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.

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
ONLINE: Fika on Zoom
Apr 8 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
FIKA meet up

Asheville Fika – where a cup of coffee creates community.

We will use the Zoom platform for online group meetings. You can use a desktop computer (Windows or Apple or whatever), a tablet such as an iPad, or your phone (but the small screen may not be ideal).

Pro tip: zoom works best when one person speaks at a time. It will not work well if we have multiple conversations going on like we do in person. Wait for an opening and speak up. If someone else is speaking please wait. You’re welcome to join us and just listen if you prefer.

If you wish to participate please RSVP on meetup. If you have guests, please sign up with a +1 and sit together in front of the same device.

I will send the meeting details via email a few hours before our meeting. I will contact you for your email address (Meetup messages have been slow to reach people). You will not be able to join the meeting until 11:00 AM. Bring your coffee or tea.

Asheville City Schools: DELIVERY SITES for School Meals
Apr 8 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Asheville City Schools

Asheville City Schools began delivery March 17 to the following locations from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

  • Community centers at Pisgah View Apartments
  • Hillcrest Apartments
  • Klondyke Apartments
  • Arthur R. Edington Education & Career Center
  • Isaac Dickson Elementary School will have a drive-thru option, with that site open from 2-4 p.m.
LIVE Pre-K The Little Gym at Home!
Apr 8 @ 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
The Little Gym of Asheville online

Do you have a kiddo who is 3-6 years old? Join us LIVE for a Get Moving and Brain Boost workout!

https://www.facebook.com/events/522385885375910/?event_time_id=522385888709243

Beacham’s Curve Asheville Aid Supply and Food Drive
Apr 8 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Carolina Hemp Company

We know the power of our community when we stay united in our efforts to provide aid to those in need. Join us each Wednesday to donate food and supplies; recipients will rotate as we strive to serve as many organizations as we can.

Food Donation Suggestions:
Non-Perishables
Fresh Produce
Cooking necessities like olive oil and butter
“Cold kept” items accepted, a cooler will be on the donation site and we’ll do a same day delivery to recipients

Supply Donation Suggestions:
Cleaning/Sanitation Supplies
Health&Wellness Products
General Toiletries and household necessities
Camping Gear and Supplies

Please reach out to [email protected] with any comments, questions, and suggestions of how to broaden the reach of our efforts!

ecoEXPLORE Facebook Live Week 3: Invertebrate Investigations 2
Apr 8 @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
ecoEXPLORE Facebook Live

Some inverts can be wet and wild! Live from the Arboretum’s EcoLab: Jonathan will share the bugs you can find by flipping over rocks in creeks or dipping a net in a pond.

https://www.facebook.com/events/220627085703405/

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Orange Peel “Blue October” live stream
Apr 8 @ 2:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Orange Peel Live Stream

watch! Blue October @ Orange Peel, Asheville, NC, US

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Line-up: Blue October
Date : April 8st, 2020
Venue : Orange Peel, Asheville, NC, US

Visit, Sign Up and Enjoy!!

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Tapping into Purpose, Power & Passion Online
Apr 8 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Sun Woman online

*Strengthen your commitment to your inner truth.
*Feel more solid and resourceful.
*Fuel your purpose with your passion and power.

This worldwide pause and everything that is happening can be a little scary. There are many unknowns and that can put us in a very negative, unresourceful place where we are left feeling powerless. Yet, we have the opportunity to make this a pivotal time in our lives. As in the Heroes Journey, where the heroine steps into her power and turns it all around.

There is no better time than now, to reassess and take inventory of our lives. Have you created a spiritually fulfilling life? A life of meaning and purpose? Have you fully stepped into your power to offer your true gifts?

In this session, we will use tapping, the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to help move beyond fear and anxiety and bring forward and strengthen your core passion.

This is a video-on type of meeting because I want to see you.

Asheville Community Theatre Online Happy Hour Parties  
Apr 8 @ 5:00 pm
ACT Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/AshevilleCommunityTheatre/

    • We are featuring singers (and dancers!) from the community during our #ACTHappyHour parties M-F at 5:00 pm!
Workout Wednesdays Live Brewery Yoga
Apr 8 @ 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Highland Brewing, Co Online

Workout and wind down with us on Wednesdays this month for live yoga classes from Highland Brewing, hosted by our Packaging Manager & Yoga Instructor Extraordinaire, Abbey!

5:30-6:00 Wednesdays. Tune in on Instagram Live & Facebook Live. We hope you can all join us!

