Annual Fall Festival I talked to Betsy about the festival, her art, and her Folk School memories.
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September 20, 2011
Thirty-eight years ago, the very first Folk School Fall Festival was held by Open House beside the large fields. Gus and Maggie Masters, then directors of the Folk School, were enamellists who were used to selling their art at shows and festivals. So they simply brought to the Folk School and local artists a festival of our own!
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June 8, 2010
It’s raining again, and if this were boy-scout camp, there’d be a lot of soggy tents, unroasted marshmallows, and unhappy campers. But here at the John C. Campbell Folk School, each shower puts another bud on the lilies and another apple on the bough over at Orchard House, which will make for fine cider come the Fall Festival. Over one hundred people have gathered to weave backpacks from straw, piece fabric into quilted jackets, build their own mountain dulcimer or learn to play one–just a few of the projects this week.
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October 8, 2009
The Sunday Morning String Band, Jan Davidson, Martha Owen, and David Liden started the day out right with some old time fiddle tunes. This year they invited guests to the stage. Fred Ward, a friend from England, played some tunes from old Britain on the melodion, which looks like a small accordion. Before long they invited their youngsters, Chole Davidson, my sister Annie Fain Liden, and I to sing a family favorite – Lazy John.
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Images from past Fall Festivals
Locate & Contact
The John C. Campbell Folk School
Events & Volunteer Manager
Morgan Budzinski
1.800.FOLK.SCH (365-5724)
Mailing Address
One Folk School Road
Brasstown, NC 28902