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.
Thursday, March
2, 2023
Firelight Hearth and Patio is Asheville’s premier retailer for indoor and outdoor living. For inside the home, they specialize in wood and gas fireplaces and stoves, with over 30 live burn displays. For outside, they offer a full array of premium patio furniture and grills.
Feel free to bring a gift to be raffled off as door prizes towards the end of the evening. Bring your business cards for networking and a chance to win a Breeo Smokeless Wood Burning Fire Pit ($399 Value) courtesy of Firelight Hearth & Home. Catering will be provided by Everyday Gourmet.
There is limited parking at the business. Additional over flow parking can be found at the Asheville Tourist Parking Lot right around the corner (about a two block walk) on McCormick Place and Buchanan Ave.
This event is offered as a benefit for Chamber membership. We welcome you to come and check us out! Please contact Jessica Kanupp, our Member Development Specialist, at [email protected] if you’re considering a Chamber membership.
Friday, March
3, 2023
| Grab your colleagues, your friends, even your family, and celebrate workplace wellness in this fun 5k. You might walk every step or sprint to the finish – either way we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register by April 2 for early registration rates, and by April 16 to get your race shirt.
Join us for free trainings starting March 21st
Hosted by the YMCA of Western North Carolina
Tuesdays starting March 21st • 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Asheville Chamber parking lot top level (36 Montford Ave.)
• Open to everyone: share this info with co-workers or another business and encourage them to join a training.
• All fitness levels welcome: from first-time 5k walkers to active runners who want to improve. |
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The Chamber Challenge is designed to promote community wellness through friendly competition between businesses in the Asheville area. Encourage your co-workers, family and friends to participate. Whether you walk every step or sprint to the finish, we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register for the 2023 Chamber Challenge
Register by April 16th for your free race shirt. After April 16th, limited quantities of shirts may be available for $10.
Registration fee:
$35 – Early Registration until April 2rd
$40 – April 3-30
$45 – Late Registration May 1-5
Please join us in the Ground Breaking Ceremony of Bullington Gardens, a nonprofit botanical garden in Hendersonville, NC. Their mission is to connect children and adults with natural world through science based horticultural education; to demonstrate the beauty of plants, and to enhance life skills for those with challenges through horticultural therapy.
This Ground Breaking Ceremony is to thank donors who gave funding for the new parking lot, Perry Rudnick Foundation/Community Foundation of Henderson County.
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Saturday, March
4, 2023
| Grab your colleagues, your friends, even your family, and celebrate workplace wellness in this fun 5k. You might walk every step or sprint to the finish – either way we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register by April 2 for early registration rates, and by April 16 to get your race shirt.
Join us for free trainings starting March 21st
Hosted by the YMCA of Western North Carolina
Tuesdays starting March 21st • 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Asheville Chamber parking lot top level (36 Montford Ave.)
• Open to everyone: share this info with co-workers or another business and encourage them to join a training.
• All fitness levels welcome: from first-time 5k walkers to active runners who want to improve. |
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The Chamber Challenge is designed to promote community wellness through friendly competition between businesses in the Asheville area. Encourage your co-workers, family and friends to participate. Whether you walk every step or sprint to the finish, we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register for the 2023 Chamber Challenge
Register by April 16th for your free race shirt. After April 16th, limited quantities of shirts may be available for $10.
Registration fee:
$35 – Early Registration until April 2rd
$40 – April 3-30
$45 – Late Registration May 1-5
Sunday, March
5, 2023
| Grab your colleagues, your friends, even your family, and celebrate workplace wellness in this fun 5k. You might walk every step or sprint to the finish – either way we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register by April 2 for early registration rates, and by April 16 to get your race shirt.
Join us for free trainings starting March 21st
Hosted by the YMCA of Western North Carolina
Tuesdays starting March 21st • 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Asheville Chamber parking lot top level (36 Montford Ave.)
• Open to everyone: share this info with co-workers or another business and encourage them to join a training.
• All fitness levels welcome: from first-time 5k walkers to active runners who want to improve. |
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The Chamber Challenge is designed to promote community wellness through friendly competition between businesses in the Asheville area. Encourage your co-workers, family and friends to participate. Whether you walk every step or sprint to the finish, we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register for the 2023 Chamber Challenge
Register by April 16th for your free race shirt. After April 16th, limited quantities of shirts may be available for $10.
