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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All are welcome to attend the Leicester History Gathering. We are striving to preserve the history of our community by passing it along to the next generation.
Topic: Leicester High School Sports 1926-1962
Speaker: Ronnie Sluder
https://www.facebook.com/events/407768496658975/
Join Friends of the Smokies for a FREE evening program about iconic trails, day-hiking tips and ideas, wildlife viewing opportunities, information about the Appalachian Trail, and suggestions for camping. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most-visited in America, and is just a short distance from Asheville. Register at the link!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2030453707003042/
Join us every Thursday night at 6:30 for the finest trivia in Asheville! Complete with fantastic beer and awesome prizes courtesy of Catawba Brewing Co.
Find out more info @ https://www.facebook.com/trivianightatcatawbabiltmore/
https://www.facebook.com/events/359055401343268/?event_time_id=359055431343265
It’s like Open Mic night, but every song is guaranteed to sound good! Share your vinyls with us and we’ll play them for you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/347259619444923/?event_time_id=347259642778254
I stumbled upon belly dance almost 6 years ago after breaking my wrist and going through a divorce, and it was one of the most healing experiences I’ve ever had. Belly dance improves the flow of our life force energy which is innately healing. I hope belly dance can be as nurturing and healing for you as it has been for me!…
This 7 week series is for the absolute beginner or those wishing to review the basics. Drop-in or come for the whole series. Belly dance is for anyone. Each class will begin with a warm up and stretching. I will review basic moves and build on those moves throughout the series. We will work on some basic choreography with 1 song towards the end of the series. If you’ve never taken a class with me before your first class is $10. Wear similar clothes that you would to a yoga class- there is no need to expose your belly. Hip scarves are optional. If you are under 18 y.o. I ask that you have a parent or legal guardian attend the class as well.
No dance experience is needed. No class on January 24th- if there is enough interest I may stream an online class for Q & A.
https://www.facebook.com/events/366208900594999/?event_time_id=366208920594997
Main St. NoTones – Acoustic jam session at the Hub. The NoTones welcome all singers & musicians. First & Third Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm – whenever.
https://www.facebook.com/events/244654603082232/?event_time_id=244654609748898
$12 Advance / $15 Day of Show
John Westmoreland at the lounge at Isis Music Hall 2/21/19. An intimate solo show, John will be performing original music from his forthcoming record “Cast Fire” as well as long lost but recently found songs of his ancestor T-bone Slim- a legendary hobo poet, songwriter and activist in the labor movement
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 (Table) Reservations
https://www.facebook.com/events/385043612072459/
You are not going to miss this! It’s the 3rd Thursday of the month and that can only mean one thing at Sanctuary Brewing Company! Billy Litz is back for his solo Thursday show!
Billy Litz…
is an Asheville, NC based multi-instrumentalist (trumpet, keys, guitar, harmonica, foot percussion) and singer with a lust for song-writing. He has been called “…. A prolific tunesmith…Blessed with a distinctive lead voice — high, thick, suitably retro” – Bold Life Magazine He tours the East Coast as the front man of the feel-good 4-piece, soul band, Hustle Souls, and as a dynamic one-man-band solo artist where New Orleans trumpet, honky-tonk piano, and foot stomping percussion meet the acoustic guitar and whining harmonica.
http://www.billylitz.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/812278922457765/
It’s Blues Thursday with Bill Altman and friends!
Happening the 3rd Thursday of each month.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2196798410532090/
FEBRUARY THURSDAY NIGHT RESIDENCY
Pisgah Brewing welcomes Chalwa to the taproom stage every Thursday night in February. Shows start at 7:00pm with FREE admission.
FOOD TRUCK: Out of the Blue Peruvian Fusion Cuisine
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Chalwa is an Original High Country Reggae band from Asheville, NC. This all-star line up of local musicians brings the sounds of Jamaica to the mountains of Western North Carolina.
https://www.facebook.com/events/578222065974011/?event_time_id=578222075974010
Join us for a night celebrating Hi-Wire Brewing’s new release of their new collaborations with great fantastic breweries, Monday Night Brewing, Rhinegeist, and Revelry Brewing! We’ll have 3 Hi-Wire Beers on draft and package of the new beers. To celebrate we will be doing the best musical duets and collaborations throughout history! Tons of fun prizes to be won and great beer to drink! Cheers everyone!
