Mountain Arts And Crafts Celebration At Cloudland Canyon Is Nov. 1-2

  • Friday, October 17, 2014

Autumn leaves should be peaking during the second annual Mountain Arts and Crafts Celebration, to be held on Nov. 1 and 2 at the Cloudland Canyon State Park, off Highway 136 on Lookout Mountain, near Trenton.

Admission to the Celebration is $5 per person and park admission is an additional $5 per car for those without park passes.  

This juried show has arts and crafts available for sale from over 100 artists working in the following media: pottery, painting, jewelry, wood carving, textile art and quilts, photography, rustic furniture, household decorations and more.  

A variety of foods will be available for purchase, including pizza, BBQ, funnel cakes and other festival foods.  

Regional musicians, both local and from nearby states, are performing hourly in many different genres all day Saturday and Sunday. In addition, the Southern art of storytelling will be at the Spoken Word Stage.  

Children’s activities such as train rides, face painting and wood sculpture building will be featured.  

Here is the musician's lineup 
Saturday - Mountain Arts and Craft Celebration Music 

10 a.m. David Bolling Bluegrass, gospel and country
11 a.m. The Sunday Jam Band,  rock
1 p.m. Nickajack Pickers, fiddle-banjo duo
2 p.m. Half Stitched Delta, blues, rock
3 p.m. Pondering Wade Celtic, easy rock
4 p.m. Tin Cup Rattlers, five-person String Band  

Sunday - Mountain Arts and Craft Celebration Music 
10 a.m. Brian Henry,  steel guitar gospel/country
11 a.m. Just Us Gals,  traditional
Noon Robin Burk,  hand pans, flute
1 p.m. Terry Collins, gospel
2 p.m. Iron Giant Percussion, percussion instruments
3 p.m. Rising Fawn Social Club, bluegrass
4 p.m. Organized Chaos, improvisational percussion  

Spoken Word Performers 
Saturday
Ray Zimmerman, Master of Ceremonies
Finn Bille, Sound
1 p.m. Michael Gray
1:20 p.m. Mia Hansford
1:40 p.m. Finn Bille
2 p.m. Vincent Phipps
2:20 p.m. Janie Dempsey Watts
2:40 p.m. Jeff Paulson
3 p.m. Steve Daugherty 

Sunday
Ray Zimmerman, Master of Ceremonies
Finn Bille, Sound
1 p.m. Finn Bille
1:20 p.m. Marcus Patrick Ellsworth
1:40 p.m. Ray Zimmerman
2 p.m. Marsha Matthews
2:20 p.m. Mia Hansford
2:40 p.m. Amber Lanier Nagel
3 p.m. Steve Daugherty 

For details, visit www.mountainartsandcraftcelebration.com

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