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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Sunday, November 28, 2021
Private Caboose Party
Nov 28 all-day
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

Ride in style on the historic Great Smoky Mountains Railroad aboard your very own restored Caboose. These are great for family reunions, birthday parties, private meetings, corporate field trips or just any time!

Our cabooses accommodate up to 15 people with seating on the main level and in the cupola. (And, remember, babies are people, too!) The cabooses feature heat, private bathrooms, windows that can be opened, and open air vestibules at each end for unobstructed views. Advanced reservations are required and availability of caboose rentals are limited.

A platter of cheese and crackers, and an assortment of 15 bottled Coca-Cola products are included. Plus, the caboose is the only place where you can bring your own food and drink (please, no alcohol) in picnic baskets or coolers.

You can charter the caboose on:

Best value for small groups and private parties up to 15 passengers. Available by phone only. Book now by calling 800-872-4681.

Victoria: The Forgotten Town Walking Tour
Nov 28 all-day
Online w/ Western North Carolina Historical Association
Contained by its larger growing neighbor (Asheville), the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, and the Southern Railway line, the Town of Victoria existed from 1887 until 1905, when it was absorbed into Asheville. The community—which included the Smith-McDowell House and Fernihurst mansion—originally incorporated into a town to prevent unwanted development (particularly from the Vanderbilts).
Bluegrass Brunch
Nov 28 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Jack of the Wood

Jack’s Bluegrass Brunch is every Sunday! Our menu kicks off at 12Noon with live tunes by Supper Break from 1-3pm. Try our $6 Bloody Mary or Mimosa, or grab a $15 Bottles of Champagne & OJ! Try one of our tasty brunch specials or order from our artisanal sandwich menu. Sláinte Y’all!

JAZZ BRUNCH Free · One World West
Nov 28 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
One World West Brewing

JAZZ BRUNCH @ ONE WORLD WEST
EVERY SUNDAY FROM 1:30-4PM
FIRST SET BY THE HOUSE BAND & SECOND SET IS A JAZZ JAM
WEEKLY BRUNCH MENU FROM UMAMI MAMI
A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas
Nov 28 @ 2:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas

A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas

Please note: Proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test and masks will be required at the performance. For more information on our COVID-19 safety protocols, please click here.

The tradition continues on the Rock after going virtual! Bring the whole family to this dazzling holiday celebration, Playhouse-style! An all-new show with the same great spirit and quality, A Playhouse Christmas 2021 will feature many seasonal classics along with several new adaptations and medleys. Showcasing a cast of Flat Rock favorites, this song and dance revue is sure to bring you great holiday joy!

Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session
Nov 28 @ 3:00 pm
Jack of the Wood

 

Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session 

Sundays

1 till who knows when?

Traditional Irish music is kept alive at Jack of the Wood with our unplugged Sunday session.

Jack of the Wood

95 Patton ave

Asheville, NC 28801

(828) 252.5445

http://www.jackofthewood.com/

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride
Nov 28 @ 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is back in 2021! The 1¼ hour round-trip passenger excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot.

JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT
Nov 28 @ 7:00 pm
Peace Concert Hall

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What happens after an artist achieves his dreams? That was the major question Four-time Grammy® Award winner Jason Isbell was asking himself leading up to the creation of his newest album Reunions, recorded with the 400 Unit.

Isbell’s solution: to go back in time with his hard-gained knowledge. Widely acclaimed as one of the best songwriters of his generation, this latest release is a seamless collection of ten new songs that delve into relationships. Over the course of rousing anthems, lyrical standouts, and deeply personal songs, the album offers us an artist at the height of his powers and a band fully charged with creativity and confidence.

Together with the mighty 400 Unit, they have become one of the strongest live acts on the road today.