Registration fee:
$35 – Early Registration until April 2rd
$40 – April 3-30
$45 – Late Registration May 1-5
Tuesday, March
7, 2023
Every woman is a leader, whether established or growing your leadership skills. This breakfast, organized by the ATHENA of Henderson County Award committee is a fantastic opportunity to explore your own development as a leader, no matter where you are at on your journey.
The program consists of a panelist of three women who will be sharing personal stories of their own leadership struggles and triumphs. We are pleased to have Stacy Fields, Pauline Carpenter, and Adriana Chavela.
Conversations will happen, lives will be touched, leaders will be inspired, and friendships will be formed as we take time for personal introspection and table discussion structured around the eight ATHENA leadership principles.
This breakfast is Presented by:
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Wednesday, March
8, 2023
The YPHC’s Monthly Social offers a chance for those professionals under 40 to meet through a laid-back networking opportunity. Months will rotate with guest speakers and professional development opportunities as well. Join us each month at Dry Falls Brewing Co.
*Participation is limited to those under 40*
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Friday, March
10, 2023
Enjoy a more productive day by meeting prospective customers at the start of your day. You may find a strong referral source, a new vendor, the perfect client, or simply get a foot in the door for connecting again later at another Chamber event. AM Power Hour is great if you are an early-bird or can’t make our after-hours networking events.
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If you missed the first Kick off Business Success in 2023 with a Plan, you are in luck! Gary Heisey, author of the Success Planning Template will be back to assist you in creating your success plan. This new “custom” business success planning template, based on industry best practices, makes it easier and faster to create a success plan for 2023.
Have a question about using the Success Planning Template or want to learn more about it, the seminar helps local businesses face new challenges and have focuses in 2023 ranging from business: start-up, growth, and sustainability, scaling-up, turnaround, succession, or selling a business.
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Saturday, March
11, 2023
| Grab your colleagues, your friends, even your family, and celebrate workplace wellness in this fun 5k. You might walk every step or sprint to the finish – either way we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register by April 2 for early registration rates, and by April 16 to get your race shirt.
Join us for free trainings starting March 21st
Hosted by the YMCA of Western North Carolina
Tuesdays starting March 21st • 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Asheville Chamber parking lot top level (36 Montford Ave.)
• Open to everyone: share this info with co-workers or another business and encourage them to join a training.
• All fitness levels welcome: from first-time 5k walkers to active runners who want to improve. |
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The Chamber Challenge is designed to promote community wellness through friendly competition between businesses in the Asheville area. Encourage your co-workers, family and friends to participate. Whether you walk every step or sprint to the finish, we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register for the 2023 Chamber Challenge
Register by April 16th for your free race shirt. After April 16th, limited quantities of shirts may be available for $10.
Registration fee:
$35 – Early Registration until April 2rd
$40 – April 3-30
$45 – Late Registration May 1-5
Sunday, March
12, 2023
| Grab your colleagues, your friends, even your family, and celebrate workplace wellness in this fun 5k. You might walk every step or sprint to the finish – either way we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register by April 2 for early registration rates, and by April 16 to get your race shirt.
Join us for free trainings starting March 21st
Hosted by the YMCA of Western North Carolina
Tuesdays starting March 21st • 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Asheville Chamber parking lot top level (36 Montford Ave.)
• Open to everyone: share this info with co-workers or another business and encourage them to join a training.
• All fitness levels welcome: from first-time 5k walkers to active runners who want to improve. |
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The Chamber Challenge is designed to promote community wellness through friendly competition between businesses in the Asheville area. Encourage your co-workers, family and friends to participate. Whether you walk every step or sprint to the finish, we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register for the 2023 Chamber Challenge
Register by April 16th for your free race shirt. After April 16th, limited quantities of shirts may be available for $10.
Registration fee:
$35 – Early Registration until April 2rd
$40 – April 3-30
$45 – Late Registration May 1-5
Monday, March
13, 2023
| Grab your colleagues, your friends, even your family, and celebrate workplace wellness in this fun 5k. You might walk every step or sprint to the finish – either way we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register by April 2 for early registration rates, and by April 16 to get your race shirt.
Join us for free trainings starting March 21st
Hosted by the YMCA of Western North Carolina
Tuesdays starting March 21st • 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Asheville Chamber parking lot top level (36 Montford Ave.)
• Open to everyone: share this info with co-workers or another business and encourage them to join a training.
