Calendar of Events
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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Every Sunday in September
Beacon will one again have a booth @ the MadCo Fair!! Come learn all about our assistance programs & how you can help us make a difference in our Community!!
We’ll cool/unique items from our thrift store for sale.
As always, bring 5 canned/boxed food items on Thursday & get FREE ADMISSION to the fair.
https://www.facebook.com/events/219915415343575/
“War of the Worlds the 1938 Radio Script”
According to Orson Welles, the original broadcast caused panic from coast to coast. He claimed many of the listeners really thought the world was under attack from Mars.
Did the 1938 radio broadcast really cause a nationwide panic? Come join us in Belk Theatre and you decide.
“War of the Worlds the 1938 Radio Script” by Howard E. Koch will be performed live at the Belk Theatre on the UNCA campus September 28th and 29th at 7:30pm (doors will open at 7pm), and again at midnight on September 29th (doors will open at 11:30pm).
Doing Pride Right this year!
Friday Sept. 28 Lube Wrestling and Blackout Underwear/Pajama Party
Saturday Sept. 29 Pride Party (we open at noon)
Sunday Sept. 30 Gospel Drag Brunch show. (brunch food provided)
Free for members! Memberships are available now for $7 or $7 for guests of members each night.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1818165074932158/
Four weekends – seven retreats covering each part of the small catechism + Luther/Reformation History. Experiential learning leaves lasting lessons and builds relationships. Creative worship, crafts, songs, games and a campfire create an experience long remembered. Lutheridge staff provide supervision for campers, sharing their faithful witness. Come alone or with a group. Lessons are geared to middle school, but 5th graders and high school youth are welcome. Adults are encouraged, but not required to attend with their youth. Pastors Mary and Tim Canniff-Kuhn provide leadership for all retreats with involvement from other teachers.
https://www.facebook.com/events/586080221769257/
Italian-born Valerio D’Ospina, widely considered one of America’s foremost contemporary artists, is the subject of a one-man exhibition at The Haen Gallery in downtown Asheville, NC. The exhibit will run through October 15.
Since July 2009, D’Ospina has been established in the US where he lives and works in Philadelphia. He is ranked by both national and international distinguished art magazines as one of the most significant painters of cityscapes and industrial scenarios in America. “Valerio D’Ospina: Patina of Energy” will open with more that than a dozen paintings that capture the pulse of the city, the energy of industry, and the patina of metropolitan life.
The Biltmore Estate has been planning the largest exhibition in its historic gardens for almost a decade. And finally, last week, Chihuly at Biltmore opened with a mega installation of glass sculptures from the famous artist Dale Chihuly. Tens of thousands of glass pieces from all around the world reside in 14 locations around the Estate (which is the very first large-scale N.C. Chihuly installation).
The exhibition is up from now until Oct. 7th, free admission with a Biltmore day pass (and free for annual pass holders). Chihuly at Nightis a special, ongoing event where the glass sculptures are lit up, plus live music in the gardens + a wine bar. Tickets are $37.50 for kids + range from $65 – 75 for adults ($10 discount for pass holders).
Three new works were blown just for Biltmore, and 6 new compositions were put together.
Open 7:30 – 11:30 p.m. Advance tickets are rquired. It’s safe, scary fun for the whole family! Kids will enjoy the Halloween shows and trick-or-treating. And take a chilling journey into the night on the Ghost Train – if you dare!
The Asheville Art Museum is excited to present Red Hot in the Blue Ridge, an exhibition being held in conjunction with Western North Carolina’s community-wide Summer of Glass celebration. On view at the Asheville Art Museum On the Slope at 175 Biltmore Avenue May 19 – September 30, 2018, Red Hot in the Blue Ridge celebrates Western North Carolina’s unique place in the history of American Studio Glass. Many other organizations and galleries across WNC are also hosting glass-focused events, programs and exhibitions during the region’s Summer of Glass celebration, which coincides with a new exhibition at Biltmore of multi-media artist Dale Chihuly’s monumental glass sculptures. Visit www.ashevilleart.org for details.
25 years ago, Flat Rock Playhouse debuted an exciting new program, Project Playhouse, with specially priced matinees for local students as well as regular evening performances for our patrons. The play was Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, a drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty and one of the most famous plays of the modern theatre.
Matinees: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00PM
Evenings: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30PM. Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00PM
Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage
2661 Greenville Highway Flat Rock, NC 28731
Get certified, earn continuing education credits, and expand your knowledge and expertise in the fitness industry. NETA’s live workshops include interactive lectures, practical hands-on activities, and continuing education credits approved by NETA, ACE, AFAA and NASM.
*This course is part of NETA’s 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program that is Yoga Alliance approved!
REGISTER by calling 1-800-237-6242 or visit www.NETAfit.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/2053891221302449/
This is a TWO DAY event. Lunch is included both days.
