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.
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Tuesday Night Funk Jam – 11PM – Ca$h Donation$ – 21+
EVERY Tuesday at Asheville Music Hall!
Tuesday Night Funk Jam has been a huge part of Asheville’s vibrant music scene since 2008 and is #Asheville’s hottest weekly concert.
Tuesday Night Funk Jam is programmed and orchestrated by an evolved Legendary House Band with trombonist Derrick Lee Johnson at the helm.
At 11PM sharp, the Legendary House Band kicks off the night followed by opening up the stage to jam to our local community of musicians for an ‘Open Jam’.
While this is an amazing opportunity for musicians to network and refine their musical chops it is ALSO an event for the people who support our music scene and need a night to shake their hips to the best funk around town!
Regularly, nationally touring musicians, TONIGHT funk jam is going to be off the chain. We have Lee Allen (of Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band) jumping back in with The Legendary House Band. Come out to the Asheville Music Hall tonight and help us kick off the first funk jam of 2019. We start at 11pm. #asheville #noplacelikehome #makemusiceveryday #mftnfj
https://www.facebook.com/events/786766998382570/?event_time_id=786767018382568
Tuesday Night Funk Jam – 11PM – Ca$h Donation$ – 21+
EVERY Tuesday at Asheville Music Hall!
Tuesday Night Funk Jam has been a huge part of Asheville’s vibrant music scene since 2008 and is #Asheville’s hottest weekly concert.
Tuesday Night Funk Jam is programmed and orchestrated by an evolved Legendary House Band with trombonist Derrick Lee Johnson at the helm.
At 11PM sharp, the Legendary House Band kicks off the night followed by opening up the stage to jam to our local community of musicians for an ‘Open Jam’.
While this is an amazing opportunity for musicians to network and refine their musical chops it is ALSO an event for the people who support our music scene and need a night to shake their hips to the best funk around town!
Regularly, nationally touring musicians, TONIGHT funk jam is going to be off the chain. We have Lee Allen (of Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band) jumping back in with The Legendary House Band. Come out to the Asheville Music Hall tonight and help us kick off the first funk jam of 2019. We start at 11pm. #asheville #noplacelikehome #makemusiceveryday #mftnfj
https://www.facebook.com/events/786766998382570/
This is happening next week, every week, for the whole month of FEBRUARY!
Classes are $10.00 per person per class. Take one class a week or take them all
I’m the dance teacher teaching these events. Please text your full names and what classes/dates/times work for you to 828-316-1344 to rsvp.
Pay $10.00 at the door OR RSVP to save money and guarantee you a spot! Each class is limited to 20 people. Once the class has 20 students we will not accept any others due to the class room size.
Mondays at Folkmoot Center
6pm-7pm Foxtrot and Waltz
7pm-8pm Cha Cha and Rumba
Tuesdays at Laurel Ridge Country Club
3pm-3:50pm Rumba and Salsa
4pm-4:50pm S. Time Swing and Foxtrot
6pm-7:30pm Waltz and Foxtrot
Wednesdays at Waynesville Wellness
6:30pm-8pm East Coast Swing
Thursdays at Laurel Ridge Country Club
3pm-3:50pm Rumba and Salsa
4pm-4:50pm S. Time Swing and Foxtrot
Thursdays 6pm-8:00pm
Practice Dance every Thursday in February and March. Only available to people taking group classes and members. No partner needed. $10.00 per person for non members. Members $5.00
If you would like to sign up and rsvp for one or more of these classes please contact Ryan Sechser by calling 828-316-1344.
The Cooperative Extension of Polk County is hosting our annual berry plant sale. This year, the Cooperative Extension director has chosen four varieties of blueberries, two varieties of raspberries, two varieties of strawberries, and one blackberry variety that have proven to specifically thrive in the North Carolina Foothills.
Orders will be accepted for plants now through February 22 and will be available for pickup in mid-March. Proceeds from this fundraiser go to support the activities, classes, and research that make the Cooperative Extension such a vital part of the Polk County community. For more information or to place an order, visit the Extension’s website at https://polk.ces.ncsu.edu or give us a call at 894-8218.
Download the Order Form HERE: https://polk.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019-Berry-Plant-Order-Form-Writeable.pdf?fwd=no
https://www.facebook.com/events/393022604782447/?event_time_id=393022651449109
Location: 2nd Floor Classrooms
9 am – 1:30 pm
Please call 1-800- REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org and enter :Haywood to schedule an appointment
https://www.facebook.com/events/1998441833789009/
Cannot wait to see my Georgia friends in Asheville!
https://www.facebook.com/events/320970611992636/
*Dates are subject to change, due to weather. Please contact your FSA to confirm.
