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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Thursday, November 10, 2022
Webinar QuickBooks Online: Understanding Vendor Transactions
Nov 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
online
Topic: Business Accounting and Budget

Business owners! It’s time to take the fear out of your financials! Join QuickBooks Certified Pro Advisor, Candy Williams, as she helps you to understand bookkeeping concepts for your small business. This session will provide you with an overview vendor transactions-downloading and entering transactions from your bank, payables and issuing checks. This training will utilize the online version of QuickBooks.

Friday, November 11, 2022
AM Power Hour
Nov 11 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
The 2nd Act
Enjoy a more productive day by meeting prospective customers at the start of your day. You may find a strong referral source, a new vendor, the perfect client, or simply get a foot in the door for connecting again later at another Chamber event. AM Power Hour is great if you are an early-bird or can’t make our after-hours networking events.
November’s AM Power Hour is Hosted by Fletcher Area Business Association (FABA), with coffee and pastries provided by The 2nd Act.
WNC Farmers Market
Nov 11 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
WNC Farmers Market

NCDA&CS - Marketing Division - Western North Carolina Farmers Market

The WNC Farmers Market is the premier destination for buying and selling the region’s best agriculture products directly from farmers & food producers to household & wholesale customers in an environment that celebrates the region’s diverse culture, food & heritage.

House of Operation:

WNC Farmers Market: 24/7, 361 days a year market access for farmers
Office: Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm
Market Shops: 7 days a week, 8 am-5 pm
Wholesale and Truck Sheds: 7 days a week

Saturday, November 12, 2022
Enka-Candler Tailgate Holiday Market
Nov 12 all-day
Enka-Candler Tailgate Market

Holiday Market

North Asheville Tailgate Market
Nov 12 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
North Asheville Tailgate Market

Welcome to Western NC’s most premier farmers market!

Since 1980, we have been providing Asheville and the surrounding area with a full range of local, sustainably produced produce, meats, eggs, cheeses, breads, plants, prepared foods and crafts. Day vendors complement the members’ offerings with additional products and services.

The North Asheville Tailgate Market is a weekly, Saturday morning gathering of the best farmers, craftsmen, and bakers. With over 40 vendors and more than 40,000 annual customers, the market’s energetic and warm environment welcomes all.

Shoppers at the market
WNC Farmers Market
Nov 12 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
WNC Farmers Market

NCDA&CS - Marketing Division - Western North Carolina Farmers Market

The WNC Farmers Market is the premier destination for buying and selling the region’s best agriculture products directly from farmers & food producers to household & wholesale customers in an environment that celebrates the region’s diverse culture, food & heritage.

House of Operation:

WNC Farmers Market: 24/7, 361 days a year market access for farmers
Office: Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm
Market Shops: 7 days a week, 8 am-5 pm
Wholesale and Truck Sheds: 7 days a week

Asheville City Market
Nov 12 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Asheville City Market

Even though it’s getting colder, you can still find fresh, local food at area farmers markets. Nine markets in Buncombe County will offer extended seasons in November and December. In addition to seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, and bread, these markets will feature local artists and handmade goods, such as wreaths, pottery, jewelry, and more. Plus, four markets will stay open through the winter!

Black Mountain Tailgate Market
Nov 12 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Black Mountain Tailgate Market

Black Mountain Tailgate Market

COME CELEBRATE!

OPEN FROM MAY – NOVEMBER :: 9AM – NOON

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Our market is a seasonal Saturday morning community event featuring organic and sustainably grown produce, plants, cut flowers, herbs, locally raised meats, seafood, breads, pastries, cheeses, eggs and local arts and handcrafted items. A family event every Saturday from May through November.

Visit us on Facebook!

Etowah Lions Club Farmers Market Holiday Market
Nov 12 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Etowah Lions Club Farmers Market

Join us for our indoor holiday market on Saturday, Nov. 12.

Etowah Lions Club Farmers Market Holiday Market
Nov 12 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Etowah Lions Club Farmers Market

Join us for our indoor holiday market on Saturday, Nov. 12.

Sunday, November 13, 2022
Enka-Candler Tailgate Holiday Market
Nov 13 all-day
Enka-Candler Tailgate Market

Holiday Market

WNC Farmers Market
Nov 13 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
WNC Farmers Market

NCDA&CS - Marketing Division - Western North Carolina Farmers Market

The WNC Farmers Market is the premier destination for buying and selling the region’s best agriculture products directly from farmers & food producers to household & wholesale customers in an environment that celebrates the region’s diverse culture, food & heritage.

