Calendar of Events

Balsam Range is; Buddy Melton (fiddle, lead and tenor vocals), Darren Nicholson (mandolin, octave mandolin, lead vocals, baritone and low tenor vocals), Dr. Marc Pruett (banjo), Tim Surrett (bass, dobro, baritone and lead vocals), and Caleb Smith (guitar, lead & baritone vocals). The five original members are all acoustic musicians and singers from western North Carolina. They thoughtfully and respectfully adopted the name of a majestic range of mountains that surround part of their home county of Haywood, NC where the Great Smoky Mountains meet the Blue Ridge, the Great Balsam Range. The group’s ascent to the top of the Bluegrass world has left a well-marked trail of success since the band’s inception in 2007. One of the genre’s most award-winning artists in recent years, they have garnered ten International Bluegrass Music Association Awards on the heels of six critically acclaimed albums. Balsam Range has left audiences spellbound while headlining major festivals from coast to coast, selling out venues across the nation, and appearing multiple times at the Grand Ole Opry.

“Bop and Evey” International Debut

Written by Caoimhín Ó Rían
Featuring David Yeates and Erin McCarson

A brother and a sister who have been disconnected in recent years find themselves back in their parents’ home for Christmas only to rediscover and attempt to solve their childhood issues. Watch Robert and Evelyn relive their former selves in this heartwarming comedic drama.

This play evolved from an Acting/Writing Exercise which took place in Coláiste Dhúlaigh in 2010, where two actors (Caoimhín Ó Rían and Megan Keegan) wrote and performed a short scene using language in the most unique and creative of fashions. “Bop and Evey” became one of the most celebrated creative achievements of the year and went on to perform on the Dublin Theatre scene.
(Contains Adult Material)

https://www.facebook.com/events/311797729452277/?event_time_id=311797746118942

Set sail for laughter as Bertie Wooster revels in life aboard the Vanderley yacht. Bertie is the pampered guest of the lively Lady Stella (very fetching profile), accompanied, as always, by his peerless valet, Jeeves. If only Bertie’s pal Crumpet hadn’t assaulted a prince. In the blink of an eye, Bertie is masquerading as a romance novelist, Crumpet’s posing as his own long-lost twin, and a sinister foreign count is challenging Bertie to a duel. Will this madcap case of mistaken identities end in Bertie’s doom–or worse, his marriage? Have no fear; Jeeves will sort it all out.

https://www.facebook.com/events/207255683399759/?event_time_id=207255720066422

Andrew Thelston Band brings their rock n roll power trio back to the stage at Sanctuary Brewing on Saturday February 2nd 2019!

He combines his love of driving grooves with soulful performances and thoughtful production on his debut album. Written and recorded at Ginger Bird Studios in the mountains of North Carolina, Andrew produces, arranged, composed and performed every note on the album. Not only does he Showcase his songwriting talents and virtuosity as a guitarist, he uniquely displays his evolving talent as a multi-instrumentalist. You will hear elements of rock, funk, blues, soul and jazz in a colorful display encompassing both the future of music production with echoes of the past.

https://www.facebook.com/events/521974951620756/

Aquila Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare — Saturday, February 2, 2019, 8:00 p.m.
One of Shakespeare’s most beloved and witty comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is brought to vivid life in an innovative new production by Aquila Theatre — the company The New York Times raves that they “make Shakespeare perfectly comprehensible”. Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. at Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville. Tickets: Regular $40; Student $35; 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/401160023745985/

Bluegrass,Honky Tonk, and who knows what else.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2576727709033903/

JUST ANNOUNCED WITH TICKETS NOW ON-SALE!
Chinese New Year 2019 with Snake Oil Medicine Show
Saturday February 2, 2019 | Doors: 8pm Show: 9pm
Advance Tickets: $12 | Day of Show: $15
INFO/TICKETS: http://www.pisgahbrewing.com/shows/snake-oil-medicine-shows-chny-2019/
ON-SITE FOOD TRUCK: D.O.G.S.
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Snake Oil Medicine Show defies categorization. Music and Art United, under an increasingly widening Umbrella.

