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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We’re excited to be joining The Breakfast Club – America’s Favorite 1980s Tribute Band – for this show at The Orange Peel.
Doors: 8pm
Stardust To Ashes: 9pm
The Breakfast Club: 10pm
Tickets: $12 – $15
https://www.facebook.com/events/2318735478157704/
The Travelling Pilsburys of Asheville play acoustic harmonies. Some of the best local acoustic singer/songwriters get together for an evening of easy listening while giving us all some comic relief. Everyone thinks they’re a comedian!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1193666510805243/
GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, producer and revered guitarist Warren Haynes has announced Warren Haynes Presents: Dreams & Songs – A Symphonic Journey, set for March 16 at 8 p.m. at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Haynes’ hometown of Asheville, NC. (Due to popular demand a second performance has been added on Sunday, March 17 at 7 p.m.) The show will kick off the Asheville Symphony’s 2019 Asheville Amadeus festival, a 10-day multi-genre Mozart-inspired event fit for all tastes and ages.
During this evening of world-class musicianship, Haynes will lead symphonic adaptations of songs spanning his vast repertoire including tunes by Gov’t Mule, Allman Brothers Band and Grateful Dead as well as music from Haynes’ solo catalogue and several surprise covers.
Haynes will be joined by the Asheville Symphony along with Oteil Burbridge on bass (Allman Brothers Band, Dead & Co., The Aquarium Rescue Unit), John Medeski on keyboards (Medeski Martin & Wood, Phil Lesh & Friends) and Jeff Sipe on drums (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Leftover Salmon).
Rich Daniels, the versatile musical director of The City Lights Orchestra in Chicago and music director for FOX’s hit show Empire, will conduct. Daniels has appeared with some of the greatest names in music including Ray Charles, Garth Brooks, Dionne Warwick, and many more.
JUST ANNOUNCED (03/06/19): Joining the Dreams & Songs core band of Warren Haynes (guitar & vocals), Oteil Burbridge (bass), John Medeski (keyboards) and Jeff Sipe (drums) will be special guest Greg Osby on saxophone, as well as Edwin McCain and Jasmine Muhammad, who will provide background vocals. Following their performance with the Asheville Symphony, the band will perform a different extended encore each night.
Sale Dates and Times:
Public Onsale : Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 10:00 AM
Official Platinum Presale : Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 12:00 PM
Official Platinum Public Onsale : Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 10:00 AM
Venue Presale : Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 12:00 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/333372744184650/
Watch the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament with, what else, wine! Open during all games. Wear your team gear and bring your best trash talking game! Outside food welcome.
Game Schedule
Tues 3/12 – 12pm, 2pm and 7pm
Wed 3/13 – 12pm, 2pm, 7pm, 9pm
Thu 3/14 – 12pm, 2pm, 7pm, 9pm
Fri 3/15 – 7pm, 9pm
Sat 3/16 – Championship Game 8:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/377624379682773/
Watch the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament with, what else, wine! Open during all games. Wear your team gear and bring your best trash talking game! Outside food welcome.
Game Schedule
Tues 3/12 – 12pm, 2pm and 7pm
Wed 3/13 – 12pm, 2pm, 7pm, 9pm
Thu 3/14 – 12pm, 2pm, 7pm, 9pm
Fri 3/15 – 7pm, 9pm
Sat 3/16 – Championship Game 8:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/377624379682773/?event_time_id=377624396349438
Please join us for a night of salsa, merengue and more spicy Latin rhythms! We play the music, and you move your bodies. ✌
https://www.facebook.com/events/2363137600597231/
$15 Advance / $20 Day of Show
Come spend the night with the new sounds from Seth Walker’s latest release – Are You Open?
“Are you open?” Seth Walker sings on his transfixing new album of the same title. More than just a question, it’s a challenge, an invitation, a dare. Are you willing to risk pain and heartbreak in the quest for something true and pure? Are you willing to push your limits to create something honest and new? Are you willing to pursue beauty and love and compassion in a world of darkness and doubt?
Main Stage Seated :: Limited Tables Available with a Dinner Reservation :: All Other Seating is First Come First Serve General Admission :: Please Call Venue for Dinner (Table) Reservations
https://www.facebook.com/events/324167601755029/
Chuck Lichtenberger is a musical iceberg. At fist listen, it is easy to note that his formal education in Jazz and music theory have trained his hands and ears. But underneath the surface, Lichtenberger is so much more than just a highly skilled piano player.