House of Operation:

WNC Farmers Market: 24/7, 361 days a year market access for farmers
Office: Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm
Market Shops: 7 days a week, 8 am-5 pm
Wholesale and Truck Sheds: 7 days a week

Monday, November 14, 2022
WNC Farmers Market
Nov 14 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
WNC Farmers Market

NCDA&CS - Marketing Division - Western North Carolina Farmers Market

The WNC Farmers Market is the premier destination for buying and selling the region’s best agriculture products directly from farmers & food producers to household & wholesale customers in an environment that celebrates the region’s diverse culture, food & heritage.

House of Operation:

WNC Farmers Market: 24/7, 361 days a year market access for farmers
Office: Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm
Market Shops: 7 days a week, 8 am-5 pm
Wholesale and Truck Sheds: 7 days a week

Multi-Farm Collaboration Meeting
Nov 14 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
McDowell Senior Center

Multi-Farm Collaboration Meeting

The NC Farmers of the Foothills, initiated in 2020, is an alliance of farmers looking to pool resources and market their goods to the community.  There are opportunities to sell with an online marketplace, multi-farm Community Supported Agriculture, and other local food purchasing programs.  The alliance also looks to share in costs of production and other expenses.

Join us to learn and have input on this alliance for 2023.

Dinner will be served.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
WNC Farmers Market
Nov 15 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
WNC Farmers Market

NCDA&CS - Marketing Division - Western North Carolina Farmers Market

The WNC Farmers Market is the premier destination for buying and selling the region’s best agriculture products directly from farmers & food producers to household & wholesale customers in an environment that celebrates the region’s diverse culture, food & heritage.

House of Operation:

WNC Farmers Market: 24/7, 361 days a year market access for farmers
Office: Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm
Market Shops: 7 days a week, 8 am-5 pm
Wholesale and Truck Sheds: 7 days a week

WNC Medicinal Herb Grower/Buyer Social
Nov 15 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center

WNC Medicinal Herb Grower/Buyer Social

Join WNC Medicinal Herb Growers for an afternoon of networking with fellow growers, wholesale buyers and other professionals working with medicinal herbs. Highlights include:

  • Buyer presentations and “most wanted” lists
  • Opportunities for growers to share product samples of available herbs and planting stock
  • Small group roundtables with local and domestic buyers
  • Networking and celebrating medicinal herbs grown in North Carolina
Ribbon Cutting: Children + family Resource Center’s GLO Mobile
Nov 15 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Children & Family Resource Center
Join us as we celebrate the launch of Children & Family Resource Center’s new GLO Mobile!
Starting at 3:30, get a chance to tour the GLO Mobile, experience a few ‘adult-sized” preschool activities and share a snack and beverage.
-The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will be at 3:45 PM. –
GLO Mobile will be a vehicle for outreach in our community to engage families and provide access to the support they need for their children to begin kindergarten ready to learn. For more information, visit www.childrenandfamily.org/glomobile.
West Asheville Tailgate Market
Nov 15 @ 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
West Asheville Tailgate Market

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ABOUT WEST ASHEVILLE TAILGATE MARKET

•  We accept SNAP EBT + Credit Cards  •

At the West Asheville Tailgate Market, vendors’ tables are abundant with an array of goods including fruits, vegetables, baked goods, bread, eggs, cheese, milk, meat, poultry, and fish.  You will also find plant starts for gardens, locally made specialty items, natural beauty products, herbal medicine, and locally made art and crafts. We have live music and free kids activities so there’s fun for the whole family.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022
WNC Farmers Market
Nov 16 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
WNC Farmers Market

NCDA&CS - Marketing Division - Western North Carolina Farmers Market

The WNC Farmers Market is the premier destination for buying and selling the region’s best agriculture products directly from farmers & food producers to household & wholesale customers in an environment that celebrates the region’s diverse culture, food & heritage.

House of Operation:

WNC Farmers Market: 24/7, 361 days a year market access for farmers
Office: Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm
Market Shops: 7 days a week, 8 am-5 pm
Wholesale and Truck Sheds: 7 days a week

River Arts District Farmers Market NEW HOURS
Nov 16 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
River Arts District Farmers Market

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Located in the River Arts District, and surrounded by art galleries and breweries, come find out about Asheville’s favourite mid-week market!

Weaverville Tailgate Market
Nov 16 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Weaverville Tailgate Market

Weaverville Tailgate Market

Proudly serving the Weaverville community since 2009

Weaverville Tailgate Market will host an indoor winter market
Nov 16 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Weaverville Community Center

Ugliest Holiday Sweater Contest

Join us December 10th, 2022 for a jolly good time! Stop by the market from 10am to 1pm wearing your tackiest, ugliest holiday sweater. For a $1 donation you can enter into our Ugliest Sweater Contest! The prize is an amazing market basket filled with products from our wonderful vendors!

Thursday, November 17, 2022
Venture 15 + Venture Asheville Honors Awards Open for Applications + Nominations
Nov 17 all-day
online

The Venture 15 recognizes the 15 fastest-growing Asheville-area startups and businesses can apply to be considered until Monday, November 21!

