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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,Soul, Blues and more Very Dancable! Come to the Block this Friday! ABUNDANT FREE PARKING (bottom of hill Eagle and Charlotte City lot or the city employee lot adjacent to Packs Tavern
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LISTEN: https://open.spotify.com/album/3y3Zrv42YZur33craetflX
LOOK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K168ib7ltTc
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters are on tour with their latest album, a self-titled disc released June 9, 2017 on Organic Records. Lyrically driven, the songs of Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters blend the band’s old-school country roots attitude with their shared influences of rock and folk. Amanda says of the album, “I think it’s just about life and all that that entails. Including but not limited to death, strangers, birthdays, money, leaving, arriving, seasons, corruption, and love.”
“This is a band that does everything right,” says Goldmine’s Mike Greenblatt. “Platt deserves all that might come to her over this, her fifth (and best) album. Backed by pedal steel, electric guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, and vocal harmony, it’s Platt’s show as she writes, sings and co-produces. Complete with lyrics of introspection with the kind of words you can chew on long after the album ends, it also works on a lighter level by dint of the fact that it just sounds so damn good. Go as deep as you want. It’s all good, as they say.”
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Amanda is a storyteller by nature with an incredible band backing her. Performing along with Amanda Anne Platt, The Honeycutters are Matt Smith(pedal steel and electric guitar), Rick Cooper(bass), and Evan Martin(drums).
There is an empathetic and charming wit ingrained in Amanda’s songwriting. She has a knack for accessing a deep well of emotion and applying it to her story-telling, whether she is writing from her own experiences or immersing herself into the melody of emotions in another person’s life.
“She’s soothing (even in the hurtin’ songs) and sobering (except for the drinkin’ songs) and nuanced in a way that I think tops even those rather famous ladies of the moment named Margo and Kacey… I’d be hard pressed to find a finer string of recordings from any band working in the classic country/mountain tradition in these last five years,” writes Music City Roots’ Craig Havighurst.
A homegrown entity, the band is critically acclaimed locally, regionally, nationally, as well as overseas. Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters’ placed #2 (sandwiched between Jason Isbell and Gregg Allman) in their regional radio station WNCW’s year end listeners poll for 2017! The station’s Music Director Martin Anderson said to No Depression, “Amanda Platt writes songs on par with Lucinda, Isbell, Lauderdale, Hank Sr. In my opinion, anyway.”
After a phenomenal response in 2017, the band went on their second extensive tour of the UK this summer which also included shows in Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The UK’s American Roots’ Magazine Mike Morrison writes, “This is a band whose back catalogue is a match for anyone’s and yet still they’re improving. Modern country music really doesn’t get much better than the highly individual style of Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters.”
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters recently received a shout out from Fodor’s Travel Magazine in a write-up about the band’s hometown of Asheville, NC, and a couple of years back they were also featured on XPN World Cafe’s Sense of Place series. Their music also placed into the Americana Music Association Year End Top 100 list of Americana Airplay for the second year in a row!
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters is the group’s third release on Organic Records, and fifth album. Assembling the same the same team as 2016’s On The Ropes, Balsam Range’s Tim Surrett steps in for the second time to co-produce this album along with Amanda. Its thirteen tracks were recorded, mixed, and mastered by Scott Barnett at Crossroads Studios in Arden, NC near the band’s hometown of Asheville.
“Amanda is so good it’s ridiculous. I don’t even know what words to use. Her singing, songwriting and presence is unmatched in Americana, Country, Pop… Simply breathtaking,” says Saul Davis: producer (Percy Sledge), manager (Gene Clark, Carla Olson, Phil Seymour).
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Rock-n-Roll from:
Georgia Dish Boys
https://georgiadishboys.bandcamp.com/
Mr. Mange
https://mrmange.bandcamp.com/releases
Living Dog
https://livingdog.bandcamp.com/
The Spoon Dogs
https://www.facebook.com/TheSpoonDogs/
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FREE SHOW | SHOWTIME: 8pm | TAPROOM STAGE
FOOD TRUCK: Root Down food truck
DESCRIPTION:
The musical mastermind that is Tom Waits has been a force to be reckoned with since the day he set foot into the musical cosmos back in the early 70’s. Often though of as one of the great creative minds of our times, the music of Tom Waits must live on!
