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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Friday, November 18, 2022
“New” Strategies and Tools for Business Success in 2022
Nov 18 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Henderson County Chamber of Commerce

This program will open the big picture of Decision-Making, and show its vast significance to our success as professionals and individuals.
Participants in the presentation will benefit from decision-making insights that will show them how to separate between fact and fiction, think strategically about decisions, and understand the big picture, which will help them to significantly reduce the margin of error in their decision-making process.
This topic is of critical importance to all large and small businesses alike and is one of the main 10 leadership skills that are critical to post COVID situational leadership.
This program can propel you to the next level of decision-making, and can help you apply your wisdom to every decision you make, which ultimately, can be a game changer.
Instructor: Eli Harari – The Thinking Coach
Eli Harari, The Thinking Coach, is an experienced international corporate, organizational and government leadership trainer and coach. In over a quarter of century of experience, he has conducted leadership seminars and personal coaching for CEOs, executives and government officials in 5 continents. Eli has guided and trained many professionals to new levels of leadership-success, which reflected in the ever greater success and level of efficacy for many of their organizations.
He comes from IDF military leadership experience and professional sports leadership, which along with his many years of training corporate leaders world-wide yielded highly practical, passionate and “feelable” training seminars. These professional trainings focus on ten primary leadership skills which Eli sublimated from his rich experience over the years and today he “amber-fits” them to the unique requirements of our time, ie: a trustworthy leadership that unifies and humanizes the world of business as we know it. Eli is eager to bring those skills to bear in this beautiful town of Hendersonville, to enrich our community with updated leadership skills that can be a game changer for years to come.
“The Human Business Is The Main Business Of Any Business”
                                                -Eli Harari
Seminar: Decision-Making Competence
Nov 18 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
The Chamber

This program will open the big picture of Decision-Making, and show its vast significance to our success as professionals and individuals.
Participants in the presentation will benefit from decision-making insights that will show them how to separate between fact and fiction, think strategically about decisions, and understand the big picture, which will help them to significantly reduce the margin of error in their decision-making process. (Decision-making is never perfect).
This topic is of critical importance to all large and small businesses alike and is one of the main 10 leadership skills that are critical to post COVID situational leadership.
This program can propel you to the next level of decision-making, and can help you apply your wisdom to every decision you make, which ultimately, can be a game changer.
Instructor: Eli Harari – The Thinking Coach
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Nov 19 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Venture 15 + Venture Asheville Honors Awards Open for Applications + Nominations
Nov 19 all-day
online

The Venture 15 recognizes the 15 fastest-growing Asheville-area startups and businesses can apply to be considered until Monday, November 21!

This event, held Thursday, December 15 at The Orange Peel, recognizes the area’s outstanding entrepreneurs & serves as an elite setting where they can share their talent and wisdom as well as offer inspiration to other fledgling companies to be part of this exclusive group.

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Startups are measured by their Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), using year-end revenues. Companies will be asked to provide baseline financial information about their organization via tax returns that will enable the calculation of their CAGR.

We also celebrate the Asheville Honors Awards & recognize the Best Startup to Work For at this event! The nomination deadline for those is Nov. 27.

Sunday, November 20, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Nov 20 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Venture 15 + Venture Asheville Honors Awards Open for Applications + Nominations
Nov 20 all-day
online

The Venture 15 recognizes the 15 fastest-growing Asheville-area startups and businesses can apply to be considered until Monday, November 21!

This event, held Thursday, December 15 at The Orange Peel, recognizes the area’s outstanding entrepreneurs & serves as an elite setting where they can share their talent and wisdom as well as offer inspiration to other fledgling companies to be part of this exclusive group.

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Asheville -
Venture 15
Startups are measured by their Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), using year-end revenues. Companies will be asked to provide baseline financial information about their organization via tax returns that will enable the calculation of their CAGR.

We also celebrate the Asheville Honors Awards & recognize the Best Startup to Work For at this event! The nomination deadline for those is Nov. 27.

Monday, November 21, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Nov 21 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Venture 15 + Venture Asheville Honors Awards Open for Applications + Nominations
Nov 21 all-day
online

The Venture 15 recognizes the 15 fastest-growing Asheville-area startups and businesses can apply to be considered until Monday, November 21!

This event, held Thursday, December 15 at The Orange Peel, recognizes the area’s outstanding entrepreneurs & serves as an elite setting where they can share their talent and wisdom as well as offer inspiration to other fledgling companies to be part of this exclusive group.

Venture
Asheville -
Venture 15
Startups are measured by their Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), using year-end revenues. Companies will be asked to provide baseline financial information about their organization via tax returns that will enable the calculation of their CAGR.

We also celebrate the Asheville Honors Awards & recognize the Best Startup to Work For at this event! The nomination deadline for those is Nov. 27.

Music Bingo Mondays
Nov 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Down Dog Yoga Studio and Dog Bar

Music Bingo Mondays

Join us every Monday night for Singo (Musical Bingo)!

Singo will run from 7-8:15 pm.

No reservations needed, just get ready for a good time and a chance to win some Down Dog prizes!

Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Nov 22 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Trivia Tuesday
Nov 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Down Dog Yoga Studio and Dog Bar

Trivia Tuesday

No reservations needed, just get ready for a good time and a chance to win some Down Dog prizes!

Trivia Tuesday
Nov 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Down Dog Yoga Studio and Dog Bar

Trivia Tuesday

Join us every Tuesday night for Trivia!

Trivia will run from 7-8:15 pm. We will be capping the teams at 20 and teams will not be able to join after 7 so make sure to arrive early to secure your spot!

