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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Monday, November 4, 2019
Donate a Turkey for the Holidays MANNA
Nov 4 all-day
MANNA FoodBank

Now through Nov. 15:
Help Make a Local Family’s Table a Bit Brighter and Donate a Turkey to our
TURKEY DRIVE!
This holiday season, we are hoping to fill families’ tables across our region with the staples that we all enjoy during a special holiday meal.
Food with Hope and Dignity
One reality of food banking is that food banks commonly receive holiday-specific food donations after a holiday has already occurred, making it difficult for food banks to provide these food items in a timely way to our neighbors seeking food assistance. We want families across our 16 counties to be able to celebrate the holiday with the rest of the community, and with that hope in mind, we are looking for the community to step up and help us eliminate one more worry for families about how they will fill their own holiday tables.
Donate a Turkey for the Holidays
When you are out shopping, we encourage you to pick up an extra frozen turkey to donate to MANNA! We know that hunger is a daily worry for tens of thousands of people across our region, and something as simple as a holiday turkey can truly give the gift of happiness and hope to people living through the daily experience of food insecurity.
SEEKING STUDENT JUDGES FOR FOOD FIGHT! Volunteers
Nov 4 all-day
Salvage Station

We are looking for 3 AMS student judges, ages 8-16, to participate in the Asheville Mac Attack! Parents, or students, do the following and you will be entered into a drawing…

1. Share the Mac Attack event page on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and tag both @AvlMusicSchool and @AllAmericanFoodFights

2. Be willing to arrive at 12:45, eat 10 mac n’ cheese samples, score them, and stay through 3:30 for the awards ceremony.

That’s it! We’ll announce the winners the week of November 4. 

CONTACT: [email protected]

Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Donate a Turkey for the Holidays MANNA
Nov 5 all-day
MANNA FoodBank

Now through Nov. 15:
Help Make a Local Family’s Table a Bit Brighter and Donate a Turkey to our
TURKEY DRIVE!
This holiday season, we are hoping to fill families’ tables across our region with the staples that we all enjoy during a special holiday meal.
Food with Hope and Dignity
One reality of food banking is that food banks commonly receive holiday-specific food donations after a holiday has already occurred, making it difficult for food banks to provide these food items in a timely way to our neighbors seeking food assistance. We want families across our 16 counties to be able to celebrate the holiday with the rest of the community, and with that hope in mind, we are looking for the community to step up and help us eliminate one more worry for families about how they will fill their own holiday tables.
Donate a Turkey for the Holidays
When you are out shopping, we encourage you to pick up an extra frozen turkey to donate to MANNA! We know that hunger is a daily worry for tens of thousands of people across our region, and something as simple as a holiday turkey can truly give the gift of happiness and hope to people living through the daily experience of food insecurity.
5% Off For Owners
Nov 5 @ 1:00 pm – Nov 6 @ 2:00 am
French Broad Food Co-op

All Co+op Owners save 5% on their purchases!
*Cannot be combined with any other offer or discount, including Go Local, Ownership Shares, Gift Card Purchases. Doesn’t include beer, Co+op Deals, Co+op Basics or clearance items.

https://www.facebook.com/events/536108050219753/?event_time_id=536108083553083

Fall Foliage Photography Contest
Nov 5 @ 1:30 pm – Nov 6 @ 12:00 am
Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park

Capture photos of your friends and family members enjoying the vivid hues of fall and enter them into our photo contest. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.

No additional costs to enter.

The first-place winner will receive an overnight getaway to Hickory Nut Gorge with a stay at the Historic 1927 Lake Lure Inn & Spa, two passes to the Park, brunch for two at the Historic 1927 Lake Lure Inn & Spa and two tickets for a tour with Lake Lure Boat Tours.

The contest’s second-place winner will receive two passes to the Park, lunch for two at the Old Rock Cafe and two tickets for a tour with Lake Lure Boat Tours.

Chimney Rock’s Facebook followers will select the People’s Choice Award winner. Followers will have a week to like and share their favorite photo from an album of Winter Photo Contest entries posted on the Park’s Facebook page at facebook.com/chimneyrockparknc. The People’s Choice Award Winner will receive two passes to the Park, lunch for two at Old Rock Cafe and their photo will be featured on the Park’s Facebook page.

Shutterbugs interested in capturing Mother Nature’s wintry beauty can do so by entering Friday through Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the Park’s winter hours.

