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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The Village Ice Cream Social returns after two years of COVID cancellations, This annual
event is a celebration of Flat Rock, with free ice cream, a band and an opportunity to meet and possibly name a baby goat from
the Sandburg barn, The K-9 Unit of the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office will once again give a demonstration, No pets allowed,
bring a chair, parking is limited so carpooling is recommended, Free,
Pisgah Brewing welcomes Just Brew It on June 4th from 2-6 pm with VIP admittance at 1 pm!
You must be a 2022 member of Just Economics to attend. Become a member here.
Membership starts at $30 and includes free entry to Just Brew It at 2 pm with unlimited sampling of the homebrew.
VIP membership is $50 and includes entry to the festival an hour early at 1 pm, a souvenir glass, and a T-shirt. Get your membership before May 15th to get the new 2022 T-shirt design.
About Just Brew It:
Just Brew It is a homebrew competition and tasting in Asheville benefiting the work of Just Economics. The festival features close to 100 different beers and more than 40 amazing homebrewers. The competing homebrewers are some of the finest specialty homebrewers in the region with classic brews like your traditional IPAs, lagers, sours, and stouts to unique beers brewed with specialty items like coffee, chocolate, spices, and fruit.
To attend, you must be a current member of Just Economics. Just Economics members sample the homebrew and vote for their favorites alongside other homebrew judges as brewers compete for awards and prizes.
This is a local festival you won’t want to miss and your membership supports the work of Just Economics to advance living wages, affordable housing, and better transit!
Thomas Kozak is a singer-songwriter based in Asheville, NC. His songs string together themes of despair, denial, faith, and hope amidst the broken darkness of the South. With a focus on lyricism and structure that stretches convention, he looks to bend an ear beyond the conventions of folk. Kozak’s most recent album, “The Rubicon,” was produced by Americana staple Jim White and engineered by John Keane (Indigo Girls, REM). More can be found at www.kozakandthepoets.com.
Nashville-based artist/songwriter with americana and rock vibes.
A Michigan-born Nashvillian, Sarah Faith is a singer-songwriter that has built her musical catalog and sound as a testament to her life’s struggles, including the loss of a family member to addiction, abusive situations she has overcome, and her own journey toward positive mental health. As an independent Americana artist, Sarah has been strongly influenced by a diverse musical background. The result is a healthy mix of blues and roots rock, folk, alt-country, and indie rock. Her warm, soulful voice brings her close-to-the-heart stories to her fans with a distinct vulnerability and realness that keeps them coming back for more.
For over two decades The Walker Family Band has delighted audiences throughout the Southeast with a distinctive take on traditional styles, performing Irish dance music and American old time music with a forward reaching attitude. We especially enjoy sharing original tunes, which grow naturally from these basic roots and from our thorough training and experience in classical music and jazz. The Walker Family Band creates a confluence of sound with an end game plan; a fresh connection with each audience! Now living in the Asheville area, we are looking forward to performing for our new, and old friends here in these beautiful mountains! True to Irish and American tradition, we share our experience and knowledge by conducting multi-instrumental workshops and by hosting an annual summer camp. The Walker Family Band Music Camp is attended by families and students from coast to coast.
Visit here to learn more: https://thewalkerfamilyband.com/
Masks for this event are optional but encouraged.
Cristina Vane is an Americana artist out of Nashville bringing together her love for pre war delta blues and old time music and her contemporary influences. Her signature bottleneck slide guitar playing, travis picking, and clawhammer banjo are tied together by her silky, powerful voice and her vivid songwriting. Her band takes this all to another level with driving rhythm and steady bass from Travis Book (Infamous Stringdusters), as well as a nod to country with the dobro from Tommy Maher (Fireside Collective), all letting her guitar work carry the songs. A show not to be missed!
Come enjoy an evening of live music, food and drinks in the Isis Music Hall Lounge. Reservations are highly recommended.
This show was originally scheduled for August 20, 2021. Previously purchased tickets will be honored at the rescheduled date. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.
Ages 18+
Fade to Black is a Metallica Tribute band from Baltimore, Maryland.
We formed this band with mutual goals of paying tribute to and delivering the musical intensity created by the Heavy Metal Gods themselves. Breathing and living all things Metallica, Fade To Black is endlessly devoted to recreating the sounds
Growing up in Virginia, Matt Maeson got his start performing for inmates at maximum-security prisons across America at age 17. “I’d get up and do these acoustic songs on my guitar, and they’re still the best shows I’ve ever done,” says the Austin-based singer/songwriter. “You’re playing for all these people who are treated like they’re monsters, and it feels like spreading some light into a really dark place.”
