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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Sunday, October 4, 2020
Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 4 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Monday, October 5, 2020
19th Annual Manna FoodBank’s Empty Bowls Fundraiser
Oct 5 @ 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
 DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton Asheville-Biltmore
Today in Western North Carolina, 1 in 6 people and 1 in 4 children are facing an empty bowl.
You can help fill it.
MANNA FoodBank’s annual Empty Bowls event is a unique and memorable celebration of community, art, and collaboration, bringing awareness to the very real problem of hunger across Western North Carolina.
2020 Empty Bowls Reimagined
With the health and safety of our guests, volunteers, and staff in mind, we’re excited to announce that Empty Bowls To-Go will take place as a Drive Thru. You’re invited to purchase a $40 ticket for an Empty Bowls package that includes:
  • A handcrafted, one-of-a-kind, artisan pottery bowl made by a local WNC potter
  • A bag of locally-sourced dried soup mix to make at home
  • Exclusive recipe cards featuring favorite soups, stews, and chowders from some of Asheville’s most beloved chefs
  • Some other fun MANNA surprises
And don’t for get the kids! For just $10, you can add a ticket that will provide your favorite little one a unique, handcrafted kids bowl + custom MANNA coloring pages.
As a ticket holder, you will pick up your Empty Bowls package via Drive Thru  on Monday, October 5, without even having to leave your car.
Goodwill’s WNC Career Expo Prep Week Webinars
Oct 5 @ 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Online

Career Expo Prep Webinars:

In advance of the Virtual WNC Career Expo Goodwill and AARP are hosting webinars to help job seekers prepare.

Show up to the expo ready to shine with Goodwill’s WNC Career Expo Prep Week (Each Virtual Webinar Held from 1:30-2):

  • 10/5 Doing the Research: What employers will be present at the EXPO? Which employers should you target? What are the employer’s values? What types of questions will you ask the recruiter?
  • 10/7 Resume Revamp: Quick tips to update, polish, and make your resume standout to the employers you are targeting.
  • 10/9 Nail the (Informational) Interview: Setting Career Expo goals. How to maximize the few minutes you have in front of an employer. Preparing your questions to ask the employer.

To register for these webinars with Goodwill, email [email protected] with the course you would like to attend.

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Rooftop Comedy Show at Rabbit Rabbit
Oct 7 all-day
Rabbit Rabbit

Asheville Silent Standup Comedy Show is back on the rooftop due to overwhelming demand…covid-safe-seating is limited and tickets sell super fast, so get them at rabbitrabbitavl.com!
What: Rooftop Stand-Up Comedy Show (w/super cool headphones!)Where: Rabbit Rabbit, downtown Asheville Outdoor Venue. When: October 7, 7:30p Cost: $12/person with minimum 2-top and 4-top tables only
Slice of Life Comedy and The Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge brings you Asheville’s premier comics.

Hosted by Cody Hughes.
Featuring:
Petey Smith McDowell
Hilliary Begley
Moira Goree
Justin Blackburn
Ryan Cox
Morgan Bost
Baby George

Rabbit Rabbit is an awesome place to safely social-distance. Created by The Orange Peel Events and Asheville Pizza Company, Rabbit Rabbit Outdoor Venue is home of the Asheville Taco truck and Rabbit themed specialty cocktails. This powerhouse of Asheville entertainment will now host THE place to laugh-while-you-cry about the apocalypse.

The comedy show is a ticketed event on Rabbit Rabbit’s outdoor rooftop, with very limited table seating. Come early and get sunset dinner and drinks!

Your comedy ticket includes your own sanitized headphones. You will not miss a minute show while looking stylishly futuristic!

Rabbit Rabbit Silent Comedy tickets include 1 pair of RF wireless personal headphones so that you can listen to the comic’s audio without violating time limits on amplified sound. The headphones are sanitized thoroughly with an EPA-approved cleaning agent between our weekly events, and stored in a no-touch, safe and sealed manner to allow further decontamination so that they are completely safe, between our once per week silent comedy nights.

