Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.

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Thursday, August 18, 2022
Thursday Night Lights – Screenings of Vintage Asheville High School Football Game Footage
Aug 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Pack Memorial Library

Thursday Night Lights - Screenings of Vintage Asheville High School Football Game Footage

Join Buncombe County Special Collections and the Asheville City Schools Foundation on Thursday evenings throughout the summer to enjoy screenings of football game review films from the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s.
Whether you’re excited to remember your glory days or hoping to watch your Dad’s famous game-winning touchdown, we hope you’ll join us as we gear up for the fall football season!

We especially invite AHS athletes past and present to enjoy these highlights of vintage games.
Friends of Buncombe County Special Collections will provide light concession-style refreshments.

Screenings will begin at 6 pm in the Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library.

Foundy Street Flashback Film Series: XANADU
Aug 18 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Wedge at Foundation

Join Foundy Street, Wedge Brewing, and Grail Moviehouse for an outdoor screening of Xanadu, performances by Drag Queen Ganymede, DJ Set by Jaze Uries, exclusive limited seating from Sunnyside Trading Company, a Gospel Ice Cream Pop-Up, and lots of fun all benefitting Cat Fly Film Festival!

Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic & Feature Comedy at Asheville Pizza
Aug 18 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co

Stand Up Comedy is back in the Asheville Pizza Gameroom with the hottest comics in town. Hosted by Cody Hughes, featuring Petey Smith McDowell, Mario T & Jess Cooley

Comedy Open Mic sign up at door, free entry & pizza 3-5m

Contact Michele at [email protected] for more info

 

Saturday, August 20, 2022
FAMILY SATURDAY MORNING FEAT. FREE MOVIE – COCO
Aug 20 @ 11:30 am
Rabbit Rabbit
48 Hour Film Project
Aug 20 @ 6:00 pm
Asheville Community Theatre

The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which a team makes a movie – writes, shoots, and edits – in just 48 hours. Phew! The Awards Night will include a “Best of” screening of the TOP TEN short films, followed by an Intermission and the Awards, including the award for BEST FILM! Bring your family and friends to this fun, annual celebration of our creative local film community.
Monday, August 22, 2022
FREE SUMMER MOVIES TOP GUN (1986)
Aug 22 @ 7:00 pm
The Orange Peel
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
School’s OUT for Summer Movie Express! 
Aug 23 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Regal Biltmore Grande & RPX

Regal Summer Movie Express

 

Summer Movie Express

The entire family can enjoy $2 tickets at Regal Biltmore Grande. Enjoy these discounted tickets every Tuesday and Wednesday for the first show of the day. Buy tickets today!

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 24, 2022
School’s OUT for Summer Movie Express! 
Aug 24 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Regal Biltmore Grande & RPX

Regal Summer Movie Express

 

Summer Movie Express

The entire family can enjoy $2 tickets at Regal Biltmore Grande. Enjoy these discounted tickets every Tuesday and Wednesday for the first show of the day. Buy tickets today!

 

 

 

Thursday, August 25, 2022
GREASE
Aug 25 @ 6:30 pm
Rabbit Rabbit

Benefit for The Hope Chest For Women

City Dance
Aug 25 @ 7:30 pm
Landmark Hal

Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.

Friday, August 26, 2022
After Hours at the Library – Family Movie Night–Luca
Aug 26 @ 6:00 pm
Enka-Candler Public Library

Join us after hours to watch Luca (PG) in August. Films take place in the library community room after the library has closed. Popcorn will be served. Chairs will be out, but you’re welcome to bring blankets, sleeping bags, or pillows to sit on the floor.

Food and beverage welcome, but beverages must contain lids. No alcoholic beverages on library property and no child can be left unattended. Masks are not required in libraries but we ask you to respect other people’s space and wear a mask if you prefer.

