Welcome to the official Website of the
North Carolina Mineral & Gem Festival
Held July 31 - August 3, 2008
Spruce Pine, North Carolina

sponsored by the Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce

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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.

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

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!

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

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.

This site designed and updated Thursday, February 7, 2008 by Pegasus Creations.