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
Detail URL: https://www.everythingoutdoorfest.com
Ticket URL: https://www.everythingoutdoorfest.com/tickets/
Location: Historic Hopkins Farm, 3717 Fork Shoals Road, Simpsonville, SC 29680
Dates and Time: Friday, November 4, 2022 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday, November 6, 2022 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Description: Follow your passion to Everything Outdoor Fest. Held Nov. 4-6 at Historic Hopkins Farms in Simpsonville, S.C., you can join with other enthusiasts to explore the Southeast’s most popular outdoor activities, including camping, kayaking, fishing, running, and much more. The three-day festival will feature an action-packed schedule for people of all ages and skill levels, encompassing exhibitors, clinics and demos, live music, food trucks, and kids’ activities.
Visit the festival website often at everythingoutdoorfest.com for the latest updates.
Tickets will be pre-sold online only. Single day tickets are $10 for adults and weekend passes are $25 with discounted rates for seniors, military, and children.
Price: Single Day Tickets: $10 for adults
Weekend Pass: $25
Discounted rates for seniors, military and children
Contact: JBM & Associates
[email protected]
Capacity is limited.
Tasting room by reservation only. Make reservations in-person on the day of your Winery visit.
To participate in this activity, guest must have a daytime ticket, a Biltmore Annual Pass, or a stay at one of the estate’s splendid overnight properties.
Reservations are required for all wine tastings and must be made on the day of your visit. Because our complimentary wine tastings fill up quickly, we recommend you reserve your tasting when you arrive for your visit.

Detail URL: https://www.everythingoutdoorfest.com
Ticket URL: https://www.everythingoutdoorfest.com/tickets/
Location: Historic Hopkins Farm, 3717 Fork Shoals Road, Simpsonville, SC 29680
Dates and Time: Friday, November 4, 2022 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday, November 6, 2022 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Description: Follow your passion to Everything Outdoor Fest. Held Nov. 4-6 at Historic Hopkins Farms in Simpsonville, S.C., you can join with other enthusiasts to explore the Southeast’s most popular outdoor activities, including camping, kayaking, fishing, running, and much more. The three-day festival will feature an action-packed schedule for people of all ages and skill levels, encompassing exhibitors, clinics and demos, live music, food trucks, and kids’ activities.
Visit the festival website often at everythingoutdoorfest.com for the latest updates.
Tickets will be pre-sold online only. Single day tickets are $10 for adults and weekend passes are $25 with discounted rates for seniors, military, and children.
Price: Single Day Tickets: $10 for adults
Weekend Pass: $25
Discounted rates for seniors, military and children
Contact: JBM & Associates
[email protected]

- Let us together enjoy the best breakfast ever as we invite you to be a part of this women’s only ‘Blended Brunch’ organized by Roxanna Pepper with A Place To Go and Excuse Us While We Succeed. What could be better than breakfast, coffee and mimosas with a group of fabulous diverse women where we will join forces to take our community to the next level. Be prepared for elevated conversation and empowerment, and make sure to come hungry. Seating is limited.

