NC Mineral and Gem Festival — Local services in Spruce Pine

This show should not be advertised as a gem and mineral show, it's about 98% jewelry. The few mineral specimens that are there are priced at two or three times what you will pay at the Grassy Creek show which is right down the road and at the same time as this show. If you want rocks and mineral specimens Grassy Creek is the show you should go to. I feel like i threw away $10 at this show. Grassy Creek...

The new location for 2023 was disappointing and depressing. Muddy parking lot, difficult walk to the front door from my car, portal bathrooms, run down gymnasium. After years of attending this event this may be my...

I did not like the new location with all the separate rooms. I haven’t been in two or three years due to Covid so I don’t know when this change occurred but it was a bad decision. I left after less...