“One of the finest singer-songwriters working at the intersection of folk, country, and rock today” – NPR Music

“The roots-rocker has consistently proved himself to be one of the best songsmiths in the game” – Entertainment Weekly

“The best lyric writer of my generation.” – John Mayer

The Page Brothers Quartet
Nov 28 @ 7:30 pm
Isis Music Hall--The Main Stage

Twin brothers Andy and Zack Page have been playing music together for over 30 years. Their shared musical experiences and studies result in a unified sound and unusual affinity whenever they share a bandstand. As the Page Brothers Quartet, the brothers are joined by creative, like-minded sidemen who share the desire to present a diverse program of material that honors the jazz tradition while looking to the future.

Come enjoy an evening of live music, food and drinks at the Isis Music Hall. Reservations are highly recommended.

Woody Wood
Nov 28 @ 7:30 pm
White Horse Black Mountain
Woody Wood

Aaron Woody Wood’s story is one steeped in music and tradition. Woody is straight up Appalachian Soul music. Carved from a piece of the NC foothills Rock and Rolled through the Mississippi Delta mud, he’s a cosmic cowboy who represents the powerful soul and energy of American music.

Beginning all the way back in Love Valley, in the Piedmont foothills of North Carolina where the famous Fiddler’s Grove was held, Woody was brought up in a family full of musicians and musical talent. As long as he could remember there was music surrounding his life. Woody’s Father, AL Wood, was an important figure in Contemporary Bluegrass Music throughout the 60’s and 70’s helping define that genre of music alongside bands like ‘Seldom Scene’ and ‘Country Gentlemen’. AL Wood was well respected for his songwriting, tenor singing and banjo playing, putting out records when Bluegrass was just beginning to get popular. Playing at the Grand Ole Opry three times and performing at the White House were among some of the great achievements of AL Wood’s career. Woody’s Mom influenced him through encouraging him to listen to her collection of rock n roll records turning him on to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Rockabilly music.

CAROLINA WALTZ FEAT. JOSH DANIEL + FRIENDS
Nov 28 @ 8:00 pm
Salvage Station

Carolina Waltz

The Carolina Waltz is the premier tribute to The Band’s Last Waltz here in The Carolinas.

Josh Daniel has been paying tribute to The Last Waltz for the past nine years with his annual show in Charlotte, but now the party is getting bigger and better- and we are bringing the show to Asheville’s Salvage Station for the first time!Josh has a stable of musicians that are backing him up and special guests announcements will be shared as we get closer to the show.Come Waltz with us!!A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Feeding the Carolina’s.

Monday, November 29, 2021
AniMonday! Anime Games, Music All Day
Nov 29 @ 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Asheville Retrocade

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Join us for Animoday! Every Monday all day. Listen to anime music, play anime games, watch anime, and talk anime!

Tuesday, November 30, 2021
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride
Nov 30 @ 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is back in 2021! The 1¼ hour round-trip passenger excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot.

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride
Nov 30 @ 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is back in 2021! The 1¼ hour round-trip passenger excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot.

BIG LOVE! FOR LIANA JOY IHDE A GIVING TUESDAY BENEFIT CONCERT
Nov 30 @ 6:00 pm
Salvage Station

BIG LOVE! For Liana Joy Ihde

On Giving Tuesday we have an outpouring of amazing local musicians coming out to show BIG LOVE! for Liana Joy Ihde (13y.o.) who was diagnosed with leukemia a year ago. She has had all the treatment available at Mission Hospital and is now receiving alternative chemo that insurance won’t cover. This Giving Tuesday (November 30th) there will be live music by Radioactive Cows, Moonlight Street Folk, Montford Jazz Band, Brian Felix, Mar & the Marmaladies, and Fwuit and a silent auction to raise money to support the Ihde family.

Doors open at 5pm and the music starts at 6pm. All ages are welcome to this event and we will have FREE ON-SITE PARKING! Root Down will be serving their delicious twist on Southern Soul food PLUS we will have our FULL bar open for you to enjoy!