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.
The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.
No RSVP needed, just drop by!
Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.
Capacity is limited.
Tasting room by reservation only. Make reservations in-person on the day of your Winery visit.
To participate in this activity, guest must have a daytime ticket, a Biltmore Annual Pass, or a stay at one of the estate’s splendid overnight properties.
Reservations are required for all wine tastings and must be made on the day of your visit. Because our complimentary wine tastings fill up quickly, we recommend you reserve your tasting when you arrive for your visit.
Grab a glass of complimentary champagne as you shop Cloth’s pre-holiday sale. Enjoy up to 50% Off multi-season men’s & women’s apparel and merchandise. Sale happening from 11am to 4pm on Saturday, November 5th at the President’s Lounge in the Sammons Wing. Featured cocktails and drinks will be available for purchase at the bar. All sales are final. Fall & Holiday parking rates are in effect.
The Pigeon River Messengers along with Andrew Wakefield bring an eclectic blend of Appalachian ballad, folk, bluegrass, and original music to the Meadowlark Motel November 5th.
6-9 PM
BBQ & Homemade sides
Cash Bar
Dinner & music $15
Music only $10
Detail URL: https://www.everythingoutdoorfest.com
Ticket URL: https://www.everythingoutdoorfest.com/tickets/
Location: Historic Hopkins Farm, 3717 Fork Shoals Road, Simpsonville, SC 29680
Dates and Time: Friday, November 4, 2022 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday, November 6, 2022 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Description: Follow your passion to Everything Outdoor Fest. Held Nov. 4-6 at Historic Hopkins Farms in Simpsonville, S.C., you can join with other enthusiasts to explore the Southeast’s most popular outdoor activities, including camping, kayaking, fishing, running, and much more. The three-day festival will feature an action-packed schedule for people of all ages and skill levels, encompassing exhibitors, clinics and demos, live music, food trucks, and kids’ activities.
Visit the festival website often at everythingoutdoorfest.com for the latest updates.
Tickets will be pre-sold online only. Single day tickets are $10 for adults and weekend passes are $25 with discounted rates for seniors, military, and children.
Price: Single Day Tickets: $10 for adults
Weekend Pass: $25
Discounted rates for seniors, military and children
Contact: JBM & Associates
[email protected]
Capacity is limited.
Tasting room by reservation only. Make reservations in-person on the day of your Winery visit.
To participate in this activity, guest must have a daytime ticket, a Biltmore Annual Pass, or a stay at one of the estate’s splendid overnight properties.
Reservations are required for all wine tastings and must be made on the day of your visit. Because our complimentary wine tastings fill up quickly, we recommend you reserve your tasting when you arrive for your visit.

Cultivate Our Community with this uniquely tasteful event to be held from 11:00am to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6th, at the Madison County Fair Grounds, 258 Carolina Lane. Tickets are $5 to attend, with proceeds benefiting the local food pantry Beacon of Hope Services. Local and regional fermenters will be presenting their products with several hosting free fermenting demonstrations and sharing skills in preparing beneficial food and drinks such as jun, koji, gluten free sourdough, ciders/fruit wines, animal food, chocolates, and vegan cheese. Vendors will share their products, information, and resources on the benefits of eating probiotic rich and locally grown fermented foods. Live printed t-shirts, ceramic artists, farmers, food trucks, local resources and other treasures will be on site. This family friendly event is designed to bring all members of Madison County, greater WNC and surrounding localities together to honor each other and our communities through the support of fermentation, food preservation, farming, and food security.
This event creates a space for all of WNC and surrounding communities to join together in honor of fermentation, food preservation, farming and food resiliency in Madison County, NC. All profits & proceeds from the festival will be donated to the Beacon of Hope Food Bank of Marshall, NC. There will be FREE demos on food preservation & fermentation, music, family friendly activities and of course local and regional fermenters, foodies and crafting vendors ranging from local farms to local potters, fermenters, crafters and much more!
Raffle Fun at 4pm!
Our raffle will be at 5pm and will include incredible one of a kind items from our various vendors and community businesses. It will include everything from fermentaion kits, fermentation weights, recipe books, fermented foods, gift certificates and local crafts!
FREE Demos 11am to 5pm!
FREE to attend, These demos will range from the basics of Sauerkraut, Sourdough, Cider Making, Apple Cider Vinegar, Cacao Treats, Kombucha, Pet & Livestock Food Fermenting and Much More! Schedule TB

Jazz Sunday at One World Brewing West is a modern jazz jam held every Sunday afternoon from 1-4pm. Previously known as Jazz Monday, the jam has been running non stop since July, 2018 at the West Asheville brewery and is hosted weekly by The Fully Vaccinated Jazz Trio, consisting of Ray Ring on guitar, Jason DeCristofaro on drums, piano and vibraphone, and Connor Law on bass. Jazz Sunday typically features a guest artist for a short set and then welcomes jazz musicians of all levels to sit in for the remainder of the afternoon on One World’s spacious outdoor stage.
Capacity is limited.
Tasting room by reservation only. Make reservations in-person on the day of your Winery visit.
To participate in this activity, guest must have a daytime ticket, a Biltmore Annual Pass, or a stay at one of the estate’s splendid overnight properties.
Reservations are required for all wine tastings and must be made on the day of your visit. Because our complimentary wine tastings fill up quickly, we recommend you reserve your tasting when you arrive for your visit.

