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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Mark your calendars, call a sitter, tell all your friends… The annual Champagne and Oysters holiday formal is back for another round, bigger and better than ever!
Urban Orchard Cider Company will host us at their amazing new South Slope location.
More details to come, but look forward to great outfits, even better people, cider and beer specials, photo booth, DJ and late night dance party, and of course the titular champagne and oysters.
This event will be a fundraiser for Just Economics, a local non-profit organization that works to support living wages for WNC workers, affordable housing, effective public transit, grassroots leadership, civic engagement, and community resilience.
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¡Vuelve la fiesta formal “Champaña y Ostras” para otra ronda, más grande y mejor que nunca!
Esta vez, nuestro anfitrión será Urban Orchard Sidrería en su nueva ubicación al sur del centro de Asheville.
Habrán más detalles en las próximas semanas, pero pueden contar con trajes bonitos, muy buena gente, bebidas geniales, fotografía, música para una fiesta de baile, y por supuesto ostras y champaña.
Este evento sirve para recaudar fondos para Just Economics, una organización que trabaja para trabajadores, transporte público, vivienda asequible y desarrollo comunitario.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1399149836886579/
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
This will be our next meeting time rescheduled from the canceled Dec. 13th meeting.
We’ll have plenty of hot coffee waiting on you as we gather together to discuss the 2019 Tourism & Events Season for our Village. We’ll provide an update on the Dec. 7th Chili cook-off fundraiser too. It was a big success!
Your CDA Board of Directors
https://www.facebook.com/events/210244009889745/
Let us take the stress away of gift wrapping and let us take care of it! We are wrapping gifts for donations from now until Christmas Eve. The money will benefit the fur babies of Henderson County.?
https://www.facebook.com/events/374543749962026/
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
School is out and we want to celebrate by having a social and fundraiser with our good friends Ben and Jerry! Come and eat ice cream from 6:30-8:30 and 20% of the profits go towards YO! What?! So come out and support your favorite local LGBT+ youth non-profit and eat your favorite ice cream!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/343699019782124/
The Fourmata quartet will be competing with 14 other (Jr Varsity quartet contest) at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in January! Enjoy an evening of singing, group-singing and fun, sponsored by Asheville a cappella groups.
#BHSOPRY
https://www.facebook.com/events/342353493016555/
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Catawba Brewing is proud to participate in the Resilience IPA fundraiser project in partnership with over 1000 craft breweries across the country.
Giving back to our local communities has always been at the top of the Catawba mission statement, and we’re happy to help Sierra Nevada give back to theirs by donating 100% of our Resilience IPA sales to the Camp Fire Relief Fund.
Look for our Resilience IPA to start pouring in Catawba tasting rooms on Friday, December 21. Please come out and join us as we raise a glass to our friends and fellow craft beer lovers on the West Coast.
https://www.facebook.com/events/360380184720183/
Catawba Brewing is proud to participate in the Resilience IPA fundraiser project in partnership with over 1000 craft breweries across the country.
Giving back to our local communities has always been at the top of the Catawba mission statement, and we’re happy to help Sierra Nevada give back to theirs by donating 100% of our Resilience IPA sales to the Camp Fire Relief Fund.
Look for our Resilience IPA to start pouring in Catawba tasting rooms on Friday, December 21. Please come out and join us as we raise a glass to our friends and fellow craft beer lovers on the West Coast.
https://www.facebook.com/events/270031890362947/
We’re so excited to be part of the campaign for Sierra Nevada’s Resilience IPA.
We’ll be releasing this brew at both locations on Friday, 12/21, to support Sierra Nevada’s efforts to rebuild following the California fires.
About Resilience IPA:
ALCOHOL CONTENT 6.8% by volume
BEGINNING GRAVITY 16.0° plato
ENDING GRAVITY 4.0° plato
BITTERNESS UNITS 65
YEAST Ale yeast
BITTERING HOPS Chinook, Centennial
FINISHING HOPS Cascade, Centennial
MALTS Two-row Pale, Caramel
From Sierra Nevada:
When the Camp Fire started in the hills above our Chico brewery on November 8, 2018, it soon became the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. The fire burned more than 153,000 acres, killed at least 85 people, and destroyed more than 13,000 homes. Many of our employees and community members were severely impacted by this tragic event.
In the days following the fire, we announced plans to brew Resilience Butte County Proud IPA, a fundraiser beer for Camp Fire relief. We committed to brewing the beer and donating 100% of the sales to the Sierra Nevada Camp Fire Relief Fund, aimed at long-term community rebuilding support. And we asked every brewery in the country to do it with us.
We sent out the “bat signal” calling our friends in the industry, asking our suppliers to donate ingredients, asking other breweries (our competitors) to donate their time and labor costs, and asking our wholesalers and retailers to carry the beer for free. It was a big ask, and we never could have anticipated the response.
More than 1,400 breweries signed up to brew Resilience. Our suppliers donated ingredients to every brewery nationwide. Wholesalers and retailers agreed to carry the beer and donate every dollar they received. All of them agreed to do this for free to benefit people they had never met.
In all, Resilience Butte County Proud IPA should hit the market in mid-late December more than 17,000 barrels—or 4.2 million pints—strong. Every dollar Sierra Nevada receives will go to those impacted by the Camp Fire.