The art and music created by Snake Oil Medicine Show are vivid expressions of love. The positive vibrations the band members share with their audiences communicate a sincere belief that through unity, awareness, and spirituality, the world can change for the better. Mixing influences of old Appalachia, Swing, New-grass, Reggae and Electronica, SOMS defies explanation… only an experience that is best consumed in person.

This very special Chinese New Years Celebration will hark back to the days of the Jamaica Chinese New Years celebrations! Expect mixed roots-rock-reggae themes, plenty of special friends and a CHNY theme of costumes and art! We hope all the fans will join in the thematic fun!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2230188183970627/

80s, 90s, 00’s dance party! Leg warmers, banana clips, high bangs and mullets welcome.

https://www.facebook.com/events/393775891184404/

Mark your calendars! James Radford joins us Feb. 2nd @ 8:00 pm.

https://www.facebook.com/events/594141724379390/

Lace Larrabee is back at LaZoom with another group of Atlanta’s best ladies for a follow up to last falls Totally Exhausted Women show!

Featuring Carlette Jennings, Blaire Erskine, Tiffany Anderson and Lace Larrabee
Hosted by Erin Terry

ages 18+
Tickets $8 advance, $12 door
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-night-still-exhausted-women-tickets-54812911895

https://www.facebook.com/events/266456110884691/

Folk/Americana… kind of a modern day string band. We play a mix of our own original music and covers by some of our favorite artists, such as songs by Gillian Welch, Ryan Adams Sweet Carolina, Jackson by June and Johnny Cash, as well as some old time music and spirituals such as I’ll Fly Away.

letterstoabigail.net

https://www.facebook.com/events/388487741906765/

After taking a month off, Marley Carroll & Brandon Audette are back at @oneworldbrewing West Saturday, February 2nd for a night of giving, celebrating, & dancing. We’ve teamed up with @indyofficinalis & @farmereverest to craft a Munich Dunkel Style Lager with wild foraged Reishi mushrooms and hemlock tips. We’re also launching our month long fundraiser for @underoneskyvillage where $1 of every pour of one of One Worlds beers will go to help them connect foster kids with the beautiful outdoors of the Carolinas! $5 entry, 21 +

” Oh No Reishi Didn’t! ” hits the west side taps at 6pm and music starts at 8pm and goes until late! #giveback #housemusic #disco #discohousemusic #funk #avldjs #mushroombeer #reishi #hemlock

https://www.facebook.com/events/367651880451170/

After taking a month off, Marley Carroll & Brandon Audette are back at @oneworldbrewing West Saturday, February 2nd for a night of giving, celebrating, & dancing. We’ve teamed up with @indyofficinalis & @farmereverest to craft a Munich Dunkel Style Lager with wild foraged Reishi mushrooms and hemlock tips. We’re also launching our month long fundraiser for @underoneskyvillage where $1 of every pour of one of One Worlds beers will go to help them connect foster kids with the beautiful outdoors of the Carolinas!

” Oh No Reishi Didn’t! ” hits the west side taps at 6pm and music starts at 8pm and goes until late! #giveback #housemusic #disco #discohousemusic #funk #avldjs #mushroombeer #reishi #hemlock

https://www.facebook.com/events/1047795962095314/

Upbeat Gypsy Jazz, Latin, Swing and original jazz compositions.

https://www.facebook.com/events/300934153812342/

Post Wakefest Hangs with Burial At KUSH
8PM
4 Burial Beers on Tap

https://www.facebook.com/events/641547386261002/

Soleil LeBlanc Live @ Dry Falls Brewing in Hendersonville, NC.
8-10:30pm
Come out and here some acoustic original music and drink some great local beer.

https://www.facebook.com/events/581731882290149/

Nationally recognized comedians travel the country tasting local wine and making new fans in this new comedy circuit that brings quality comedy to folks for a fraction of what antiquated comedy clubs demand. Come out for a night of hilarious comedy and great local wines. This comedy tour takes top comedians who you’ve seen on TV and sends them out on the road to perform at wineries throughout the country. Find out which local wines pair best with hysterical laughter when The Winery Comedy Tour comes to your town.