Years of studying music and performing with some true pioneers of the WNC art scene have seasoned Chuck with a dynamic array of skills and passions. While Jazz music will always be one of his great loves, one might be surprised to find Chuck shifting between metal, rock and pop on any given day. His diverse sonic interests are evident in his original compositions, and provide for a multi layered listening experience that is both uniquely complex and universally compelling.
RDB will be doing their blues, funy soul and rock-n-roll thing at Mack Kells. Gonna be a good time y’all Join us!
More info at www.rootsanddore.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/390663258333402/
The Breakfast Club – America’s Favorite 1980s Tribute Band
plus Stardust to Ashes – A Tribute to David Bowie
Show: 9pm
Doors: 8pm
$12 – $15
Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/the-breakfast-club-americas-favorite-1980s-tribute-band-5/
https://www.facebook.com/events/502878567205694/
So much Power in the month of March! The Power are playing at Fleetwood’s every Saturday night with some of their favorite bands, A different vibe each night!
https://www.facebook.com/events/392964588178723/?event_time_id=392964591512056
So much Power in the month of March! The Power are playing at Fleetwood’s every Saturday night with some of their favorite bands, A different vibe each night!
Tonight!:
Baby Tony and The Teenies (Athens)
Max and Eli play lil’ doo-wop inspired ditties about having crushes and wasting time. “Sparkle-pop-doo-wop”
https://babytonyandtheteenies.bandcamp.com
Georgia Dish Boys (Athens) dusty from twister
https://georgiadishboys.bandcamp.com
The Pink Stones (Athens)
Dreamy country stuff from Athens
https://thepinkstones.bandcamp.com
The Power (AVL)
Local garage pop punk fondue-wop power trio!
https://thepowernc.bandcamp.com/album/the-power-ep
https://www.facebook.com/events/494445254415538/
WOW! The Rent has been booked to play one of the biggest parties of the year at Sharkey’s Pub. Put on your best Irish party face and come join us for a night of awesome food, cold beverages and the best St. Patty’s Day party in all of Greenville.
https://www.facebook.com/events/196272581248482/
Ryan Perry is an original band that also plays all your favorite new hits. Be prepared to rock out all night!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1052856748220585/
YOKE LORE at The Mothlight
w/ Cape Francis
Saturday, March 16th
Doors 8pm
*Sold Out*
Absolutes, the new EP from New York indie pop act Yoke Lore, explores the grey areas between black and white ideas while building upon the lush, sonic palette of his past works. The new music finds multi-instrumentalist, dancer, and visual artist Adrian Galvin polishing his heartfelt anthems and ruminating on finding balance amid respective oppositions by breaking through the notion that truth necessitates purity.
“These songs all gravitate around the struggle between two sides of something,” Galvin explains. The opening track, “Fake You,” is about the difficulty of realizing your perception of someone doesn’t necessarily match who they really are. “Cut And Run” follows, conveying the instinct to flee versus the instinct to find a home, and “Concrete” illustrates Galvin’s struggle between living in the city and being in the country. “So, they are all the conflicts of absolutes,” he states. “There must be a balance, some movement and some pull. A life of absolutes is no life at all.” As with his previous releases, Galvin drew the artwork for his upcoming EP using bifurcated lines and contrasting imagery to convey his messages of absolutes.
The former Walk the Moon and Yellerkin member’s solo musical endeavor combines echoing waves of banjo, vocals, and percussion to create unforgettable pop songs with tactile sincerity and conviction. Galvin first hit the ground running in 2016 with Yoke Lore’s debut EP, Far Shore, released on B3Sci Records. In 2017, the title track of his 2017 EP “Goodpain” hit #1 on Hype Machine, and quickly after his songs caught fire on Spotify, racking up over 10 million plays throughout the year.
Goodpain also garnered attention from major tastemakers such as NYLON, Consequence of Sound, Billboard and more. Yoke Lore toured extensively through 2017 with acts like Aquilo and Overcoats, while also making his way to the UK for The Great Escape and festivals like Field Trip in Toronto and Billboard Hot 100 in New York.
Following the success of his song “Goodpain,” Galvin was invited to Spotify’s New York City studio to record a stripped-down version the track, as well as two covers for his Spotify Singles: “Last Christmas” by Wham! and “Truly Madly Deeply” by Savage Garden. His holiday song graced Spotify’s Holiday Singles playlist alongside covers by Demi Lovato, Sam Smith, and Miley Cyrus.