Thank you to the brewing community. Thank you to our suppliers. Thank you to our wholesalers and retailers. And thank you to every single customer who is helping us rebuild our Butte County community—one pint at a time.
https://www.facebook.com/events/722658004775027/
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
A three part pop-up series featuring local artists, this event is both a great opportunity to grab something unique for the folks you love (and yourself!) and a fundraiser for the Firestorm Community Sustainers Program. A portion of each sale will help to underwrite social movement space and grassroots community programming at our co-op.
Different artists will be featured on each date, so plan to attend all three! Hours will be 11am to 4pm.
Saturday, Dec. 15th
Including Talia Scarpelli, MKR Fiber Arts, and Retool
Sunday, Dec. 16th
Including Bear Dog Designs, Sticks & Stones Craft Collective, and Madeline Owen
Saturday, Dec. 22nd
Including Abacus Corvus Artwork, HTV Jewelry, Ceramic Song, and Emily Eagan Art
https://www.facebook.com/events/1203847526432598/
Come support TAAG at our Christmas bake sale! This will be our last fundraiser of the year! We will have last-minute stocking stuffers for your loved ones!
https://www.facebook.com/events/364001831041991/
We are excited to announce “The Garage on 25” is hosting an Online Playhouse Auction to Benefit Veterans Healing Farm! To view the playhouses or bid on them please visit:
https://bit.ly/2QxPbs9
There are 6 Handcrafted Children’s Playhouses to choose from and bid on – as well as a plethora of vintage, new and handmade items available.
Shipping for all items can be arranged at Winning Bidder’s Expense, or items may be picked up locally at The Garage on 25 in Fletcher, NC.
If you are financially able to provide the winning bid on a playhouse but have no use for one…you may choose to make the bid to benefit VHF itself for use at our farm.
Additionally, local visitors are encouraged to vote for their favorite playhouse by dropping one dollar ($1) for each vote in the containers provided near each house.
The playhouses are on display outside of The Garage on 25 for your viewing pleasure. Stop by and take pictures of your kids or yourself in front of them and share the pics on your Social Media site(s), or The Garages or VHF FB Page. Keep an eye out for Santa Visits to the playhouses as well.
Celebrity Officials will be judging the playhouses to choose which playhouse builders will receive Trophy Prizes. All vote-generated funds go directly to the VHF.
Last, but certainly not least, we want to thank all of the individuals and organizations who have donated time, supplies, energy and effort to help make this wonderful fundraiser possible.
https://www.facebook.com/events/273245946721437/
We are excited to announce that “The Garage on 25” is hosting an online auction to benefit Veterans Healing Farm! Items include six handcrafted children’s playhouses and other donated collectibles. (If you don’t need a playhouse, you can always bid on one and donate it to our farm for the community’s use.) The auction closes at 1pm, Saturday, Dec. 22. To view items or bid on them go to https://bit.ly/2QxPbs9
Throughout this upcoming week you can bring the whole family by “The Garage on 25” to check out the whimsical playhouses and take some fun photos. Vote for your favorite playhouse by dropping one dollar ($1) per vote in the containers next to each house.
On Saturday, December 22, 3-5pm come to The Garage on 25 for the announcement of prizes for playhouses and auction winners, a meet and greet with VHF staff and community members, a visit from Santa, and refreshments. All vote-generated funds go directly to VHF.
To all those who generously donated your time, supplies, and labor to make this fundraiser possible, please accept our deepest gratitude!
https://www.facebook.com/events/527003571100867/
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Open 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Required. Enjoy the wonder of the park dazzlingly lit for the holidays, with a nighttime train and more.
Celebrate the beginning of 2019 dancing in community and contributing to the Asheville Movement Collective Home Seed Fund. All proceeds after expenses will go to the AMC Home Seed Fund.
Facilitator Marilyn Joy Gaunt
12:30-2:30
12:30 warmup 1:00 pm circle
Price: $10-20 Sliding Scale. Additional Donations are welcome.
Children are welcome. Childcare not provided for this event.
AMC offers a shared experience and a shared place for spontaneous, free-form movement. What each of us brings to this shared place affects everyone, and we create this experience together with:
-Awareness of others and ourselves
-Permission from others and ourselves
-Participation through movement and presence
We practice moving in healthy community by:
-Arriving without strong scents (including perfumes, oils, and body scents)
-Dancing in bare feet, socks, or supportive footwear
-Maintaining a nonverbal dance space
-Encouraging a substance-free space
Children are welcome. Childcare provided for this event.
www.ashevillemovementcollective.org
AMC is a 501c3 nonprofit organization
https://www.facebook.com/events/1908279882586978/
Our 2018 intern, Gabriel Whitlock, will be embarking on a 1,500 mile bike tour from his home in Fairview to Little Rock, Arkansas to attend the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. Gabe intends to raise awareness about hunger, food insecurity, and the ways that The Lord’s Acre works towards community-based solutions. “I saw this fundraiser as a chance to give back to all that The Lord’s Acre has given to me and just make that circle complete,” says Gabe.
Join us this Monday with Gabe as he discusses his upcoming journey. If you are unable to attend but want to support, please visit this link to pledge as many dollars per mile as you are able.
https://pledgeit.org/gearing-up-for-giving-gardens
Photo by April Tarjick.
https://www.facebook.com/events/533589803785783/
Join us at Cúrate for an evening with the North Carolina Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier as part of the Dames in the Kitchen dinner series fundraiser! Chef Katie Button will share her passion for Spanish cuisine through several courses with wine pairings.
https://www.facebook.com/events/316134828986168/