For more info contact Michele at [email protected], and check out sliceoflifecomedy.com
Ticket link is available at rabbitrabbitavl.com

Thursday, October 8, 2020
Tiny House Meetup
Oct 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Whole Foods Market

We’re now associated with a Facebook group (LOTS of other members) at https://www.facebook.com/groups/tinyhouseasheville .

This group was inspired by the need for affordable, sustainable and attractive housing. Driven by the struggles of the economy and combined with Asheville’s inherent sense of creativity, community, and environmental awareness, we are coming together to give life to the idea that there IS a solution to this problem and we can all contribute to each other’s success in achieving that goal… owning an affordable, sustainable, attractive home.

Together, we can better our own lives while helping the planet. All ages & levels of experience welcome! For more information, please see our Calendar of Events or Contact Us.

Our Goals

• Learn more about green building through lectures, tours, workshops, building, and sharing information

• Make green home building more affordable via our volunteer labor

• Bring attention to a housing (and life) crisis solution: A new type of “affordable housing” and the ethos behind it

We are just neighbors helping neighbors.

Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Nat Zegree Virtual Cabaret
Oct 8 @ 7:30 pm
Online

The crowd-favorite returns remotely to regale audiences with his signature musical talents and playful presence but in an intimate online performance unlike anything else he’s done on the Rock! Watch the trailer for this one-of-a-kind performance and learn how you can register below.

Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 8 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Friday, October 9, 2020
Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Nat Zegree Virtual Cabaret
Oct 9 @ 7:30 pm
Online

The crowd-favorite returns remotely to regale audiences with his signature musical talents and playful presence but in an intimate online performance unlike anything else he’s done on the Rock! Watch the trailer for this one-of-a-kind performance and learn how you can register below.

Sunday, October 11, 2020
Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 11 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Rooftop Comedy Show at Rabbit Rabbit
Oct 14 all-day
Rabbit Rabbit

Asheville Silent Standup Comedy Show is back on the rooftop due to overwhelming demand…covid-safe-seating is limited and tickets sell super fast, so get them at rabbitrabbitavl.com!
What: Rooftop Stand-Up Comedy Show (w/super cool headphones!)Where: Rabbit Rabbit, downtown Asheville Outdoor Venue. When: October 14, 7:30p Cost: $12/person with minimum 2-top and 4-top tables only
Slice of Life Comedy and The Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge brings you Asheville’s premier comics.

Hosted by Cody Hughes.
Featuring:
featuring Petey Smith McDowell and more of Asheville’s greatest comics!

Rabbit Rabbit is an awesome place to safely social-distance. Created by The Orange Peel Events and Asheville Pizza Company, Rabbit Rabbit Outdoor Venue is home of the Asheville Taco truck and Rabbit themed specialty cocktails. This powerhouse of Asheville entertainment will now host THE place to laugh-while-you-cry about the apocalypse.

The comedy show is a ticketed event on Rabbit Rabbit’s outdoor rooftop, with very limited table seating. Come early and get sunset dinner and drinks!

Your comedy ticket includes your own sanitized headphones. You will not miss a minute show while looking stylishly futuristic!

Rabbit Rabbit Silent Comedy tickets include 1 pair of RF wireless personal headphones so that you can listen to the comic’s audio without violating time limits on amplified sound. The headphones are sanitized thoroughly with an EPA-approved cleaning agent between our weekly events, and stored in a no-touch, safe and sealed manner to allow further decontamination so that they are completely safe, between our once per week silent comedy nights.

For more info contact Michele at [email protected], and check out sliceoflifecomedy.com
Ticket link is available at rabbitrabbitavl.com

Thursday, October 15, 2020
Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 15 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Friday, October 16, 2020
Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Sunday, October 18, 2020
Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 18 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Monday, October 19, 2020
4th Annual Drums & Dragons Dragon Boat Race Fundraiser Goes Virtual!
Oct 19 all-day
Online

Funds raised during this year’s Drums & Dragons will allow Blue Ridge Health to greatly improve medical treatment options for low-income families, help The Community Table prevent families in Jackson County from going to bed hungry, and allow developmentally challenged adults to thrive with the help of caring Staff of the Irene Wortham Center. Your generosity will also help St. Gerard House improve their capacity to serve children with autism, allow caregivers respite while their family members attend MountainCare’s Adult Day services, and provide low-cost temporary housing at the Rathbun House, the only Hospitality House in the region, for non-Buncombe area residents whose families are undergoing medical treatment in nearby hospitals. Please join us and donate if you can!

Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Second Annual Crush Cancer Golf Tournament
Oct 20 @ 8:00 am
Broadmoor Golf
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Todd Barry Minori Hinds
Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm
The Orange Peel

Todd Barry has released three one-hour stand-up specials including his latest one for Netflix, Spicy Honey.

He’s appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan and Late Night With Seth Meyers and his acting credits include The Wrestler, Road Trip, Flight of the Concords, Chappelle’s Show, Spin City, Sex and the City. You may have heard his voice on the animated series Bob’s Burgers, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Todd is also the author of the critically-acclaimed 2017 travel memoir Thank You For Coming To Hattiesburg.

Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 22 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Friday, October 23, 2020
Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Murphy Funkhouser presents The 2020 Breakdown
Oct 23 @ 7:30 pm
Online

The 2020 Breakdown with Murphy - Streaming October 23, 2020 at 7pm

Ticket holders for this streaming performance will view from home on the event date using a computer or mobile phone and an internet connection. Ticket holders will recieve a unique viewing link via email prior to the performance.

One minute, you’re cruising down the road of life, and the next, the wheels of the car fly off! How do you repair and regroup in order to carry on? Join performance storyteller and humorist Murphy Funkhouser Capps for a “hysterical” and very human night of reflection about the year our lives collectively, and personally, came to a screeching halt. Murphy’s stories have been called “hilarious and poignant observations that hit right at the heart”. Recorded live at the Diana Wortham Theatre and streaming Friday, October 23 at 7:30pm.

Sunday, October 25, 2020
Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Ghosted: Comedy Walking Tour w/ LaZoom
Oct 25 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
LaZoom Room

GHOSTED: COMEDY WALKING TOUR

COVID has postponed our bus tours, but it won’t stop us from laughing! Our brand new experience is an up tempo theatrical walking tour of haunted Asheville. You and 13 others will depart from the LaZoom Room and follow an undead guide through Asheville’s creepy streets in search of window into the past. Along the way, we’ll encounter real ghosts that will have you jumping out of your skin. Not really! Or really? Take the tour and find out!

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
How local businesses are adjusting to the COVID-19 crisis: Save the Bees and Enjoy the Honey with Asheville Bee Charmer
Oct 27 @ 1:13 am – 2:13 am
Online

Fall is in full swing in Asheville which means sweater weather, warm fires and cozy cups of tea. What could go better with that than some fresh and local honey from the Asheville Bee Charmer. Discover delicious recipes, practice some self-care with their skincare line, and much more. We spoke with beekeeper/co-owner Jillian to find out a little more about how they’re adapting to COVID changes and keeping up with the bees! 

While we’ve all had to adjust to the “new normal” (whatever that is), our local business owners and managers have their own stories to tell about how they’ve been affected and what they are doing during these unprecedented times. Dig Local is proud to interview some of the awesome folks who make Asheville, Asheville.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Take a Woolworth Walk on the Wild Side/Appalachian Wild Art Display
Oct 28 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Woolworth Walk

Image may contain: outdoor, text that says 'Takea on the Wild Side! WOOLWORTH WALK An Art Show and Sale to Benefit APPALACHIAN WILDLIFE WOO LWORTH CO. JeffPitmanArt.com OCTOBER 1-31 25 Haywood Street, downtown Asheville Monday Saturday: 11am- 6pm Sunday: 11am 5pm'

Yet another reason to love fall in WNC! The front window display of Woolworth Walk will come alive with wildlife as imagined by 17 local artists. Mark your calendars and visit Woolworth Walk in October to purchase your favorite, these works are sure to sell out fast! Not only will you go home with a beautiful piece of art, but you will be supporting the wild ones and the mission of Appalachian Wildlife Refuge!