The basis of your life is Freedom; The purpose of your life is Joy.
Each workshop agenda is created through your focused thoughts, comments and questions. Since this is an open forum for investigation into the “Science of Deliberate Creation” and beyond – there are no questions that are off limits. And so, as you clarify, or even write down, what you are wanting from this gathering, you will summon forth that valuable practical knowledge which will be of the most benefit to you and to all of us.
https://www.facebook.com/events/292925507977178/
This is a fun and easy painting class for anyone over 12. Younger children will need parents help. Class is 25$ and all materials are included. This is a step by step class which I will paint alongside you. I work very hard to make sure that everyone leaves with a painting they can be proud to say they did it themselves. There are 10 spots available. Payment in advance is preferred to reserve your spot. Any spots remaining will be first come first served. Hope to see you there!
https://www.facebook.com/events/333085477236493/
The Fines Creek Heritage Fair has something for everyone. The fair is a celebration of Fines Creek’s heritage and agricultural traditions. There will be arts and crafts exhibits, farm and garden exhibits, historical exhibits, live music, games. Featuring local area historians, Antique tractors, handmade arts and crafts made right before your eyes. Vender spots available upon request. Entries to be judged are due by 7pm September 13th. Come on out and see our history and have fun!
https://www.facebook.com/events/299292637511554/
We are pairing up with our friends from Sierra Nevada once again to have a fun day with Beer and Brats! Gypsy Jazz Trio will be playing from 3pm-6pm followed by DJ Dimitri at 8:30. There will be lots of swag giveaways, and cool Sierra Oktoberfest Steins for everyone! We look forward to hanging out with y’all for this Oktoberfest kickoff! #oktoberfest #dogfriendly #ashevillesonlysakebrewery #drinkbeer
https://www.facebook.com/events/660714977662319/
Never been camping? Afraid of the dark? You’re not alone. Join a park ranger and take this rare opportunity to camp in Chimney Rock State Park. A ranger will be available at 5:30 pm to help set up camp and build a campfire for a fun filled night under the stars!
Included with admission to Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park; one free child Park admission ticket with each paying adult. There is no fee for camping, but participants must pre-register with the office at 828-625-9611. Space is limited.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1049041658569997/
A Tribute to legendary poet, singer, songwriter Townes Van Zandt hosted by Scott Cox and featuring performances by Shane Pruitt, Mark Tebalt, Treated and Released, The Wes, Bob & Bill Show, Brandy Lindsey, The Van Dangs, Maddox Cox, Claryn Greenway Emery Carr.
Band schedule to be announced soon.
All proceeds to benefit Dominion Boys Home of Spartanburg.
Click here for the Boy’s Home GoFundMe page:
https://www.gofundme.com/dominionboyshome
https://www.facebook.com/events/189744471896881/
One World Brewing West presents DJ Bowie (Birthday Bash!), CozMic Theo, BUNSEN BURN£r and Trillium Dance Company!
8 PM – 2 AM
$5 – $15 Sliding Scale Entry Fee
520 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC
9:15 – 10:45 BUNSEN BURN£R
10:45 – 12:15 CozMix Theo
12:15 – 2:00 Bowie
DJ Bowie: Like a mad scientist blasting recombined DNA through speaker coils, Bowie brings together a vast landscape of sound, artistic style and cultural expression. The impetus is the overwhelming desire to at least celebrate life, if not tear the roof off.
CozMic Theo: Live looped hip-hop boogie rock hailing from the stars and landing where the Earth Meets the sky. Danceable beats, thoughtful lyrics, dirty guitar, with a side of funky chicken. This cat aims to hit all the centers from the root to the crown. Be there or be circle.
BUNSEN BURN£R: From the Mtns of Asheville…BB lays it down with deep dance vibes making the room bounce, on a journey through various forms of House,Tech & Funk laced with soulful vocals. Big Puffy Yellow & The Landing Pad
Trillium Dance Company: Trillium is an Asheville-based company, performing choreographed pieces and providing ambient entertainment at local and regional events and festivals. We are a group of passionate creatives, versed in all aspects of performance and production. Trillium offers dance as storytelling, in order to create atmosphere, ignite passion through movement, and invoke moods.
https://www.facebook.com/events/832054663850687/
Damon Fowler is a Singer/Songwriter/Guitar/Lap steel player. Damon was born in Florida, and started playing music at 10 years old. After graduating high school he put out his first record, produced by Rick Derringer. Since then he has released 8 other recordings and has toured all over the world with his trio and Southern Hospitality featuring Victor Wainwright, Damon Fowler and JP Soars. Damon is also a touring member of the Dickey Betts Band.
