Calendar of Events

Join Nuthin Fancy for a good time New Years Eve party! $10 ticket includes midnight champagne for toasting.

https://www.facebook.com/events/208357633395715/

This New Year’s join us as we bring the tradition of the Venetian Carnival to the Paris of the South with Capella on 9’s Midnight Masquerade. Take in sweeping views of our fair city while enjoying our dueling DJs, hors d’oeuvres, and a welcome cocktail by Asheville’s own Chemist Gin. We’ll toast to 2019 at midnight with a complimentary champagne toast. Dress to impress and wear your festive masquerade mask for a night in disguise. Doors open at 9 pm.

The first 100 tickets are available at $55 and will then increase to $75 so be sure to get your tickets early.

Included with the cost of the ticket:

– Welcome Cocktail
– A donation to the Asheville Fire Fighters Association.
– Door Prizes
– Dueling DJs
– Champagne Toast

https://www.facebook.com/events/296894470947545/

CLUB NEON: NYE Freakout #13!!
at The Mothlight on Haywood Rd in West Asheville

The Mothlight is being transformed into CLUB NEON for NYE!
Lights / Projections / Dancers / Photo Booth / Visuals /+so much more!

DJs
Lil Meow Meow
Debbie Fred
Abu Disarray
Bridal Parti Burcardi
+VJ JSF

https://www.facebook.com/events/321127771820042/

Join us for our annual New Years Eve throwdown featuring DJ Billy Masters, Free Champagne Toast, party favors, fun drink specials, and NO COVER CHARGE!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/298382130794724/

Join Gypsy Swing:30 for our wide musical variety as 2018 fades out of sight and 2019 begins!

https://www.facebook.com/events/274900773165224/

NYE 2018-19 party with HUSTLE SOULS at ONE WORLD WEST in West Asheville, NC $5

https://www.facebook.com/events/1121179094705305/

Countdown to 2019 at Asheville’s Premier Rooftop Bar.

Tickets are $125 per person and include: 3 drinks of your choice, 2 small plates, 1 midnight champagne toast, and NYE party favors!

This is a capped event and space is limited.

https://www.facebook.com/events/270677790299598/

Ring in the New Year at The Purple Onion in Saluda!!!

New Year’s Eve Dinner & Countdown Celebration
with The Get Right Band
Admission $30
8:00 – 12:30
Admission includes music, party favors and a champagne toast at midnight.

Call for dinner reservations and tickets. Seating is limited and fills up quickly, so make your reservations soon. The menu will feature a selection of a la carte tapas.

All dinner reservations in the main room with the stage will be at community tables to allow more space for dancing. Our adjoining room is available for guests that prefer a quieter option or their own table.

The Get Right Band
www.thegetrightband.com
www.facebook.com/thegetrightband
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l3ryaxhjNk

“The Get Right Band are the type of performers that you just know will break out. Their songs are infectious and take you immediately to a very happy place. The lyrics are smart and bear weight.”

-The Huffington Post

THE GET RIGHT BAND is “hip-shaking, earthquaking pure funk fun” (The Alternate Root). They are one of Relix Magazine’s “On The Verge” picks, Home Grown Music Network’s 2015 “Best New Band of the Year,” and were voted “Best Progressive Band” in Western North Carolina by Mountain Xpress readers. Combining catchy, clever, honest songwriting with musical expertise and fearless improvisation, the live show promises to move your head, heart, and hips.

GRB has performed on the famed World Cafe, a nationally syndicated NPR show, and has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Everclear, Rusted Root, Dr. Dog, Ozomatli, Smash Mouth, Victor Wooten Band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Boyd Tinsley (of Dave Matthews Band), Martin Barre (of Jethro Tull), Badfish, Turkuaz, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, Mike Dillon Band, and many more.

“Tight and diverse jams and a distinctive, intellectual but accessible worldview.”

-Live For Live Music

The band is built on the musical brotherhood that guitarist/vocalist Silas Durocher and bassist Jesse Gentry have formed playing music together since middle school. Durocher, who is a trained composer and has been commissioned to write for symphonies and chamber groups, possesses guitar chops that can soothe or rage and a charismatic swagger as a frontman and a singer. “Durocher has an impressive range and rich clarity to his vocals—think a more soulful Dan Auerbach” (Connect Savannah). Gentry’s virtuosic bass playing “catapults from elastic to nasty” (The Mountain Xpress). With the addition of Jian-Claude Mears, a drummer with “precision, passion, and an inescapable momentum” (Live For Live Music), the group’s sound has become an unstoppable force. They have been wowing audiences around the country and the Caribbean since their inception in 2011 with an unparalleled live show and a relentless tour schedule.

