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NC Mineral and Gem Festival

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Location Spruce Pine
Dates July 30, 2015 - August 02, 2015
Description: For over fifty years Spruce Pine has welcomed rock hounds and jewelry lovers to the NC Mineral and Gem Festival where they enjoy aisles and aisles of beautiful jewelry, gemstones, and minerals from around the country.

Visitors to the Festival can also engage local gem miners, visit local mines to dig for their own treasures such as aquamarine and enjoy the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains including the Blue Ridge Parkway, Appalachian Trail and Roan Mountain.

Festival go-ers can enjoy shopping, ample parking, and food services. Free shuttle vans will be on hand for those parking in adjacent parking lots. Attendees can shop for fine jewelry from the top jewelers in the country, have their own custom jewelry designed on site, as well as shop for minerals, gemstones, fossils and beads.

The Festival will be held July 30-August2 at the former Food Lion building in Spruce Pine at 12121 Hwy 226 South. The times are Thursday-Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 12:30-5:00. Admission is $3 with Senior Citizens admitted on Thursday for $1 and Mitchell County Residents admitted on Sunday for $1.

For more information contact the Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce at 765-9033 or visit www.********.***. Sponsors of the Festival include United Community Bank, Duke Energy, Unimin, Quartz Corporation , Eben Concepts, and the Mitchell County Foster/Adopt Program.
Contact nameSign Up To Be A Member
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Event WebsiteSign Up To Be A Member
Show hoursThursday-Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12:30-5:00
Application Deadline2015-07-01
Public Admission Price$3
Attendance3000
Year #55
EntertainmentShopping, sightseeing,
ActivitiesShopping, custom designed jewelry, mine tours, sightseeing
Art/Craft Space
price
$155
Art/Craft Spaces
this year
50
Response deadline2015-07-01
Maps and Directions (from Google Maps)
From US 19E in Spruce Pine, NC take Hwy 226 S to the Spruce Pine Commons Shopping Center across from Grassy Creek Golf and Country Club. The event is held in the former Food Lion.
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