Visit https://www.universe.com/events/M6CQBW?embed=open&ref=universe_facebook_push&eventref=fb_oea for more information and to get tickets

https://www.facebook.com/events/587413575026563/

Female fronted gothic metal featuring the double bass (no guitars in their music). Death Positive.

Something Wicked(ly Awesome) This Way Comes…

Formed in 2006, Valentine Wolfe is the combined effort of the Lady Sarah Black and Braxton Ballew. Imagine Sarah Brightman being backed by Francois Rabbath blowing through a Marshall stack at midnight. Having dubbed their music “Victorian Chamber metal”, the duo have synthesized a love of metal, classical and industrial, infusing them with a Victorian sensibility that evokes the likes of Bram Stoker and Edgar Allan Poe.

The ethereal soprano vocals of Sarah Black–which call to mind not only the aforementioned Brightman, but also Dianne van Giersbergen of Xandria and Tarja Turunen–are buttressed by the thunderous growl of Braxton’s electric upright bass, and the two coalesce over pounding rock and electronic grooves punctuated by a maelstrom of synthesizers, keyboards, samples and sound design.

In addition to their gothic metal stylings, their post-graduate backgrounds in music (Sarah has an MM in Composition, and Braxton a DMA in Double Bass) has afforded them multiple opportunities to broaden their musical horizons in recent years, having been contracted to lend their unique sound to theatre productions; composing and performing the scores for Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest (Warehouse Theater), The Winter’s Tale (Furman University), and Twelfth Night (The Distracted Globe), the voice of The Angel in the Warehouse Theater’s production of Angels in America, silent films and short horror films (most notably, Your Cold Black Heart).

Drawing inspiration from all things Victorian, including literature, poetry, and history, and blending them with their musical proclivities and sensibilities and new media (such as Game of Thrones– which they recorded several songs based on the source material–and Penny Dreadful), their music has found particular favor amongst the Steampunk set.

But in a genre dominated by airships and gearwork, tophats and goggles, they follow the back alleys of streets lit with yellowed gaslamps, casting shadows long against the walls; where Jack the Ripper stalked his victims, where Dracula walked with Mina. Together they’ve provided the drama and the grandeur of the gothic at conventions all up and down the East Coast; rocking con raves with Industrial metal for a pre-industrial age, where the glowsticks are filled with absinthe.

Their latest release, The Nightingale: A Gothic Fairytale, behind which they are currently touring, is an dramatic adaptation and reinterpretation of both The Emperor and the Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen and Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats, set in a sinister Poison Garden, based on the Alnwick Botanical Gardens in England, where every single plant can kill.

http://valentinewolfe.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/517508505419297/

Come out and celebrate celtic music with us! …by imbibing in ‘the pure’ and rocking out with us, Irish style! Claddagh has a grand selection of bevvies with 32 glorious draughts to fill your pint for the perfect accompaniment to a night of traditional Irish songs and stories. See you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/291477978385491/

Come out and celebrate celtic music with us! …by imbibing in ‘the pure’ and rocking out with us, Irish style! Claddagh has a grand selection of bevvies with 32 glorious draughts to fill your pint for the perfect accompaniment to a night of traditional Irish songs and stories. See you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/291477978385491/?event_time_id=291477988385490

We are excited to bring The Benson to The Nook on February 2nd 2019! Check out their website and videos below!

We are a duo consisting of Guitar, Vocals and Drums. We are Jazz/Rock band but we also have a variety of other styles that we incorporate into our show. We do both originals and covers. Below is our website where we have videos of some of our performances, as well as a link to our Facebook page where we have more live video content.

www.thebensonmusic.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/2039809506316475/

Honky Tonk party! This ain’t no Jet-Set band, their steak and martinis are cold beer and weenies. Come listen to some great Classic Country with this new band bringing together great harmonies and solid country twang. David Zoll joins Laura Blackley on vocals and guitars, Tom Pittman on pedal steel, Stephen Frankel on bass and Richard Foulk on drums will get you dancing two-steps and more!

https://www.facebook.com/events/398457564063449/

AMFM: Andy Mowatt’s Frequency Movement
Saturday, February 2, 2019
The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall, Asheville NC
10 pm doors & start w/ music until 130 am
$5 Cash Donations Suggested @ Door
21+