No reservations needed, just grab your thinking caps and get ready for a good time and a chance to win a $10, $20, or $30 gift certificate to Down Dog!

Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Nov 23 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Wine Wednesday
Nov 23 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Down Dog Yoga Studio and Dog Bar

Wine Wednesday

Enjoy a $6 glass of wine and 1/2 off bottles every Wednesday night!

Whiskers on Wednesday-Adoption Event
Nov 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
PetSmart

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Join us Wednesdays at Petsmart , Bleachery Blvd, from 6:00-8:00 pm to meet some of MPR AVL’s finest felines!
All cats and kittens at the event are spayed/neutered, FIV/FELV tested, current on vaccines, microchipped, dewormed and started on flea preventative, so we encourage you to bring a carrier to take home your new furry friend(s)!
Read more about all of the adoptable cats and kittens at MPRAVL.org!
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Pint Night
Nov 24 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Down Dog Yoga Studio and Dog Bar

Pint Night

$1 off draft beers every Thursday!

Sunday, November 27, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Nov 27 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Monday, November 28, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Nov 28 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Music Bingo Mondays
Nov 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Down Dog Yoga Studio and Dog Bar

Music Bingo Mondays

Join us every Monday night for Singo (Musical Bingo)!

Singo will run from 7-8:15 pm.

No reservations needed, just get ready for a good time and a chance to win some Down Dog prizes!

Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Nov 29 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Trivia Tuesday
Nov 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Down Dog Yoga Studio and Dog Bar

Trivia Tuesday

No reservations needed, just get ready for a good time and a chance to win some Down Dog prizes!

Trivia Tuesday
Nov 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Down Dog Yoga Studio and Dog Bar

Trivia Tuesday

Join us every Tuesday night for Trivia!

Trivia will run from 7-8:15 pm. We will be capping the teams at 20 and teams will not be able to join after 7 so make sure to arrive early to secure your spot!

No reservations needed, just grab your thinking caps and get ready for a good time and a chance to win a $10, $20, or $30 gift certificate to Down Dog!

Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Nov 30 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Fall Legislative Update
Nov 30 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
The Venue

Get first-hand insights into the state legislature and its impacts on the business community at our Legislative Update.

 

We are excited to host a live taping of the Do Politics Better podcast with Brian Lewis and Skye David of New Frame, a bipartisan and creative lobbying and communications firm serving North Carolina nonprofits and small businesses.

 

The New Frame team will discuss the November elections, preview the 2023 long session of the NC General Assembly, and answer questions from the audience along with special guest Chris Cooper from Western Carolina University.

About the speakers:

As one of three lobbyists for New Frame’s clients at the General Assembly, Brian Lewis leads the firm’s work on strategy, messaging and engaging clients to move legislators.  Brian has worked in state politics and policy since 1996 and holds a master’s degree in public affairs and bachelor’s in political science from UNC Greensboro.  He is a veteran lobbyist at the General Assembly and has been involved in some of the state’s most high profile political discussions over the last decade.  Brian is also a frequent guest on Capital Tonight, a nightly public affairs show on Spectrum News, where he gives political communications analysis for viewers.

Skye David attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she served on the Student Council as well as the Educational Policy Committee for the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences. Skye’s academic work on domestic violence led to an Orville Bentley Undergraduate Research Award for her work and served as the foundation of her future work at the North Carolina General Assembly. At New Frame, Skye works on policy, legal and regulatory issues affecting all the firm’s clients, with a focus on the policy, lobbying, and legal needs of New Frame’s clients.  During her tenure at New Frame, Skye has built a reputation of trustworthiness and coalition building.The effects of her work have been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, and NBCNews, among other outlets.

Chris Cooper is a professor and Director of the Public policy Institute at Western Carolina University. Cooper’s published academic research features over 50 refereed journal articles and book chapters on NC politics, state politics, southern politics, political behavior, and behavioral public administration. He is also co-author of The Resilience of Southern Identity: Why the South Still Matters in the Minds of its People  and co-editor of The New Politics of North Carolina. Cooper is a frequent source for news stories about North Carolina politics and has been quoted in a variety of media including the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science MonitorBoston HeraldAl Jazeera, Charlotte Observer, Asheville-Citizen Times, The Hill, National Journal, Raleigh News and Observer, North Carolina Insider National Public Radio, USA Today, CNN, FOX News, WUNC, Blue Ridge Public Radio, WFAE (Charlotte) ABC News, and ESPN.com.

Wine Wednesday
Nov 30 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Down Dog Yoga Studio and Dog Bar

Wine Wednesday

Enjoy a $6 glass of wine and 1/2 off bottles every Wednesday night!

Whiskers on Wednesday-Adoption Event
Nov 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
PetSmart

May be an image of cat and text

Join us Wednesdays at Petsmart , Bleachery Blvd, from 6:00-8:00 pm to meet some of MPR AVL’s finest felines!
All cats and kittens at the event are spayed/neutered, FIV/FELV tested, current on vaccines, microchipped, dewormed and started on flea preventative, so we encourage you to bring a carrier to take home your new furry friend(s)!
Read more about all of the adoptable cats and kittens at MPRAVL.org!
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Dec 1 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Asheville BAC Meeting
Dec 1 @ 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Goodwill Workforce Development Center

Join us for our annual Holiday BAC event, where we’ll share a hot meal and some fun activities that will help us get to know one another. Please feel free to bring fliers, brochures, and business cards to share.

The BAC brings together the business and non-profit service provider communities to network and talk about how we can all partner together to help those in need of employment.

Pint Night
Dec 1 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Down Dog Yoga Studio and Dog Bar

Pint Night

$1 off draft beers every Thursday!

Friday, December 2, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Dec 2 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.