*Minimum $10 donation at the door*

Here’s the lineup:

Radioactive Cows- Asheville Music School Middle School Rock Band 6:00PM
Moonlight Street Folk 630PM
Montford Jazz Band 7PM
Brian Felix 7:45PM
Mar and the Marmaladies 8:20PM
Fwuit 9:20PM

Please review our Covid-19 policy here: https://salvagestation.com/covid-policy/

NOTE: ALL humans entering the property must show proof of full vaccination or a negative 3rd party Covid-19 PCR or Rapid Antigen Test within 72 hours (at-home tests are NOT accepted). While indoors all humans will be required to wear a mask at all times except when actively eating/drinking.

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride
Nov 30 @ 7:05 pm – 11:35 pm
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is back in 2021! The 1¼ hour round-trip passenger excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot.

Squirrel Nut Zippers Holiday Caravan
Nov 30 @ 8:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

The Squirrel Nut Zippers most recent album: Lost Songs of Doc Souchon debuted in late 2020. “This new album was inspired by all of the mysterious characters from the history of New Orleans jazz music,” commented band leader Jimbo Mathus. “It speaks to the hidden roots of where our aesthetic, interests and philosophy comes from. It pulls on the hidden thread.” The album will make its debut on vinyl later this year.

 

The Zippers began their musical journey in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the mid 1990’s, as a musician’s escape from the cookie cutter world of modern rock radio at the time. Jimbo Mathus along with drummer/percussionist Chris Phillips formed the band as a casual musical foray among friends and family in the area. It wasn’t long before the band’s quirky mix of jazz chords, folk music, and punk rock leanings spread out of the region and attracted a national audience.

Aquanet: Goth Night
Nov 30 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 1 @ 2:00 am
Asheville Beauty Academy
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
An Evening With The Steel Wheels
Dec 1 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

Simultaneously familiar and fresh, the Steel Wheels bring a singular energy to every note they play and sparkling craft to each song. This potent combination, paired with a robust tour calendar, have made the veteran band hands-down favorites of fans and peers alike. From their base in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, The Steel Wheels have played the most prestigious festivals, listening rooms, and clubs in the world, cementing a reputation as one of the top independent bands on the scene today.

With their 2020 release, Everyone A Song, Vol. 1, The Steel Wheels demonstrate the humanizing power of honest storytelling, setting the personal experiences of their supporters to song.

GHOST-NOTE
Dec 1 @ 8:00 pm
Salvage Station

Ghost-Note

Headed by Snarky Puppy’s multi Grammy–winning percussion duo of Robert Sput Searight and Nate Werth, Ghost-Note is an explosion of sound. With an expansive roster of next-level musicians—representing members of Prince, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Marcus Miller, Toto, Justin Timberlake, and more—the band is pushing funk music into the future, building on the uplifting, pioneering foundations laid out by the likes of James Brown and Sly & The Family Stone and infusing their fresh take with tastes of afrobeat, hip-hop, psychedelia, world folklore, and more.

Mipso
Dec 1 @ 8:00 pm
The Orange Peel

Since making their acclaimed debut with 2013’s Dark Holler Pop, North Carolina-bred four-piece Mipso have captivated audiences with their finely layered vocal harmonies, graceful fluency in the timeless musical traditions of their home state, and a near-telepathic musical connection that makes their live show especially kinetic. On their self-titled sixth album and Rounder Records debut, fiddle player Libby Rodenbough, mandolinist Jacob Sharp, guitarist Joseph Terrell, and bassist Wood Robinson share their most sonically adventurous and lyrically rich work to date, each moment charged with the tension between textural effervescence and an underlying despair about the modern world.