The Hot Girl End of Summer Report at The Orange Peel
Aug 26 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Orange Peel

The Hot Girls’ End of Summer Report
Friday August 26
The Orange Peel
101 Biltmore Ave, Downtown Asheville

8p, doors at 7p • fully seated show

Standup Comedy Show
Featuring the HOTTEST and FUNNIEST female identifying comedians from around the region!
Hosted by Morgan Bost

Featuring Lace Larrabee who was recently on NBC’s America’s Got Talent with yesses from all the judges. This actress, comedian and podcaster is best known for “Queen America,” “Punchline” and “Flophouse.” with Hilliary Begley, fresh off her European tour, best known for Dumplin’ on Netflix and Amazon Prime. plus Moira Goree, Becca Steinhoff and more great regional comedians

Show: 8pm | Doors: 7pm
$17 – $20

The Hot Girls’ End of Summer Report
Aug 26 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Orange Peel

The Hot Girls’ End of Summer Report
Friday August 26 at The Orange Peel
101 Biltmore Ave, in Downtown Asheville
8p, doors at 7p • fully seated show

You wont want to miss this Standup Comedy Show as the HOTTEST and FUNNIEST comedians from around the region get back in town to give us their Hot Girl End off Summer report!

Featuring Lace Larrabee who was recently on NBC’s America’s Got Talent with yesses from all the judges. This actress, comedian and podcaster is best known for “Queen America,” “Punchline” and “Flophouse.” with Hilliary Begley, fresh off her European tour, best known for Dumplin’ on Netflix and Amazon Prime.

plus Moira Goree, Becca Steinhoff and more great regional comedians you don’t want to miss this HOT evening out!!

Hosted by the amazing Morgan Bost

Monday, August 29, 2022
After Hours at the Library- Family Movie Night!
Aug 29 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Enka-Candler Library
Thursday, September 1, 2022
MOVIE NIGHT AT THE COLLIDER – SACRED JOURNEYS
Sep 1 @ 6:00 pm
THE COLLIDER

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                                                          celebration of
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Asheville Sister Cities celebrates our sister city in Nigeria with a screening of the PBS film Sacred Journeys. The film follows the Festival of Osun-Osogbo, an annual pilgrimage from Osun to Osogbo, Nigeria. It celebrates the goddess of fertility, Osun, and renews the contract between humans and the divine.

This ceremony is part of the Yoruba religion, which has upwards of 100 million practitioners, and is one of the world’s 10 largest religions. Door open at 6:00 pm for Refreshments and followed by film viewing and discussion FREE to Attend! Donations accepted. The Collider, Downtown Asheville

Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic & Feature Comedy at Pulp Lounge
Sep 1 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Pulp Lounge

9.01. 22 The Orange Peel’s Comedy Basement PULPWhat: Stand up Comedy at The Orange Peel’s Pulp Lounge
When: Thursday 9.01.22.
8p-11p, doors at 7:30p
Where: The Orange Peel’s Comedy Basement, Pulp Lounge
103 Hilliard Ave, Downtown Asheville
Tickets: $13 (available at door or https://theorangepeel.net/…/slice-of-life-comedy-open…/e)
Cocktails, taps & menu available while you laugh the night away to some of the area’s best Stand Up Comics in a ridiculously fun adult environment!! .
Open mic comics signup at door get 3-5m. [Free entry for performing comics, free snacks at comics table]
[Music before show provided by Buzz Radio Asheville, “All Asheville Music & Comedy, All the Time.”]
Stand up comedy featuring Mario Trevzo with special guest James Harrod. Hosted by Cody Hughes
Mario Trevizo
Originally from the suburbs of Maryland, Mario has made a home for himself with stand up comedy in Asheville, North Carolina. His style focuses on the awkward moments that come with being a non Spanish speaking Mexican living in the south. Beyond hosting various events around town, he is mainly known for his animated performances, quirky faces, and crying randomly at movies.
James Harrod
James is a stand up comedian originally from Raleigh now living in Asheville, North Carolina. In addition to hosting the Comedy Freakshow every Tuesday night at The Odditorium, he also performs around the east coast opening for comedians like Sean Patton, Yedoye Travis, Michael Palascak, Brandie Posey and many more. Out of all the comics in his scene he was voted most needy and desperate for compliments.
Host Cody Hughes
Cody is a comedian who cut his teeth in Chicago and Atlanta. He is now based out of West North Carolina and tours the Southeast. He has opened for Lewis Black, John Oliver and Maria Bamford among others and hosts the regular Slice of Life Comedy shows at The Orange Peel’s Pulp Lounge
We will also be signing people up for the Sweet Sweepstakes for Jubilee Alternative Shelter for Women, please donate items or tix ar sliceoflifecomedy.com or get tix at: https://go.eventgroovefundraising.com/jams/

Friday, September 2, 2022
Film Screening: Sisters with Transistors
Sep 2 @ 8:00 pm
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

 

SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS is the remarkable untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today. Theremins, synthesizers and feedback machines abound in this glorious ode to the women who helped shape, not just electronic music but the contemporary soundscape as we know it.

