Craft Fairs & Farmers Markets in Chattanooga, Tennessee

In Chattanooga, 4 Bridges Arts Festival is a juried fine-art show ranked in the top 30 in the country, featuring 140+ artists and $15,000+ in cash awards. Held each April at First Horizon Pavilion, it draws visual artists from across the country. The First Horizon Emerging Artist Program offers free booth space, mentoring, and marketing support to local emerging artists within a 45-mile radius with limited prior gallery or festival experience.

Held in Chattanooga at Coolidge Park, Between the Bridges is AVA's locals-only arts festival in its 6th year — roughly 50 local artists showing and selling work. Open exclusively to artists within 45 miles of Chattanooga. The festival runs alongside the 7 Bridges Marathon, Chattanooga Jazz Festival, and IBMA annual conference, drawing thousands of visitors to downtown and Northshore. Community partners include Scenic City Clay Arts, H*Art Gallery, the Photographic Society of Chattanooga, and SPLASH. You can apply for one or both days.

Chattanooga Holiday Market runs across two weekends in December at Chattanooga Convention Center, featuring 150+ local food vendors, artists, and crafters selling artisan goods, baked goods, and festive preparations. The market also operates simultaneously in Knoxville — same weekend format, same vendor mix. Indoor venue with covered parking structures nearby.

Held indoors at the Chattanooga Convention Center for two full weekends in December, Chattanooga Holiday Market brings together 200+ local food vendors, artists, and crafters. Expect pottery, custom art, handcrafted jewelry, natural bath and body products, locally designed apparel, woodworking, and home décor — the full spectrum of holiday shopping and gifting. Strong foot traffic from established shoppers seeking one-of-a-kind, locally made goods.

Main Street Farmers Market in Chattanooga operates a producer-focused weekly market with two vendor pathways: annual vendors who build a customer base week to week, and guest vendors who participate in monthly specialty markets (holiday and seasonal events). The market prioritizes local farmers and artisans and conducts farm or site visits as part of vendor review to ensure alignment with its mission of fostering healthy, environmentally responsible community relationships. Annual applications are reviewed once yearly in spring; guest applications twice yearly (spring and fall).

MAINx24 takes over Chattanooga's Main Street the first Saturday of December, drawing 120+ events into a single day — parade, chili cook-off, adult big wheel races, live music, and a craft and food vendor marketplace. Strong foot traffic and an established crowd looking for a festive community day.

Chattanooga Market is in its 26th season at the First Horizon Pavilion, operating Sundays with a different theme each week—from Strawberry Festival and Top Tomato to Beast Feast BBQ and Chattanooga Oktoberfest. Hundreds of vendors (farmers, artisans, crafters, food trucks, packaged-food makers) gather alongside live music. The market was established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to offer entrepreneurs—especially those hand-making, growing, or creating their own goods—a low-cost entry point to start and grow their business. Strong foot traffic and tourism draw; free admission.