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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3rd Brittenstrong 5K benefit run
https://www.facebook.com/events/1958184931157253/
More details to follow. Check our website for updates. Sides and Character Breakdowns Click on link. http://hendersonvilletheatre.org/urand-durang-auditions-april-27-28/
Second Stage
PERFORMANCE DATES: July 5-14
Director: Beth Bristol
Two of Durang’s most popular one acts, “”For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls”” and “”‘dentity Crisis,”” combined together into one night of bizarre hilarity. These crackpot comedies both turn family upside down in a way that only Christopher Durang can.
https://www.facebook.com/events/321406922044015/?event_time_id=321406925377348
More details to follow. Check our website for updates. Sides and Character Breakdowns Click on link. http://hendersonvilletheatre.org/urand-durang-auditions-april-27-28/
Second Stage
PERFORMANCE DATES: July 5-14
Director: Beth Bristol
Two of Durang’s most popular one acts, “”For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls”” and “”‘dentity Crisis,”” combined together into one night of bizarre hilarity. These crackpot comedies both turn family upside down in a way that only Christopher Durang can.
https://www.facebook.com/events/321406922044015/
Baires returns with outstanding authentic Argentine food!
https://www.facebook.com/events/325796271383950/?event_time_id=336983853598525
Are you a potential camper curious to see where campers sleep or eat meals? Are you a parent with questions for the Camp Director? Spring is a beautiful time in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Bring your potential future camper to see spectacular Camp WaBak in its Springtime glory. Guided tours will be available, and the Camp Director will be on-site to answer any questions. (Please remember camp is a smoke-free and pet-free facility.)
https://www.facebook.com/events/2212829205404024/
The convocation will explore North Carolina’s connection, through the use of its public airports, a local airline (Aero Contractors), and locally based employees of the airline, to the CIA’s Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation (RDI) program that began after the 9/11 attacks. Muslim people were kidnapped, bound, and transported to CIA black sites and to foreign countries, where they were held indefinitely without charges and were tortured. Most were innocent of any offense.
Speakers will include NC Commission of Inquiry on Torture Commissioner David Crane, former war crimes prosecutor, retired Colonel Larry Wilkerson who has extensive knowledge of the program, and Christina Cowger, a founder of NC Stop Torture Now.
Deadline to register is April 25. This event is free, but you must RSVP on our website: https://www.ncchurches.org/event-single/faith-and-conscience-convocation-a-call-for-accountability-for-torture/
https://www.facebook.com/events/606692156515017/
Join us for our 5th Annual Founders’ Day Celebration and the fabulous Filthy Franklin Mud Run! Food, games, music, and mud! What could be more fun? Mud Run registration on sale now! Register by April 11 for a Filthy Franklin t-shirt. https://www.franklinschoolofinnovation.org/founders-day-filthy-franklin-mud-run/
Run is 1.75 miles and has awesome prizes from Hard Exercise Works and FootRX Running.
Festival will include a climbing wall, dunk tank, tug of war, doughnut game, cake walk, music, food and drinks. Bring your friends and family.
Please park across the street at IFB (Industries for the Blind.)
https://www.facebook.com/events/2335282410089645/
Songful Sundays w/ The Bald Mountain Boys benefiting MANNA Foodbank
Come enjoy Sunday Funday with The Bald Mountain Boys & support MANNA FOODBANK!! We will be accepting food donations at the door!
WHEN: Sunday April 28th, 2019
WHERE: Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806
DOORS: 1:30pm
SHOW: 2pm
AGES: ALL
SEATING: SRO
TICKETS: $5
https://www.facebook.com/events/415525232327688/
Every single plant, tree, herb and flowerhas its own very unique and individual energy and spirit. We can work in partnership with those energies for both magical and medicinal purposes. In this class we will focus on the magical spirit of plants, flowers & trees. You will learn different ways to connect with plants in ritual and magical practice. We will discuss specific plants and their magical lore and associations to the elements, planets and deities. We will magically infused herb bath salts to take home with you. $25 ticket link below to prepay or cash, credit at event
https://www.facebook.com/events/342704813039899/
Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session
Sundays
1 till who knows when?