Kristin Harmel Virtual Author Event
Apr 8 @ 6:00 pm
Virtual Event

TICKETS:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-event-with-kristin-harmel-tickets-100459611402?aff=odeieiconstantcontact&ctct_id=ec632d0a-4852-42d3-ad6b-2afc96796287_p2&ctct_c=n7-eWakqJPl5z1Mof6u_VRDyx04SH8ALwb3E1yQDZ7haN7jT0a_DIQ==

Interesting times require creativity, so join us for our 1st-ever virtual author event with international bestselling author Kristin Harmel!
About this Event
Your $30 event ticket will give you access to a live online book talk with bestselling author Kristin Harmel, the ability to view a 48-hour replay in case you miss the live event, AND you’ll get an (unsigned) paperback copy of her latest release, The Winemaker’s Wife, shipped directly to you*. You’ll also have the chance to type in questions to be answered during the event Q&A session.
So, buy a bottle of champagne to have on hand and we’ll all toast to Kristin, The Winemaker’s Wife, social distancing, and to resilience in times of crisis!
*BONUS offer!: The author has offered to mail out signed bookplates to all attendees due to the current circumstances. If you do not want us to share your shipping address with the author, please let us know, and we will exclude you from that mailing. In addition, the author will be surprising one lucky attendee with a FREE signed copy of her first book, The Room on Rue Amélie!
Access to the Event
The talk will be hosted at https://www.crowdcast.io/. You can watch through your browser and are not required to download any software (though mobile apps are also available). Once ticket sales cut off 48 hours before the event, we will send you an email with the link to the specific event URL.
OnLine Ponderers Cafe – Vulnerability
Apr 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Ponderers Cafe Meet Up Online

Meet and greet at 6pm, Pondering starts at 6:30.

We’re going VIRTUAL, for the time being. Sign up here as usual and make sure I have your email. Meetups will be restricted to 25 people per night.

RSVPs go live every Friday at 5pm.

Online Healing Oasis Gathering
Apr 8 @ 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm
Healing Oasis

We are going online! Mark your calendars for every second Wednesday at 6:30PM.

The Healing Oasis Practitioner’s have special healing practices and long distance healing for you every month! We hope you can join us on Zoom (just like Skype).

Feel free to message us with any questions about this next event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2865393340212695/?event_time_id=2865393350212694

Psychedelic ZOOM Meeting
Apr 8 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Asheville Psychedelic Preparation and Integration Meet Up Group

WE ARE ALL IN THIS…TOGETHER! 🍄🌟 NOTE THE TIME CHANGE!!!

Now more than ever we need to stay connected and keep alive all the insights, wisdom and healing that we are tapping into during our journeys. And if you haven’t journeyed yet, come and share what’s on your mind, that which is calling you to learn more about this type of experience. Bring your curiosity, questions, concerns, experiences and ideas about psychedelics and mind/consciousness expansion. We all need to hear from you, because we are all one in this, the most intense journey of all called LIFE!

Lawrence Reyes Reed is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Must be over 18 years old to attend.

This is an intimate and confidential sharing session followed by conscious discussion. The focus is on discussing therapeutic, intentional use of psychdelics for mental health, recovery, personal growth and spiritual development. We welcome those with experience using these medicines and newcomers alike.

Together we create commUnity and establish a safe environment to share and meet others who are in a similar space without judgment and with an open and caring heart.

Very Important Disclaimer: We do not encourage or condone any illegal activities, the purchase, sale, transfer, or use of any illegal substances, or partaking in any unlawful activities related to illegal substances. Please do not bring, buy, sell, transfer, or arrive under the influence of any illegal substances, or swap information on how to acquire them.

Thank you! 🌿

Charlotte Hornets vs. Toronto Raptors Basketball SEASON CANCELLED
Apr 8 @ 7:00 pm
Spectrum Center
The Quarantine Concert Series – Streaming from The Orange Peel
Apr 8 @ 7:00 pm
www.iamavl.com

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The Quarantine Concert Series – Streaming from The Orange Peel
& PULP

Iamavl and The Orange Peel are partnering to create a free live concert streaming series for Asheville and the world to enjoy!
Full schedule below!

Tune in at 7:00 pm EST to watch these amazing performances on the Iamavl Facebook Live Stream, on their website at www.iamavl.com or on their YouTube Channel.

Also please don’t forget to donate to/tip the band at: https://iamavl.com/musician-relief-fund/ !

