Welcome to the official website of the North Carolina Mineral, Gem & Jewelry Festival!
We hope you are making plans to join us as we celebrate 51 years of opening
Nature's treasure chest up to rockhounds from around the world!

Sponsored by the Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce
Pinebridge Coliseum, Spruce Pine, North Carolina

Hours of Operation & Admission Prices:

  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday
    (July 31 - August 2)
    10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, August 3
    12:30 - 5:00 p.m.

 

Join us for the 51st Annual Festival at Pinebridge Coliseum!

Admission:
$3.00 everyone

Special Admission Days:
Thursday: Senior Citizen Day $1.00 Admission
Sunday: Mitchell County Day $1.00 Admission to Mitchell County residents

 

Retail Vendor's Show:
The Retail Show features:

  • Comfortable, Air Conditioned Environment
  • Wide Aisles
  • Plenty of Free Parking
  • Shuttle Buses
  • Gem Faceting Demonstrations
  • Jewelry, Mineral Specimens & Lapidary Supplies
  • Extended Food Service and Sit-Down, Air Conditioned Dining Area
  • Historic Mining Exhibits

See gem faceting demonstrations and select custom made jewelry from our expert dealers.

 

 

 

This is your one source for information about:

Please bookmark this page to get information on future festivals and access our collection of facts, figures and links to Web resources about the gems and minerals in the Tri-County region.

Get a map of Mitchell County here.

Visit the Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce here.

You can get more information by contacting us.