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97th Annual Cherokee Indian Fair

For nearly 100 years, residents of and visitors to Western North Carolina have known there's only one place to be in the first full week of October. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians host the 97th Annual Cherokee Indian Fair at the Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds in Cherokee, N.C. Oct. 5-9, 2010.


The fair offers topnotch nightly musical entertainment, fireworks, a carnival midway full of rides and games, craft vendors, food vendors including some featuring traditional Cherokee food, and an exhibit hall displaying the Eastern Band enrolled members traditional and contemporary arts and crafts.

Visitors will also have a chance to see a comedy show, gospel music, and a host of family-friendly competitions such as blowgun, longbow and compound bow archery contests and wood chopping.

Daily general admission is $10 and includes nightly concerts; children 6 and under are admitted free. Opens 10 a.m. daily with nightly shows. The Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds are on Hwy. 441 in Cherokee, N.C.