“I love this song!”
-Marc Maron, of WTF podcast

https://www.facebook.com/events/489808654873328/

Join us for a fun night and bring in the New Year with all your favorite people. Champagne toast at Midnight, Balloon Drop with prizes, party favors, and A MASQUERADE BALL!! What better way to rock in the new year than with Contagious!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2214292185452446/

$15 Advance / $20 Day of Show

New Years Eve with Yarn and Josh Shilling performing an entire set of Yarn’s music along with selections from the The Band’s The Last Waltz. Taylor Martin will open

Dinner reservations are available in the Dining Room and Lounge

Main Stage Standing/Dancing Show: , limited seating available in the balcony will be first come first serve.

https://www.facebook.com/events/309380969895760/

Come celebrate New Years eve with us in style at 185… Featuring “Schnoz and The Transylvania All-Stars…. Blake Anthony Ellege, John Trufant, Spencer Williamson, Jim Leatherwood, Matt Gardner, Mike Green, Christopher Whitmire, Chris Alley, Naren Schoenacher, Paul Connolly, Paula Patane, Jessie Connolly and Many More!!! Last show of the year so bring your dancing shoes!!! FREE SHOW

https://www.facebook.com/events/941313552731332/

Join us to ring in 2019 with friends new and old at cozy Rustic Grape!
Celebrate and mingle over wine, dessert or a holiday cheese & charcuterie board and the silky smooth sounds of local favorite Juan Holladay! (free) Grab a party favor and a complimentary bubbles toast at midnight to welcome the new year.

Glam it up with a decadent flight of 3 sparkling wines paired with 3 house made confections. Space and quantities are limited, RESERVE your seat by purchasing a flight ticket in advance on Eventbrite.

https://www.facebook.com/events/779984422359489/

Ring in the new year with A Social Function upstairs in the Century Room at Packs Tavern in Downtown Asheville!
$10 at the door
Music starts at 9pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/2250921955130457/

Stompalchia! Come spend New Year’s Eve with us. It will be a Mighty, Mighty fine time!

https://www.facebook.com/events/604703703305087/

Ring in the NEW YEAR with a positive vibe and REGGAE INFINITY!
Drink specials all night and a delicious Caribbean catered buffet from Wadadli Dessert Oasis!

WHERE: THE BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St, 28801
WHEN: Monday December 31, 2018
TIME: 9pm
GENRE: reggae
AGES: 21+
SEATS: standing/dancing room
TICKETS: $15 general admission, $12 per plate of Caribbean catered buffet from Wadadli Dessert Oasis.

WEB LISTING: http://theblockoffbiltmore.com/index.php/event/nye

“ReggaeInfinity”:

HEAR SOME MUSIC: www.reverbnation.com/reggaeinfinity
SEE A VIDEO: https://youtu.be/h-nLBjwdyt4

ReggaeInfinity plays original, authentic Roots Reggae!

Though based in Columbia, SC, band members hail from various Caribbean Islands plus the US. With a firm spiritual foundation, these talented musicians and singers are dedicated to sharing the message of Roots Reggae and believe strongly in advancing equality, justice, consciousness, brotherhood and universal love. Band members are seasoned, professional musicians and have been playing together for approximately 7 years. Some band members also tour with international headliners during ReggaeInfinity’s down time.

The heart and soul of ReggaeInfinity is its leader Ras B. Born and raised in Butler’s Village, Nevis, W.I., he is mainly self taught when it comes to music. Proficient at drums, bass and keyboards; Ras B writes most of the band’s original music and lyrics as well as putting together the arrangements. Aside from performing with ReggaeInfinity, Ras B has played with many legendary Reggae artists including The Meditations, Haile Maskel (The Rastafarians), Johnny Osbourne, Brigadier Jerry, Admiral Tibet, Harry Mo, Inner Visions and Mystic Vibrations. He is currently working on a 2nd ReggaeInfinity CD.

ReggaeInfinity’s music is suitable for all ages and will have all ages up and dancing to the word, sound and power that is Roots Reggae.

https://www.facebook.com/events/525655061179930/

Pop bottles and celebrate New Year’s Eve and the final night of Timo’s House with DJ Deacon and DJ Drew.

Music Starts @ 9pm
Hip Hop, R&B, Throwbacks, EDM, Trap, and Top 40.