Sit back, relax from the comfort of home and enjoy The Quarantine Concert Series on Iamavl where we bring the music to YOU!

SCHEDULE:
3/19 – Russ Wilson and his King’s of Jazz – 7:00 pm
3/20 – Travers Brothership – 7:00 pm
3/21 – Screaming Js – 7:00 pm
3/22 – Andrew Scotchie (of Andrew Scotchie & the River Rats) – 7:00 pm
3/23 – Bill Altman – 7:00 pm
3/24 – Asheville Music Hall presents The Tuesday Night Funk Jam – 7:00 pm
3/25 – The Moon and You – 7:00 pm
3/26 – The Connor Law Duo – 7:00 pm
3/27 – Asheville Circus – 7:00 pm
3/28 – Jeff Sipe and Friends – 7:00 pm
3/29 – Richard Shulman, Composer of New Age, Jazz, and Classical Music – The Richard Shulman Trio – 7:00 pm
3/30 – Lo Wolf – 7:00 pm
3/31 – Bardic Academy – 7:00 pm
4/1 – Hustle Souls – 7:00 pm
4/2 – Darby Wilcox – 7:00 pm
4/3 – Vaden Landers – 7:00 pm
4/4 – PYLETRIBE – 7:00 pm
4/5 – Pleasures of the Ultraviolent – 7:00 pm
4/6 – Lotion – 7:00 pm
4/7 – Sparrow Pants (of The Resonant Rogues) – 7:00 pm
4/8 – Dr. Bacon – 7:00 pm
4/9 – Anthony Wayne Vibe – 7:00 pm
4/10 – Ambiguous Roots – 7:00 pm

Well
Apr 8 @ 7:30 pm
NC Stage Company

Well is a funny and touching comedy about mothers and daughters, mind over body, social activism and theatre itself. Lisa, the onstage playwright, attempts a memory play about her force-of-nature mother, Ann, who though constantly ill manages to heal a community. The playwright asks the provocative question: “Do we create our own illness?” The answers she gets are much more complicated than she bargained for as the play spins dangerously out of control into riotously funny and unexpected territory.

“deceptively deep and clever as ever.” – Curtain Up

Discretionary Warning: Adult themes and language

Cincinnati Comedy takeover on Instagram Live
Apr 8 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Asheville Comedy Fans

A group of Cincinnati’s best are taking over the Modelface Comedy & Events Instagram for a live comedy show!

Live streaming on Instagram on @ModelfaceComedy
The show is free but tips are appreciated and will be divided among all the comics on the show.

Featuring Andrew Rudick, Anna Mazza, Chris Siemer, Kelly Collette, Lee Michael Kimbrell, Ran Barnaclo and Wayne Memmott

Again this show will be on Instagram Live

Dumpstaphunk
Apr 8 @ 8:00 pm
Salvage Station

Thursday, April 9, 2020
“Learn to Love the River” email series with River Link
Apr 9 all-day
River Link Online
From all of us here at RiverLink, we hope that you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy during this difficult time. COVID-19 has greatly impacted all of our lives, and our education and volunteer programs are no exception. During this time of social distancing we are working on creative ways to continue to connect our community to the river we all love so much.
While we can no longer host lessons in the schools or volunteer service days, we’re excited to share our weekly “Learn to Love the River” email series with you!
Each week we will send email(s) with:
  • Educational resources to learn about river ecosystems.
  • Fun river related activities to do with kids at home.
  • Inspirational poems, stories and videos about the river.
  • And more!
We know that this is a tough time for many people, and we hope that the river can provide some much needed hope and distraction from all the craziness in the world. Even though we’re stuck at home, we’re extremely grateful for our beautiful natural resources and the communities that help protect them.
#EarthMonth2020 #BackyardChallenge with SAHC
Apr 9 all-day
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy

Keep it fun while following social (physical) distancing recommendations! Join us in taking the #BackyardChallenge to celebrate #EarthMonth2020 in your own backyard. How have you been enjoying time outdoors? Check out the gallery below to see ways SAHC staff have been getting fresh air while sticking close to home. Share your own and tag us on social media. #BackyardChallenge #EarthMonth2020 #MyAppalachia #SAHC
American Farmland Trust Farmer Relief Fund Application deadline: April 23, 2020
Apr 9 all-day
American Farmland Trust Online

