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The Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival is completely free to the public and we'd like to keep it that way. It is made possible by a group of dedicated volunteers and by contributions from our generous sponsors and festival supporters like you.

Click the Donate Now link above to make a donation.

Become a Louie Bluie Volunteer

The Louie Bluie Festival is an ALL-VOLUNTEER run event. Our Louie Bluie Volunteers are very important in making our festival the BEST in our region.

Learn more and signup to volunteer.

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Louie Bluie Crafters

Our crafters are skilled in the hand-me-down traditions of these Cumberland Mountains as well as those with more contemporary appeal. They include basket weaving, wooden toys and games, hand made bird houses, woodworking and carving, stitchery, rug hooking, hand painted china, and countless objects skillfully and imaginatively transformed.
Get a Craft Vendor Application

2012 Best Decorated Booth Award winner Shyla Sharp

Visit our Craft Village page for tips on booth decoration.

Louie Bluie Artists

Fine artists working in oils, water color, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, and pen and ink offer canvasses for the walls of home or office that reflect the skills and techniques of paint and brush.
Learn more about our Judged Art Show

2012 Sponsors

 

View a complete list of our Festival Sponsors.

Official Festival Hotels:
Hampton Inn
Comfort Inn

Photos on this website courtesy of Gary Heatherly Photography and Pook Pfaffe

Save the Date for The Campbell Culture Coalition
7th Annual Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival

Saturday, September 28, 2013
Cove Lake State Park, Caryville, TN

Photos on this website courtesy of Gary Heatherly Photography and Pook Pfaffe

All of this is FREE.

A $2 per person/$5 per family donation is encouraged and goes to help the Campbell Culture Coalition, an all-volunteer non-profit community arts organization that puts on the Festival.

Pre-Festival Bluegrass Show
Sounds Like Home: A Night of Music From the Cumberlands

Friday, September 27, 2013

Check back soon for details with regards to show time and ticket information

The 2012 show featured Dale Ann Bradley and Steve Gulley with Pinnacle Mountain Boys.

(Larry McNeely was scheduled to appear with the Pinnacle Mountain Boys but will be unable to attend due to health concerns.) 

The Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival is named in honor of Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong (1909-2003), internationally acclaimed string band musician who grew up in LaFollette in the 1920s and became one of the nation's finest string band musicians, as well as artist, storyteller, and writer.