All entries must be submitted to [email protected] or to the Parks’ Facebook page through Facebook messenger.

https://www.facebook.com/events/453143675217439/?event_time_id=453143838550756

Tuesday Morning 5Rhythms Sweat Your Prayers!
Nov 5 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
French Broad Food Co-op

5Rhythms is a movement journey of unraveling, unwinding and embodying the thread that connects us all. Soften as your soul borrows your head, hands, feet, hips… giving you an internal shower and sending you back out in this unpredictably magical world with a renewed lightness of being; knowing more clearly what you’ve always known….but perhaps, temporarily, forgot. ♥ $10-20 Energy Exchange. ***Please do not Park in the French Broad Food Co-Op lots!! Park in the small lot across from the Orange Peel, the LaZoom Lot to the left of the FBFC or the ALoft Parking Lot (all the lots have a small parking fee).

https://www.facebook.com/events/518151585260172/?event_time_id=518151728593491

A Good Look’n Tour Presale Event
Nov 5 @ 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
online presale event

STURGILL SIMPSON ANNOUNCES 2020
A GOOD LOOK’N TOUR
WITH VERY SPECIAL GUEST TYLER CHILDERS

Offering a rare quote to media, Simpson said:
“We are a live band. Everyone knows we are a live band. Steal the record or give it away, just come to the shows. For free tickets send a message to Tyler’s Instagram.”

REGISTRATION FOR VERIFIED FAN PRESALE BEGINS TODAY, PRESALES START NOVEMBER 5
TICKETS ON SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC STARTING NOVEMBER 8
Travel Packages Will Support Special Forces Foundation

In an effort to fight against scalpers and ensure tickets get into the hands of fans, the tour has partnered with Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan platform. Fans can gain first access to tickets by registering for the Verified Fan presale now through Sunday, November 3 at 10pm local at https://verifiedfan.ticketmaster.com/sturgillsimpson. Registered fans who receive a code will have access to purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, November 5 at 10am local time.

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets for select markets before the general public beginning Wednesday, November 6 at 12pm local through Thursday, November 7 at 10pm local. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday, November 8 at 10am local. Sturgill Simpson has also partnered with CID Entertainment to offer travel packages. All net proceeds from these travel packages will benefit the Special Forces Foundation. More information on these exclusive offers can be found HERE.

Beacon Blankets: The Mill, A New Exhibit
Nov 5 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Swannanoa Valley Museum and History Center

This fall, the Swannanoa Valley Museum is exploring the story of the textile industry in Western North Carolina through its new exhibit “Beacon Blankets: The Mill.” This multimedia exhibit delves into the history of Beacon Blankets, a New England textile company that migrated to the town of Swannanoa, near Asheville, North Carolina, during the Depression. The Beacon Manufacturing Company was once the largest blanket manufacturer in the world and today, many Beacon blankets are collector’s items. The exhibit highlights several aspects of Beacon’s history, including its controversial use of the term “Indian Design” when advertising its blankets, workers’ striking and unionizing efforts, and the lives and culture of Beacon’s Swannanoa mill town community.

November National Novel Writing Month
Nov 5 @ 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Buncombe County Libraries

The Buncombe County Public Library system is supporting Asheville writers during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) by offering quiet writing spaces, raffle prizes, and a NaNoWriMo NoMo’ party in early December.

NaNoWriMo is a writing challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. It began in 1999 and is supported by an international nonprofit organization of the same name.

The Black Mountain Library, Leicester Library, Pack Library, North Asheville Library, South Buncombe Library, and West Asheville Library will all be offering quiet spaces for writers to work on their 50,000 word count goal throughout the month. Some branches will offer tea, coffee and snacks as well. The Pack Library Youth Services department will host a Teen Writer’s Café every Friday afternoon. “We wanted to have a space at a library in the county every day where a writer could come plug in their laptop or pull out their notebook and chip away at their word count with no interruptions,” Anna Booraem, Branch Manager of the South Buncombe Library, says.

Each time a writer comes to one of the library writing spaces to work on their novel in November, they will be entered into a raffle for prizes to be given away at the NanoWrimo NoMo’ party. The raffle prizes will include treats from local businesses, including Dynamite Coffee, as well as some official NaNoWriMo swag.

The NaNoWriMo NoMo’ party will be held at the Lord Auditorium in the Pack Library on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 2-3:30 pm. The party is for any writer who participated in NaNoWriMo. There will be food, activities and opportunities to meet other writers, as well as a “micro mic” that will give each writer a chance to read one paragraph from their novel to the group.

