Bele Chere is more than just bands and foods-on-a-stick. It’s shopping, too. Think: gifts, apparel, jewelry, accessories and Asheville souvenirs. Find a list of the local vendors with booths at this year’s festival here. And here are some of our top shopping picks for this year:
1. Tom’s wedge sandals at the Tops For Shoes display. (College Street and Lexington Avenue)
2. Ad Lib’s hats. All hats are $20, and all of the money is donated to habitat for Humanity. (Haywood Street)
3. Flying pig hanging sculpture at Art By The Case. (College Street)
4. Spoon and fork rings by New Homestead. (Haywood Street)
5. Sunglasses at the Hip Replacements booth. (College Street and Lexington Avenue)
6. T-shirts at Gaea Gifts. (College Street)
7. Summer dresses at Minx. (Lexington Avenue)
8. Vintage shoes at the Costume Shoppe booth. (Lexington Avenue)
9. Leather flower cuffs from Chevron Bead Company. (Lexington Avenue)