Avant-garde composer Laurie Anderson narration accompanies fascinating archival footage to trace the history of the technological experimentation of sound, the deconstruction of its parts and the manipulation into something altogether other. While traversing a range of musical approaches and personalities, from academia to outsider art to television commercials, we meet Clara Rockmore, Bebe Barron, Suzanne Ciani, Laurie Spiegel and Eliane Radigue, among many other fascinating and enigmatic musical geniuses and their peculiar way of hearing the world.

Thursday, September 8, 2022
Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic & Feature Comedy at Asheville Pizza
Sep 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co

9.8.22 Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company Gameroom (for 18+)
What: Stand up Comedy at Asheville Pizza & Brewing,
When: Thursday 9.8.22. 7:30p-9:30p, doors at 6:30p
Where: Asheville Pizza & Brewing Gameroom, 675 Merrimon Ave, Asheville 28804
Tickets: $13 (available at door or Asheville Pizza website)
Cocktails, taps & menu available while you laugh the night away to some of the area’s best Stand Up Comics in a ridiculously fun adult environment!! .
Open mic comics signup at door get 3-5m. [Free entry for performing comics, free pizza at comics table]
[Music before show provided by Buzz Radio Asheville, “All Asheville Music & Comedy, All the Time.”]
Hosted by Blaine Perry
Featuring: Jess Cooley, Julia Macias & Allison Shelnut
We will also be signing people up for the Sweet Sweepstakes for Jubilee Alternative Shelter for Women, please donate items or tix ar sliceoflifecomedy.com or get tix at: https://go.eventgroovefundraising.com/jams/

Friday, September 16, 2022
Craft Cinema: Free Phantom Thread Film Screening
Sep 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Center for Craft

Phantom Thread
2017 ‧ 2h 11m ‧ R

‍September’s Craft Cinema screening is the 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson film, “Phantom Thread.” The film is set in a 1950’s London haute couture dressmaking atelier and follows the exacting fashion designer, Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis), who embroiders secret messages into his garments. The film depicts the laborious, hand-executed sewing, tailoring, and drapery techniques of couture garment-making and won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
Phantom Thread is rated R by the MPAA for language.

Complimentary beverages and popcorn courtesy of Bhramari Brewing Co. and Poppy Handcrafted popcorn are provided. Thank you to our Craft Cinema series sponsor, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Thursday, September 22, 2022
City Dance
Sep 22 @ 7:30 pm
Landmark Hal

Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.

Saturday, October 1, 2022
Grail Moviehouse: the original 1931 Frankenstein film
Oct 1 @ 12:00 pm
Grail Moviehouse


Join Grail Moviehouse in partnership with the Magnetic Theatre for a presentation of the original 1931 FRANKENSTEIN. This classic sci-fi / horror tells the story of Henry Frankenstein, who digs up corpses in order to assemble a living being from different body parts, resulting in the famed monster, played by the legendary Boris Karloff.

A percentage of the proceeds will benefit The Magnetic Theatre and their production of THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS, by local playwright David Hopes.

More about THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS:

The Magnetic Theatre presents The Frankenstein Rubrics
Written by local playwright David Hopes
Directed by Doug Savitt
October 7-22 with shows Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm and 4pm on Sundays

The Beauty and Magesty of Our Universe The Hunt For Planet B
Oct 1 @ 2:00 pm
The Collider

The Hunt For Planet B, the story about the building of the world’s most powerful telescope will screen at the Collider in Asheville on October 1, 2022 at 2pm. Admission is free. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space telescope allowing scientists for the first time to see the very first stars and galaxies in the universe 13 billion light years into outer space.