After a successful first-ever run of headline tour dates, Yoke Lore found a unexpected new fan in pop idol Taylor Swift, who added his cover of “Truly Madly Deeply” to her “Songs Taylor Loves” Spotify playlist in 2018. Galvin releases his third EP, Absolutes, in July 2018 after a cross-country spring tour with FRENSHIP and before heading out on tour again.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2475235495839477/
Genre: Steely Dan Tribute
Tickets: adv. $12 / dos. $15
Show: 9:30PM (Doors: 8PM)
Ages: 21+
Dirty Logic – Asheville Steely Dan Tribute
Comprised of an all-star line-up of some of Asheville North Carolina’s best musicians, Dirty Logic started from a conversation after a gig one night. Patrick Armitage (drummer) and Jonathan Cole (saxophonist) were discussing Jesse Barry’s (singer) Steely Dan tribute concept… A few of their colleagues were within earshot and immediately wanted in. Three days later, Dirty Logic had their first rehearsal where they played three tracks from Aja; Black Cow, Josie and Peg. Thus the seed was planted, and Jesse’s dream was born into reality.
The band works hard to honor Steely Dan… playing their music the way that it should be played, by musicians who are masterful in their craft and share a deep love and respect for the music. With three vocalists, four horns and a full rhythm section, they deliver the experience any true Dan fan craves – THE live Steely Dan concert that you’d expect to see when Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were in their prime.
Steely Dan’s live shows would often have funkier, re-harmonized arrangements of their studio tracks. Dirty Logic uses some of these arrangements, and also comes up with some of their own – delivering so much more than just simple covers of the studio tracks. So, while you can expect to hear accurate renditions of the studio recordings and solos that fans know and love, the band also incorporates improvisation providing that live moments are truly alive, and ensuring that each show is a refreshing experience. Their song book currently includes tracks from Aja, Gaucho, The Royal Scam, Pretzel Logic, Can’t Buy A Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, Katy Lied and the FM soundtrack.
Dirty Logic’s members are involved in other national and regional projects such as Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Empire Strikes Brass, Grammy Award Winning Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, The Travers Brothership, The Business, Jesse Barry and the Jam, Off With Your Radiohead, The Billy Sea, The Juan Benevides Group, Chicago Afrobeat, Mucca Pazza, James Brown Dance Party, A Family Affair, Orange Crush, Larke, Fathead, and The Legendary Tues Night House Band
…Come and see them for yourself, they do not disappoint…
MEMBERS
Josh Clark – Vocals / Bass (Travers Brothership)
Jesse Barry – Vocals (Jesse Barry and the Jam)
Debrissa McKinney – Vocals (Empire Strikes Brass, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo)
Patrick Armitage – Drums / Percussion (Formerly John Stickley Trio)
Dennis Brumback – Guitar (Ashley Heath and Her Heathens)
Alex Taub – Keys (The Business)
Jonathan Cole – Saxophones (YMBF Booty Band, LTN Funk Jam House Band, Fathead, James Brown Dance Party, A Family Affair)
Kyle Snuffer – Trombone, Saxophones (Empire Strikes Brass, The Digs, Travers Brothership)
Alex Bradley – Trumpet / Flugelhorn (Empire Strikes Brass, The Digs, Travers Brothership, A Family Affair)
Jacob Wolf – Bass (The Juan Benevides Group, The Billy Sea)
Jeff Thompson – Vocals (Off With Your Radiohead, The BJ Lederman Band)
Garrick Smith – Baritone Saxophone (Chicago Afrobeat, Mucca Pazza)
Pam Jones – Vocals (LARKE, Orange Crush)
web: https://www.dirtylogic.net
vid: https://youtu.be/O9-uHR9G_bA
http://store.cdbaby.com/cd/dirtylogic3
https://www.facebook.com/events/329292044351489/
Genre: Jam/Funk/Psych
Cover: $5 Suggested Donation @ Door
Show: 10PM
Ages: 21+
Ethan Heller & The Jam Fam is a psychedelic improvisational vehicle fronted by guitarist Ethan Heller (The Snozzberries). Featuring a rotating cast of Asheville’s finest musicians, it’s sure to be a good funkin time!!!