Of Threads, On Place: A Selection of Historical and Contemporary Textiles from Buncombe County
Nov 5 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Refinery Creator Space

Explore just how far back our fiber art roots go by viewing centuries old textiles alongside contemporary works. Partnering archives reveal the cultural impact cloth and making have played in our region, while local makers of today continue to investigate place, process, and storytelling through the manipulation of fibrous materials. Techniques include weaving, embroidery, appliqué, natural dyeing, pulled-work, bobbin lace, and quilting.

Belly Dance with Michelle Middleton
Nov 5 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Black Mountain Center for the Arts

ATS® Level 1 – Dance Fundamentals
This is an on-going class series. You’ll learn the basic system of ATS® in a fun and supportive environment. Dance Fundamentals will have you dancing ATS® in your very first class! Each one hour class is divided into two sections.

1. Drill it – Learn the basic movements of ATS® with minimal verbal instruction and lots of following along, committing the steps to muscle memory with a fun workout-style drills.
2. Dance it – Experience the magic of ATS® and learn how to use the basic steps to dance with partners in a duet, trio, and quartet formations.

You can start this on-going class series at anytime and drop-in for drills and review.

ATS® (American Tribal Style) Belly Dance is an improv tribal style belly dance that is universal worldwide with every move having a certain cue with a leader and followers in a duet, trio, or quartet formation that is always changing leads. The beauty of ATS® is a strong Flamenco influence, along with India and North Africa dance, combined into tribal style belly dance. If you know ATS® you can dance with anyone in the world that also knows ATS®, even just meeting for the first time!

Bio
Michelle has been dancing ATS® (American Tribal Style) since 2006. She has taken countless ATS® workshop classes around the United States to further her education, knowledge, and skill of ATS®. Michelle received her ATS® Teaching Certification in 2015, and had her own troupe, Mystique Mountain Tribal Belly Dance, in Charlotte before moving to the Black Mountain area.

https://www.facebook.com/events/541775063005882/?event_time_id=541775216339200

Building Code Class
Nov 5 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Wesley Grant Sr. South Center

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Did you know that the Development Services Department offers training opportunities for professional development? Classes are held at Wesley Grant Sr. South Center, 285 Livingston St, Asheville, NC 28801 (unless noted otherwise).

Below is a list of upcoming classes:

  • Plumbing Code Class: Dec. 3 and 10, 1 to 4 p.m. (tentative dates). Cost: $65.
Opening Day and Dates for Marion Tailgate Market
Nov 5 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Marion Tailgate Market

Marion Tailgate Market will have a variety local produce and crafts. We will continue to offer the best of McDowell farmer’s produce and artisans.
The Market will double up to $20.00 for EBT users!
During the season, we are planning cooking demos with items from the Market Vendors, local music, smoothies and children activities.
Make plans to come and support the Farmers and Artisans on Tuesdays 3PM-6.00PM and Saturdays starting July 6th- August 31st, 9.00AM-12.00PM.

https://www.facebook.com/events/336639643849279/?event_time_id=336639733849270

Wing Night!
Nov 5 @ 9:00 pm – Nov 6 @ 12:00 am
Sweeten Creek Brewing

8 Jumbo Smoked Wings with your choice of side for $10! Choose from our Dry Rub, Buffalo, or our weekly special!

https://www.facebook.com/events/290725515134456/?event_time_id=290725655134442

Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions ISIS Music Hall
Nov 5 @ 5:00 pm
Isis Restaurant and Music Hall

Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions hosted by The Holly Hill Ramblers

5PM Door : Free

7:30 Host Band :  The Holly Hill Ramblers

9:30PM Sessions : Open Jam

The Holly Hill Ramblers is a group of Asheville, NC-based musicians who love traditional, hard-driving bluegrass.  Mandolin player Barron Rogers, a Waynesville, NC native, provides much of the group’s lead singing.  Bass player Celia Millington-Wyckoff retired to Asheville from central Pennsylvania in order to find more opportunities to play bluegrass.  Nick Dauphinais, the band’s tenor singer and guitar player, is originally from New Hampshire, while banjo player and baritone singer Derek Vaden arrived in Asheville from Kansas.  Both Nick and Derek are members of the Larry Stephenson Band, and perform with the Ramblers when they are off the road.

Every Tuesday evening Isis presents our Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions. The sessions are hosted each week by a local bluegrass musician with friends or a band. Following the host band, Bluegrass musicians from the Asheville area gather on stage to jam in an open session. Occasionally, we feature a touring band that will perform prior to the open session and help co-host the jam. It’s always a great evening of music and community.