Main Stage Standing Show
Standing Show with limited seating :: Seating is First Come First Serve :: General Admission :: Please Call Venue for Dinner Reservations in the dining room only
$12 Advance / $15 Day of Show
https://www.facebook.com/events/427725354416296/
Cody Canada and The Departed
https://www.facebook.com/events/246468786150700/
Envisioned Arts ATL Presents:
COFRESI
Edamame
Ryan Viser
Henry + The Invisibles
Saturday, September 29th
Asheville Music Hall
31 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
9pm | 21+ | $12/15
COFRESI
Cofresi pushes the boundaries of modern performance and production with a hybrid style and a refreshingly versatile live dj/digital-acoustic drum setup. In the studio, he creates a unique sound that is provocative, melodic & rhythmic at it’s core. Live, his sets are full of energy as he showcases a unique ability to incorporate multidimensional digital and acoustic percussion into modern electronic music.
http://www.cofresimusic.com/
Edamame
Hailing from the city of Chicago, Edamame is the stage name of music producer Ed Harris. Mainly inspired by the great outdoors and different cultures of the world, Ed’s productions are often full of organic elements and sounds that he has personally field-recorded while exploring the planet. By synthesizing instrumental hip hop with downtempo and further blending it with his deep love for world music, it’s safe to say Edamame has carved a musical style that is truly unique. In his own words he simply creates “songs that help you float”. Since starting in 2012, he has released 10 albums (the most recent being on Emancipator’s loci records) that have garnered tens of thousands of downloads, played his music live for fans coast to coast and internationally, had songs played on the radio in countries around the world, and even had United Airlines buy songs from him. It may be hard to believe that he used to be a nationallytouring death metal vocalist.
https://soundcloud.com/edamame
Ryan Viser
Ryan Viser, an American trumpet player and electronic music producer, has stirred up a frenzy and is gaining a rapid following amongst music fans since forming in 2013. Combining his aggressive trumpet playing with his hard hitting original productions, Ryan is developing a reputation for lighting up a crowd every time he picks up the horn. In 2014, his track “Steppin Up”, won the Management’s Choice Award in The Untz Challenge V, giving Ryan the opportunity to shine on the stages of 6 major music festivals including Electric Forest, Wakarusa, Sonic Bloom, and Summer Camp. With album releases in 2015, 2016, and 2017, Ryan is continuing to hone his sound and focus on a new style of brass infused bass music.
https://soundcloud.com/ryanviser
Henry + The Invisibles
Henry + The Invisibles (Henry Roland) is a live-looping, multi-instrumentalist aka “The One Man Funk Band” that loops and layers vocal harmonies, funk guitar, grooving bass, soulful keyboards and powerful percussion to create original high energy dance music that sounds like a solid 5 piece funk ensemble!
https://soundcloud.com/henryinvisible
https://www.facebook.com/events/252184515371070/
Dirty Dead return to Oakley
https://www.facebook.com/events/216990192330608/
Joshua Hedley at The Grey Eagle
With the release of his highly anticipated debut album Mr. Jukebox via Third Man Records, Joshua Hedley will embrace the role he was born to play: this generation’s classic country champion.
An accomplished fiddle player, Hedley felt inexplicably drawn toward the instrument as a child. He got his hands on his own fiddle at age 8, and by 12, he was playing with middle-aged pickers at the VFW. At 19, he moved from his native Florida to Nashville, where he became an in-demand sideman at Robert’s Western World and other bars, and ultimately, a well-respected frontman. Armed with an easy croon and prodigious fiddle playing, he became known as the Mayor of Lower Broad. He hit the road to perform with artists including Jonny Fritz, Justin Townes Earle, and more, while the 2015 documentary Heartworn Highways Revisited featured Hedley prominently.
Hedley didn’t start writing his own songs until he was about 28 years-old. So on the backend of his 20s, he finally started writing, eventually unlocking a flood of clarity and creativity. The heartbreaking, distilled, defiantly classic country that poured out of him became Mr. Jukebox, a salve and beacon for 60s honky-tonk devotees everywhere.
Album opener “Counting All My Tears” carves out the collection’s gloriously tear-jerking territory from the jump. As “oooooohhhs” and “aaaaahhhs” serve as spine-tingling harmonies––a classic-country flourish carried throughout Mr. Jukebox––lonely piano is joined by a familiar cast including steel and of course, fiddle. “Mr. Jukebox” is a swinging nod to those beloved machines––both inanimate and breathing––that dependably play a lot of songs for a little money. It’s impossible to listen to the tune and not smile thinking of Hedley’s years logged in cover bands on Nashville’s Lower Broad. Lush strings kick off the sauntering “Weird Thought Thinker,” which features harmonies that evoke both bass walkdowns and angels. An ace fiddle intro opens “Let Them Talk,” a carefree ode to being in love and not worrying about who knows it. “Let’s Take a Vacation” pleads for one last lovers’ getaway to try to remember what’s been lost. Hedley delivers a masterful recitation over crying steel, soft harmonies, and rich supporting strings. He penned shuffling “These Walls” about FooBar, a beloved East Nashville dive Hedley lived near before it shut down.
