Nash Yarn Fest

Nash Yarn Fest brings over 90 vendors from 30 states, Canada, and the UK to The Fairgrounds Nashville for two days of shopping, music, and programming. Live music runs on the main stage throughout both days, and a Friday evening Hootenanny features bluegrass, which roots the whole event in Nashville's musical identity. Saturday brings guest speaker talks in a separate space alongside the marketplace. The scale and the vendor reach are impressive on their own, but it's the details around the edges that set this apart: an entire boutique hotel in the 12 South neighborhood reserved exclusively for attendees, a multi-night getaway package that includes a Grand Ole Opry show, and the general sense that this is a fiber festival that treats the trip as part of the experience. If you've been looking for an excuse to visit Nashville, 90 vendors and live bluegrass on the shopping floor is a pretty good one.