• All fitness levels welcome: from first-time 5k walkers to active runners who want to improve. |
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The Chamber Challenge is designed to promote community wellness through friendly competition between businesses in the Asheville area. Encourage your co-workers, family and friends to participate. Whether you walk every step or sprint to the finish, we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register for the 2023 Chamber Challenge
Register by April 16th for your free race shirt. After April 16th, limited quantities of shirts may be available for $10.
Registration fee:
$35 – Early Registration until April 2rd
$40 – April 3-30
$45 – Late Registration May 1-5
Each year, PSABC presents awards to outstanding projects and individuals that further our goals of historic preservation in Asheville and Buncombe County. Nominations for the 2022 Griffin Awards are open until March 17th for individuals, companies and organizations in the following categories:
- Restoration
- Rehabilitation
- Adaptive Re-use
- In-fill Construction in Historic and Traditional Neighborhoods
- Research, Publication and Education
- Stewardship
- Preservation
Tuesday, March
14, 2023
Topic: Start-up Assistance
A business plan is a key tool for making your business successful– to identify where you excel, where you need to adjust, and where you need support. In Part 1 of this course, we will introduce a Business Plan Workbook. You will learn tools for reviewing your Executive Summary, Products and Services and your Business Description. A business plan is also vital if you are seeking loans or funding for your endeavor.
Speaker(s):
Co-Sponsor(s): The Western Women’s Business Center, Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Please join the Chamber to celebrate the Grand Opening of Fastests Labs!
Fastest Labs is an Asheville based lab company that assists in drug and alcohol testing as well as DNA paternity testing. They can test soil and water and offer policy creation as well as background testing. Fastest Labs is a rapic on site test center with no appointments needed.
Please join us for small bites, a tour of the facility and to learn more about Fastest Labs.
What they should have taught us in school!
Network and learn about local investing, risk, debt, budgeting, and entrepreneurship.
Free to attend, space is limited.
The Community Financial Education Course is a monthly resource for the greater Asheville area to help empower small businesses and families with the information and resources they need to create financial wellness on any level.
Topics will include Financial Literacy, Community Investing, Understanding Taxes, Debt Strategies, and Entrepreneurship, including a Q&A session with a variety of financial professionals.
Presenters Include
Joel Skene – Host of The Mindful Marketplace and Owner of The Skene Agency Inc.
Michael Diettrich-Chastain – Author, Coach, and CEO of Arc Integrated
Justin Sheaffer – Risk Management at Consolidated Planning
Joel Edelson – Debt Elimination Specialist at Symmetry Financial Group
Alex Cardona – Host of The Golden Key Radio Show and CEO of Cardona Business Solutions
Wednesday, March
15, 2023
Each year, PSABC presents awards to outstanding projects and individuals that further our goals of historic preservation in Asheville and Buncombe County. Nominations for the 2022 Griffin Awards are open until March 17th for individuals, companies and organizations in the following categories:
- Restoration
- Rehabilitation
- Adaptive Re-use
- In-fill Construction in Historic and Traditional Neighborhoods
- Research, Publication and Education
- Stewardship
- Preservation
Please join the Chamber to celebrate the Grand Opening of WNC’s first co- warehouse, Ernest- Ready Made Warehouse!
What is co-warehousing? It’s sort of like co-working, but in warehouse form. Ernest allows you to outgrow the garage and work in a workspace of your own, in concert with other entrepreneurs, but without the overhead. It’s a place to fill orders, accept a pallet, take product photography for your site, have a meeting in a private conference room, or just post up with your laptop and a cup of coffee in a clean, comfortable, shared coworking space. It’s kind of like a subscription to a warehouse. (Conference rooms, meeting spaces, and photo studio available for day rentals)
Ernest will be sharing the spotlight with a new entrepreneur Brad Currin in Western North Carolina. He is a US Army Veteran and Owner of FCI Floors where they bring the mobile show room to you.
There will be tours of the space and the opportunity to chat with other members. Light bites and drinks provided.
Directions: Located off exit 51 of I40 on Sweeten Creek Road. Plenty of parking available in shared lot with Devil’s Foot Beverage.
Do you want to connect with local talent and opportunities in the Asheville Startup community? Are you a startup that needs talent or do you have talent to pitch? Join us at Talent Jam presented by Venture Asheville! We’re looking forward to seeing you there! In the meantime, we encourage you to watch a few videos designed to help you prepare for a dynamic Talent Jam experience.
Please note:
I Need Talent pitches are reserved for local companies hiring for themselves. This event is not for headhunters, recruiters, franchisors, or similar.
