Fire on the Mountain Blacksmith Celebration

From Fire on the Mountain Blacksmith Celebration Website:

Fire on the Mountain is an annual celebration of the art of the blacksmith, held the last Saturday in April in downtown Spruce Pine, NC. The event is a partnership between Spruce Pine Main Street, Penland School of Crafts, and the Toe River Arts Council. Each year, the festival contains:

- A month long exhibit of new work by artist blacksmiths, culminating in a closing reception the Friday night before the festival
- A featured Master Blacksmith who demonstrates multiple times at the festival, presents a lecture at Penland School, and conducts a Master Demonstration workshop the Friday before the festival
- Several invited demonstrators who share their talents at the festival
- Vendor blacksmiths selling their wares, and demonstrating techniques in their booths
- Tool vendors
- A free hands-on tent, where the public can sign up to try their hands at blacksmithing, assisted by blacksmith volunteers
- Food!