AMFM: ANDY MOWATT’S FREQUENCY MOVEMENT
from Lancaster, PA
#JoinTheMovement #ComeGetSome #BecomeAFreque #AMFM

WEBSITES:
Official: https://goo.gl/qJrzMR
Tour: https://goo.gl/zhfTDB
Spotify: https://goo.gl/ykauns
Apple Music: https://goo.gl/XLLPJu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amfm_andy/
YouTube: https://goo.gl/vxqkT6

BANDS WE’VE PERFORMED WITH:
TAUK, Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad, Rusted Root, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, Tom Hamilton’s American Babies, Big Mean Sound Machine, Dynamo, The Soul Rebels, The Southern Belles, Flux Capacitor, Consider The Source, Hambone Relay, Cousin Earth, Appalachian Gypsy Tribe, Chestnut Grove, Dr. Slothclaw, YAM YAM and many more…

Imagine the nostalgic bands of your past making music that is fresh again. Modern songs built from your memories. This is the frequency movement. Musicians capturing the amalgamation of retro sounds in the current hip climate of today’s music; moving yesterday’s sound into “the now”.

#ComeGetSome #JoinTheMovement #BecomeAFreque #AMFM

The live show frequently moves from 5 to 10 musicians, each bringing a spin on original songs that seem immediately familiar. The movement hints at your memories, yet feels fresh. The musicians are virtuosic and enjoyable to watch interact with each other and the environment.

The record features 30+ live musicians over 3 days in Lancaster PA. The cast is world-class. The arrangements are emotive, dark, tense, fun and at times uplifting – as in the final resolution of “Social Club” where the 3-minute battle of tension and war concludes with a sense of light overcoming darkness.

“Consistently stellar” (Price, PA Musician Mag), AMFM is a funk-driven movement from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, led by guitarist Andy Mowatt, “an absolute musical genius” (Devoy, Tellus 360) and “jazz-rock flamethrower on guitar” (Gigspots). “Incredible musicians; “they mastered meshing together jazz, jam, rock, funk, soul and blues”…Mowatt’s “bright arrangements keep things sounding fresh” (Kelley, PA Musician), “and yet, through many influences, each tune retains a sound that is distinctly Mowatt’s” (Fly Magazine). “Confident, to-the-point, and elegant” (Rocha, The Flinging Times).

https://www.facebook.com/events/2021042007984401/

Genre : house/tech house/techno

Entry : $5 donation

Artist :
Bowie van Ling
Erik Farstad
Ramin Neshan

https://www.facebook.com/events/267900003889911/

A little bit of country, a little bit of rock-n-roll!

Check out our web page for more details??
http://www.appalachianrenegades.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/518046605366082/

DTA’s first time bringing the duo to Asheville!

https://www.facebook.com/events/238769400334583/

Family Dinner, Asheville’s ONLY all female improv troupe, takes on the awkwardness of everyday life. If you remember your family’s Thanksgivings where Aunt Becky gets drunk and starts talking about Uncle Jerry like he’s a dog, then this troupe is for you! Opening is the spousal shenanigans of HOA!

$5 tickets available in advance at (click link below) or at the door

https://aicasheville.com/event/family-dinner-feb2/?fbclid=IwAR1yRrdV5MNJ4hsxa5aBHQXK6p9R-KBJpslj8Wf6T34o5aoILbztvXjNYvk

https://www.facebook.com/events/2541997422693220/

John Kadlecik Band

John Kadlecik – Guitar, vocals (Dark Star Orchestra, Furthur, Golden Gate Wingmen)

Jay Lane – Drums, vocals (RatDog, Primus, Furthur, Golden Gate Wingmen)

Benjie Porecki – Keyboards, vocals (Chuck Brown, Keller Williams)

Robin Sylvester – Bass, vocals (RatDog, Live Dead 69)

While John Kadlecik is well-known for his love for playing music of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia, his shows offer an extensive repertoire of songs. John has been writing music and playing in bands for over three decades and has gained an appreciation for music of all kinds. His set lists are original for each show and always include a wide variety of originals and covers. From George Harrison to The Who, from Bob Dylan to Van Morrison, John’s arrangements are both interesting and inventive. And while he enjoys paying tribute to many renowned artists, his song choices are unique and often obscure.