This event, held Thursday, December 15 at The Orange Peel, recognizes the area’s outstanding entrepreneurs & serves as an elite setting where they can share their talent and wisdom as well as offer inspiration to other fledgling companies to be part of this exclusive group.

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Startups are measured by their Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), using year-end revenues. Companies will be asked to provide baseline financial information about their organization via tax returns that will enable the calculation of their CAGR.

We also celebrate the Asheville Honors Awards & recognize the Best Startup to Work For at this event! The nomination deadline for those is Nov. 27.

WNC Farmers Market
Nov 17 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
WNC Farmers Market

NCDA&CS - Marketing Division - Western North Carolina Farmers Market

The WNC Farmers Market is the premier destination for buying and selling the region’s best agriculture products directly from farmers & food producers to household & wholesale customers in an environment that celebrates the region’s diverse culture, food & heritage.

House of Operation:

WNC Farmers Market: 24/7, 361 days a year market access for farmers
Office: Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm
Market Shops: 7 days a week, 8 am-5 pm
Wholesale and Truck Sheds: 7 days a week

Webinar Deep Dive Lab – Canva for Beginners
Nov 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
online
Topic: Marketing and Sales

You’ve got the vision, and Canva is here to bring it to life. Turn imagination into a finished design in minutes with this step-by-step tutorial for designing from scratch in Canva. In this 1 hour training, you will learn: How to choose the dimensions for your design, how to create a background for your design, how to add text and images, and creating/using your own brand kit.

Speaker(s): Vanessa Garcia

November Policy on Tap
Nov 17 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
White Labs Kitchen & Tap

The French Broad River is an economic driver for our region supplying drinking water, providing recreational opportunities, and ecology diversity as recently highlighted by an economic impact study commissioned by the French Broad River Partnership.

Join us for Policy on Tap to hear from business and nonprofit leaders working to ensure that the French Broad River will continue to be an asset for us all and how you can get involved.

 

Policy on Tap is the Chamber’s quarterly discussion series highlighting topics that matter to our business community with insights shared by key leaders and experts.

Business After Hours
Nov 17 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Hendersonville Theatre
Your Chance to Build Great Connections – You Don’t Want to Miss This Event!
Business After Hours is the Chamber’s premier networking event and the best chance for your to make valuable connections to build your business – all while having a great time!
This month, we are proudly sponsored by both LS Creative and Hendersonville Toy Company. You’ll enjoy a chance to shop at the Hendersonville Toy Company Pop-Up Shop with toys, books & games and be a kid again with a chance to play the toy & game demos. There will also be a special discount at the Pop-Up Shop just for attendees!
With fantastic food sponsored by our host, we’ll also have beverages compliments of B2 Realty, the chance to win great door prizes an some special announcements about upcoming shows at the Hendersonville Theatre. This event is the best combination of business and fun!
Friday, November 18, 2022
Downtown businesses: Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour
Nov 18 all-day
Downtown Asheville
Decorating Your Windows for the Holiday Season? Join the Holiday Windows Walking Tour. Plus Share Holiday Happenings
Downtown businesses: Are you decorating your windows for the Holiday Season? Be sure to let us know and we will include you on our Holiday Windows Walking Tour. This is a self-guided tour for people to follow as the stroll Downtown Asheville throughout the holidays.

Also, are you have a holiday sale, event or promotion? We’re happy to share through our social media, newsletters and press releases.

Venture 15 + Venture Asheville Honors Awards Open for Applications + Nominations
Nov 18 all-day
online

The Venture 15 recognizes the 15 fastest-growing Asheville-area startups and businesses can apply to be considered until Monday, November 21!

This event, held Thursday, December 15 at The Orange Peel, recognizes the area’s outstanding entrepreneurs & serves as an elite setting where they can share their talent and wisdom as well as offer inspiration to other fledgling companies to be part of this exclusive group.

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Asheville -
Venture 15
Startups are measured by their Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), using year-end revenues. Companies will be asked to provide baseline financial information about their organization via tax returns that will enable the calculation of their CAGR.

We also celebrate the Asheville Honors Awards & recognize the Best Startup to Work For at this event! The nomination deadline for those is Nov. 27.

WNC Farmers Market
Nov 18 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
WNC Farmers Market

NCDA&CS - Marketing Division - Western North Carolina Farmers Market

The WNC Farmers Market is the premier destination for buying and selling the region’s best agriculture products directly from farmers & food producers to household & wholesale customers in an environment that celebrates the region’s diverse culture, food & heritage.

House of Operation:

WNC Farmers Market: 24/7, 361 days a year market access for farmers
Office: Monday- Friday, 8am-5pm
Market Shops: 7 days a week, 8 am-5 pm
Wholesale and Truck Sheds: 7 days a week