Ethan Heller – guitar/vocals
Ian Taylor – keys/synth/vocals
Carey Walter – bass
Ben Falcon – drums/vocals
+ SPECIAL GUESTS???
https://www.facebook.com/events/324970721456614/
It’s back folks!
We’ve decided to bring the Saturday Night Dance Party to Post 25 for St. Patrick’s Day!
Green Beer, Irish Whiskey, Guiness and Green Slushie Specials!
So be sure to wear green and be ready to dance the night away with our resident DJ Costradamus’ here at Post 25!
https://www.facebook.com/events/283691595640271/
Shake what yo momma gave ya with DJ Nex Millen, every Saturday 11pm-2am. Dance Party. No cover. Do it.
https://www.facebook.com/events/341354513259016/?event_time_id=341354543259013
Adding a Southeast destination for designer toy makers and collectors, *Assembly Required brings designer, bootleg and art toy artists from around the country, to present and sell their work.
Asheville’s premiere designer toy expo, *Assembly Required, is presented by Unboxing Asheville, Morgan’s Comic’s, 103.3 Asheville FM and Appalachian Pinball Museum. Focusing on this artistic movement, designer toys are a form of lowbrow pop art. These toy makers pull inspiration from a variety of subversive segments of culture, as well as subcultural elements, including (but not limited to) comics, tattooing, street art, and everything related to toys of the 60’s through the 80’s.
Echoing production methods of traditional toy manufacturers, designer toys are usually intended to be displayed as collectibles, rather than to be played with. Toy makers mediums range from resin to vinyl, from plastic to plush; with molding, and production techniques such as kitbash, sofubi and bootleg (recently coined ‘Artisanal Action Figure’, by New York Times writer, Rich Juzwiak [11/23/18]). (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/style/bootleg-toys-action-figures.html).
Juzwiak interviews such artists as the Sucklord and Killer Bootlegs, both of whom will be present at *Assembly Required.
Final race of the Hincapie Spring Series
https://www.facebook.com/events/1080922038782218/
More than a quarter of Americans have chronic pain symptoms lasting for months or years, and over half of these adults do not feel their pain is well-controlled. More of these individuals are turning to yoga to help manage their symptoms. Whether it’s chronic low back pain, fibromyalgia, or headaches, the experience of pain can profoundly impact quality of life. Yoga and related practices offer amazing tools to address these issues. Offering the latest evidence based interventions from fields such as yoga, mindfulness, physical therapy, acupressure, nutrition, and health psychology, this weekend will radically expand your ability to manage chronic pain. Whether you or a family member suffers from chronic pain or you’d like to expand your skill set in helping these individuals, this weekend promises to be an endeavor into self-care that is well worth your time.
https://www.facebook.com/events/382795715810489/
For three days only Sow True Seed will be hosting a bare root plant sale at 243 Haywood St. We’ll have a great range of woodland medicinals, berry bushes and small pollinator trees to help kick start your perennial gardens this year.
As if that wasn’t exciting enough, Sow True Seed has launched a non-profit foundation called The Utopian Seed Project. The purpose of The Utopian Seed Project is to experiment, educate and celebrate diversity in food and farming in order to improve food security and mitigate climate change through a diverse and regenerative food system.
We’ll be sharing more information about this organization as the year progress, but what you need to know right now is that ALL of the profits from this bare root plant sale will go directly to supporting The Utopian Seed Project.
Be sure to SAVE the DATE and SHARE with FRIENDS, because you don’t want to miss out on this once a year event! RSVP’ing via Eventbrite is optional, but does help us get prepared for the event.