Mainly recorded at Echo Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina, Mipso finds the band joining forces with Sandro Perri (a musician/producer known for his work with acts like Great Lake
Swimmers, as well as his own post-rock/experimental-electronic material). In overseeing the production process, Perri guided Mipso toward their goal of shaping a sonic landscape that was expansive and atmospheric yet surprisingly personal, even playful. To that end, the band dreamed up Mipso’s resplendent textures by stretching the limits of their acoustic instruments, rather than employing outside musicians to create new sounds. The result is a body of work with spacious arrangements that gently illuminate the idiosyncratic details and refined musicianship at the heart of every song.

mipsomusic.com

Thursday, December 2, 2021
PEACE VOICES INTRODUCING BOLD
Dec 2 @ 5:30 pm
Peace Center

Peace Voices Introducing BOLD

Peace Voices is designed to create a vibrant community around courageous conservations. This program is the home for dynamic and insightful dialogue exploring important topics through lectures, guided panel discussions, film and other artistic engagement.

BOLD Leadership Consultants, LLC is a collaborative group of black, male educational leaders in the Upstate. What started as a chance introduction has evolved into an organization that creates connection and provides a safe, professional support system for its members. Hear from the BOLD founders that are inspiring our community this December.

Official website for BOLD

PUBLIC TOUR A Living Language
Dec 2 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Asheville Art Museum

Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), Gold N’ Values, 2017, Arches watercolor paper printed with archival inks, acrylic paint, artificial sinew, copper foil, 11 × 6 ½ × 6 ½ inches. Courtesy Shan Goshorn Studio. © Estate of Shan Goshorn / Shan Goshorn Studio, image Museum of the Cherokee Indian.

Today’s public tour is led by Kay Dunn and Ruth Shedwick-Bryant, touring docents.

PUBLIC TOURS

Join docents for tours of the Museum’s Collection and special exhibitions. No reservations are required.

A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas
Dec 2 @ 7:30 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse

A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas

A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas

Please note: Proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test and masks will be required at the performance. For more information on our COVID-19 safety protocols, please click here.

The tradition continues on the Rock after going virtual! Bring the whole family to this dazzling holiday celebration, Playhouse-style! An all-new show with the same great spirit and quality, A Playhouse Christmas 2021 will feature many seasonal classics along with several new adaptations and medleys. Showcasing a cast of Flat Rock favorites, this song and dance revue is sure to bring you great holiday joy!

Every Time I Die w/ ’68 + Candy
Dec 2 @ 7:30 pm
The Grey Eagle

EVERY TIME I DIE is a loud rock institution committed to leaving every nuanced outpouring of chaotic passion and blissful malcontent all over their records and on the stage. With boiling charisma and unrelenting energy to spare, the Buffalo band manages not one but two near-impossible tasks. They’ve survived two decades as an underground entity cherished for coloring outside the lines, and contrary to most career arcs, continually improving with each successive album as they charge ahead.

 

ETID makes a glorious hardcore-punk noise, alchemized by a swampy summoning of Southern rock’s coarse poetry. The music swirls beneath sardonic and clever wordplay, a combination cementing them as leaders, not followers. The band is recognized and revered for its anarchic explosiveness, artistic impulsiveness, and approachable camaraderie. It’s all interwoven with a visceral lack of the usual fucks. Revolver counted 2016’s Low Teens among the 25 Best Albums of the 2010s, and the follow-up, Radical, is no less revelatory. Once again produced by Will Putney (A Day To Remember, The Ghost Inside, Body Count), Radical is 16 tracks of peak-ETID, including raucous new anthems like “Post-Boredom,” “Planet Shit,” “A Colossal Wreck,” “Desperate Pleasures,” and “AWOL.”

The Jackson Grimm Band and Jane Kramer
Dec 2 @ 7:30 pm
Isis Music Hall--The Main Stage

The Jackson Grimm Band was born in the Swannanoa River Valley. They draw on the traditional sound of Appalachia to create dynamic and engaging original music. Jackson is a singer-songwriter based out of Asheville, NC. His musical arrangement invokes the traditional sound of the Southern Appalachian region, while his songs and lyrics pay homage to the new scene of folk music.