Screening Sponsored by ASRC Federal, Asheville Museum of Science and CASE Consultants International
ASHEVILLE, N.C., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Hunt For Planet B, the story about the building of the world’s most powerful telescope will screen at the Collider in Asheville on October 1, 2022 at 2pm. Admission is free. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space telescope allowing scientists for the first time to see the very first stars and galaxies in the universe 13 billion light years into outer space.

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                                                          Nebula
Carina Nebula
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                                                          Webb Space
                                                          Telescope
Launch Webb Space Telescope

The screening is sponsored by the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC Federal) in collaboration with the Asheville Museum of Science and CASE Consultants International, a climate sustainability and solutions company.

ASRC Federal was instrumental in the construction of the James Webb Space Telescope. Prior to the film’s screening ASRC Federal JWST Photographer Chris Gunn and ASRC Federal JWST Outreach Lead Peter Sooy will relate personal stories and answer questions.
Registration for the screening is available online at: Simpletix (https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-hunt-for-planet-b-movie-screening-tick-tickets-114130).
Additional information about the screening and presentations can be found on the CASE Consultants International website (https://caseconsultantsinternational.com/events/f/movie-night-at-the-collider—the-hunt-for-planet-b).
For more information contact:
Veronica Crane-Lindsey | Events Business Manager
[email protected] | 828 768-0934
Peter Doyle
310 993 2763 | [email protected]
CASE Consultants International
One Haywood Street, Suite 451, Asheville, NC 28801
www.CASEConsultantsInternational.com
SOURCE CASE Consultants International

Bicycle Film Festival
Oct 1 @ 5:30 pm
Gunter Theatre

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Bicycle Film Festival
Oct 1 @ 8:30 pm
Gunter Theatre

Event Details

Sunday, October 2, 2022
Grail Moviehouse: the original 1931 Frankenstein film
Oct 2 @ 12:00 pm
Grail Moviehouse


Join Grail Moviehouse in partnership with the Magnetic Theatre for a presentation of the original 1931 FRANKENSTEIN. This classic sci-fi / horror tells the story of Henry Frankenstein, who digs up corpses in order to assemble a living being from different body parts, resulting in the famed monster, played by the legendary Boris Karloff.

A percentage of the proceeds will benefit The Magnetic Theatre and their production of THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS, by local playwright David Hopes.

More about THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS:

The Magnetic Theatre presents The Frankenstein Rubrics
Written by local playwright David Hopes
Directed by Doug Savitt
October 7-22 with shows Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm and 4pm on Sundays

Monday, October 3, 2022
Grail Moviehouse: the original 1931 Frankenstein film
Oct 3 @ 7:00 pm
Grail Moviehouse


Join Grail Moviehouse in partnership with the Magnetic Theatre for a presentation of the original 1931 FRANKENSTEIN. This classic sci-fi / horror tells the story of Henry Frankenstein, who digs up corpses in order to assemble a living being from different body parts, resulting in the famed monster, played by the legendary Boris Karloff.

A percentage of the proceeds will benefit The Magnetic Theatre and their production of THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS, by local playwright David Hopes.

More about THE FRANKENSTEIN RUBRICS:

The Magnetic Theatre presents The Frankenstein Rubrics
Written by local playwright David Hopes
Directed by Doug Savitt
October 7-22 with shows Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm and 4pm on Sundays

Friday, October 7, 2022
Tryon International Film Festival – VIP ALL Access
Oct 7 @ 5:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

This pass includes access to the Gala reception and screening on Friday, two days of live films, seven days of virtual fim access, workshops, hospitality parties, and VIP Lounge.

Tryon International Film Festival – Opening Reception
Oct 7 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

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This pass includes the screening to take place at the Historic Tryon Theatre with a gala and reception to take place at the Upstairs Artspace & McCowen St.

Saturday, October 8, 2022
Tryon International Film Festival – Saturday Screening
Oct 8 @ 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

This pass includes access to all Saturday film screenings, workshops and hospitality parties during the live festival.

 

Tryon International Film Festival – Weekend Pass
Oct 8 @ 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

 

This pass includes access to all film screenings for Saturday & Sunday, workshops, hospitality parties and Award Ceremony during the live festival.