I Have Talent pitches are reserved for local individuals seeking employment and work opportunities. This event is not for consultants, coaches, trainers or similar. If you are unsure if you qualify, just send us an email and we’ll figure it out together.
Tickets are required so be sure to choose the right one when you register.
General Admission – $10 each – no pitching (from the stage)
I Have Talent, Pitch Ticket – $15 each – only 15 spots available, one minute to pitch from the stage
I Need Talent, Pitch Ticket – $20 each – only 15 spots available, one minute to pitch from the stage
Thursday, March
16, 2023
Please join The Chamber at White Labs Kitchen & Tap for a panel discussion on the Economic Impact of Sports.
The panel will include representatives from the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission and local business owners.
Registration is Required, limited seating.
Policy on Tap is the Chamber’s quarterly discussion series highlighting topics that matter to our business community with insights shared by key leaders and experts.
Friday, March
17, 2023
Each year, PSABC presents awards to outstanding projects and individuals that further our goals of historic preservation in Asheville and Buncombe County. Nominations for the 2022 Griffin Awards are open until March 17th for individuals, companies and organizations in the following categories:
- Restoration
- Rehabilitation
- Adaptive Re-use
- In-fill Construction in Historic and Traditional Neighborhoods
- Research, Publication and Education
- Stewardship
- Preservation
Saturday, March
18, 2023
| Grab your colleagues, your friends, even your family, and celebrate workplace wellness in this fun 5k. You might walk every step or sprint to the finish – either way we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register by April 2 for early registration rates, and by April 16 to get your race shirt.
Join us for free trainings starting March 21st
Hosted by the YMCA of Western North Carolina
Tuesdays starting March 21st • 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Asheville Chamber parking lot top level (36 Montford Ave.)
• Open to everyone: share this info with co-workers or another business and encourage them to join a training.
• All fitness levels welcome: from first-time 5k walkers to active runners who want to improve. |
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The Chamber Challenge is designed to promote community wellness through friendly competition between businesses in the Asheville area. Encourage your co-workers, family and friends to participate. Whether you walk every step or sprint to the finish, we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register for the 2023 Chamber Challenge
Register by April 16th for your free race shirt. After April 16th, limited quantities of shirts may be available for $10.
Registration fee:
$35 – Early Registration until April 2rd
$40 – April 3-30
$45 – Late Registration May 1-5
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Along the Chattooga River, the states of NC, SC, and GA intersect. From conflicts between Cherokees and white settlers, to the Walton War between Georgia and North Carolina over their boundaries, this area has seen its share of strife and political challenges. Surveyor Andrew Ellicott initially settled the conflict and placed a marker along the bank of the river in 1811. But eventually his work was challenged by the more precise “Governor’s Rock” a few years afterward. As late as the 1970s though, NC and GA once again disputed the precise location. Join us as we hike through three states and explore the history of this contested boundary. |
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Sunday, March
19, 2023
| Grab your colleagues, your friends, even your family, and celebrate workplace wellness in this fun 5k. You might walk every step or sprint to the finish – either way we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register by April 2 for early registration rates, and by April 16 to get your race shirt.
Join us for free trainings starting March 21st
Hosted by the YMCA of Western North Carolina
Tuesdays starting March 21st • 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Asheville Chamber parking lot top level (36 Montford Ave.)
• Open to everyone: share this info with co-workers or another business and encourage them to join a training.
• All fitness levels welcome: from first-time 5k walkers to active runners who want to improve. |
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The Chamber Challenge is designed to promote community wellness through friendly competition between businesses in the Asheville area. Encourage your co-workers, family and friends to participate. Whether you walk every step or sprint to the finish, we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register for the 2023 Chamber Challenge
Register by April 16th for your free race shirt. After April 16th, limited quantities of shirts may be available for $10.
Registration fee:
$35 – Early Registration until April 2rd
$40 – April 3-30
$45 – Late Registration May 1-5
The Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness will offer a traditional and simple service of
Choral Evensong on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 4pm in the church.
The service will include prayer as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer, and sung by the
clergy, choir and congregation.
“Evensong is one of the great liturgical traditions of Christianity. This service will be similar to
those celebrated in the Church of England and by Anglican churches around the world,” said Fr.
Josh Stephens, the rector of St. John. “We hope it enriches your journey through Lent as we set
aside this sacred time for evening worship.”
Dialogues between Priest and congregation, Anglican Chant Psalm, ancient canticles sung to
plainsong tones, scripture lessons appointed by the lectionary, prayers, choral anthems and
organ music will be a part of this meditative Mid-Lenten Friends of Music offering.
