Home Craft Days

01/15/2026

🍂🍁🍃Home Craft Days Vendor and Demonstrator Applications Are Now Open

We’re gearing up for the 55th Home Craft Days Festival happening October 16 through 18 on the MECC campus. The festival will bring two full days of music, craft and food vendors, and demonstrations celebrating traditional Appalachian arts like weaving, pottery, grist milling, basket making, quilting, broom making, and more.

For 2026, demonstrators will be selected by invitation based on craft and skill. Anyone interested in being considered should complete the vendor application.

Applications for craft and food vendors are due July 1.

Apply online at homecraftdays.org or contact the MECC Foundation at 276-523-7466 or 276-523-9078.

10/20/2025

10/19/2025

Home Craft Days Update 🧵🎶

While craft vendors are not on site today due to inclement weather, we’re still keeping the spirit alive at Phillips-Taylor Hall (Goodloe Center)!

🎶 Home Craft Days music performances will be in the Goodloe Center
🛍 MECC merchandise will be available for purchase inside as well
🍔 Food vendors will be set up outside of the Goodloe Center with plenty of great food options

We appreciate your understanding and hope you’ll still stop by to enjoy the music, grab a bite, and pick up some festival gear. 💙💚

10/19/2025

Update 🚨

Due to inclement weather and expected high winds and lightning, all Home Craft Days music performances will be moved to Phillips Taylor Hall in the Goodloe Center.

Several vendors are available for food options outside Phillips Taylor Hall. Craft vendors will not be on site today.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but the safety of all participants is our primary concern!l

10/18/2025

The best time of year!!!! 🍂🍁🍃🪕🧵

10/17/2025

Watch the LIVE!

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

10/16/2025

10/13/2025

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10/10/2025

🎻 One Week Until Home Craft Days! 🎨

Since 1972, Home Craft Days has brought our community together to celebrate the music, food, crafts, and traditions that make Southwest Virginia feel like home.

Next weekend — October 17–19 — the MECC campus will be filled with:

✅ Free Friday Night Concert — October 17 at 6:00 PM
Featuring Jeff Little Trio, The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee, Tommy Bledsoe, Rich Kirby, Todd Meade, and Tyler Hughes.
Come early — free Dough & Joe and kettle corn start at 4:30 PM (while supplies last). Black Bear BBQ and Mountain Rose Vineyard wines will be available for purchase.

✅ Dozens of artisans & demonstrations — weaving, pottery, quilting, woodcrafts, basket making, and more

✅ Local food favorites!

✅ Family-friendly fun with FREE admission

🚌 Parking on campus is limited. Shuttle service will be available from multiple Big Stone Gap locations for $1 each way ($2 round-trip).

See you at !

10/03/2025

🍂🍁🍃Home Craft Days is right around the corner!!!!!

Check out the schedule for Saturday, October 18, and Sunday, October 19.

For more information, visit: https://www.mecc.edu/home-craft-days/

09/29/2025

Get your orders in by tomorrow!

Home Craft Days is just 18 days away 🍂🍁🍃

The form below is to pre order Home Crafts Days Merchandise

09/15/2025

Home Craft Days will be here before you know it! 🍂🍁🍃

Get your shirts, hoodies, and more ahead of time so you’re ready for the big weekend. Orders must be submitted and paid for by September 30, 2025.

👉 Place your order here:

The form below is to pre order Home Crafts Days Merchandise