A Celebration of Earth Day and Our Beautiful Mountain Community
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April 26, 2025 – 11am to 5pm – Street Fair
Planning Meetings
Thursday nights 6pm at Fern Crest. If you would like to volunteer, please call 828-321-3584
The Andrews Spring Fling is a great way to get outside and celebrate the start of Spring in the Mountains! Stroll through town and shop with local vendors. Take some time to visit Downtown Shops, Restaurants, Breweries, and Wineries…there’s so much to do! Spring Fling takes place on Main Street from Fairview Rd. to Oak St.
You will have a family-friendly the opportunity to learn about fly fishing, cooking and so much more. The Kidzone helps keep everyone in the family entertained, and our Food Court, with live music all day, will make you want to stay and play for hours!
Handicapped Parking available near the center of the festival.
2025 Demonstrations
(In the tent on the lawn at the Methodist Church)
– Medicinal Tincture of Local Wild Herbs & Plants – Learn to recognize, harvest and tincture native herbs and plants to create a medicinal tincture.
– Making Sauces from Jam – Using Garnet Gals Jams to create 2 different sauces – blueberry or strawberry pancake sauce and an Asian pepper dipping sauce. Samples will be available for tasting.
– Spinning Yarn – Learn how to spin yarn on a spindle by the Granet Gals.
– Fly Tying – Fly tying is the art of creating artificial flies that imitate the appearance and behavior of natural insects, baitfish, or other prey that fish feed on by Trout Unlimited.
– Fly casting – Trout Unlimited will teach you the art of presenting the fly to the fish in a natural and enticing manner. Unlike traditional casting with spinning or baitcasting gear, fly casting involves using the weight of the fly line to cast the lightweight fly.
2025 Highlights
- Nature Scavenger Hunt & Games at MountainTrue Booth
- Kids can learn how to fly fish all day!
- Doxie Derby at Noon across from the Andrews Library. Prizes for race winners and for best-dressed dog (large dog & small dog categories)
- KidZone: Bouncy House and Slide, Sidewalk Chalk, Rock Painting, Balloon House, Face Painting and Bubble Station
- Food Court with Picnic Tables
- 60+ vendor/craft booths
- Dog Watering Station at the Chamber Office
- Race Cars
- Dunking Booth
2025 Spring Fling Entertainment (Live Music All Day)
Full Circle 11am to 12:30pm
Brother 1pm to 2:30pm
Sugah & the Cubes 3:30pm to 5pm
The 4th Annual Doxie Derby
What is a Doxie Derby, anyway?
The Andrews Annual Doxie Derby is held each year during our Spring Fling, and is a racing event where Dachshunds compete for the title of “fastest wiener” and a cash prize. We also hold a costume contest before the event for “Best Dressed”. You may enter your Furr baby by calling 828-321-5516. The Doxie Derby is sponsored by Old Town Brokers.
The History of Spring Fling
In 2009, Eve Miranda started an Earth Day Celebration that was a well attended 4-day event including educational booths and vendors, as well as events at the library. The Library took over the event in 2016.
By 2018, the Andrews Public Library and the Chamber of Commerce were ready to re-brand the event and name it “Spring Fling”. The event was expanded to two days, with Friday continuing as Educational Day at the Library, and Saturday becoming a Street Fair & Nature Expo. It was an immediate hit with the community, and vendors came from all around the area to participate.