Traditional Irish music is kept alive at Jack of the Wood with our unplugged Sunday session.
Jack of the Wood
95 Patton ave
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 252.5445
Free Kids Safety Workshop led by the instructors of the Speak Up and Move Kids Leadership and Safety Programs at Budo Mountain Family Martial Arts. At least one grown up must attend with each child, so you can help them practice at home! Due to recent events in our community, our focus will be on neighborhood safety. Children will learn solid, research-based skills for staying safe when playing in their yards, walking the neighborhood, and other scenarios near the home when not directly supervised by an adult. Our approach helps kids be confident and not fearful.
You must register at https://ashevilleninjas.sites.zenplanner.com/event.cfm?eventId=3EB5B43C-B43C-4AC3-8147-8B3CE46C9A20
If you have questions before the event, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]
This event is completely free. We just ask that you register to let us know how many people to expect. Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/325616881485779/
!st and 4th Sundays Jazz Jam Hosted by UNCA Music Department
4:00- 7:00 pm
$3 students suggested donation
$5 non-students suggested donation
The band begins at 4:00. Jam (with a full rhythm section) begins at 5:00 and goes until 7:00.
Come bring your axe and jam or just hang!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2233868093535790/?event_time_id=2245876262334973
Bywater Bluegrass Jam Every Sunday from 4-7pm and hosted by Drew Matulich! Come out and enjoy some Bluegrass Music on the French Broad River and bring a friend!
https://www.facebook.com/events/256311128567439/?event_time_id=256311218567430
Beltane Celebration and potluck. All ages and genders are welcome. Beltane marks the return of spring and celebrates the fertility of the Earth made possible by the light and warmth of the sun. The event is family friendly, with fun and festivity for all, including music and dancing around a Maypole. The all-male troupe of the Asheville Morris Dancers and the all-female Ashgrove Garland Dancers will entertain us with English folk dances accompanied by live music. Please bring a potluck dish to share, flowers for the Maypole, a chair if you need it for the ritual, and a food donation if you wish. Gathering will occur in Sandburg Hall, followed by a procession up the street to Grove Park for the ritual and Maypole dance. In case of inclement weather, the celebration will be held in the church sanctuary.
Please like the Blue Ridge Spirit CUUPS page https://www.facebook.com/BlueRidgeSpiritCircle/?epa=SEARCH_BOX
https://www.facebook.com/events/1312839405533768/
The Camp Tikvah Benefit provides much needed funding for the JCC’s fully inclusive summer camp experience for children with autism. This will allow us to offer individual camp counselor support for each child and scholarship opportunities for families that need extra help.
Asheville locals and Asheville JCC employees Mama Danger will be playing tunes to get you movin’ and groovin’. Check out their YouTube Channel:
page:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo9Xg1eF7fqvq7UVXz8z8AA
This night of fun for a cause at the beautiful Momentum Art Gallery will include live music, food, drink, raffles, silent auction, and more!
Join us and rsvp by selecting ‘going.’ Tickets on sale now. Ticket price includes 2 drink tickets appetizers.
https://www.facebook.com/events/397167914163662/
Join us for a night of all things Futurama! Come flex all your muscles involving all things Fry, Bender & Leela! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! Cheers everyone and good luck!
https://www.facebook.com/events/516503718876793/
Join us for a night celebrating all things The Simpsons! Come show your knowledge of one of the most celebrated cartoons in the history of TV! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! Cheers everyone!
https://www.facebook.com/events/807787306274205/
Save the Date! RiverLink is excited to co-sponsor the premiere of Hidden Rivers, a feature length 1-hour film that explores the rivers and streams of the Southern Appalachian region, North America’s most biologically rich waters.
Doors open at 5:45. Program begins at 6:15.
Tickets on sale through riverlink.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/294956711167028/
The Cider, Wine & Dine Weekend features Henderson County wineries and cideries partnering together to create a signature weekend filled with all things cider, wine and food-related! Activities for the weekend include, of course, enjoying local artisan hard cider, wines and mead, plus lots of food, fire pits, movies, live music, production facility tours, and much more.