On his debut album Bank on the Funeral, Maeson uses his deeply incisive songwriting to explore the tension between light and dark in his own life. The album redefines the limits of the classic singer/songwriter’s sensibility and shapes a sound that’s richly textured and gracefully experimental. And with his soulful vocal presence, Maeson again reveals the raw-nerve vulnerability that prompted TIME to praise him as “never afraid to investigate his past and his demons, resulting in songs that are clear-eyed in their honesty and raw around the edges.”
Centered on Maeson’s candid storytelling and gritty poetry, Bank on the Funeral takes its title from its closing track: a quietly hypnotic number written for a beloved uncle, who was murdered when Maeson was six-years-old. “He was a criminal when he was younger, but once he got himself together he’d go out and minister to the people he used to hang around with — the people the church would never try to reach — and then one of those guys ended up going crazy and killing him,” says Maeson. “What inspires me about him is how he’d go to the places no one else would go and talk about the things no one else would talk about.”
Throughout Bank on the Funeral, Maeson brings a similar courage to his songwriting, imbuing every track with an often-brutal self-awareness. On the album-opening “I Just Don’t Care That Much,” he fires off a litany of confessions (“Maybe life was just a bet/That I lost to drugs and cigarettes”), brilliantly offsetting all that heavy-hearted deliberation with his bright melodies and upbeat rhythms. Later, on the fast-paced and horn-laced “Legacy,” Maeson’s spirited and sometimes-howled vocals relay some borrowed wisdom about self-salvation. “That song’s about a night in Virginia Beach when I was drunk on the street with my friends, and an old man came up to us and started talking about life,” Maeson explains. “The lyrics are basically me writing out everything I remember him saying.” But for songs like “The Mask,” the album shifts into moodier and more darkly ethereal terrain, a potent backdrop to his gently urgent vocal performance. “‘The Mask’ is about how everybody has a mask they wear and how that always roots back to something — some point in your life where you started pretending, and then eventually started believing that’s who you really are,” Maeson says.
One of the most arresting tracks on Bank on the Funeral, “Beggar’s Song” begins in hushed guitar tones and softly pleading vocals, then unfolds into a stubbornly hopeful epic with gospel-like intensity. “I wrote ‘Beggar’s Song’ when I was broke and hungover at SXSW, and everybody was partying and I was just over it,” Maeson remembers. “It’s about spending the last two years on the road and what that’s felt like — that line ‘I’m a beat-down, washed-up son of a bitch’ has definitely been true on multiple occasions.”
In the making of Bank on the Funeral, Maeson drew equally from his instinct-driven songwriting process and from the natural musicality he’s honed since he was a little kid. Originally from Norfolk, Virginia, he was born into a music-loving family, including parents who played in heavy metal bands throughout his early childhood. The same uncle who inspired “Bank on the Funeral” gave Maeson a drum set when he was a toddler, then left his nephew his own drums after he died. At 15, Maeson learned a few guitar chords from his father and soon began writing songs, playing his first live gig at a Chick-fil-A open-mic night and then moving on to the penitentiaries. “My dad was a criminal growing up, but he ended up turning his life around and becoming a youth pastor,” Maeson says. “Later on my parents started a prison ministry, and I went along with them to play my songs in the prisons.”
As he built up his body of work, Maeson increasingly relied on songwriting as an emotional outlet. “I started getting into a lot of trouble, doing a lot of drugs, getting arrested,” he says. “Music became a way of getting things off my chest, and I started writing with more honesty.” In addition to working construction 12 hours a day and doing community service on his time off, he began traveling the country with a notebook and a guitar, often going back to play in the prisons where he got his start. In 2015 he began posting his songs online and quickly drew attention for “Grave Digger,” a starkly powerful track about “trying to figure out how to navigate life after realizing that everything you were told growing up isn’t necessarily true,” according to Maeson. He soon signed a joint deal with Neon Gold/Atlantic Records, then made his debut with Who Killed Matt Maeson — a 2017 EP featuring his breakthrough single “Cringe,” which hit #12 on Spotify’s US Viral 50. With his sophomore EP The Hearse arriving in spring 2018, Maeson next headed out on tour with Bishop Briggs and took the stage at major summer festivals like Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo.