Aronia Berry, Viking [potted] -$6
Beauty Berry, American -$5
Black Cohosh -$4
Blackberry, Apache -$7
Blackberry, Natchez -$7
Bloodroot -$4
Blue Cohosh -$4
Blueberry, Berkeley -$7
Blueberry, Rabbiteye Southern Appalachian Selection -$5
Boysenberry -$5
Boysenberry, -$5
Choke Berry, -$5
Dewberry, -$5
Dogwood, Kousa -$5
Elderberry, -$5
Farkleberry, -$5
Fig, Chicago Hardy [potted] -$6
Goji Berry, Phoenix Tears [potted] -$5
Gooseberry, Jeanne [potted] -$5
Grape, Concord -$5
Honeyberry, Czech 17 & Indigo Treat (Sold in pairs only for pollination) [potted] -$12
Hops, Cascade -$8
Huckleberry -$5
Jewelweed -$4
Kiwi, Cordifolia (female) & 74-32 (male) (Sold in a pair only for pollination) [potted] -$8
Lingon Berry, New Farm & Erntedank (Sold in pairs only for pollination) [potted] -$12
Loganberry -$7
Plum, Chickasaw -$5
Raspberry, Black, Jewel -$5
Raspberry, Gold, Fallgold -$5
Raspberry, Purple, Royalty -$5
Raspberry, Red, Autumn Bliss -$5
Raspberry, Red, Heritage -$5
Sassafras -$5
Serviceberry -$5
Solomon Seal -$4
Sourwood -$5
Strawberries, Everbearing, Seascape – 10 for $7
Strawberries, Junebearing, Honeoye – 10 for $7
Sweet Shrub (aka. Allspice) -$5
Yellowroot -$4
https://www.facebook.com/events/2208214459427823/
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The Watauga Riverkeeper and MountainTrue are combating sediment erosion in our local waterways. Sediment is a major polluter in our river basin, clogging fish and aquatic habitats, increasing water temperatures, and transporting toxic substances. We are helping to reduce the amount of sediment that flows into our rivers by planting live-stakes along eroding riverbanks. These stakes will grow into trees that will stabilize the sides of the rivers and creeks where we plant them, and will reduce the overall amount of sediment getting into the river. So, come hop in a boat, or wade and help us reduce erosion along our local rivers!
https://www.facebook.com/events/384099275490165/
10 AM for kids 5 and under; 12 – 3 PM for all
Carnival games, inflatables, costume parade, music, and fun for everyone! New this year: Mordechi Mud with HighTouch HighTech and Minute to Win It Games! Eat hamentaschen, read the story of Purim, buy mischloach manot bags, bring donations for the JFS food pantry. You can fulfill all four of the mitzvot for Purim here.
Admission is free with tickets for activities and food available for purchase.
Proceeds benefit the Shalom Children’s Center. Contact [email protected] for more information.
11:30 am: singing and costume parade with Penny
1:30 pm: singing and costume parade with Seth
Hamentaschen can be pre-ordered by contacting [email protected] for $1 a piece, or $10 for a dozen. Raspberry, Chocolate, Poppy, Apricot and Prune are available. Hamentaschen will also be for sale on Wedn. March 20th in the JCC lobby.
https://www.facebook.com/events/382974639156415/
Inflatables, carnival games, costume parades and HTHT booth with hands-on science experiments!
https://www.facebook.com/events/287509005292359/
Description: 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/267246603967105/?event_time_id=267246687300430
Join us as we make your St. Patrick’s Day Fun! We will have music from your very own local musician Leeda “Lyric” Jones, Airstream open for cocktails, brunch specials and more!
https://www.facebook.com/events/297787260894154/
CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and, of course, classic internet powerhouses. The 70-minute-reel of cat videos is family-friendly and can be enjoyed by anyone.
CatVideoFest is a joyous communal experience, only available in theaters, and raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local cat charities, animal welfare organizations, and shelters to best serve cats in the area.
Tickets sell out fast so grab yours today!
2 Shows!
Sat 3/16 at 11AM and 11:15 ***SOLD OUT
***Show Added Sat 3/16 at 11:30am***
Sun, 3/17 at 11 AM ***Sold Out***
**Show added Sunday at 11:15am***
All Tickets $10
A portion of the proceeds benefit the
Asheville Cat Weirdos Emergency Fund
Buy Tickets Now at the Box Office or Online
https://www.facebook.com/events/286500005354078/?event_time_id=286500008687411
CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and, of course, classic internet powerhouses. The 70-minute-reel of cat videos is family-friendly and can be enjoyed by anyone.
CatVideoFest is a joyous communal experience, only available in theaters, and raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local cat charities, animal welfare organizations, and shelters to best serve cats in the area.
Tickets sell out fast so grab yours today!
2 Shows!
Sat 3/16 at 11AM and 11:15 ***SOLD OUT
***Show Added Sat 3/16 at 11:30am***
Sun, 3/17 at 11 AM ***Sold Out***
**Show added Sunday at 11:15am***
All Tickets $10
A portion of the proceeds benefit the
Asheville Cat Weirdos Emergency Fund
Buy Tickets Now at the Box Office or Online
https://www.facebook.com/events/286500005354078/