Join us for an amazing collective of local musicians paying tribute to the bohemian folk phenomenon and his music!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1001329843403556/
Come and enjoy Latin Jazz, Funk with the Patrick Lopez Experience!
https://www.facebook.com/events/270580223584513/
Deloused: The Music of The Mars Volta at Ambrose West
GENRE: Progressive/Alternative Rock
WHEN: Friday January 4, 2019
WHERE: Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806
DOORS: 8pm
SHOW: 9pm
SCHEDULE:
Jerry Gentry: 9-9:30pm
Deloused Set 1: 9:45-10:40pm
Jerry Gentry: 10:40-11pm
Deloused set 2: 11-12am
SEATING: Standing Room w/ some cocktails tables
TICKETS: Advance $10 / Day of Show $12
Deloused was formed in 2015 in Asheville, NC with the sole intent of covering The Mars Volta’s groundbreaking album, Deloused in the Comatorium. The band was greeted with such enthusiasm at their first show that Deloused has continued to play a string of shows once a year, incorporating new material each year. In January 2019, the band will play shows in Asheville (NC), Raleigh (NC), and Greenville (SC), playing the entire Deloused in the Comatorium album and a collection of other tunes from the rest of the catalog.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delousedmusic/
Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE3sFZVwXMc
https://www.facebook.com/events/248024945880786/
Off With Your Radiohead
Show: 9pm
Doors: 8pm
$10 – $12
All Ages
Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/off-with-your-radiohead/
After mesmerizing a crowd of unsuspecting Radiohead fans at an OK Computer tribute show last fall, frontman Jeff Thompson and his all-star band of Asheville music veterans knew they were onto something. What was intended to be a one-off homage to the greatest rock record of all time quickly developed into a permanent ensemble. Now, the five-piece is dedicated to mastering even Radiohead’s most complex arrangements, one album at a time.
https://www.facebook.com/events/190863261831158/
Raelyn Nelson Band at The Grey Eagle
As an emerging country artist in Nashville, history suggests that the quickest path to success is somehow aligning oneself with one of the major publishers, producers, songwriters, labels, or managers that are the heart of Music Row. So what do you do if you are an emerging female country artist in Nashville, and also happen to be the granddaughter of musical icon, Willie Nelson?
You hook up with an independent producer and veteran of the rock/punk scene, write some songs that are part Loretta Lynn, part Cheap Trick, and form the Raelyn Nelson Band.
Raelyn Nelson has been singing since she can remember. Having been raised on a steady diet of traditional country and gospel music, a gift from her grandpa in the form of a guitar during her teenage years was the inspiration she needed to begin writing her own country and folk songs.
Looking for a place to record these songs, a mutual friend suggested JB (Jonathan Bright), a veteran of the underground rock scene and independent producer. After recording some of these early songs, they decided to try to write some things together and see what happened. The result? A completely fresh and original sound, a true hybrid referred to by some critics as “Country/Garage Rock.”
When they aren’t recording their songs or making music videos, they are on the road taking their high energy live show to the people. Having shared the stage with such diverse musical acts as country superstar Tim McGraw, indie rock icons Drivin’ n Cryin’, and jam band supergroup Hard Working Americans, the RNB is proving that you don’t have to fit neatly into any particular “genre” to find success.
“I don’t really have any desire to be a ‘solo-artist’. Everyone in my family who plays music has always placed a lot of importance on band chemistry, on stage, off stage and in the studio. Our band can almost read each other’s minds. Why would I mess with that? We try to keep it simple: Write songs we like, record them, make a video, then go out and play them for people.”- Raelyn Nelson
Drunken Prayer
http://drunkenprayer.com
“Morgan Geer is the real thing – a songwriter with a heart as deep as the Marianas Trench and sensitive as the wet hands of a raccoon.”
