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.
Interested in adding an event to our calendar? Please click the green “Post Your Event” button below.

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6:00pm – 8:00pm
Open mic comedy every Thursday from 6-8pm at Ginger’s Revenge Tasting Room.
Rotating hosts each week Clay Jones, James Burks and Katy Hudson
No cover
Signup starts at 5:30, and signup order will not necessarily be show order. Each comic gets 5 mins of stage time
PARI’s summer STEM and space camp programming is designed to inspire your young scientist’s curiosity, passion, and confidence to discover something extraordinary. We give campers experiences that encourage deeper thinking and problem solving skills while finding opportunities for comradery, adventure, and fun in the incredible Pisgah Forest region.
Our Mission Control camps provide simulated missions that cover the many topics and skills necessary for a successful exploration of world beyond our own. We’ll use the same kinds of processes that NASA, SpaceX and others use in developing and conducting journeys into space. These missions teach teamwork and STEM principles while giving campers fun and exciting experiences. The camp is an immersive journey amidst our historic campus which played a critical role in the first space race, and will help poise your camper for a role in the next.
Teams will research real technologies and techniques to build and launch a spacecraft, set science and research goals, and ensure everything needed is sent along. They will also need to choose a crew and care for their health and well-being, perform outreach and gain public support, and navigate funding and political challenges.
PARI’s research based camps are aimed at the camper who wants to experience what its like to be a researcher in astronomy, astrophysics, and astrobiology. Scientists and researchers with careers in space science lead this academically challenging curriculum that has been refined for nearly two decades.
Camps begin with an intense first few days of introductions to the instruments, science, and math needed to conduct research. They’ll be guided through choosing a research goal from the menu investigations we believe they can successfully conduct with radio and optical telescopes, and vast archives, provided by PARI and its partners.
The importance of both individual and team based work is emphasized while campers are guided through the research process. They’ll learn to share their progress and conclusions in the same ways expected in journals and at astronomical conferences.
Register for one of PARI’s summer STEM and Space Camp programs today!
Scholarships opportunities are available!

Come out and join us as we celebrate the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting for Hendokickboxing and Krav Maga in Hendersonville! Hendokickboxing will provide martial arts, self defense and yoga classes for all ages!
PARI’s summer STEM and space camp programming is designed to inspire your young scientist’s curiosity, passion, and confidence to discover something extraordinary. We give campers experiences that encourage deeper thinking and problem solving skills while finding opportunities for comradery, adventure, and fun in the incredible Pisgah Forest region.
Our Mission Control camps provide simulated missions that cover the many topics and skills necessary for a successful exploration of world beyond our own. We’ll use the same kinds of processes that NASA, SpaceX and others use in developing and conducting journeys into space. These missions teach teamwork and STEM principles while giving campers fun and exciting experiences. The camp is an immersive journey amidst our historic campus which played a critical role in the first space race, and will help poise your camper for a role in the next.
Teams will research real technologies and techniques to build and launch a spacecraft, set science and research goals, and ensure everything needed is sent along. They will also need to choose a crew and care for their health and well-being, perform outreach and gain public support, and navigate funding and political challenges.
PARI’s research based camps are aimed at the camper who wants to experience what its like to be a researcher in astronomy, astrophysics, and astrobiology. Scientists and researchers with careers in space science lead this academically challenging curriculum that has been refined for nearly two decades.
Camps begin with an intense first few days of introductions to the instruments, science, and math needed to conduct research. They’ll be guided through choosing a research goal from the menu investigations we believe they can successfully conduct with radio and optical telescopes, and vast archives, provided by PARI and its partners.
The importance of both individual and team based work is emphasized while campers are guided through the research process. They’ll learn to share their progress and conclusions in the same ways expected in journals and at astronomical conferences.
Register for one of PARI’s summer STEM and Space Camp programs today!
Scholarships opportunities are available!

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Join our virtual team of business professionals with the goal of growing your business. We meet every Wednesday via Teams video conferencing at 8:30 for 90 minutes. No fees, just participation and consistency required. Make new connections and generate business in a professional environment
- Workshop Presenter – Delivering presentations to either in-person or online audiences on topics that will help them grow their businesses

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- Workshop Presenter – Delivering presentations to either in-person or online audiences on topics that will help them grow their businesses

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6:00pm – 8:00pm
Open mic comedy every Thursday from 6-8pm at Ginger’s Revenge Tasting Room.
Rotating hosts each week Clay Jones, James Burks and Katy Hudson
No cover
Signup starts at 5:30, and signup order will not necessarily be show order. Each comic gets 5 mins of stage time
Stand Up Comedy is back in the Asheville Pizza Gameroom with the hottest comics in town. Hosted by Cary Goff, featuring Ryan Cox, Cameron Davis, John Hawley & Julia Macias
8p, $13
Comedy Open Mic sign up at door, performers get free entry & pizza 3-5m
contact Michele at [email protected] for more info
Stand Up Comedy is back in the Asheville Pizza Gameroom with the hottest comics in town. Hosted by Cary Goff, featuring Cameron Davis, John Hawley & Julia Macias
Comedy Open Mic sign up at door, free entry & pizza 3-5m
contact Michele at [email protected] for more info
- Workshop Presenter – Delivering presentations to either in-person or online audiences on topics that will help them grow their businesses

