Food, Art & Crafts

Cuisine Scene

Coffee Barn
Open Constantly! Hot and Iced coffee, tea, chai, hot chocolate, lemonade, homemade pastries and other goodies plus fresh wraps & sandwiches from our local co-op Chatham Marketplace. Staffed by our friendly Grassroots Volunteers all day and into the night. Bring your instruments and join the jam in our acoustic café.

Kerala Curry
Authentic & all natural Indian snacks, soup, drinks & meals prepared by local vendor. Fresh, fried, spicy Vegetable Samosa, Pappadam (hand made lentil wafers), Curried Soup, Indian Sweets, Chicken Curry & Vegetable Kurma bowls & plates served with Basmati Rice & Chutneys. Lassi made with Mango & tropical fruits & home made yogurt. www.keralacurry.com

Sugar Shack
Breakfast all day! Handmade Vermont maple syrup, French toast, The Veggiething, maple treats and snacks, hot and cold drinks & more.

Joe & Sal’s Pizzeria
Delicious, Authentic pizza, soft drinks and smiles!

Outback Kate’s
Chicken, Beef, and gator on a stick or in a wrap. Grilled veggies, stir-fried rice and beans, cold drinks and more.

Timi’s Greek Food
Greek salads, gyros, spanikopita, falafels, stuffed grape leaves, baklava and more.

Masterpiece Ice Cream
Ice cream and handmade waffle cones.

The Groovy Grill
Burgers & hot dogs with all the fixin’s

Parlez-Vous Crepe
A local business specializing in authentic, made to order sweet and savory crepes. Menu changes daily so stop by for breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert!

The Pork Palace
Sausage & ham breakfast biscuits and BBQ sandwiches.

Frybread
An old favorite-with powdered sugar, strawberries & whip cream. Or try a frybread taco.

Arts & Crafts

Inspiring and creative art and crafts are always in plentiful supply at Shakori Hills. Pottery, clothing, jewelry, accessories, furniture, fine baskets, glasswork … The offerings of Shakori crafters are varied, but they share one thing in common — all items are handmade by the people who offer them for sale. Take home a memory of your festival experience … please support our fantastic craft vendors!

The Spring 2008 Craft Vendors are:

Beadhive hails from Pittsboro, N.C. and sells an eclectic assortment of beads, custom-made jewelry, paintings and other interesting functional art.

Bob7 “Emerge-N-See Art”, award-winning art ambulance with sideshow game, chillspace, and gallery of unusual objets d’art…

Buttonwood Designs and Ithaca Stringed Instruments creates handcrafted handbags composed of rugged tapestry fabrics along with hand-built instruments such as violins, mandolins and custom guitars.

Carrene Studio and Denise Archuleta feature wire sculpted art glass pendants with matching earrings, and photography digitally manipulated to harmonize artistic expression with technology

Clothes For the Soul brings us a complete line of hand-made natural fiber patchwork clothing and accessories.

Eli Schwartz Gralla Glass creates durable, yet elegant, individually designed colorful pieces of magic .

Elizabeth Farrell offers free-hand artistry in fantastic colorful makeup for the face and body, traditional henna Mehndi skin ornament, faerie dusts, and glitter tattoos. Come visit the Painteresse and get dolled up or glammed out!

Flat Earth Tile Works offers addative-free scented parafin candles and decorative stonware tiles.

Fox Unlimited makes beautiful sterling silver jewelry accented with colored stones of many varieties.

Gaia Conceptions offers eco-chic clothing and accessories for the urban nomad made with local organic fabrics.

Jeff Martin Ceramics brings pottery from Boone, NC that is finished with freehand sgraffito carvings, interlacing painting, poetry and storytelling into his work.

Blue Mountain Studio creates artistic photography such as Polariod transfers and hand-colored archival quality prints.

Katie Did It crafts decorative and functional stained glass pieces from Asheville, NC.

Katzinn, from Clio, MI is a pen and ink artist offering intricate pieces in both black and white and color.

Lesliegoods brings fun and functional mixed media art for the home and heart from Madison County, NC.

Let There Be Glass offers dichroic glass and sterling silver jewelry designed to be wearable art.

Mexica Crafts has originally designed leather boots, moccasins and bags

New Orleans Urban Swamp Threads brings us contemporary folk art depicting the life and culture of New Orleans and beyond.

Primavera Leather from Boone, NC combines traditional leather methods with innovative techniques to create functional and decorative items.

Radcow Leatherworks offers hand-cut, tooled, and dyed leather belts and accessories.

Rainbow Ridge Farms is a family owned business specializing in culinary, medicinal and unusual herb bedding plants.

Smashing Silver sells a variety of hand-crafted gemstone jewelry made in Durham, NC.

Spiral brings us hula-hoops even adults can use! Beautiful, durable handmade hoops in a range of sizes so kids of all ages can happily get their groove on and experience the fun, flowing fitness of hoop dance. Come spin a hoop at her booth and find the perfect fit for you.

Splash Creations @ www.tiedyeclothing.com offers locally-based contemporary tie dye clothing from right here in Chatham County

Three Wishes creates hand-sewn garments of silk charmeuse, chiffon, and other fine fabrics using a non-traditional shibori dyeing technique.

Vespertine offers handmade soaps and other body treats along with fanciful ceramics from right here in Pittsboro, NC.

Visiondance Scenic from Greensboro, NC has worked on festival artwork, including here at Shakori Hills, for over 15 years. Selling hand-painted pants, Tibetan prayer flags, and banners celebrating images of spring and earth. Festival goers may even choose to paint
their own pants to dance in!

Work Art crafts a range of chainsaw sculptures, look for them around the festival grounds!