Ladies’ Night Out with Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital
Nov 5 @ 10:30 pm – 11:30 pm
McGuire's Millrace Farm

Join us for a free, informative and fun gathering! All ladies 13 and over are welcome.

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August Speaker: Barry Watson, DDS
Murphy Dental Center

Topic: Healthy Teeth: The Gateway to a Healthy Body

Learn signs in your mouth that may mean other health issues, when antibiotics are important before dental work, and how medications impact dental health.
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What to know:

• Celebrate summer by wearing your tackiest tourist outfit!
• Bring a canned, dry good, or pet food to donate to area needy families, and receive an extra door prize ticket.
• Past attendees wearing their Ladies’ Night Out t-shirt also will receive an extra door prize drawing ticket.
• Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call 828-835-3667.

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Thank you to our 2019 Ladies’ Night Out sponsors!

McDonald’s of Murphy, Andrews and Robbinsville
McGuire’s Millrace Farm
MOOG, Inc., Murphy Operations
Steven Aft, State Farm Insurance

https://www.facebook.com/events/547124159126449/?event_time_id=547124189126446

Square Dance!
Nov 5 @ 11:00 pm – Nov 6 @ 2:00 am
Lake Logan Conference Center

Live music!
Only $5 entry at the door! (Cash only please.)
Soda and water available for sale.
No outside food and drink.

https://www.facebook.com/events/356523711600492/?event_time_id=356523724933824

Think Tank Tuesdays Trivia Night
Nov 5 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Hillman Beer

Hillman Beer’s Trivia Night is on Tuesdays from 7pm-9pm! Get ready to drink some beer, test your wit, and have some fun!

Details:
– Please arrive at 6:30pm
– Max 6 people per team
– First place gets a $50 Hillman Beer Gift Card!

FREE Dead & Co. Live Stream at the Grey Eagle
Nov 5 @ 7:00 pm
Grey Eagle

FREE Dead & Company live stream at The Grey Eagle on the BIG screen from Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in NY!

  • ALL AGES
  • FREE SHOW

Dead & Company live stream on the big screen + concert-quality sound!

11/05/2019 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Haunted History and Murder Mystery Trolley Ghost Tour
Nov 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Haunted History and Murder Mystery Trolley Ghost Tour

Haunted History and Murder Mystery Trolley Ghost Tour

Sit back if you dare as we illuminate Asheville’s darkest history with astonishing stories of spirits & spies, ghosts & goblins, hauntings & hoodlums and mountain-made murder & mayhem.

Hear stories of . . .

The legendary PINK LADY at the Grove Park Inn
The GHOST of Church Street
The 1936 UNSOLVED MURDER that shook Asheville
The CHILD SPIRITS at the haunted hospital
The architect walled into his own church!
The KILLING SPREE of 1906
NAZI AGENTS based in Asheville
ARSON at hospital that claimed Zelda Fitzgerald

Tour Duration: Approximately 75 minutes

Departure Point: Pack’s Tavern 20 South Spruce Street in Downtown Asheville

Parking: Free first-come-first served parking is available after 5PM at a City of Asheville parking lot located 1/2 block south of Pack’s Tavern on Marjorie Street.  Paid parking is available approximately 1 block north of Pack’s Tavern at  164 College Street.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED!  “Walk-ups” without reservations will be accommodated on a space available basis.

We Hope you’ll be possessed to join us!

Tuesday Night Trivia
Nov 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Refinery 13

Join us each Tuesday evening at 7pm for Trivia night at Refinery 13! Teams may consist of 1-6 players and prizes are awarded to first and second place teams each week!

https://www.facebook.com/events/395895714508426/?event_time_id=395895737841757

Virginia Tech Hokies at Clemson Tigers
Nov 5 @ 7:00 pm
Littlejohn Coliseum
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Virginia Tech Hokies at Clemson Tigers
Nov 5 @ 7:00 pm
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Re-discovering You: Slowing Down and Finding Space
Nov 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Roots + Wings School of Art & Design

Join Ginger as she guides you through a 4 week journey of offering yourself space and time to re-discover what makes you you. Prompted by words and phrases, we will create original works of art using collage, chalk and other mediums to reflect, discover and dream.

There is no artistic experience necessary. Simply come prepared to be open to what may unfold. This is a gift just for you. Seriously, just do it!