In bringing Bank on the Funeral to life, Maeson continued to tap into the cathartic power of making music. “Songwriting’s always been very therapeutic for me,” he says. “Wherever I’ve lived, there’s always been a secluded closet or bathroom where I could sing really loud and not bother anybody.” And though he regards his songs as “conversations with myself,” Maeson’s underlying mission is to include others in that catharsis. “What I try to do is help people know that, even if their problems feel so specific to their lives, everyone’s going through something that feels just as specific,” he says. “If I can write about what’s upset me or what I’ve learned from, and somehow help other people feel recognized and understood, that’s always the ultimate goal.”
RiverLink is honored to be the beneficiary of the community giving program at High Five Coffee in June and July! Stop by for a beverage and add a $5 donation at the register—100% of your gift goes to RiverLink! In addition, 10% of branded merchandise sales will support our efforts to restore the French Broad. Three locations to serve you: 13 Rankin Ave., 190 Broadway St., or (our favorite) the 2000 Riverside Drive location in Woodfin, offering coffee drinks, pastries and smoothies plus outdoor seating and walking trails on the bank of the river. Now that’s a coffee stop!
Of course, you can always donate directly from this newsletter. Thank you for considering a gift today!
4th annual beer release Honig Gottin to raise funds for Pink Boots Society and women in beer.
Asheville’s newest downtown restaurant offers 1/2 off all drafts for the entire Asheville Beer Week! 10 local taps to choose from, all 1/2 off with purchase. Come cheers with us!
Mon: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Tue: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Wed: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Thu: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Fri: 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Sat: 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Sun: 10:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Join Asheville Tea Company and Sugar & Snow Gelato to kick off the summer with a very special Iced Tea & Gelato Summer Pop-Up Party Sunday, June 5 from 1pm – 4pm at Sugar & Snow Gelato. Sip & sample new iced teas of the season and shop the Asheville Tea Company Pop-Up shop; plus cool off with gelato crafted in-house by the talented team at Sugar & Snow.
Insider tip:: They’re making Gelato Iced Tea Floats. OMG. YUM!! This is a family friendly event, so bring the kiddos and come enjoy those summer vibes in the River Arts District.
Jazz Sunday at One World Brewing West is a modern jazz jam held every Sunday afternoon from 1-4pm. Previously known as Jazz Monday, the jam has been running non stop since July, 2018 at the West Asheville brewery and is hosted weekly by The Fully Vaccinated Jazz Trio, consisting of Ray Ring on guitar, Jason DeCristofaro on drums, piano and vibraphone, and Connor Law on bass. Jazz Sunday typically features a guest artist for a short set and then welcomes jazz musicians of all levels to sit in for the remainder of the afternoon on One World’s spacious outdoor stage.
Ryan Kijanka Featuring Jorge Garcia and the Crossover Quartet with Paul Banman and Micah Thomas performs new exciting original music and fresh takes on classic rock tunes done in a jazz fusion style. The group performs originals and arrangements composed by Cuban born guitarist extraordinaire Jorge Garcia and bassist Ryan Kijanka. With keyboardist Paul Banman’s exciting solos and beautiful harmonies held down by drummer Micah Thomas’s infections grooves and extreme musicality, the Crossover Quartet will have you fully tuned into a musical adventure you do not want to miss out on.
We are honored to have Claire Lynch and Jim Hurst back at Isis Music Hall.
Part progressive bluegrass, part traditional folk, at the crossroads of country, pop and pure Americana – the music of Nashville’s Claire Lynch is, in the words of one critic, “an enchanting musical hybrid that’s difficult to pigeonhole but delightful to listen to.”
This is an artist who continues to blaze her own trail – a trail that has led her to three GRAMMY nominations, and to thrice being named IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Assn.) Female Vocalist of the Year.
As a songwriter her tunes have been recorded by Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, Seldom Scene and The Whites, among others. Lynch’s background harmonies have graced albums by artists as diverse as Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis, Linda Ronstadt and Ralph Stanley. As a bandleader, she stands alone…but not entirely alone, of cours
To listen to Jim Hurst is to be amazed by his tasteful and flawless performances. Perfect timing and tone and his unusual picking style has enchanted guitar players from the novice to his peers. It’s no surprise, then, that his musical mastery began with a musical upbringing paving the way for a winding and varied career path.
Jim Hurst’s unique picking style and mastery of bluegrass guitar wows audiences and is revered by both novice guitar players and his musical peers. His eclectic career has made him a remarkable performer, an experienced instructor and a highly sought after session musician. His affability and gregariousness make him one of the most approachable musicians of his caliber.
