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As summer heats up the Appalachian sky, so does Downtown After Five! Every third Friday of the Month, the Asheville Downtown Association brings you live music and cold beer. As well as lots of food offerings from local restaurants. Downtown After Five is a free event. Please remember to bring your valid ID and cash to purchase T-shirts, beer, wine, soft drinks and food!Please feel free to bring a camera with you. The Downtown Association loves getting photos from their aspiring photographers! If you take pictures, please email them to the Downtown Association and they will post them on their online album! Also, please leave the pets at home, Pets can become disoriented and uncomfortable in the crowds and heat. They will be happier left at home. This years music lineup includes: May 21:
Jennie Arnau - Jennie Arnau creates a unique blend of New York-nurtured South Carolina-born Grassroots rock. Her original blend of Americana, Alt-Country and rock along with her bold and bittersweet voice have lead more than one critic to describe her as a cross between Neil Young and Martina McBride. June 18:
Velvet Truckstop - With their lofty electric blues and driving southern rock jams, Velvet Truckstop plays down-home rock and roll. What you get are tight vocal harmonies, searing guitars, heavy keyboard driven groove and a tight rhythm section that holds it all together. July 16:
Soulgrass Rebellion - Soulgrass Rebellion combines roots, reggae, bluegrass and soul music and delivers it with a vengeance. Their high-energy live shows bring the audience and the music together and leave crowds wanting more. August 20:
Nuevo Montuno Salsa Orchestra - With their roots firmly planted in Puerto Rican-style salsa, Nuevo Montuno performs driving Latin music designed to move the audience to dance September 17:
Grayson Capps - With live performances are ignited by sanctified Southern soul, howling back-country stomp and raucous roadhouse blues, Grayson Capps is a singer-songwriter delicately framing his songs with a pristine sound. Grayson has performed at Bonaroo and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Looking for more happenings in the area? Check out Asheville.com's comprehensive visitor center. (Image provided by The Asheville Downtown Association.)
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Stephaniesid - Local indie-pop favorites, Stephaniesid's complex sound blends instrumental variety, overlaying vocals and thoughtful lyrics. Filled with the full orchestral sound of guitars, vibraphones, keyboards, synthesizers, trombones and Stephanie's vocals, the group's latest CD has been featured on NPR's "World Cafe" and "All Songs Considered."
Drivin' N Cryin' - While it's tough to pinpoint the band's genre, they tend to mix Southern rock and folk blues with leader Kevn Kinney's unmistakable voice. The band has shared the stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sonic Youth and Neil Young. 
Josh Phillips Folk Festival - Bringing the listener back to the very source of roots, folk, soul, R&B, rock and reggae, the common theme of the music is heart-felt lyrics with a strong focus on the song itself. After four years with Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band Josh began a solo career to get back to his roots and harness a more simple sound that highlights a song's lyrics. 
Spam Allstars - Spam Allstars are Miami's hardest-working Latin band. Spam music, grounded in Latin funk, mixes horns, improvisational electronic elements and turntables with hip-hop and dub, adding touches of Pythonesque humor.
Larry Keel & Natural Bridge - The most powerful, innovative and all-out exhilarating acoustic Americana ensemble performing today. Lead by award-winning flatipicking guitar genius Larry Keel, this group takes bluegrass instrumentation into totally surprising places and spaces, from the purest traditional forms to the most astonishing experimental sonic journeys a listener can undertake.