“This Time” paints a vivid picture of leaving that’s both proud and blue. Simple and brilliant, “I Never Shed a Tear” sounds like a standard, but just like all but one track on Mr. Jukebox, it’s a Hedley original. “You’re trying to say as much as you can in as few words as possible,” he says. “Trying to convey an emotion to make people feel their own emotions.” Hedley’s ability to capture feelings is on spellbinding display in album standout “Don’t Waste Your Tears,” a soaring, gut-punching vocal performance. The final track is the only cover: a goosebumps-inducing version of “When You Wish Upon a Star.” Hedley picked the song to honor his dad, who passed away about three years ago without seeing the record deal, glowing press, and peer admiration Hedley’s earned. “We spent a lot of Christmases at Disney World,” he says. “When I was searching for a cover song, it dawned on me that my dad didn’t get to see any of this happen, but he always wanted it.”
When asked what he hopes listeners get out of Mr. Jukebox, Hedley doesn’t hesitate. “I just want people to remember they have feelings, and that they’re valid,” he says. “Not everything is Coors Light and tailgates. There are other aspects of life that aren’t so great that people experience. They’re part of life, part of what shapes people. And that’s worth noting.”
https://www.facebook.com/events/212618135995369/
OHMME w/ Ahleuchatistas
at The Mothlight
September 29th
Doors 8:30
Tickets $10adv
https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1722724?utm_medium=bks
https://www.facebook.com/events/2395181150751584/
Italian-born Valerio D’Ospina, widely considered one of America’s foremost contemporary artists, is the subject of a one-man exhibition at The Haen Gallery in downtown Asheville, NC. The exhibit will run through October 15.
Since July 2009, D’Ospina has been established in the US where he lives and works in Philadelphia. He is ranked by both national and international distinguished art magazines as one of the most significant painters of cityscapes and industrial scenarios in America. “Valerio D’Ospina: Patina of Energy” will open with more that than a dozen paintings that capture the pulse of the city, the energy of industry, and the patina of metropolitan life.
The Biltmore Estate has been planning the largest exhibition in its historic gardens for almost a decade. And finally, last week, Chihuly at Biltmore opened with a mega installation of glass sculptures from the famous artist Dale Chihuly. Tens of thousands of glass pieces from all around the world reside in 14 locations around the Estate (which is the very first large-scale N.C. Chihuly installation).
The exhibition is up from now until Oct. 7th, free admission with a Biltmore day pass (and free for annual pass holders). Chihuly at Nightis a special, ongoing event where the glass sculptures are lit up, plus live music in the gardens + a wine bar. Tickets are $37.50 for kids + range from $65 – 75 for adults ($10 discount for pass holders).
Three new works were blown just for Biltmore, and 6 new compositions were put together.
Open 7:30 – 11:30 p.m. Advance tickets are rquired. It’s safe, scary fun for the whole family! Kids will enjoy the Halloween shows and trick-or-treating. And take a chilling journey into the night on the Ghost Train – if you dare!
The Asheville Art Museum is excited to present Red Hot in the Blue Ridge, an exhibition being held in conjunction with Western North Carolina’s community-wide Summer of Glass celebration. On view at the Asheville Art Museum On the Slope at 175 Biltmore Avenue May 19 – September 30, 2018, Red Hot in the Blue Ridge celebrates Western North Carolina’s unique place in the history of American Studio Glass. Many other organizations and galleries across WNC are also hosting glass-focused events, programs and exhibitions during the region’s Summer of Glass celebration, which coincides with a new exhibition at Biltmore of multi-media artist Dale Chihuly’s monumental glass sculptures. Visit www.ashevilleart.org for details.
25 years ago, Flat Rock Playhouse debuted an exciting new program, Project Playhouse, with specially priced matinees for local students as well as regular evening performances for our patrons. The play was Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, a drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty and one of the most famous plays of the modern theatre.
Matinees: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00PM
Evenings: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30PM. Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00PM
Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage
2661 Greenville Highway Flat Rock, NC 28731
In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the radio broadcast of War of the Worlds – Orson Welles’ dramatization of the H.G. Wells novel – TheatreUNCA will bring the drama to the stage, with shows Sept. 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m., and a special midnight show on Sept. 29, all in Belk Theatre.
General admission tickets to TheatreUNCA performances are $12; students and OLLI members, $7; and faculty and seniors, $10. Tickets are available at the door and online. When ordering tickets for the midnight show, use the September 30 selection.
https://www.facebook.com/events/479955832523165/