  • AFT’s Farmer Relief Fund will award farmers with cash grants of up to $1,000 each to help them weather the current storm of market disruptions caused by the coronavirus crisis.
  • Initially, eligible applicants include any small and mid-size direct-market producers. These are defined as producers with annual gross revenue of between $10,000 and $1 million from sales at farmers markets and/or direct sales to restaurants, caterers, schools, stores, or makers who use farm products as inputs.
  • The application (linked to below in both English and Spanish) is simple and easy to complete but includes sufficient detail to ensure AFT is awarding producers that have the greatest needs. Applicants will be asked to estimate their financial loss.
  • AFT envisions an initial application round extending until April 23, with grants beginning to be made by May 1.
  • https://farmland.org/farmer-relief-fund/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=637ece80-2dc9-49d1-9afb-6b97c772e470&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Apply%20Here&utm_campaign=March%202020%20Newsletter
Buncombe County: COVID-19 Update on Jury Duty
Apr 9 all-day
Buncombe County

COVID-19 Update on Jury Duty

From the Clerk of Superior Court:

In compliance with orders from North Carolina Chief Justice Beasley, all North Carolina District and Superior courts are suspended through April 17.

If the service date on your jury summons is between March 16 and April 17, you are automatically excused under Judicial Branch orders. If the service date on your jury summons is April 20 or later, follow the reporting instructions on your jury summons, and continue to monitor local news and our website at buncombecounty.org.

Jury Excuses will not be heard on Friday, March 20. Medical, age, non-resident, and other excusal instructions can be found on your summons. Should you need further assistance with your jury summons, please call 259-3400, option 2, or email [email protected].

While the Buncombe County courthouse remains open to the public, you are strongly advised to avoid visiting the courthouse. Please exercise every health precaution for yourself and your family as we continue to ensure the health and safety of the public and our judicial community.  Thank you.

COVID-19 Relief Funds Available to Farmers
Apr 9 all-day
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association

COVID-19 Relief Funds

Available to Farmers

starting April 3rd

is part of the massive economic rescue package passed by Congress last week to address urgent needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Incorporated businesses, sole proprietors, single-member LLCs, self-employed individuals, and nonprofits are all eligible to apply for this relief.
Apply Here

Organic Growers School

COVID-19 Updates for Business Henderson County
Apr 9 all-day
Henderson County Online
COVID-19 Updates for Business
With the rapid update of information at the Federal, State, and local levels, we will be issuing these special edition updates each Thursday, in addition to our regular Tuesday, E-News.
Dolly Parton Storytime Series Virtual
Apr 9 all-day
Dolly Parton Story Time Online

Books from the Imagination Library will continue to go out as scheduled. A special new program, Goodnight with Dolly, is a 10-week series of Dolly read-aloud videos where the Book Lady herself will read one Imagination Library bedtime story each week. The series launched on April 2, and we hope this gift will further inspire a love of books and shared storytime during this important period.
EPA Response to COVID-19
Apr 9 all-day
EPA Online

EPA RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19).

EPA’s Coronavirus website provides key EPA resources and links to additional information about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Read the most up-to-date information about EPA actions, disinfectants, drinking water and waste water, and other resources.
https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus

Disinfectants that meet EPA’s criteria for use against coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). When purchasing a disinfectant product, check if its EPA registration number is included on this list. If it is, you have a match and the product can be used against SARS-CoV-2.

Information on drinking water and wastewater. The COVID-19 virus has not been detected in drinking-water supplies. Based on current evidence, the risk to water supplies is low.

Resources related to COVID-19 in other languages:

Fantastic Fungi Film Sofa Cinema Grail Moviehouse
Apr 9 all-day
Grail Moviehouse Sofa Cinema Online

FANTASTIC FUNGI - Streaming Release

As we enter into an even vaster understanding of just how interdependent we are and how fast something travels between us all, we can appreciate the power of our interconnectedness. This can be seen in the thousands of cases in which a virus has impacted so much of our lives from travel, business, wellness and gatherings.
Fantastic Fungi is all about our interconnectedness and the common issues that we face as a species. We know that our biggest defense from these viruses is our own sense of wellbeing, our own immunity and the ability to live from a place of health and wellness both individually and collectively.

Fantastic Fungi Day:
More Global Than Ever

Watch Fantastic Fungi… At Home!

The messages of this film could not be any timelier, from the need to reconnect and understand the intelligence of nature, to partnering with fungi and our natural world to shift our consciousness. How prepared are we to face the pressing issues we have in our world?

We are facing a serious challenge, yet like the mycelium network we are adaptable. As a response to the worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus, we ask each community to take responsibility for establishing the best practice for them. We also know that we need to respond as mycelium and provide innovative ways of addressing these new challenges.