rush up on your geography and current events for Totally Rad Trivia hosted by Mitch Fortune!
Trivia is from 6p-8p, but we will meet at 5:30p to save some space for our group! You can also join me and my pup at 4:30p for a couple laps around the brewery trail (easy 0.8 mi trail).
As space is limited, please make sure to keep your RSVP up-to-date. Thank you!
Below is info from the Highland Brewing website:
Leashed, well-behaved dogs are allowed in the taproom.
Free to play. No more than 6 people per team.
Table seating is limited, so participation will be first come, first serve!
Pitchers of our Year-Round Beers will be available for $18!
First Prize: $50 Highland Brewing Gift Card
Second Prize: $25 Highland Brewing Gift Card
Third Prize: $15 Highland Brewing Gift Card

Join us every Monday night for Singo (Musical Bingo)!
Singo will run from 7-8:15 pm.
No reservations needed, just get ready for a good time and a chance to win some Down Dog prizes!

Ceremony’s lead guitarist Anthony Anzaldo doesn’t want to talk about the fact that his band has been around for over ten years. Or that they’ve drifted away from the hardcore genre that made them, or that they jumped ship from their long-time label, Matador Records, to join Relapse Records instead. Or that their sixth album will mark four years since the iconic punk band has released any new material. These things aren’t really important. What matters is that In the Spirit World Now is Ceremony’s most driving, intelligent collection of songs to date.
“We knew this had to be the best thing we have ever done,” admits Anzaldo. “We couldn’t come back after four years with a record that only had a few good songs.”
Produced by Will Yip (Title Fight, Circa Survive, Turnover) and mixed by engineer Ben Greenberg (The Men, Pharmakon, Hank Wood And The Hammerheads), In the Spirit World Now grows with each listen, balancing Yip’s pop sensibilities with Greenberg’s noise-punk influence through dramatic, shining synthesizer hooks and a mature vocal strategy. Drummer Jake Casarotti and bassist Justin Davis power through the 11-tracks as a strong yet sparse backbone that interlocks with guitarists Andy Nelson and Anzaldo to create a pop-centric, post-punk canvas for frontman Ross Farrar to expel the most vulnerable parts of himself. (And, thankfully, there are many.)
Farrar, who has been studying and teaching at the Syracuse University MFA Poetry Program for the past three years, has found himself as a vocalist on Spirit World, not only sounding more confident and in the pocket than he ever has before, but exploring amorphous lyrical territory about arrested development, botched relationships, and the never-ending hamster wheel of self-destruction so many creatives fall into.
“I’ve been very interested in will, as in a person’s faculty of consciousness and how we navigate actions and self-control,” Farrar says. “I’ve been worried for a long time that my lack of self-control will inevitably destroy me, so any paranoia on that matter is focused on this record.”
Spirit World is a carefully composed punk record by a band who is so in tune with one another as players that their physical separation didn’t affect the music when it came time to get together and work. Despite living in opposite ends of the country, they met up, rehearsed the new material, and demoed it out in Anaheim at a friend’s studio. After two weeks, the tracks were loose with Farrar only mumbling melody ideas on top of the band. A few months later, they linked up with producer Will Yip and he flushed out the demos, helping develop the structure as the songs took shape in the studio. To add some grit to their slew of polished post-punk hits, Anzaldo called on Greenberg to help develop melodies and interject synthesizers and keyboards into the songs before he mixed the record.
“We really took it song by song on this album,” says Anzaldo. “We pushed ourselves more than any other record. We didn’t have a lot of time together, so the time we did have was precious, and we were hyper-focused on making the best songs possible.”
support bands:
GEL
SRSQ
TONGUES OF FIRE
Capacity is limited.
Tasting room by reservation only. Make reservations in-person on the day of your Winery visit.
To participate in this activity, guest must have a daytime ticket, a Biltmore Annual Pass, or a stay at one of the estate’s splendid overnight properties.
Reservations are required for all wine tastings and must be made on the day of your visit. Because our complimentary wine tastings fill up quickly, we recommend you reserve your tasting when you arrive for your visit.