https://www.facebook.com/events/573746916422525/
Mitch’s Totally Rad Trivia is a team trivia played in 7 rounds over the course of 2 endlessly entertaining hours. The game covers everything pop culture and is always irreverent by nature. The game is not your average pub quiz as it explores everything from didgeridoo covers of pop songs to bad celebrity tattoos and everything in between. Ever wanted to identify animals by their gonads? Then this is the game for you! Mitch curates a one of a kind trivia smorgasbord of random, unusual, and hilarious subjects. This absurd trivia game is not about historical facts or sports stats, it is all about random movies, unforgettable ear-worms, and the hilariousness of growing up in the 80’s and 90’s. The game starts at 7pm in the cozy One Stop in downtown Asheville. Drink specials include $4 bourbon/$4 Washington Apple Shots and $5 White Russians, and food is available from MOJO Kitchen which offers 1/2 price nachos during the game! Best of all the winning team each week takes home a collection of Totally Rad Prizes including a $35 gift certificate to The One Stop/MOJO Kitchen.
https://www.facebook.com/events/194832771290218/?event_time_id=384151685691658
FEBRUARY THURSDAY NIGHT RESIDENCY
Pisgah Brewing welcomes to Chalwa to the taproom stage every Thursday night in February. Shows start at 7:00pm with FREE admission.
FOOD TRUCK: Out of the Blue Peruvian Fusion Cuisine
Chalwa is an Original High Country Reggae band from Asheville, NC. This all-star line up of local musicians brings the sounds of Jamaica to the mountains of Western North Carolina.
https://www.facebook.com/events/226047625003123/?event_time_id=226047631669789
Every Thursday, The Bywater Open Mic ? from 7PM until ???. Signup starts at 6 PM, and acts of all kinds are welcome and encouraged.
$5 Premium Whiskey Every Week.
Hosted by John Duncan
https://www.facebook.com/events/567963313668945/?event_time_id=567963353668941
***Tickets become available one week before the show, at 3pm ET.
LOVE HURTS: Prepare a five-minute tale about a love that made you go OUCH. The agony of deferred love! The misery of good love, gone bad! The anguish of one-way love! Bring stories of your heart, kicked to the curb by the people or places or things you love…or used to love. Love that “Hurts So Good” also welcome.
https://themoth.org/events/love-hurts-asheville-2
For more details on preparing a Moth story if you’d like to participate, follow the link above.
It is brilliant and quietly addictive” – The London Guardian
“New York’s hottest and hippest literary ticket” – The Wall Street Journal
The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. It is a celebration of both the raconteur, who breathes fire into true tales of ordinary life, and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. At the center of each performance is, of course, the story – and The Moth’s directors work with each storyteller to find, shape and present it.
Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide.
Moth shows are renowned for the great range of human experience they showcase. Each show starts with a theme, and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways. Since each story is true and every voice authentic, the shows dance between documentary and theater, creating a unique, intimate, and often enlightening experience for the audience.
Moth stories dissolve socio-economic barriers, expose vulnerabilities, and quietly suggest ways to overcome challenges and see with new eyes.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2305712439698837/
Do you drink and know things? Come out for $3 drafts and show off your big brain box!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2275612219386852/?event_time_id=2275612246053516
My name is Amber and I’m the owner of Kleidoscope Yoga. I’m an instructor, artist, dancer, cat lover, coffee consumer and I’m over the moon to introduce you back (or to) Groove on OM!
For an hour once a week I’m offering you a safe space where you can honor yourself with no pressures, no expectations, no judgment, no worries – just a load of dancing FUN with some great gals!
It’s a safe space to be yourself. What we do here (even as silly as we may look or seem) stays here. And there’s no choreography so even if you feel like you can’t dance – just find what movements your body craves and GO FOR IT!
I encourage singing, bouncing, hootin’, hollerin’, shaking and whatever else strikes your fancy.
What I want is for Groove on OM to grow so more women like you and I have a place to PLAY, let loose, lift each other up and create some powerful magic together. So gather up your girlfriends, sisters, aunts or mothers and daughters (as long as they’re 18)!
This six-week session runs January 31st – March 7th. The drop-in price is $13 cash only please but you can save $18 if you purchase the entire 6-week session for only $60! It’s a great commitment to make time for yourself, with your girlfriends, to get exercise or blow off steam. To purchase the session, my safe paypal link is below. Of course, cash or checks are always accepted as well for the full session price.
If you want to try #GrooveonOM once for the drop in price and decide you love it – you can still purchase the rest of the weeks in the session as a bundle at $10 a class! Even if you join us in the 3rd week – you’ll still save some cashola!
If you’re like me, dancing feels like it brings a fresh perspective to life. It releases stagnant energy and makes space for new ideas. It’s MAGIC And DAMN if it doesn’t feel good!
Dancing has been a beautiful form of communication since the beginning of time and there IS something primal about letting your body just move to the music without a care in the world. I believe you just have to find that comfortable space to let that happen.
