Kingsport: Summer Artisan Fair

Summer Artisan Fair at the Kingsport Senior Center

The Kingsport Senior Center will be hosting their annual Summer Artisan Fair later this month in the newly renovated first-floor atrium.

The fair will take place at the senior center (1200 E. Center Street) on July 28-29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.

Come out to the senior center and enjoy browsing through the many baskets, greeting cards, woodworking items, hand sewn and crocheted items, and much more for sale. All of these handcrafted items were made by our wonderful Kingsport Senior Artisans.

Refreshments will be provided by Big As Biscuits & Burgers Food Truck and the Early Bird Coffee Company.

Musical performances will take place both days:

–          Renaissance Strings: 10 to 11 a.m. on July 28

–          Freda Karsnak on the piano: Noon to 2 p.m. on July 28

–          Ronny Porter: 9 to 11 a.m. on July 29

–          Crowe Hollerers: Noon to 1 p.m. on July 29

For more information, call (423) 765-9047.

About the Kingsport Senior Center

The Kingsport Senior Center is a community resource dedicated to enriching quality of life for area seniors. It is reserved for those aged 50 years and up. The National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC) accredited the Kingsport Senior Center in May of 2015. The Center is located at 1200 E. Center Street on the first floor and has several branch sites that are also available to members. For more information, visit seniors.kingsporttn.gov.

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 U.S. 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 3,650-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.”