– Rennie Sparks, The Handsome Family
https://www.facebook.com/events/576147959509125/
Come celebrate the new year with Make Noise! Sets from Richard Devine and members (TBA) of theMake Noise Crew.
Free for all!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/738050716581553/
Salsa Y Mas
Asheville’s Monthly Social Every first Friday of the month at a New Location and time !!
Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha, Kizomba and more..
**9 PM **
Friday January 4th join us for a Sensual Bachata Class with 2umbao!!
***On Deck at 10pm until 1am is DJ Oscar Malinalli **
**Cover Ladies $5 and Gentlemen $7 , Cash only at Door please *** Class included
Location: Urban Orchard Cider Co. South Slope
24 Buxton Ave. Asheville NC
***Bar servers light food, Beer, Cider, & Wine!! *
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The Boyz are Back in Biltmore Park!!! Come out and SING & DANCE with the BEST!!! The SUPER 60s hit HICKORY TAVERN this FRIDAY 9pm-Midnight! Bring a friend, bring your dancing shoes, just bring Yourself!!! #WeLoveOurFans #BecomeOne
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Jimmy Lang’s Almost Doors is a High-Energy,Theatrical,Psych-Rock (Doors) Tribute from Asheville,NC
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Frosty Fifty is a well-supported 50K, 25K, or 50K relay around beautiful Salem Lake in the outskirts of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The *NEW course begins and ends at the Salem Lake Marina Office and is run on a wide rolling dirt trail around the wooded shoreline of Salem Lake with a small portion on a paved bike path along Salem Creek. The course is a loop around Salem Lake (7 miles) with an out-and-back trail add-on so that each loop is 12.5k. A very spectator-friendly event.
Must register online, last day to register is 12/31/18. No late registration and no race day registration.
Sign up now!
More info and registration at: https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/WinstonSalem/SalemLakeshoreFrostyFifty50k25kand50kRelay
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Reclaimed Creations is a unique sculpture exhibit created by renowned artist Sayaka Ganz. Utilizing reclaimed plastic objects, such as discarded utensils, Ganz creates amazing sculptures that visually appear unified at a distance, but are in fact separated when examined up close. Described as using a “3D impressionistic” style, Ganz’s exhibit includes installations of animals in motion, which are in rich in color and energy, to create an illusion of form.
About the Artist
Born in Yokohama, Japan, Sayaka Ganz grew up living in Japan, Brazil and Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. A lecturer and teacher, Ganz’s work has been displayed at various institutions around the globe, including the Hermann Geiger Foundation in Cecina, Italy, the Isle Gallery in Isle of Man, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.
My work is about perceiving harmony, even in situations that appear chaotic from the inside. When observing my sculptures up close, one might see gaps, holes and items being held on only by small points; step away, however, and the sculptures reveal the harmony created when the objects are aligned to the same general (but not identical) direction. Similarly, it is important to gain perspective by stepping back from current problems and look at the larger picture. Then one can perceive the beauty and patterns that exist.”
Don’t miss the Asheville gun show January 5 & 6 at the Western NC Ag Center in Fletcher, NC! Over 500 tables with the biggest and best dealers in the state!
Hours: Sat 9 am to 5 pm
Sun 10 am to 4 pm
Admission: Adults $8, Under 12 Free
Check out our website for more details: www.mkshows.com
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Christmas at Biltmore Daytime Celebration*
Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Sunday, January 6, 2019 (daily)
*Included with estate admission.
*Does not include “Candlelight Christmas Evenings”
Experience the holidays wreathed with the wonder of Biltmore. Our celebration presents Christmas on a grand scale with more than 55 trees decorated by our talented staff, accented with miles of ribbon, garlands, and lights. Festive menus in our restaurants and holiday wine tastings make for a memorable visit.
