Wednesday, November 5 - Saturday, November 8, 2025

9 am – 5 pm, Wednesday - Friday
9 am – 3 pm, Saturday

Note: Registration opens one hour before the show begins.

On-site registration and badge pick up hours are as follows:

8 am – 5 pm, Wednesday - Friday
8 am – 2 pm, Saturday

Note: The exhibit hall opens at 9 am daily, with registration available one hour prior to show floor opening.

• Complimentary coffee available all day at Parkway Tower
• Complimentary beer & wine each afternoon from 4 - 5 pm
• Networking opportunities, including Made in America and Zootique Buying Tours, Happy Hours, and a Popcorn Social
• Daily $100 prize giveaways and more! 

Be sure to use the official housing company for the Smoky Mountain Gift Show, Connections Housing, to secure the lowest rates.

BUYER BEWARE! Connections Housing is the only approved, official Smoky Mountain Gift Show housing vendor. We understand that unauthorized housing companies may contact you to advertise cheaper rates and imply or claim an affiliation with the show or Clarion Events. Unfortunately, some past attendees and exhibitors have fallen prey to these companies and they have either: lost significant deposits, been relocated with little or no warning, have not had the guest rooms they thought they had booked, or have not received reservations at the hotel they had thought were confirmed. So be sure to book your room through Connections Housing!

View our list of reported unauthorized providers here.

As a pre-registered buyer, you can show your Smoky Mountain Gift Show advanced registration confirmation or IGES Buyer Badge and park for free at the Bearskin parking garage. Please note, this is the only free lot available and there is limited space. Parking will be first come, first serve.

>> Bearskin Parking Garage is located at 955 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738

McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, TN is the closest commercial airport and is about 40 miles from Gatlinburg.

All wheelchairs and scooters must be rented from an outside provider. 

• This show is open to trade only. New stores and/or buyers attending for the first time should be prepared to present the following to gain admission: 1 form of personal ID and 2 forms of business ID, which can include business card; company credit card; company check; paycheck stub; tax ID number; company insurance card; company buyer's club card; business invoice. (Please note: 1 form of personal ID and 1 form of business ID is required for each additional employee.) 

• Attendee expressly assumes and releases Clarion Events, Inc., any affiliates, employees, agents, sub-contractors and third parties from, all risks, claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses, whether or not reasonably foreseeable, associated with, resulting from, or arising in connection with Attendee's participation or presence at the Event, including, without limitation, all risks of harm, damage, illness (including viruses or illness from any communicable disease) or injury (including death) to or related to Attendee and his or her person or property. 

• Attendee expressly agrees to fully comply with all applicable COVID-19 health and safety measures, rules and protocols that govern and/or apply to attendance at the event issued from time to time by: 
  o   any local, State or national authority (including public health authorities) which includes both (i) the State & County mandates and (ii) CDC guidelines; o   the applicable venue; and the organizer, Clarion Events, Inc. Clarion Events, Inc., reserves the right to remove any Attendee from the event for failure to adhere to the required COVID-19 health and safety measures and protocols for attendance at the event, as notified to the Attendee from time to time. 

• Children 14 and under as well as strollers are strongly discouraged. 

• The photography of any exhibit is expressly prohibited without the written consent of the exhibitor. 

The Smoky Mountain Gift Show is open to the trade only.  Admission is free to qualified retailers.