The John Kadlecik Band currently features an amazing line up of longstanding musicians with a variety of musical backgrounds. On drums will be the incredible Jay Lane. He and Kadlecik, first played together in Furthur in 2009. Lane had been drumming in RatDog prior to the dawn of Furthur, and with Primus before that. As of late, Golden Gate Wingmen and Oteil and Friends have been ongoing projects for Kadlecik and Lane, as their musical brotherhood continues to deepen.

Benjie Porecki will be delighting audiences with his soulful and playful approach to keys. Porecki has been playing for many years with numerous great artists, such as Chaka Khan, Marshall Keys, Chuck Brown and Pieces of a Dream n the DC area and beyond. More recently he has been featured in Keller Williams’ Grateful Gospel and plays frequently with his jazz organ trio, Firm Roots.

New to JKB for this tour is San Francisco-based bassist, Robin Sylvester. Well-known for his work with Bob Weir and RatDog, Sylvester has played with many greats, including Billy Preston, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry and more recently with David Nelson & Friends and Melvin Seals & JGB. Most recently, Robin has been touring with Live Dead ‘69. His creative and energetic musicianship, connection to the Grateful Dead family and long-term background with Jay Lane are sure to make this show an extravaganza not to be missed!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2356934697669308/

Mandolin Orange
Show: 9pm
Doors: 8pm
$25 – $30
Ages 18+

Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/mandolin-orange-3/

Mandolin Orange’s music radiates a mysterious warmth —their songs feel like whispered secrets, one hand cupped to your ear. The North Carolina duo have built a steady and growing fanbase with this kind of intimacy, and on Tides of A Teardrop, due out February 1, it is more potent than ever. By all accounts, it is the duo’s fullest, richest, and most personal effort. You can hear the air between them—the taut space of shared understanding, as palpable as a magnetic field, that makes their music sound like two halves of an endlessly completing thought. Singer-songwriter Andrew Marlin and multi-instrumentalist Emily Frantz have honed this lamp glow intimacy for years.

On Tides of A Teardrop, Marlin wrote the songs, as he usually does, in a sort of stream of consciousness, allowing words and phrases to pour out of him as he hunted for the chords and melodies. Then, as he went back to sharpen what he found, he found something troubling and profound. Intimations of loss have always haunted the edges of their music, their lyrics hinting at impermanence and passing of time. But Tides of A Teardrop confronts a defining loss head-on: Marlin’s mother, who died of complications from surgery when he was 18.

These songs, as well as their sentiments, remain simple and quiet, like all of their music. But beneath the hushed surface, they are staggeringly straightforward. “I’ve been holding on to the grief for a long time. In some ways I associated the grief and the loss with remembering my mom. I feel like I’ve mourned long enough. I’m ready to bring forth some happier memories now, to just remember her as a living being.”

For this album, Marlin and Frantz enlisted their touring band, who they also worked with on their last album Blindfaller. Having recorded all previous albums live in the studio, they approached the recording process in a different way this time. “We went and did what most people do, which we’ve never done before—we just holed up somewhere and worked the tunes out together,” Frantz says. There is a telepathy and warmth in the interplay on Tides of A Teardrop that brings a new dynamic to the foreground—that holy silence between notes, the air that charges the album with such profound intimacy.

“This record is a little more cosmic, almost in a spiritual way—the space between the notes was there to suggest all those empty spaces the record touches on,” acknowledges Marlin. There are many powerful ways of acknowledging loss; sometimes the most powerful one is saying nothing at all.

www.mandolinorange.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9jwGansp1E

https://www.facebook.com/events/473193099840238/

RDB (Roots and Dore Band) w/Curt Signman and special guests at Jack Of The Wood Asheville, NC
Saturday, February 2nd from 9:00pm – 1:00am
Gonna be another great evening of blues soul and roots music!
We love playing JOTW! Always a good time had by everyone there!

More info at

RDB – www.rootsanddore.com

and

JOTW – www.jackofthewood.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/387833758623151/