Learn more about #ChristmasAtBiltmore or plan your visit: biltmore.com/Christmas
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Give your tree, lights, and holiday cards a second life! You can drop off your tree on or before January 5th at Jackson Park (Ball Field #6). Trees will be turned into mulch by City & County staff, and the mulch is free to take home to nourish your garden! Lights and holiday cards can be dropped off on January 5th, and the lights will be recycled by the County Co-op Extension Service of 4-H Project.
There will be free cookies and hot cider ! Come say goodbye to your holiday decorations and kickstart the new year with us!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1018152908369172/
Join Pure Yoga Asheville for a purrfectly fun event to benefit the Asheville Humane Society! Yoga with Kitties is led by Pure Yoga Asheville at the Asheville Humane Society at 14 Forever Friend Lane. The class is one hour. Cost is $15. Attendees are required to sign up ahead of time through Pure Yoga Asheville.
Kittens and cats will be provided by the Asheville Humane Society – please don’t bring your own cat. Do bring your own yoga mat. Space is limited and expected to sell out! The class is taught by Farrell! Questions – email Beth at [email protected].
https://www.facebook.com/events/348361482413040/
Toe River Arts locations will be closed the month of January to sweep, mop, clean and give our spaces some attention. We would love to have some extra help on January 5th at our Spruce Pine location and January 12th at our Burnsville location.
Interested in volunteering? Contact us at [email protected]
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I am so excited to be invited back to Greenville South Carolina and visit with all my amazing friends at Yarn & Y’all! Yarn and fiber will be coming for a sweet little visit as well. They are so excited to find their YARN-EVER homes!
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When reflecting on the current state of the environment, it seems that we have entered into times of seismic sorrows. Carbon emissions, water pollution, fracking, and changing climate patterns all point to a troubling reality with serious consequences for human and non-human populations. Through weavings, installations, sculpture, and print, artists Rena Detrixhe and Tali Weinberg (Tulsa, OK) explore the complex relationship between humans and the planet, offering insights, expressing grief, and creating space for resilience and change.
In Time of Seismic Sorrows is curated by Marilyn Zapf and organized by the Center for Craft. The Center for Craft is supported in part by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Join us any Saturday for outdoor activities at the garden. Local youth involved in programming for building life skills, improving literacy and leadership development welcome young people in the area to join them, and we are always in need of adult volunteers to help with mentoring. Involvement in the Shiloh Community Garden also includes the experience of growing produce organically, lessons in permaculture and the science of sustainability, healthy meal preparation, and entrepreneurship. Come join the fun!
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Enjoy a visit to Christmas pasts from the 1840s to the 1890s. Each room contains antique and reproduction decorations and traditions. Four live trees, one of which will be decorated with traditional Appalachian decorations, hand made by our SMH over History club.
Admission at the door $9 adults, $5 children/students, free for WNC Historical Association members and A-B Tech students.
Group tours may be requested at 828-253-9231
Special 12 Days of Christmas Scavenger Hunt for children.
https://www.facebook.com/events/316661532481360/?event_time_id=316661649148015
MONDAY
5pm Bellydance 101 with Lisa Zahiya
$14 drop in
6pm Bellydance Hip Hop Fusion with Lisa
$90 8 week series. Starts Jan. 7
7pm Bellydance Specialty Series with Lisa: Veils
$50 4 week series. Starts Jan. 7
8pm Bellydance Advanced Choreography with Lisa Zahiya
$90 8 week series. Starts Jan. 7
TUESDAY
6pm Bellydance 1 with Lisa Zahiya
$50 4 week series. Starts Jan. 8
7pm Bellydance 2 with Lisa Zahiya
$50 4 week series. Starts Jan. 8
8pm Bellydance Specialty Series with Lisa: Rhythms
$50 4 week series. Starts Jan. 8
WEDNESDAY
7pm Tribal Fusion Flow: Inspire Improv with Violet
$14 drop in, class card, or Bellydance card
THURSDAY
5pm Bellydance Drills with Emily
$14 drop in, class card, or Bellydance card // buy class passes
6pm Bellydance 1.5 Choreography with McKinnley
$50/4 week series. Starts Jan. 10 // Register
7pm Bellydance Fantasy Fusion with Olivia
$50/4 week series. Starts Jan. 10
SATURDAY
10:45-11:45am Bellydance Fitness with Emily
$10 drop in or class card or Bellydance card
https://www.facebook.com/events/1153400568148167/?event_time_id=1153400581481499
We are honored to share our passion for our Beloved Black Bears in our exhibit at the “FW Gallery” in Woolworth Walk – downtown Asheville. We are grateful to have been chosen to be their Featured Artists. We want to also thank the many lovely people who work at Woolworth Walk and have supported and assisted us with the exhibit.