Come enjoy an evening of live music, food and drinks at the Isis Music Hall. Reservations are highly recommended.
Reserved Seat Tickets are available with Dinner reservations – You must call the venue at 828-575-2737 to make dinner reservations and secure those tickets.
General Admission Tickets are available for the main stage balcony only. Seating in the balcony is first come, first serve. Dinner service is NOT currently being offered for general admission tickets.; drink service is available at the downstairs bar on the main floor.
Currently, Only General Admission Tickets are available on line
Circuit Des Yeux visits Asheville NC to make their Grey Eagle debut on Sunday June 5th at 8pm. It’s an ALL AGES show and doors open at 7pm.
COVID-19 POLICY: The Grey Eagle requires all patrons attending performances to provide proof of vaccination or negative test within 48 hours prior to the event. Currently Buncombe Co. mandates that masks be worn indoors. THIS MEANS YOU NEED TO MASK UP. Patrons will need to provide physical or digital documentation of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test. Professional negative test results must be dated no more than 48 hours prior to the event. At-home testing will not be accepted.
– 7PM DOORS / 8PM SHOW
– ALL AGES
– STANDING ROOM ONLY
Haley Fohr (b. Dec 16 1988) is a vocalist, composer and singer-songwriter based in Chicago, Illinois. Her musical endeavors focus around our human condition, and her 10-year career as Circuit des Yeux has grown into one of America’s most successful efforts to connect the personal to the universal.
She is most distinctly identified by her 4-octave voice and unique style of 12-string guitar. Her mysterious “Jackie Lynn” project landed her on the cover of Wire Magazine in August of 2016. Her recent works include an Original Soundtrack for Charles Bryant’s silent film Salomé (1923), commissioned by Opera North, and a critically acclaimed 2017 album Reaching For Indigo, released on Drag City Records.
Circuit des Yeux’s first studio album since 2017, -io, is her first for Matador Records. The sky over -io is Florida’s strange, radiant orange. It’s a built environment, unnatural, made from concrete and glass, with skyscrapers that stretch to the vanishing point as you gaze up at them.
It’s crumbling and suffocating, a city perpetually on the brink of collapse, where tension never topples over into catharsis, where the heat never breaks.
Inside this world and its closed loop of time, Fohr found herself able to begin moving again. “I was haunted by memories in the pandemic,” she says. “As someone with PTSD, memories are all twisted up inside of me in a way that doesn’t help my higher self. Making this album was once again an exercise of trying to relieve myself of some of that darkness in a way that music has always done for me.”
Brett W. Naucke (b. 1985) is an American electronic composer, recording, and performing artist from Chicago, IL now based in Asheville, NCNaucke’s sonic output has been primarily focused on marrying an ever-evolving practice of audio synthesis with personal and conceptual narratives. His recordings have been released by noteworthy labels such as Spectrum Spools, Umor Rex, Hausu Mountain, L.I.E.S, and American Dreams since 2009.
Beyond live performance, Naucke has provided the original scores for several films, sound design for interactive gaming, and presented many works for multi-channel audio installations. His most recent LP; Mirror Ensemble was released on October 21, 2021 on American Dreams featuring a full band comprised of Naucke, Whitney Johnson (Matchesse) and Natalie Chami (Tal Sounds)
” Music may not actually have height, width or depth, but Brett Naucke’s certainly feels three-dimensional. Using synthesizers, field recordings and a variety of other sources, the Chicago-based artist crafts expansive pieces that are like physical spaces you can enter and explore.”-Marc Masters, NPR
RiverLink is honored to be the beneficiary of the community giving program at High Five Coffee in June and July! Stop by for a beverage and add a $5 donation at the register—100% of your gift goes to RiverLink! In addition, 10% of branded merchandise sales will support our efforts to restore the French Broad. Three locations to serve you: 13 Rankin Ave., 190 Broadway St., or (our favorite) the 2000 Riverside Drive location in Woodfin, offering coffee drinks, pastries and smoothies plus outdoor seating and walking trails on the bank of the river. Now that’s a coffee stop!
Of course, you can always donate directly from this newsletter. Thank you for considering a gift today!
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Join us every Monday night for Singo (Musical Bingo)!
Singo will run from 7-8:15 pm.
No reservations needed, just get ready for a good time and a chance to win some Down Dog prizes!
