Greening Up the Mountains Festival

The Greening Up the Mountains Festival, now in its 26th year, is a heritage arts festival that celebrates the arrival of Spring through both traditional and contemporary forms of Appalachian art, music, food, and beverage which honor our community and local artisans. The festival is sponsored by both the Town of Sylva and the Main Street Sylva Association and will be held in Historic Downtown Sylva, North Carolina. The Greening Up The Mountains Festival enjoys crowds of upwards of 12,000 attendees and has 150 vendor booth spaces.

Our footprint has a slight change in the overall footprint due to upgrades with the gravel lot beside Bridge Park. This year our food vendors and some arts/crafts vendors will be moved to the paved lot on the opposite side of Bridge Park where the Farmer’s Market booths have been located. The Farmer’s Market is working on finding another area close to the festival to locate for this year. Plans are to also have public restroom facilities completed by the festival date.
In addition to a variety of arts, crafts, and food vendors, attendees can enjoy a 5k run, beverage arts featuring local craft breweries, and live music throughout the day.

​Be sure to visit both Main Street and Bridge Park to enjoy all the festival has to offer.

Greening Up the Mountains Festival
April 27, 2024 10 am - 4 pm