Kingsport ARTS Festival 2025
The Kingsport ARTS Festival will be presented by Engage Kingsport and Kingsport Cultural Arts Office on May 3, 2025 in Downtown Kingsport.
The festival will take place from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on May 3 in the 100 block of Shelby Street and feature the following events and activities:
- Iron Pour with WNC Sculpture
- Want to make one? Click here!
- Glassblowing with Ryan Gothrup
- Ceramics Raku Firing with the Clay Gurus
- Tie Dye festival shirts with Engage Kingsport
- Chalk art and large canvas finger painting for kids
- Miniature painting with the Kingsport Library
The one-day festival will also feature more than a dozen vendors, a gallery crawl and scavenger hunt, a watercolor activity for adults and bucket drumming with the Symphony of the Mountains.
Finally, the festival will feature the debut of “The Carousel Horse Brigade” – six fiberglass carousel horses painted and decorated by local businesses and organizations, similar to the 10 fiberglass goats shown during the 2023 GOAT Festival.
The Kingsport Arts Festival is a partnership between Kingsport Cultural Arts, Engage Kingsport, the Inventor Center, Clay Gurus and the Symphony of the Mountains.
Want to be a part of the festival? Click here to submit your vendor application.
Want to volunteer at the festival and get first eyes on all the fun? Click here to sign up!
You can find the event Facebook page at this link: Kingsport ARTS Festival 2025 for more information and the most updated and detailed event timeline.
This project is brought to you by Kingsport Cultural Arts & Engage Kingsport, and is funded under a grant contract with the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Arts Commission.