Head Start Parents! Join us for our Parent Meetings, where we will discuss the following topics:
10/31/18 – Your Family’s Well-Being; Child Growth & Development; Focus on Goal Setting; Building Resilience
12/12/18 – Winter Activities, Family/Financial Literacy, Fatherhood Engagement
2/6/19 – Healthy Families, Safety & Injury Prevention; Transition to Kindergarten (City Schools)
3/21/19 – Transition to Kindergarten (County Schools); Family Spring Fun Day; Family/Financial Literacy, Fatherhood Engagement
6/6/19 – Make up, if needed; End of Year Celebration
https://www.facebook.com/events/315245355728480/
*Dates are subject to change, due to weather. Please contact your FSA to confirm.
Head Start Parents! Join us for our Parent Meetings, where we will discuss the following topics:
10/31/18 – Your Family’s Well-Being; Child Growth & Development; Focus on Goal Setting; Building Resilience
12/12/18 – Winter Activities, Family/Financial Literacy, Fatherhood Engagement
2/6/19 – Healthy Families, Safety & Injury Prevention; Transition to Kindergarten (City Schools)
3/21/19 – Transition to Kindergarten (County Schools); Family Spring Fun Day; Family/Financial Literacy, Fatherhood Engagement
6/6/19 – Make up, if needed; End of Year Celebration
https://www.facebook.com/events/315245355728480/?event_time_id=315245372395145
Sarge’s is now running a volunteer and foster program that encompasses both the Sarge’s Adoption Center, and the new Haywood County Animal Shelter. We also have volunteers that work at PetSmart in Waynesville, enriching and cleaning the cages of the cats there.
We have various opportunities available for getting involved. At orientation, we will discuss the various roles filled by volunteers, safety precautions, training opportunities, and sign the legal paperwork needed. After this, you will get the back scenes tour of the new animal shelter.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2121928031199076/
Come practice with me every Wednesday evening at Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards at 6pm-7pm to get over that crazy mid week hump!
All levels welcome for an upbeat and energizing power flow while focusing on turning inward and cultivating an intention that you can take with you off your mat!
10$ for 60 minute power vinyasa flow and glass of wine!
6pm-7pm Please share and feel free to bring your friends!
DM if you have any questions! Hope to see you there✨✨
https://www.facebook.com/events/1224464734374111/?event_time_id=1224464741040777
Come practice with me every Wednesday evening at Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards at 6pm-7pm to get over that crazy mid week hump!
All levels welcome for an upbeat and energizing power flow while focusing on turning inward and cultivating an intention that you can take with you off your mat!
10$ for 60 minute power vinyasa flow and glass of wine!
6pm-7pm Please share and feel free to bring your friends!
DM if you have any questions! Hope to see you there✨✨
https://www.facebook.com/events/1224464734374111/
We are supporting Bounty & Soul’s work providing healthy food for our local community by providing them with metal silverware for their food sampling events. These wiill prevent the wastage and expense of disposable spoons and forks.
Bounty & Soul provide samples of delicious plant based foods and education for those members of the community who are receiving donated healthy food. Rather than use plastic spoons and forks for the demonstrations and sampling, Bounty & Sould are finding ways to be more green and sustainable, and we want to help.
We are aiming to collect 80 sets of metal or durable bamboo small spoons and forks through the month of February. Please bring washed used or new silverware to our store and enjoy our thanks and a browse and a cup of fair trade coffee.
https://www.facebook.com/events/618459661957593/?event_time_id=618459681957591
We are expanding! Join us for the official ribbon-cutting of the new location of Hickory Nut Gorge Outreach. Our new, larger location will allow us to better assist our clients and provide more personalized service.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2426030407672957/
Winter can be the most beautiful time of the year at Chimney Rock. Leafless trees make for expansive views of Lake Lure and the Hickory Nut Gorge. The sky is clear; you’re likely to find a quiet spot to sit and enjoy the peacefulness. You may even see a critter scamper by you in the forest. Capture that special moment or scene on your camera, enter it in our Winter Wonders Photo Contest and tell us about it. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.
Cost: No additional cost to enter.
https://www.facebook.com/events/789533238046693/?event_time_id=789533364713347
Join us for a Toddler Storytime at Sweet Tokens Bakery the first Wednesday of each month at 10 am.
https://www.facebook.com/events/351417005647693/
A fantastic way to keep your little ones moving and prepare them to be competent and safe swimmers is through weekly swim lessons.
Join us at Asheville Family Fitness for Infant and/or Toddler Group swim classes with a parent or caretaker. Through fun, games and social activities parents learn how to teach their little ones water skill while children safely learn floating, submerging, blowing bubbles, propelling themselves and rolling over in the water.
These swim lessons are gentle, safe and incredibly effective. Think you want to join? Grab some friends and sign-up!