Age: 21+ event

https://www.facebook.com/events/338981110015264/

River Whyless – New Year’s Eve Show
Show: 9pm
Doors: 8pm
$25 – $30
Ages 18+

Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/river-whyless-2/

For many bands, and especially those who’ve been together for several years, recognizing maturation, progress or palpable evolution is a daunting task. Is it continued creative accomplishment that signals progression? Or perhaps it’s profitable commercial endeavors? The answer is often quite unclear. Six years, two albums and countless gigs after first forming as a band, River Whyless, the North Carolina-bred folk-rock outfit has discovered their evolution is a subtler albeit monumentally important one. Deep in the throes of writing and recording their bold new album, Kindness, A Rebel , the four musicians reached a necessary and collective understanding. Namely: this band is their lifeblood, their family and their love. To that end, with unspoken acceptance, the members of River Whyless, each songwriters in their own right, collectively put aside their respective egos, coalesced around each other’s creative vision, and fully embraced the beauty of their enduring partnership.

“It was a feeling of openness and hope and acceptance,” says singer-violinist Halli Anderson of the multi-week sessions with producer Paul Butler (Devendra Banhart, Michael Kiwanuka) that resulted in some of River Whyless’ most dynamic, genre-bending and heartfelt material yet. Creatives regularly waver between honoring their own creation and rallying around larger ideas for the benefit of the group. But with every member of River Whyless now charting a life outside the band, and also writing on their own, when coming together to record Kindness it was never more crucial they be open and honest with each other.

Despite having never felt more unified in their vision for the future, much as they’ve navigated their freewheeling career to date, River Whyless is choosing to not predict what lies ahead. Allowing their creative union to continue guiding them, they insist, remains their only constant. “It feels like you’re on a journey with your family,” McWalters says of the satisfaction of being in a band like River Whyless. “It’s a beautiful thing.”

www.riverwhyless.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUv4VHwaqz4

https://www.facebook.com/events/215158922522797/

Come join myself and Gavin Glover as we play through the night and into the New Year.

https://www.facebook.com/events/385283358874665/

*** SOLD OUT ***

NEW YEAR’S EVE with Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band and Natural Born Leaders at The Grey Eagle
All Ages! $20adv/$25dos

https://www.facebook.com/events/499322183881156/

Join us for the 3rd Annual ‘Ball in the Hal’l with The Grass Is Dead!! As alwasy we’ve got a VERY special show planned for our favorite city and favorite venue to play at!! Can’t wait to see all of ya’ll in the HALL!!!

Genre: Bluegrass/Grateful Dead
Tickets: $20.00
Show: 10PM (Doors: 9PM)
Ages: 21+

The Grass Is Dead

What’s in a name? Sometimes, everything… Grass is Dead are a bluegrass combo paying homage to the music and cultural legacy of The Grateful Dead, arguably America’s first folk rock band and one of the most influential musical artists of the last 50 years. The catalogue of the Dead’s music is a gold mine for string bands and story tellers, and Grass Is Dead have established themselves far and wide as premiere purveyors of this rich tradition of Americana music. Pickin’ and grinnin’ is what they do best, and they have been adapting Grateful Dead songs in their own bluegrass style since 1998.

A festival favorite, Grass is Dead has built a loyal following from their home state of FL throughout the Eastern United States through burning live shows, and well beyond, through word of mouth, social media and old fashioned taper trees. The demand for Grateful Dead music is seemingly endless, and there are countless cover bands satisfying that demand on the local level, but there are not many artists out there approaching the music from the perspective of Grass is Dead. It is not complicated or artsy: this is a straight forward hootenanny built to last, and fans of either bluegrass music, The Grateful Dead, or both always leave happy, because sometimes there’s nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile…

Web: https://www.grassisdead.com/
Video: https://youtu.be/xmnbQpTJXLQ
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2FnpSXiTyRFGgexYnmGOs5

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra

Jonathan Scales is one of the most innovative steel pannists on the planet, and is redefining and challenging traditional expectations of his signature instrument. In his hands, the sonic palette of an instrument often associated with cruise ships and tropical resorts is radically expanded to mimic the role of horns, piano, vibraphone or marimba due to his stunning, virtuosic technique. Scales’ mesmerizing compositions have captivated listeners and elevated him to the status of a true composer, forging new territory in the medium of instrumental music.