Tuesdays in November 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26
from 7:30-9pm
$65 pp – all materials included**

Located at the Roots + Wings Creative Campus
573 Fairview Road in Asheville

**The inspiration for this class begins with you. In an effort to create work that stems from your own interests and personalities, participants may bring in old books, photos, papers, magazines, etc to enhance the work you will create during our time together. But it’s not required!


Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Bardic Alchemy at Triskelion
Nov 6 @ 12:00 am – 2:00 am
Triskelion Brewing Company

We’ve been talking to the folks from Bardic Alchemy, a Celtic Rock band from Asheville and they’ve agreed to play at Triskelion as many Tuesdays as they can come down to the Brewery.

Bardic Alchemy is a brand new element in the Celtic Rock world. This trio, based in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina is comprised of multi-instrumentalist Connell Sanderson, guitarist Nick Marcone and percussionist and vocalist Tyler Watts.

Bardic Alchemy is best described as a psychedelic trip into a musical world that is heavily inspired by the Celtic musical traditions…run through various effects pedals. Everything from soothing, mellifluously reverberating whistle melodies supported by groovy guitar lines and thumping djembe beats to high energy dance tunes on the Scottish and Irish pipes to three part vocal harmonies and even improvised pieces, Bardic Alchemy is a surprisingly dynamic and unpredictable musical journey.

So… Tuesdays… will now be…

Celtic Rock Tuesday!

https://www.facebook.com/events/425715451498873/?event_time_id=425715568165528

Team Trivia Tuesdays
Nov 6 @ 12:00 am – 2:00 am
Sanctuary Brewing Company

Come out and see what the fuss is all about! Team Trivia Tuesday at Sanctuary Brewing Company with host Josh Dunkin!

Team Trivia Western NC & The Upstate of SC is every Tuesday at 7 PM at Sanctuary Brewing Company on 1st Avenue in Downtown Hendersonville! There is no limit to how many people can participate on each team. You can have 1 or 20!

The game is free to play and the top two teams each week receive a gift card of $40 (1st place) and $20 (2nd place).

https://www.facebook.com/events/281414405828018/?event_time_id=281414552494670

Trivia Night at Aux Bar
Nov 6 @ 12:00 am – 2:00 am
AUX Bar

Nerdy Talk Trivia brings Trivia Night to Aux Bar. Every Tuesday at 7pm. Test your skills for your chance at prizes.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2320421721617197/?event_time_id=2320421828283853

Once on This Island
Nov 6 @ 12:30 am – 2:30 am
Peace Center

Part of the 2019 – 2020 Broadway Season. Learn more about subscribing: http://bit.ly/2J6KMcs.

“What a delight it is to enter the world of Once on This Island” raves The New York Times.

Winner of the 2018 Tony Award® for Best Revival Of A Musical, Once on This Island is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart.

The groundbreaking vision of two-time Tony Award® nominated director Michael Arden (Spring Awakening revival) and acclaimed choreographer Camille A. Brown (NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live) conjures up “a place where magic is possible and beauty is apparent for all to see!” (The Huffington Post). With a score that bursts with life from Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning songwriters of Anastasia and Ragtime, Once on This Island is a timeless testament to theater’s unlimited possibilities.

https://www.facebook.com/events/798832990478098/

Once on This Island
Nov 6 @ 12:30 am – 2:30 am
Peace Center

Part of the 2019 – 2020 Broadway Season. Learn more about subscribing: http://bit.ly/2J6KMcs.

“What a delight it is to enter the world of Once on This Island” raves The New York Times.

Winner of the 2018 Tony Award® for Best Revival Of A Musical, Once on This Island is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart.

The groundbreaking vision of two-time Tony Award® nominated director Michael Arden (Spring Awakening revival) and acclaimed choreographer Camille A. Brown (NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live) conjures up “a place where magic is possible and beauty is apparent for all to see!” (The Huffington Post). With a score that bursts with life from Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning songwriters of Anastasia and Ragtime, Once on This Island is a timeless testament to theater’s unlimited possibilities.

https://www.facebook.com/events/798832990478098/?event_time_id=798832993811431

Beer Brains Trivia
Nov 6 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am
Balsam Falls Brewing Co

Beer Brains Trivia is hosted every Tuesday at 8pm. There are 8 rounds of trivia each week examples of some are categories are current events, general knowledge along with visual and audio rounds! #beerbrains #beercurvesarebetter #balsamfalls

https://www.facebook.com/events/2168166339880566/?event_time_id=2168166516547215