Named one of the "Top 20 Events in the Southeast," by the Southeast Tourism Society, the TACA Spring Craft Fair is the state's premier outdoor showcase for Tennessee craft artists. The Fair attracts over 50,000 people to see new work by a select group of more than 100 Tennessee fine craft artists. A signature event at Nashville's
Centennial Park, held the first weekend in May every year since 1972, the Fair offers shoppers the opportunity to meet and talk with exhibiting artists, eat and drink from an international food court, enjoy live entertainment, visit special exhibits and demonstrations, purchase a wide-variety of handcrafted works, and, for the kids, create their own works of art.