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Kingsport: Christmas Connection
Christmas Connection returns to Meadowview Conference Center
Free event celebrates 45 years of artisans and crafters
For nearly half a century, Christmas Connection has hosted the region’s best arts and crafts vendors and celebrated their work during the holiday season. This year, the two-day event returns to the MeadowView Conference Resort and Convention Center.
The free holiday event will be held in the main convention hall (1901 Meadowview Parkway) on November 15 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on November 16 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Christmas Connection is sponsored by the Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts.
“It’s hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner, which means now is the perfect time to come to Meadowview and begin your holiday shopping,” said Kristie Leonard, special events and cultural arts manager for the city. “Whether you’ve been enjoying the Christmas Connection for years or are trying it out for the first time, this event is sure to have something for you.”
Christmas Connection – now in its 45th year – offers a variety of unique gifts just in time for the holiday season. Some of the items available include country crafts, home décor, fine wood and leather crafts, handmade soaps and lotions, jewelry, ornaments, stained glass, wheel-thrown pottery, baked goods, pet accessories and much more.
In addition to a fine selection of arts and crafts, visitors can partake in the Connection Café, where you can enjoy a variety of country favorites.
For more information on Christmas Connection, please visit www.artskingsport.org or call Kingsport Cultural Arts at 423-392-8414.
About Kingsport Cultural Arts
Kingsport Cultural Arts connects, coordinates and engages the public with a creative community. We operate the Renaissance Arts Center, the Farmers Market Pavilion, the Kingsport Carousel, the Carousel Fine Craft Show, Kingsport Public Art Program, Engage Kingsport Performing Arts Series and a broad range of support to the area’s arts organizations. KCA works in tandem with Engage Kingsport, Inc., the “Friends of the Cultural Arts” group, a private, volunteer-led 501(c)3 non-profit community organization. For more information, please visit www.artskingsport.org.
About the City of Kingsport
Founded in 1917, the City of Kingsport (pop. 55,400) is located on the Tennessee-Virginia border at the crossroads of I-81 and I-26 near the geographic center of the eastern United States. The city is widely known as a planned community, designed by renowned city planner John Nolen and wrapping around the foot of Bays Mountain – a 3,750-acre park, nature preserve, planetarium and observatory. Kingsport is recognized as an International Safe Community by the National Safety Council, a Healthier Tennessee community, and won the 2009 Harvard Innovations in American Government Award for its higher education initiatives. While many city names are duplicated throughout the U.S., there’s only one Kingsport – a fact that invokes community pride, known locally as the “Kingsport Spirit.” For more information, please visit www.kingsporttn.gov.