The public is invited to come and worship with the parishioners of St. John for this special
offering.
The service will include prayer as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer, and sung by the
clergy, choir and congregation.
“Evensong is one of the great liturgical traditions of Christianity. This service will be similar to
those celebrated in the Church of England and by Anglican churches around the world,” said Fr.
Josh Stephens, the rector of St. John. “We hope it enriches your journey through Lent as we set
aside this sacred time for evening worship.”
Dialogues between Priest and congregation, Anglican Chant Psalm, ancient canticles sung to
plainsong tones, scripture lessons appointed by the lectionary, prayers, choral anthems and
organ music will be a part of this meditative Mid-Lenten Friends of Music offering.
The public is invited to come and worship with the parishioners of St. John for this special
offering.
Tuesday, March
21, 2023
| Grab your colleagues, your friends, even your family, and celebrate workplace wellness in this fun 5k. You might walk every step or sprint to the finish – either way we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register by April 2 for early registration rates, and by April 16 to get your race shirt.
Join us for free trainings starting March 21st
Hosted by the YMCA of Western North Carolina
Tuesdays starting March 21st • 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Asheville Chamber parking lot top level (36 Montford Ave.)
• Open to everyone: share this info with co-workers or another business and encourage them to join a training.
• All fitness levels welcome: from first-time 5k walkers to active runners who want to improve. |
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The Chamber Challenge is designed to promote community wellness through friendly competition between businesses in the Asheville area. Encourage your co-workers, family and friends to participate. Whether you walk every step or sprint to the finish, we know you’re up to the challenge!
Register for the 2023 Chamber Challenge
Register by April 16th for your free race shirt. After April 16th, limited quantities of shirts may be available for $10.
Registration fee:
$35 – Early Registration until April 2rd
$40 – April 3-30
$45 – Late Registration May 1-5
Located on the second floor of our building downtown Asheville, North Carolina, Cowork at Center for Craft provides space for creative entrepreneurs and small businesses to work alongside each other while building community.
We have one private office available as well as our more flexible desk spaces! If you are local to Asheville or planning to relocate here soon, visit our page to learn about our plans and schedule a tour.
Some perks of being a Coworker in our space include strong and reliable internet, mail service, monthly conference room credits, complimentary color printing, a full kitchen, and access to a wide network of creative professionals.
Ways to Cowork
Private Office
$500–$1200
- Unlimited access during extended hours
- Direct fiber internet
- 14 hrs/month of conference room usage
- Unlimited access during extended hours
- Dedicated desk space & storage
- 10 hrs/month of conference room usage
- Unlimited access during standard hours
- Shared desk space
- 6 hrs/month of conference room usage
- Access 10 days/month during standard hours
- Shared desk space
- 3 hrs/month of conference room usage
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Please join us for the Ribbon Cutting and Ground Breaking Ceremony of Bullington Gardens.
Bullington Gardens is a nonprofit botanical garden in Hendersonville, NC, their mission is to connect children and adults with natural world through science based horticultural education; to demonstrate the beauty of plants, and to enhance life skills for those with challenges through horticultural therapy.
This Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is to thank donors who gave funding for the new restrooms, Tourism Development Authority, Mary Louise Corn, Ray & Judith McKenzie and Wheels in the Woods Foundation.
This Ground Breaking Ceremony is to thank donors who gave funding for the new parking lot, Perry Rudnick Foundation/Community Foundation of Henderson County.
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Wednesday, March
22, 2023
Located on the second floor of our building downtown Asheville, North Carolina, Cowork at Center for Craft provides space for creative entrepreneurs and small businesses to work alongside each other while building community.
We have one private office available as well as our more flexible desk spaces! If you are local to Asheville or planning to relocate here soon, visit our page to learn about our plans and schedule a tour.
Some perks of being a Coworker in our space include strong and reliable internet, mail service, monthly conference room credits, complimentary color printing, a full kitchen, and access to a wide network of creative professionals.
Ways to Cowork
Private Office
$500–$1200
- Unlimited access during extended hours
- Direct fiber internet
- 14 hrs/month of conference room usage
- Unlimited access during extended hours
- Dedicated desk space & storage
- 10 hrs/month of conference room usage
- Unlimited access during standard hours
- Shared desk space
- 6 hrs/month of conference room usage
- Access 10 days/month during standard hours
- Shared desk space
- 3 hrs/month of conference room usage
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