Imagine a solid trivia stack with a magnetic host in an outdoor intimate setting. Then add the excitement of BYOB and pedaling around the City on a one-of-a-kind contraption.
Kinda like if Willy Wonka did Trivia… you will be completely entertained, with no sense left unfulfilled.
And come back for more as we have several questions sets available with a good ole just for locals option!
Trivia tours seat up to 15 people, 1.5 or 40 mins hours long. Bring your own beer in cans or wine and your thinking while drinking caps on let’s do this thing!
White Horse’s legendary Open Mic re-starts after a year off for bad behavior (COVID, really). Host Bill Altork will help us present wonderfully talented folks on their way up. The signup sheet is placed on the bar at 6:30 and the first ten to sign in are the performers for the evening. Each gets 15 minutes or three songs. It’s a lot of fun… especially since it’s free!
We’ll be following all COVID-19 protocols and we ask that you wear your mask when you’re not singing or enjoying a beverage from the bar.
Join us to share your music or just enjoy an evening in the audience!

No reservations needed, just get ready for a good time and a chance to win some Down Dog prizes!

Join us every Tuesday night for Trivia!
Trivia will run from 7-8:15 pm. We will be capping the teams at 20 and teams will not be able to join after 7 so make sure to arrive early to secure your spot!
No reservations needed, just grab your thinking caps and get ready for a good time and a chance to win a $10, $20, or $30 gift certificate to Down Dog!

Born in the fertile mountains of Colorado, Tenth Mountain Division is continuing the musical legacy set down by their forefathers. Tenth Mountain Division is a Denver-based outfit by way of the Colorado Rockies. The group consists of six members—Andrew Cooney (Bass/Guitar), Campbell Thomas (Piano/Percussion/Keys), Tyler Gwynn (Drums), MJ Ouimette (Guitars), Winston Heuga (Mandolin)—who found unity through their love of music and natural surroundings.

Ganymede is as beautiful as she is entertaining and as the host of Karaoke night, she WILL sing along with you so come prepared to have a great time and laugh a lot! 21+

Gay men’s coffee group meets every Wednesday at 88 Charlotte St.
We gather at 9:30a for stimulating conversation. Come join us!
Capacity is limited.
Tasting room by reservation only. Make reservations in-person on the day of your Winery visit.
To participate in this activity, guest must have a daytime ticket, a Biltmore Annual Pass, or a stay at one of the estate’s splendid overnight properties.
Reservations are required for all wine tastings and must be made on the day of your visit. Because our complimentary wine tastings fill up quickly, we recommend you reserve your tasting when you arrive for your visit.

Enjoy a $6 glass of wine and 1/2 off bottles every Wednesday night!
Join us for a weekly mountain music JAM with players in a round, where the session is focused on regional fiddle tunes and songs! You are welcome to come and listen or to learn and join in. This event supports the Henderson County Junior Appalachian Musician (JAM) Kids Program. Free but donations are accepted. Weekly event takes place at Oklawaha Brewing Company.

Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer Cruz Contreras has roots in Tennessee and Michigan, but has impacted Americana music worldwide.
The frontman, founder, and driving force behind The Black Lillies’ raw and rootsy sound also co-founded Robinella and the CCstringband, and has collaborated with musicians ranging from John Oates and Jim Lauderdale to Langhorne Slim and The Turnpike Troubadours. His projects have topped both the Billboard and Americana radio charts, won Independent Music Awards, and been nominated for the Americana Music Association’s Emerging Artist of the Year award. After over a decade touring under the name The Black Lillies, Contreras is currently performing as a solo act and has been recently collaborating with cellist Dave Eggar, fiddle player Billy Contreras, and wife Molly Contreras.
Over the years, Cruz has appeared on nationally broadcasted television including Late Night with Conan O’Brien, CMT, VH-1, GAC, Bluegrass Underground and PBS Television’s Sun Studio Sessions. His music has been lauded by outlets as diverse as American Songwriter Magazine, Rolling Stone, NPR’s Morning Edition and Vanity Fair, among others. As an independent artist, Cruz has played Nashville’s lauded Grand Ole Opry 40 times over the years. Contreras is currently at work on his debut solo album, ‘Cosmico’.
Come enjoy an evening of live music, food and drinks in the Isis Music Hall Lounge. Reservations are highly recommended.
Seated Concert with Dinner – reservations highly recommended. Please call the venue for tickets and reservations. 828-575-2737