Tickets on sale to public Aug. 5th
This is a unique opportunity to see the best-selling humorist in an intimate setting. As always, Sedaris will be offering a selection of all-new readings and recollections, as well as a Q&A session and book signing. Books will be available for sale at the event, courtesy of Malaprop Bookstore/ Cafe
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, Mr. Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. One of his new books, The Best of Me (Little Brown/ Hachette, Fall 2020), is a collection of 42 previously published stories and essays, about which novelist Andrew Sean Greer wrote in the New York Times: “You must read “The Best of Me.” It will be a new experience, knowing that enough time has passed to find humor in the hardest parts of life. More than ever — we’re allowed to laugh.”
If you love David Sedaris’s cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you’re getting into at his live readings. You’d be wrong. To see him read his own work on stage allows his autobiographical narrative to reveal a uniquely personal narrative that will keep you laughing throughout the evening. Don’t miss this event!
- Workshop Presenter – Delivering presentations to either in-person or online audiences on topics that will help them grow their businesses

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- Workshop Presenter – Delivering presentations to either in-person or online audiences on topics that will help them grow their businesses

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 of customer transactions–invoicing, receivables, and making deposits.
This training will utilize the online version of QuickBooks.
Speaker(s): Candy Williams
Co-Sponsor(s): The Western Women’s Business Center (WWBC)

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Join our virtual team of business professionals with the goal of growing your business. We meet every Wednesday via Teams video conferencing at 8:30 for 90 minutes. No fees, just participation and consistency required. Make new connections and generate business in a professional environment
- Workshop Presenter – Delivering presentations to either in-person or online audiences on topics that will help them grow their businesses


We kick off the 14th Annual Asheville Comedy Festival with a stellar lineup of comics from all over the country!
We are so glad to be returning, and what better way to kick off the 14th year of an amazing festival than by celebrating at Asheville’s best brewery?!
Over a dozen comics from all over the country will be featured
21+ only, partially seated show. All tickets are general admission and seats are first come first serve.

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- Workshop Presenter – Delivering presentations to either in-person or online audiences on topics that will help them grow their businesses

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.
Speaker(s): Candy Williams
Co-Sponsor(s): The Western Women’s Business Center (WWBC)
Mountain Area Workforce Development will be holding a $Work/Life-Balance Job Fair on Thursday, August 11, 2022,
from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm at the WNC Agricultural Center’s Expo Building (Gate 5), 775 Boylston Highway, Fletcher, NC 28732. The
Gate 5 entrance is located across from the Asheville Regional Airport. This job fair will feature over 90 local employers who are
offering flexible scheduling, education & training support, paid leave, health, and wellness benefits as well as many other
opportunities to help employees enjoy a work-life balance. This job fair will also feature over 2,000 jobs paying more than $19 per
hour.
Employers scheduled to attend:
- A New Hope Home Care
- A-American Electric
- Advanced Superabrasives
- AdventHealth Hendersonville
- Aflac
- Air Vent Exteriors
- Anderson Automotive Group
- Asheville City Schools
- Asheville Hotel Group
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community
- Autism Society of NC
- Autobell Car Wash
- Barry Callebaut
- BAYADA HOME HEALTH
- Biltmore Estate
- Biltmore Farms, LLC
- Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Blue Ridge Delivery
- BorgWarner
- Buncombe County Government
- Buncombe County Schools
- Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office
- Byers Precision Fabricators. Inc
- Carolina Village
- City of Asheville
- City of Hendersonville
- Eaton
- Eckerd Connects
- Elkamet Inc
- Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation
- Four Seasons Home Care
- Freudenberg Performance Materials (Low & Bonar Inc.)
- Friday Services Inc.
- Gentry Service Group
- Gentry Service Group
- Givens Communities
- Glatfelter Industries – Asheville
- Greens at Hendersonville
- Guided Compass – MAWDB
- H&R Block
- Harrison Construction
- Henderson County
- Henderson/Transylvania County NCWorks Career Center
- Ingles Markets
- Katie Button Restaurants
- Key Autism Services
- Kimpton Hotel Arras
- Kyocera International, Inc.
- Liberty Corner Enterprises
- MB Haynes
- Mills Manufacturing Corporation
- Mission Health
- Mountain Area Community Services, Inc.
- Mountain Area Health Education Center-MAHEC
- N.C. Department of Transportation
- NC Community College System/ApprenticeshipNC
- NC Department of Public Safety
- NCSHP
- NCWorks Career Center Asheville (resume review available)
- North Carolina State Veterans Home – Black Mountain
- Omni Grove Park Inn
- Owens & Minor
- Pardee Hospital
- Parkway Products, LLC
- Pisgah Inn
- PrideStaff
- Putsch® & Company, Inc.
- Raumedic Inc
- Reich LLC
- Safelight
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- Sonoco Plastics
- Sunshine Employment Resources Inc.
- Survival Innovations
- System Logistics Corperation
- The Budd Group
- The Chocolate Fetish
- The Country Club of Sapphire Valley
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Trails Carolina
- Transportation Security Administration
- Tupelo Honey
- U.S. Army Recruiting- Asheville Company
- UNC Asheville
- UScelluar
- Virtelle Hospitality
- Western North Carolina Community Health Services
- Whole Log Lumber Reclaimed
- Wilsonart
- WNCSource
- YMCA of WNC

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6:00pm – 8:00pm
Open mic comedy every Thursday from 6-8pm at Ginger’s Revenge Tasting Room.
Rotating hosts each week Clay Jones, James Burks and Katy Hudson
No cover
Signup starts at 5:30, and signup order will not necessarily be show order. Each comic gets 5 mins of stage time

