Website: https://handmadenashville615.com/
Handmade Nashville is a community organization and craft-market host serving artisans and makers in the Middle Tennessee area. The organization describes itself as “the bridge between small handmade businesses and their potential customers in the Middle Tennessee area” and as “a collective of over 2600 artists and makers in the Middle Tennessee area.”
Services
Handmade Nashville organizes craft shows and markets and supports a community of local makers. Its activities include:
- Hosting craft shows and seasonal markets
- Vendor community management and promotion of local artisans
- Newsletter distribution to shoppers and makers
- Sponsorship opportunities for businesses
- Custom event merchandise (such as shirts and tote bags)
For nine years, the organization has hosted spring and fall craft shows, and it has added a Summer Night Market to its lineup.
The flagship event is the Handmade Nashville Holiday Market. Per the site, the 2026 Holiday Market is scheduled for November 28, 2026, at Red Caboose Park in Bellevue, TN, falling on Small Business Saturday. The site states it will feature “over NINETY handmade vendors in attendance, plus food trucks,” is “FREE to the public” with free parking, and welcomes leashed pets. It is described as the organization’s “ELEVENTH Holiday Market,” inviting shoppers to “come hungry and ready to SHOP SMALL just in time for the holidays.”
About
Handmade Nashville states its mission is to “provide a space where local artisans can come to gather knowledge on running a small business and receive support from the local creative community,” and to “promote handmade crafts in our community.” According to the site, the organization is administered by “three ‘mompreneurs’ who work together every day” and operates with a “small management team.”
The organization began with a Facebook artisan group established in 2014, described as having “over 1,800 members and counting,” and references a collective of “over 2600 artists and makers.” Featured makers include Michelle (Created By MI, embroidery, vinyl, and wreaths), Chandler (wire-wrapped jewelry and nature photography notecards), and Rebecca (Beckitybootique, vintage-inspired children’s clothing).
Location & Contact
Handmade Nashville operates in the Middle Tennessee area, with its Holiday Market held at Red Caboose Park in Bellevue, TN.
Makers can join the artisan group at www.facebook.com/groups/handmadenashville. The organization maintains an events newsletter signup and an Instagram presence at @craftsbyhandmadenashville. Donations to support the organization are accepted via Venmo and PayPal. No phone number or physical street address is published on the site.
Additional Information
The organization maintains both a Facebook artisan group for makers and a community shopping page connecting shoppers with makers and their products, plus a sponsorship program for businesses. Its public Facebook page lists a following in the thousands, and the organization has been featured in local media coverage of the Nashville handmade scene. Vendor participation and shopper attendance are organized primarily through the organization’s seasonal markets and its online community. Because event dates and vendor application windows change seasonally, interested artisans and shoppers should use the organization’s Facebook groups, newsletter signup, and event listings to connect and confirm current details.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (handmadenashville615.com).