Join Us From The Safety of Wherever You Are.

In response to the Coronavirus we have decided to expand our reach and open the gates to the ever expanding movement of this film and provide an opportunity to people all around the world, no matter where you are located, to participate in Fantastic Fungi Day! Yes, we are creating an opportunity for everyone, wherever you are to view the film as well as tune into the post-screening Q&A. We have the ability to shift the way we are living in this world. Now is the time to tap into nature’s intelligence and come together as a worldwide audience seeking connection, hope and solutions.

With love and gratitude,
Louie, Paul and the FF Team

Flat Rock Playhouse CLOSED April 2-27 Altered 2020 season
Apr 9 all-day
Flat Rock Playhouse

We will reopen with Million Dollar Quartet in mid-July. The remainder of the season will proceed as planned beginning with Jumping Jack Flash – The Music of the Rolling Stones on August 20th.  Steel Magnolias and our summer musicals, A Chorus Line, and West Side Story, will be moved to the 2021 season.

In response to Government guidelines, and for the safety of our staff and customers, the box office will close Friday, April 3rd and plans to re-open Monday, April 27th. Patrons with questions can refer to the Playhouse website www.FlatRockPlayhouse.org for answers to frequently asked questions and/or to find ways to help support FRP at this critical time.  Folks can also email us at [email protected].

We plan to stay in touch with you over these coming weeks. And don’t miss videos from some of
your favorite Playhouse stars on our social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and
Youtube. Also watch for them in Playhouse emails.

Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge Comedy Open Mic
Apr 9 @ 1:00 am – 3:30 am
Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge

Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic every Wednesday 9:(ish)pm at The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall.

Fun and free show of hit-or-miss comedy where comics stop by to work on their material or try out new stuff. Anyone wanting to perform needs to sign up by 9pm, and will get five minutes on stage. The order of sign-up is not necessarily the order of the show.

https://www.facebook.com/events/3174166542609086/?event_time_id=3174166709275736

Buncombe County Government Declaration: STAY HOME – STAY SAFE
Apr 9 @ 12:00 am – 6:00 am
Buncombe County North Carolina

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority contained in Chapter 21, Buncombe County Code of
Ordinances and Article 1A of the N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 166A, the Board of Commissioners, do hereby
declare and order the following:
1. This Order takes effect at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, 2020 and will continue through 6:00
a.m. on Thursday, April 9, 2020, subject to the limited exceptions and under the terms and
conditions more particularly set forth below;
2. All individuals currently living within Buncombe County are ordered to stay at their place of
residence. For the purposes of this Order, residences include hotels, motels, shared rentals, and
similar facilities. To the extent individuals are using shared or outdoor spaces, they must at all
times as reasonably as possible maintain social distancing of at least six feet from any other
person when they are outside their residence. All persons may leave their residences only for
Essential Activities, or to provide or perform Essential Governmental Functions, or to operate
Essential Businesses, all as defined in Section 9.

3. All businesses operating within Buncombe County, except Essential Businesses as defined below
in Section 9.b, are required to cease all activities at facilities located within the County. For
clarity, businesses may continue operations consisting exclusively of employees or contractors
performing activities at their own residences (i.e., working from home). To the greatest extent
possible, all Essential Businesses shall comply with the Social Distancing Guidelines attached,
including maintaining six-foot social distancing for both employees and the general public.
4. All public or private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or
living unit are prohibited, except as otherwise provided herein. Nothing in this Order prohibits
the gathering of members of a household or living unit.
5. Restaurants with or without drive-in or drive-through services and microbreweries, microdistilleries, or wineries may only provide take out, delivery, or drive-through services as allowed
by law.
6. Religious and worship services may only be provided by video and teleconference. Religious
institutions must limit in-person staff to ten (10) people or less when preparing for or
conducting video or teleconference services, and all individuals must follow the attached Social
Distancing Guidelines including the six-foot social distancing, which are hereby adopted.
7. All visitors travelling to Buncombe County from areas experiencing community transmission of
COVID-19 – notably New York State, Washington State and California – must self-quarantine at
their residence upon arrival for 14 days before entering the community.
8. All elective medical, surgical, and dental procedures are prohibited anywhere in Buncombe
County. Hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, dental offices, and other medical facilities are
directed to identify procedures that are deemed “elective” by assessing which procedures can
be postponed or cancelled based on patient risk considering the emergency need for redirection
of resources to COVID-19 response.