The participating local producers, sellers and venues include:
– Appalachian Ridge Artisan Cider
– Bold Rock Hard Cider
– Burntshirt Vineyards Chimney Rock
– Burntshirt Vineyards Hendersonville
– Point Lookout Vineyards & World’s Edge Meadery
– Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards
– Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards Flat Rock
– The Horse Shoe Farm
– Wine Sage & Gourmet
For more info on this event, visit www.visithendersonvillenc.org/cider-wine-dine-weekend
https://www.facebook.com/events/1953898348253472/?event_time_id=1953898358253471
The Cider, Wine & Dine Weekend features Henderson County wineries and cideries partnering together to create a signature weekend filled with all things cider, wine and food-related! Activities for the weekend include, of course, enjoying local artisan hard cider, wines and mead, plus lots of food, fire pits, movies, live music, production facility tours, and much more.
The participating local producers, sellers and venues include:
– Appalachian Ridge Artisan Cider
– Bold Rock Hard Cider
– Burntshirt Vineyards Chimney Rock
– Burntshirt Vineyards Hendersonville
– Point Lookout Vineyards & World’s Edge Meadery
– Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards
– Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards Flat Rock
– The Horse Shoe Farm
– Wine Sage & Gourmet
For more info on this event, visit www.visithendersonvillenc.org/cider-wine-dine-weekend
https://www.facebook.com/events/1953898348253472/
Intro to Partner Acrobatics is a 75 minute class designed to introduce you to the foundations of partner balance. Class will start with a full body warm up, and will introduce you to both L-basing and standing acrobatic poses, showing you various entrances and exits to these skills as well as training exercises to level up your strength and flexibility both in and out of acro. No partner or experience is required.
Registration in advance is highly recommended. Purchase classes, view the schedule, and sign up through your student account: circusdb.org/empyrean
https://www.facebook.com/events/244885209790315/?event_time_id=244885236456979
The 1st Asheville Tattoo Arts Convention is coming to the US Cellular Center, April 26th- 28th, 2019. Villain Arts is excited to host a show in Asheville, NC this year. The Asheville Tattoo Arts Convention is for industry professionals and tattoo lovers as well. General public is welcome. Come get tattooed by 200 of the world’s best tattoo artists, including the top local, national & international artists. Meet & Greet TV celebrities from Ink Master, Tattoos After Dark and Best Ink. Tattoo TV stars will be on hand to tattoo the public! In addition, there will be numerous vendors with everything from industry supplies to clothing, artwork & jewelry. Daily tattoo competitions for you to show off your tattoos. Performances by The Enigma Live, Olde City Sideshow, Marlo Marquise and dynamic live human suspension are just a few of the other exciting things happening throughout the weekend. The Asheville Tattoo Arts Convention is a don’t miss event, with something for everyone.
Sale Dates and Times:
Public Onsale : Mon, 18 Mar 2019 at 06:00 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/806309859749121/
The Purple Onion is pleased to welcome back Paul Thorn, Sunday, April 28 as part of our Sunday Concert Series. The performance begins at 7 PM. The doors open at 5 PM. Reservations can be made online.
Raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, among the same spirits (and some of the actual people) who nurtured the young Elvis generations before, Paul Thorn has rambled down back roads, battled four-time world champion boxer Roberto Duran on national television, signed with and been dropped by a major label, performed on stages with Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Sting, and John Prine among many others, and made some of the most emotionally restless yet relatable music of our time. With 20 years of writing, touring, and entertaining under his belt, he shows no sign of slowing down. His latest record, Don’t Let the Devil Ride, released March 2018, has been breaking genre barriers and topping charts, putting a new twist on his already-entertaining live show.
https://www.facebook.com/events/455799938292434/
$12 Advance / $15 Day of Show
Beth Snapp is a pop infused roots artist from Northeast TN. Her style flits between folk, bluegrass, pop, early R&B and jazz, all with an ease that connects the listener to complex emotions that fall on every day moments to create an “I’ve been there before” sensation.
Road-tested troubadour. Relentless songwriter. Greg Klyma is keeping the American folk tradition alive with his enduring themes, articulate and amusing stories, and populist ideals. He rolls in off the road, pulls out a guitar, and proceeds to take us back to the basics: family, love, gratitude, and laughter.