We will take a few moments to greet one another, set intentions and then get our groove on with all sorts of different types of music. There is no choreography, just the opportunity to let your body find it’s rhythm and flow no matter what that feels or looks like!
****Just a quick note. Please respect that there will be no drugs or alcohol permitted, you must be at least 18 years of age and what happens at Groove on OM stays at Groove on OM.***
Again, here is the pricing for you – $60 for 6 weeks beginning Thursday, January 31st or $13 cash to drop in.
Dress comfortably – or in costume – come dressed in a way that calls to you.
I can’t wait to see you there and by the way, if you have a tune that gets your booty shakin’ let me know! I’m always looking for music to add to the playlist.
Namaste ♥
https://www.facebook.com/events/541635442970752/?event_time_id=541635459637417
Music by Tom Snow; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford; Stage Adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
A musical version of the 1984 film! When teenager Ren McCormack moves from Chicago to a small town, he isn’t prepared for the stifling local laws, including a ban on dancing and rock music instituted by the local preacher. As he struggles to fit in, he encourages his classmates to defy the local pastor and call for a rock’n’roll prom. Fist pump!
“Footloose” combines songs from the hit 1984 soundtrack with dynamic new songs – and though it might seem like just a lot of fun, it also celebrates the wisdom of opening minds and listening to the voices of young people. Director Jerry Crouch, music director Lynda Ferrell Shuler, and choreographer Tina Pisano-Foor have put together an incredible cast of students and adults from our community to bring “Footloose” to life!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2588474317859196/?event_time_id=2588474344525860
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Canadian-born violinist Lara St. John has been described as “something of a phenomenon” by The Strad and a “high-powered soloist” by The New York Times. Starting the violin at only two years old, St. John made her first appearance as soloist with an orchestra at age four and made her European debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra when she was 10. She has been featured in People, US News and World Report, on CNN’s Showbiz Today, NPR’s All Things Considered, CBC, BBC, a Bravo! Special called Live At the Rehearsal Hall, and on the cover of Strings.
https://www.facebook.com/events/185115982300145/
Know your Modern Family facts? Win prizes for placing and for best team name!
https://www.facebook.com/events/290284455005604/
There’s Murderrrrr afoot!!
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Delicious Murderrrrr
Rosemary Saint-John is a loud, annoying hypochondriac convinced she is allergic to water. Celebrating her birthday at a restaurant with her four kooky sisters–a hippie, a valley girl, a trucker and a banker–Rosemary makes enemies with everyone around her. When she disappears and is presumed murdered, the only objective witnesses in the restaurant are the audience members, who must cast their vote. Was it one of Rosemary’s sisters? The self-taught detective? The passionate French chef? The polite and proper maître d’? The sarcastic waiter? No one is above suspicion in this hilarious, fully-immersive dinner theatre murder mystery!
The doors for this event will open at 630pm with the show beginning at 730. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased by calling The Grind Cafe at 828-430-4343. Ticket includes the full show as well as a 3-course meal. We will also have a cash bar. The menu for each night will be Caeser Salad, Chicken Parmesan and a rotating dessert. Eggplant parmesan will be the vegetarian option. Please let us know if you have any other dietary requests, we will be sure to accommodate. Prizes will be awarded for solving the case! Also wear you’re swankiest dinner clothes as there will be an award for best dressed. Can’t wait to see you there!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/369095400572388/
A night of The Princess Bride. Come test your knowledge and we will be awarding prizes to our winners and and best team name!
https://www.facebook.com/events/426253701449951/
This is a Network of local artists working to share more EDM music in Greenville. The goal to this group is to provide a safe and musical experience with the people around us and have fun doing so. This platform allows more exposure for the local djs and has much room for growth! +21
https://www.facebook.com/events/307774249770791/?event_time_id=307774266437456
Acoustic Dead & Dawg from Paul & John of Asheville’s Dirty Dead / Free $ donation
https://www.facebook.com/events/367152797397707/
Join us for an evening exploring a flight of our sour & mixed culture beers with Dan Allen. Let a certified level 2 Cicerone guiding you through the flavors and scents common to different cultures and souring techniques.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2395805140698978/
MOMIX: Opus Cactus — Wednesday & Thursday, February 20 & 21, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
With dance, music, props and costumes, MOMIX’s Opus Cactus transports you across the dunes of fantasy to emulate the flora and fauna of the American Southwest. “I’d love to be able to see into Pendleton’s dreams just one night,” writes The Philadelphia Inquirer, “but dreams alone don’t make theater like this.” Wednesday & Thursday, February 20 & 21, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. at Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville. Tickets: Regular $55; Student $50; Child $20; Student Rush Day-of-Show (with valid I.D.) $10. Box Office: 828-257-4530 or www.dwtheatre.com.