Jane Kramer is lauded by UK music reviewer Three Chords and the Truth as sounding as if she was “…born to gypsy poets and raised in the mountains by Emmylou Harris,” Asheville, North Carolina songstress and poet, Jane has garnered international recognition for the sultry, heartrending originality of her vocals and for the heavy-hitting lyrical eloquence of her songwriting. With deep roots in the musical traditions, culture and natural beauty of her beloved Appalachia, Kramer’s songs are introspective, gracefully gritty and fiercely memorable.

Come enjoy an evening of live music, food and drinks at the Isis Music Hall. Reservations are highly recommended.

Darrell Scott
Dec 2 @ 8:00 pm
The Orange Peel

Ages 18+
FULLY SEATED SHOW

Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Darrell Scott mines and cultivates the everyday moment, taking the rote, menial, mundane, and allowing it to be surreal, ever poignant, and candidly honest, lilting, blooming, and resonating. The words he fosters allow us to make sense of the world, what is at stake here, and our place in it. And ultimately, Darrell knows the sole truth of life is that love is all that matters, that we don’t always get it right, but that’s the instinctive and requisite circuitous allure of things, why we forever chase it, and why it is held sacred.

Darrell Scott comes from a musical family with a father who had him smitten with guitars by the age of 4, alongside a brother who played Jerry Reed style as well. From there, things only ramped up with literature and poetry endeavors while a student at Tufts University, along with playing his way through life. This would never change.

After recently touring with Robert Plant and the Zac Brown Band (2 years with each), and producing albums for Malcolm Holcomb and Guy Clark and being named “songwriter of the year” for both ASCAP and NSAI, these days find the four time Grammy nominee roaming his Tennessee wilderness acreage hiking along the small river, creating delicious meals with food raised on his property and playing music. He often leads songwriting workshops to help people tell their own truths with their stories, and is as busy as always writing, producing, performing, and just plain fully immersing himself in life.

darrellscott.com

Friday, December 3, 2021
Bob Moog Foundation And Moogseum Membership Programs
Dec 3 all-day
online

A wide range of Membership Program packages are available, offering benefits and perks including one-time or unlimited admission to the Moogseum for a year, guest passes, gift membership packages, access to virtual archival galleries and live streamed events, free or discounted admission to in-person and virtual events, and even private Moogseum tours. Membership packages are offered at price points from $25 – $500 per year.

Become a member of the Bob Moog Foundation and the Moogseum, which allows you access to tangible, members-only benefits and allows you to be an advocate in support of Bob’s legacy and contributions that revolutionized music!

Your membership provides invaluable resources and funding to support our mission to innovate, inspire, and ignite creativity.

 

Review the Membership Packages below and choose the one that best suits you!*

All packages include the Members-only “Synth-Insider” newsletter, sent quarterly,

and a 10% discount on Bob Moog Foundation Merchandise.

Driving Tour with Smith-McDowell House
Dec 3 all-day
Online w/ Western North Carolina Historical Association
The residents of the Smith-McDowell House and grounds were woven in to the fabric of Asheville.

This driving tour begins at the Smith-McDowell House Museum on the campus of A-B Tech and continues through historic sites related to early occupants of the house.

Private Caboose Party
Dec 3 all-day
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

Ride in style on the historic Great Smoky Mountains Railroad aboard your very own restored Caboose. These are great for family reunions, birthday parties, private meetings, corporate field trips or just any time!

Our cabooses accommodate up to 15 people with seating on the main level and in the cupola. (And, remember, babies are people, too!) The cabooses feature heat, private bathrooms, windows that can be opened, and open air vestibules at each end for unobstructed views. Advanced reservations are required and availability of caboose rentals are limited.

A platter of cheese and crackers, and an assortment of 15 bottled Coca-Cola products are included. Plus, the caboose is the only place where you can bring your own food and drink (please, no alcohol) in picnic baskets or coolers.

You can charter the caboose on:

Best value for small groups and private parties up to 15 passengers. Available by phone only. Book now by calling 800-872-4681.