Although Scales’ writing produces songs that are ultimately accessible and danceable, the compositions can be remarkably complex and difficult to perform. As a result, the power trio whimsically named Jonathan Scales Fourchestra has always had a fluid lineup top-notch musicians, and even included an “all-star” version with bassist MonoNeon (Prince, Ghost Note), drummer Robert “Sput” Searight (Snarky Puppy, Snoop Dogg) and percussionist Weedie Braimah (Trombone Shorty, Nth Power), as well as a number of other talented marquee value players. Throughout these changes, Scales has demonstrated remarkable perseverance and persistence, a topic that he presented in a TED Talk, while continuing to write and develop his craft and touring the North American and European club and festival circuit—as well as dates in Japan, Central America and The Caribbean. Scales also represented the United States through the Department of State as a musical ambassador in a four week concert tour of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Indonesia in early 2017, an honor for which he was chosen from among three hundred finalists.

Jonathan Scales’ newest release, PILLAR—his sixth album, and fourth release on taste-maker label Ropeadope—is a testament to the grit and tenacity he possesses, while also serving as an introduction of his new, full-time rhythm battery consisting of bassist E’Lon JD and drummer Maison Guidry. These two formidable young lions hold their own in the company of an incredible cast of special guests, including bassists Victor Wooten, Oteil Burbridge and MonoNeon, trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, saxophonist Jeff Coffin, keyboardist Shaun Martin, percussionist Weedie Braimah and banjo pioneer Béla Fleck. It is the inclusion of Béla Fleck on this record that stands out most notably in context of Scales’ own personal story, and in this regard, PILLAR represents a remarkable victory for the music lover inside of the 33-year-old Asheville, NC based artist.

As a young man at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, Jonathan was inspired by the compositions of Béla Fleck, and would often arrive early at Flecktones concerts, hoping to speak with his hero, as memorialized in an early Fourchestra song called “Lurkin’”. Whereas Scales’ talent and creativity could have been focused on other instruments he studied, such as saxophone, he fell in love with the sound of the steel pans. Hearing Béla Fleck’s transformative approach to the banjo had a significant, even reassuring impact on Jonathan, who was already independently seeking to rethink how steel pans could be played and employed in compositions. In fact, Driftwood Magazine made a similar observation, when it wrote that “Scales is to steel pans what Béla Fleck is to the banjo—an über innovator.” Still lurking whenever he could at Flecktones shows, Jonathan was writing his own tasteful, outside-the-box, avant-garde compositions, and independently released his first three albums while performing regionally in the Southeastern U.S.. His band was establishing a reputation as something of an outlier, and attracted the attention of Ropeadope Records, who released Jonathan Scales Fourchestra’s eponymous debut—fully orchestrated with horns and strings—in 2013. The record reached #6 on the iTunes Jazz charts.

Jonathan’s persistence was rewarded when Flecktones members Victor Wooten, Howard Levy, Jeff Coffin and Roy “Futureman” Wooten—the inspiration for the album Mixtape Symphony (Ropeadope)— began to make appearances on recordings and at live shows. Béla Fleck himself was also beginning to take notice: in considering Scales’ 2016 cover of his composition “The Imposter”, he remarked “To say I am impressed would be a gross understatement…”. Scales’ dream-come-true moment happened in June 2016, when he was invited to perform with Béla Fleck & The Flecktones at a large outdoor concert in Richmond, VA. Over the course of these three formative years, Jonathan developed a close bond with Victor Wooten, and has appeared many times as a guest artist at his annual Bass Camp, and in May 2018 he was a featured performer on a Victor Wooten date in North Carolina, sharing the stage with legendary drummer Dennis Chambers in a trio format, as well as performing duets with Wooten.

Bringing the relationship full circle, Béla Fleck’s performance on the song “Focus Poem” serves as something of an affirmation of the young composer’s talent and persistence. PILLAR is a record stacked with world-renowned virtuosos performing at the top of their games, which have inspired and encouraged Jonathan Scales to push forward and ultimately come into his own as an artist. Jonathan himself, deeply honored and humbled by his musical heroes’ appreciation and support of his art, describes the album as a culmination of ten years of dedication and hard work, and “…a soundtrack to loss, focus, perseverance and triumph. Like pillars, we stand strong on unsteady ground, weathering life’s storms. Like pillars, we must sometimes be reconstructed and revitalized to withstand the crushing weight of our own worlds.”

web: http://www.jonscales.com/
vid: https://youtu.be/utFZAsstX_k

https://www.facebook.com/events/169862897230370/

Come ring in 2019 the Mellow Way! We have limited spots available for our exclusive New Year’s VIP Party on our upstairs patio; we have the BEST view of the Ball Drop from the Space Needle. We will have food, drinks, dancing, and an all-around good time!