The FW Gallery exhibit will end Tuesday, January 29th at 6pm. Our permanent artist booth #229 downstairs “Beloved Black Bear” has over 50 black bear canvases 11×14 at $75 each. We hope you will stop by to visit.
We are happy to say that many black bear canvases have been sold and are now adorning many homes. Our wish is for all of us to share our compassion for the black bear with our friends, family, and neighbors and create connections with the bears giving them a voice.
Love, April Johnson & Jeff Miller
https://www.facebook.com/events/300039080626478/?event_time_id=300039097293143
This program will teach kids how to recognize common winter song bird species by their call. We will test our new knowledge with a short hike through the trails of the North Carolina Arboretum.
This is a free event, and gate passes will be given away to the first 10 people to send an RSVP to [email protected].
All registered ecoEXPLORERS will receive 5 points for attending.
We will meet in the ecoLAB located in the basement of the Education Center.
https://www.facebook.com/events/565697793850021/
As part of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the YMCA of WNC Nutrition Department hosts free meals for anyone under the age of 18 at the Ferguson Family YMCA every Saturday!
We serve lunches from 11am -1pm in the Ferguson Y’s Multipurpose Room, and your family does not have to be a member of the Y to participate.
Please consider joining us for healthy food and enriching activities: kids yoga, art, ping pong, and more!
For more information on accessing food and/or volunteering with the program visit: www.ymcawnc.org/nutritionprograms
https://www.facebook.com/events/492101114625413/?event_time_id=492101247958733
Introductory Wim Hof Method Workshop
With Rob Lenfestey, Certified WHM Instructor
Unleash your inner superhuman with the power of the Wim Hof Method. Scientifically proven and now practiced by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, the Wim Hof Method boosts our cardiovascular functioning and gives us the tools to influence our autonomic nervous system; a feat that was thought to be impossible only a few years ago! This workshop is taught by Wim’s personal student and Certified Instructor, Rob Lenfestey, one of the first certified instructors in the US!
Join us on the edge of Pisgah National Forest, a few miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway at Mandala Springs. We will learn the basic tenants and practices of the Wim Hof Method and have the opportunity to push our cold exposure in the perennially pristine Mineral creek!
This workshop will help you create your daily practice of the Wim Hof Method. This workshop teaches the breathwork and mindfullness techniques as well as the science behind the method. Cold plunge practice in Pristine Mineral Creek will be optional!
Cost is $120.
Registration:
email [email protected]
You will need:
Comfortable clothing for stretching exercises, flip flops, swim wear, a towel, and a good attitude :)
Also, a snack for the snack break.
Sign up for this event as soon as you think you are interested. Instructions for how to prepare will be emailed to you.
Schedule:
Lecture and Practice: 1pm-3pm
Snack break 3pm (A light snack)
Cold Training and Practice: 3:30-4:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/581888665584013/
Come relax with some of our most friendly kitties. They will enjoy the meditation and interaction as much as you.
https://www.facebook.com/events/745776259118469/
Kakizome (in Japanese “first writing”) is a traditional Japanese calligraphy written at the beginning of the year.
Karuta Card matching game in Hiragana (Japanese ABC)
All materials are prepared. Please ask staff if you would like to try.
For Kakizome, if you would like to place your Kakizome to frame, our neighbor “BLACKBIRD FRAME & ART” gives you special discount as a new year gift “Otoshidama” ? Please ask staff more detail.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1992243144410863/