Seated Lounge Show:: Limited Tables Available with a Dinner Reservation :: All Other Seating is First Come First Serve General Admission :: Please Call Venue for Dinner Reservations
https://www.facebook.com/events/1091491407677994/
Welcome to Comedy Island, a land where laughs are made and relationships are tested!
This month we’re bringing the island to Asheville, NC at Fleetwood’s to put some of favorite locals through a night of trial by laughter!
Comedy Island is a comedy competition based around the reality TV show Survivor. The show begins with six comedians who will go through five unique rounds to test their range of writing. The rounds will consist of ‘pun-liners’, impressions, roasts, crowd work, and stand up. After each round, the crowd votes for a winner for that round. The chosen comedian is granted immunity, and the remaining comedians must vote someone off of the show. This process will be repeated for the following rounds until there are two comedians left. The final two comedians each perform a five minute set, from which the crowd chooses a winner.
This month’s contestants:
Art Sturtevant
Emily Walsh
Kelly Morgan
Cody Daniel Hughes
Moira Goree
Hunter Roberts
Doors open at 7:30pm, show begins at 8pm.
ages 18+
Tickets $8 advance, $10 day of
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/comedy-island-asheville-tickets-59565207138
Hosted and produced by Greg Behrens and Aaron Chasteen
Music and sound effects by Spencer Ruizzo
Locally booked by Modelface Comedy & Events
https://www.facebook.com/events/2076322349082389/
GRAHAM PARKER at Diana Wortham Theatre
https://www.facebook.com/events/2649545861729678/
Ana Egge & The Sentimentals w/ The Whiskey Charmers at The Grey Eagle
https://www.facebook.com/events/264255657560541/
Blue October
plus Mona
Show: 8pm
Doors: 7pm
$27 – $30
Ages 18+
Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/blue-october/
In this age of quotidian nihilism, of pervasive and boundless jadedness, you might be forgiven for being taken aback when someone says to you: “I hope you’re happy.” It’d be easy to load that phrase with acerbic meaning, to interpret it foremost as coming from a place of spite and sarcasm. And nine times out of 10, you’d probably be right. But in the case of seminal musicians Blue October, the statement is disarmingly sincere.
www.blueoctober.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c6irtlO7lY
http://www.monatheband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/927625064103796/
De la Noche plays traditional and nouveau Argentine tango music for listening and dancing at THE BLOCK off Biltmore the last Sunday of each month. Dance lessons to CD Music begin at 7:00 PM and De la Noche plays at 8:15 PM.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2397877580498796/
Worthwhile Sounds Presents: Joe Purdy w/ The Honey Dewdrops & Smokey and the Mirror
WHEN: Sunday April 28, 2019
WHERE: Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806
DOORS: 7pm
SHOW: 8pm
AGES: All Ages
SEATING: Seated Show
TICKETS: $22 ADV / $25 DOS / $30 VIP
Joe Purdy
A few years back, if someone had started giving him some lip in the middle of a gig, Joe Purdy might have left the stage and beat a little sense into the guy. Nowadays, he’s more likely to calm everybody down, assure the loudmouth that he was a welcome and important part of his audience and through words and warmth talk him into sitting back down and join everyone else in enjoying Purdy’s extraordinary music.
What has happened to Joe Purdy? Some might call it growth, although he’s already grown a lot in wandering from his Arkansas home state to Los Angeles, and from there toward and beyond further horizons. Along the way he’s recorded a baker’s dozen worth of albums. His songs have turned up on numerous TV shows and film soundtracks. He even received a special request from Pete Townshend to join him onstage. Purdy said yes.
Even so, in recent years the singer, songwriter and self-described “hillbilly” has come to see the world and his role in it somewhat differently. His new views chart the direction on his latest album, Who Will Be Next? which plants its feet deep in the tradition of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and others while addressing immediate transgressions.
Purdy’s determination to honor the giants of American folk while applying his unique skills as writer and passionate vocalist reveal just how much he has achieved and evolved as an observer and participant in our times. In addition to his recording and touring, Joe recently made his acting debut starring in the new feature film, American Folk, which won a Best New Film award at the Cleveland International Film Festival. It will be released nation-wide in 2018.
https://www.facebook.com/events/402697927184468/