Buy a 3-night bundle for Vino & Vulvas Presents at The Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC. Includes admission for June 6, July 25, and August 29.
Heather Edwards hosts Aleece Fosnight, Natasha Nightly, and Elizabeth McCorvey to talk about all of the jacked-up sex ed that many of grew up with that is just WRONG. They’ll dive into how to let go of “stuck patterns” around relationships, sex, body image, and more. Anonymous Q&A to follow. Bring your partners and friends of all genders & orientations (18+) for an eye-opening event!
Panelists:
• Aleece Fosnight, PA-C, AASECT Sex Counselor and Educator
• Elizabeth McCorvey, LCSW, DEI Educator
• Natasha Noir Nightly, Mx. Blue Ridge Pride 2018
*5% of profit for live show will go to Planned Parenthood
Monday, June 6 — Vino & Vulvas Presents: Myth Busting at The Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC. Buy tickets here.
– DOORS 6:30PM / SHOW 7:30PM
– AGES 18+
– SEATED SHOW
– CLICK HERE TO BUY 3-NIGHT BUNDLE TICKETS
Heather Edwards hosts Aleece Fosnight, Natasha Nightly, and Elizabeth McCorvey to talk about all of the jacked-up sex ed that many of grew up with that is just WRONG. They’ll dive into how to let go of “stuck patterns” around relationships, sex, body image, and more. Anonymous Q&A to follow. Bring your partners and friends of all genders & orientations (18+) for an eye-opening event!
Panelists:
• Aleece Fosnight, PA-C, AASECT Sex Counselor and Educator
• Elizabeth McCorvey, LCSW, DEI Educator
• Natasha Noir Nightly, Mx. Blue Ridge Pride 2018
*5% of profit for live show will go to Planned Parenthood
RiverLink is honored to be the beneficiary of the community giving program at High Five Coffee in June and July! Stop by for a beverage and add a $5 donation at the register—100% of your gift goes to RiverLink! In addition, 10% of branded merchandise sales will support our efforts to restore the French Broad. Three locations to serve you: 13 Rankin Ave., 190 Broadway St., or (our favorite) the 2000 Riverside Drive location in Woodfin, offering coffee drinks, pastries and smoothies plus outdoor seating and walking trails on the bank of the river. Now that’s a coffee stop!
Of course, you can always donate directly from this newsletter. Thank you for considering a gift today!
No reservations needed, just get ready for a good time and a chance to win some Down Dog prizes!
Join us every Tuesday night for Trivia!
Trivia will run from 7-8:15 pm. We will be capping the teams at 20 and teams will not be able to join after 7 so make sure to arrive early to secure your spot!
No reservations needed, just grab your thinking caps and get ready for a good time and a chance to win a $10, $20, or $30 gift certificate to Down Dog!
Join us every first and third Tuesday of each month for Drag Bingo! Hosted by the amazingly beautiful inside and out Calcutta! Try out classic games and also some not so conventional games. Play for fun or play to win, the prizes are always topped with laughter. Ages 21+.
RiverLink is honored to be the beneficiary of the community giving program at High Five Coffee in June and July! Stop by for a beverage and add a $5 donation at the register—100% of your gift goes to RiverLink! In addition, 10% of branded merchandise sales will support our efforts to restore the French Broad. Three locations to serve you: 13 Rankin Ave., 190 Broadway St., or (our favorite) the 2000 Riverside Drive location in Woodfin, offering coffee drinks, pastries and smoothies plus outdoor seating and walking trails on the bank of the river. Now that’s a coffee stop!
Of course, you can always donate directly from this newsletter. Thank you for considering a gift today!
Enjoy a $6 glass of wine and 1/2 off bottles every Wednesday night!
| Business and community leaders come together for this crowning event of the Chamber year!
Join us Wednesday, June 8 at the Omni Grove Park Inn for an evening of celebration, honoring local business and community leaders and featuring two-time Paralympian John Register as our keynote!  John Register is a two-time Paralympian, Paralympic Games Silver Medalist, Persian Gulf War veteran, and TEDx Motivational Speaker. He embraced a “new normal mindset” in becoming an amputee following a misstep over a hurdle while training for the 1996 Olympic Games, after participation in two consecutive Olympic trials. Register teaches business professionals through his “Hurdling Adversity” speeches and podcasts to “amputate fear and embrace their new normal,” as they discover “stories within themselves.” He finds that “it is the personal stories that inspire teams more profoundly with greater impact.” We’ll also be presenting the following awards at our Annual Meeting:
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