Baby/Parent Classes are 10-10:30 & Toddler/Parent Classes are 10:30-11:15a
[If you prefer to come on Thursdays click here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1874867265969131/]
Our sessions are per/month and more details are on our website.
https://ashevillefamilyfitness.com/services/aquatics-swim-lessons
Call to register today! 828-225-3838
https://www.facebook.com/events/2313405862222922/
Join us January 15th-February 14th
For every pint of Lorelai IPA bought, we’ll donate $1 to Claxton Elementary School’s 4th Grade Raleigh Field Trip Fund.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1422139054587321/?event_time_id=1422139134587313
Join us Wednesday February 6th for Lunch, Dinner, and Drinks! 10% of all sales for the day will be donated to the Asheville Middle School Trip Fund.
https://www.facebook.com/events/722506508143051/
Come join us at Pack Memorial Library for BINGO! Prizes and breakfast snacks are provided. *ALL ages are welcome.
*Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
Program takes place in our auditorium downstairs. There is no fee to play. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
https://www.facebook.com/events/284096168946374/
Enjoy a delicious meal and a portion of your bill directly benefits the students at ArtSpace Charter School.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1987736224597831/
Join us every Wednesday for $3 Pints of Good Fight and a the perfect chilly weeknight activity. . .board games!
https://www.facebook.com/events/342227486373185/?event_time_id=342227503039850
Join us every Wednesday for $3 Pints of Good Fight and a the perfect chilly weeknight activity. . .board games!
https://www.facebook.com/events/342227486373185/
The Literacy Council of Buncombe County and Blue Ridge Literacy Council’s AmeriCorps members are setting up an educational booth and book drive to benefit Asheville Prison Books as part of National Literacy Action Week at Firestorm Books & Coffee. Come tell us why literacy is important to you and donate your gently-loved books to our incarcerated community members! The largest need is for dictionaries and fiction written by people of color, but all donations are welcome and appreciated. Books must be paperback and less than two inches thick.
Book donations may also be dropped off to Emily at the Literacy Council of Buncombe County or Alex at Blue Ridge Literacy Council now through Feb.8. Please contact Emily at [email protected] with inquiries.
https://www.facebook.com/events/937514483111846/
Up Country tap take over night! Come get some free Upcountry Swag!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2197413500518542/
STORYTIME & ART
Our programs for preschool and school-age students are back at a library near you! Storytime & Art is for preschool aged students accompanied by an adult. Come join in the fun with stories and songs, then make a hands-on art project just for the little ones!
Meet us at North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville 28804) on first Wednesdays at 11am!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2173467346249732/
All are welcome to attend this week FREE meal that is prepared by local volunteers for our community. Great food and fellowship is served up every Wednesday from 11:30-1pm. Meals are funded by donations.
https://www.facebook.com/events/422633291843122/
Season’s at Highland Lake will be hosting Wine Down Wednesday from January through April with half priced bottles of wine under $50 with the purchase of a main course lunch item or a dinner entrée!
Follow the link for our wine menu: https://hliresort.com/seasons/menu/drinks-wine/
https://www.facebook.com/events/573217266436525/
Our annual month of classic anime returns on Friday, January 4th featuring the best movies from Studio Ghibli and animation legend Hayao Miyazaki!
THE MOVIES & DATES ARE…
Jan. 4 – 7: Spirited Away
Jan. 8 – 10: Kiki’s Delivery Service – 30th Anniversary
Jan. 11 – 14: Princess Mononoke
Jan. 15 – 17: Porco Rosso
Jan. 18 – 21: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind – 35th Anniversary
Jan. 22 – 24: Grave of the Fireflies (NOT FOR YOUNG VIEWERS)
Jan. 25 – 28: My Neighbor Totoro
Jan. 29 – 31: The Cat Returns
Feb. 1 – 4: Howl’s Moving Castle – 15th Anniversary
Feb. 5 – 7: Castle in the Sky
Feb. 8 – 11: Ponyo
SHOWTIMES:
There will be two matinees and a 10:00 pm show every day for each movie. We’ll post specific showtimes for each movie here and on our website’s movie page.
SPECIAL BONUS… At the final 10:00 pm show of each movie we will show the original Japanese version with English subtitles! All other shows will be the English dubbed version.
TICKET INFO:
Tickets are only $3.00, and sales operate on our normal ticket policy of going on sale 24 hours before your desired show date.
For example, Friday movie tickets go on sale Thursday, the day before.
https://www.facebook.com/events/359072128006762/?event_time_id=359072244673417
We are continuing to host Wednesday markets here at Honey + the Hive, bringing in local farmers, artists, and crafters! Come join us from 1-5pm every Wednesday from January 9th to February 27th!
https://www.facebook.com/events/385091415568706/
We are continuing to host Wednesday markets here at Honey + the Hive, bringing in local farmers, artists, and crafters! Come join us from 1-5pm every Wednesday from January 9th to February 27th!
https://www.facebook.com/events/385091415568706/?event_time_id=385091432235371