Guidelines

Set Up / Take Down: Booths must be set up by 9 a.m., Saturday, September 20, 2025. Take down is immediately following the festival close at 6 pm. No early take downs.

Booth Assignment: Booth assignments are made by the grounds /logistics and Campbell Culture Coalition and Festival Logistics. Booth spaces are marked and numbered.

SALES TAX: The Festival is a service project of the Campbell Culture Coalition (C3), a 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are not responsible for nor do we collect sales tax, however, the Tennessee Dept. of Revenue may require us to submit your name and address in advance. It is your responsibility to comply with state sales tax law.

Indemnification: Exhibitor, artist, crafter, non-profit or any organization contracting for or using booth space shall and will indemnify and hold harmless the Campbell Culture Coalition, Cove Lake State Park, Cumberland Trail State Park, and any and all persons acting as Festival staff, promoters, or volunteers from and against any and all liability, claims, thefts, demands, expenses, fees, fines, and penalties, suits, proceedings, actions and causes of action of any and every kind and nature arising or growing out of or in any way connected with exhibitor/artist/crafter/non-profit’s use of booth space during said Festival.

Exhibitor/artist/crafter/non-profit entity acknowledges and agrees to abide by all rules and regulations.

Acceptable Product Categories

Only items within the following categories will be approved for the Louie Bluie Arts & Crafts Village.

• Basket Weaving: all types and all materials

• Textiles: Includes fabric arts like spinning & weaving, quilting, sewing, and embroidery.

• Ceramics: Encompasses pottery, sculpture, and decorative items made from clay.

• Woodworking: Features handcrafted furniture, carvings, and wooden toys.

• Jewelry Making: Involves creating adornments using beads, metals, and stones.

• Painting and Drawing: Covers various mediums like watercolor, acrylic, and pastels.

• Glass Art: Includes stained glass, blown glass, and glass bead making.

• Metalworking: Encompasses blacksmithing, wrought iron and hand forged items, silver work, metal sculpture, and jewelry.

• Stoneware

• Paper Crafts: Features origami, scrapbooking, and card making.

• Candles

• Flower Crafts: bouquet making, pressed flowers, wreaths and more

• Leatherworking: Involves crafting items like bags, belts, and accessories, even saddles and harnesses, pet items

• Dolls and Children’s Toys: Corn-husk dolls and other handcrafted children's toys

• Upcycling/Recycling: Focuses on transforming discarded materials into new, functional art.

• Mixed Media: often assemblages and/or collages of paper, cloth, wood, miscellaneous items (no computer software creations please!)

• Written Word/ Authors: Appalachian themed written word (prose or poetry) written by the vendor, no reselling of the work of others. No Artificial Intelligence writing, Religious, or Political writing is permitted.

Contact Nelsie Wooden for more information. Phone: 423.871.1003; e-mail: wooden6@bellsouth.net