Doors will open at 10pm with light hors d’oeuvres served for the first hour and a live DJ playing your favorites all night long!

Please send a PM for details!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/200986857446955/

**Free Event**
Put on your dancing shoes for this New Year’s Eve Dance Party featuring Dj Kutzu and beats by ManuKaru!

https://www.facebook.com/events/356420284912169/

Come welcome the new year with us on Dec. 31st!! The party will start rolling at 10:00pm on the dance floor with music from DJ Avel. NO COVER CHARGE! Catawba beers will be pouring and Prosecco splits will be available for a midnight toast!

https://www.facebook.com/events/281155142541328/

$10 Cover. Includes New Year’s Eve party favors and champagne toast.

https://www.facebook.com/events/537829646684202/

Noise on New Years.
Bring it in Right!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/270812736939682/

Come celebrate the New Year with 3 hours of Unlimited Non Redemption Games including our Attractions & Activities! As well as Live Music + Local Brew + Midnight Balloon Drop + VIP space + more! ?

Pricing Info:
$20 GA Package (includes balloon drop, Package mentioned above)
$25 VIP Package (includes GA+ VIP area with snacks, party favors + included!)

Or

$10 No Play Entry

https://www.facebook.com/events/334198480495917/

-BADASS COOL SHIT-
This will for sure be the best tunes and dancin downtown! All vinyl soul and rock ‘n’ roll!! Get here for the countdown!
-NYE, YALL-

https://www.facebook.com/events/581528752307113/

Back at Veda Studios to bring in the New Year with an all night party!
Kri Samadhi
Axis Mundi
Sensoma
Horus
Treffen

$15 cash at the door

https://www.facebook.com/events/353292315213615/

There is still time to get in on the EARLY BIRD pricing for these three great intensives!! Special pricing ends December 29th!!
https://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/webinar-intensives-herbalists-special-early-bird-prices

Coming in January, Dr. Kenneth Proefrock brings us The Edges of Consciousness, a 4-week series starting January 3rd.
Our minds are the most powerful healing tool we possess. Our neurologic architecture is the physical infrastructure that allows our mind/consciousness to project into this world, neurologic inflammation and degeneration is becoming the single biggest threat to the ultimate quality of our lives. We will discuss how the brain changes itself over time, especially in response to large and small injuries and, through case studies, we will discuss strategies for assisting these neurologic changes in order to ensure the best possible outcomes.

In February, Ellen Kamhi will be presenting the Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine, a 3-week series starting February 12
Join Ellen Kamhi PhD RN for a discussion about the ‘inside story’ of how herbs actually work. We will transverse the indigenous traditional use and delve into the depths of scientific validity. Why does berberine kill bacteria without causing the development of resistant strains? How does Red Yeast Rice interfere with cellular pathways to inhibit Co Q 10? Does silymarin up-regulate the P 450 Liver Enzymes to enhance Detoxification? Understand mechanisms of action of how herbs heal, along with possible adverse effects and herb drug interactions. In Session 3 we will investigate ancient beliefs along with scientific inquiry into the HOW and WHY of what many herbalists experience themselves in the Field- Interspecies Communication with Plants.

And in March, Dr. Christopher Hobbs will be discussing Mushroom Medicine, a 4-week series starting March 14th.
Join Dr. Christopher Hobbs author of the ground-breaking book Medicinal Mushrooms (first edition, 1989), for a lively-discussion on all things fungal and healthy! A thorough review of the science and traditional use of the most widely-researched medicinal mushrooms (especially turkey tails, shiitake, cordyceps, lion’s mane, and chaga), based on many years of on-going clinical practice and scientific investigation will be presented. Learn about their current use in modern integrative health care, and in the kitchen as one of the healthiest and most nutritional foods you can eat! Learn how to make mushroom extracts at home for clinical and personal use to maximize healing and nutritional benefits. Discover how mushrooms work to activate our immune responses. Current experience in integrative oncology will be shared, with case reports, effective use, and expected outcomes. A special emphasis on how to collect or purchase fruiting bodies and make the best extracts and preparations. Dr. Hobbs will share some of his favorite recipes and some great traditional recipes for a variety of fungi.

Click this link to learn more about these upcoming intensives, and join us as we explore three amazing topics:
https://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/webinar-intensives-herbalists-special-early-bird-prices

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Open Enrollment for the 2019-2020 School Year begins January 1, 2019 and ends March 29, 2019. Apply online today! Accepting applications for grades 5 – 12.

Apply today! https://www.franklinschoolofinnovation.org/

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