https://www.facebook.com/events/690311461307276/?event_time_id=690311471307275
MOMIX: Opus Cactus — Wednesday & Thursday, February 20 & 21, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
With dance, music, props and costumes, MOMIX’s Opus Cactus transports you across the dunes of fantasy to emulate the flora and fauna of the American Southwest. “I’d love to be able to see into Pendleton’s dreams just one night,” writes The Philadelphia Inquirer, “but dreams alone don’t make theater like this.” Wednesday & Thursday, February 20 & 21, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. at Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville. Tickets: Regular $55; Student $50; Child $20; Student Rush Day-of-Show (with valid I.D.) $10. Box Office: 828-257-4530 or www.dwtheatre.com.
https://www.facebook.com/events/690311461307276/
Worthwhile Sounds Presents: Dead Horses + The Brother Brothers at Ambrose West
WHEN: Thursday, Feb 21, 2018
WHERE: Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806
DOORS: 7pm
SHOW: 8pm
SEATING: SEATED
TICKETS: $15 ADV / $18 DOS / $20 VIP (VIP Guaranteed 1st 3 Rows)
Dead Horses
At fifteen, Dead Horses frontwoman Sarah Vos’ world turned upside down. Raised in a strict, fundamentalist home, Vos lost everything when she and her family were expelled from the rural Wisconsin church where her father had long served as pastor. What happened next is the story of Dead Horses’ stunning new album, My Mother the Moon, a record full of trauma and triumph, despair and hope, pain and resilience.
Blending elements of traditional roots with contemporary indie folk, Dead Horses writes music that is both familiar and unexpected, unflinchingly honest in its portrayal of modern American life, yet optimistic in its unshakable faith in brighter days to come.
Described by NPR Music as “evocative, empathetic storytelling,” My Mother the Moon earned a spot in No Depression’s “Best Roots Music Albums of 2018” list, and Rolling Stone Country declared the Wisconsin-based duo an “Artist You Need to Know.”
The Brother Brothers
The Brother Brothers carry the folk tradition for a new generation. Identical twins David and Adam Moss honor contemporary aches with the nostalgic tenderness of another time on their debut full-length album, SOME PEOPLE I KNOW, out October 19, 2018 on Compass Records. Their stunning songcraft blends masterfully gentle guitar, cello and five-string fiddle with the sublime sort of two-part harmonies only brothers can carry. Their palpably fraternal stage presence and wonderfully familiar heart have earned repute among a modern folk scene; The Brother Brothers have opened for Big Thief, Lake Street Dive, Shakey Graves, and in the fall of 2019, embarked on a 26-date national tour supporting I’m With Her.
Recorded at Mark Ettinger’s Lethe Lounge in New York City with producer Robin Macmillan and engineer Jefferson Hamer, The Brother Brothers capably capture a modern snapshot of their surroundings. Yet, SOME PEOPLE I KNOW retains a timeless feel – something that the brothers were aiming for.
“I just want people to listen to it once and want to listen to it again,” David says of the album. “And every time they listen to it, I want them to find something new and in some way relate it to themselves. Whether they’re listening to it today or in 40 years, I hope it will make them feel just the same.”
“wonderful… fabulous old-time playing and sibling harmony.” – NPR / Folk Alley
“…capturing their natural harmonies and evocative lyricism, reflecting a timeless sound and spirit.” – Relix
“a duo that pairs tasteful harmony vocals with two-person musical arrangements that weave together bluegrass and the darker side of folk.” – No Depression
“The Brother Brothers deserve their own phylum upon an advanced musical strain not yet categorized on the roots music family tree. They are the true sound of roots music evolving.” – Saving Country Music
Music Video – “Frankie”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bLTBP9VMnY
https://www.facebook.com/events/321419542003434/
*Special Announcement*
The Thursday, February 21st West Side Funk Jam at One World Brewing Westwill be featuring the one and only Simon Thomas George Music on keys ??! He will be accompanied by members of Shabudikah and our FULL HORN SECTION ????! Mark your calendars, this one is sure to be a party…
$3 Select Pints of delicious One World Brewing Beer.
Music starts at 9:00!
Free Entry, 21+
520 Haywood Rd, Asheville NC 28806
https://www.facebook.com/events/624682727984715/
Take a journey with psychic folk outfit Brother Oliver as they return to Asheville.
Live at One World Brewing
Thursday, February 21st, 9:00pm
Official Website: brotheroliver.com
Facebook: facebook.com/BrotherOliverMusic
Spotify: spoti.fi/2teGdkZ
Presented by Future Chord
futurechord.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/535534506960867/