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.
Interested in adding an event to our calendar? Please click the green “Post Your Event” button below.
As part of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the YMCA of WNC Nutrition Department hosts free meals for anyone under the age of 18 at the Ferguson Family YMCA every Saturday!
We serve lunches from 11am -1pm in the Ferguson Y’s Multipurpose Room, and your family does not have to be a member of the Y to participate.
Please consider joining us for healthy food and enriching activities: kids yoga, art, ping pong, and more!
For more information on accessing food and/or volunteering with the program visit: www.ymcawnc.org/nutritionprograms
https://www.facebook.com/events/492101114625413/?event_time_id=492101234625401
Celebrate the release of our new seasonal on January 19! Ginger Turmeric is a refreshing union of Blue Ridge apples paired with the distinctive spice of ginger root and aromatic earthiness of turmeric. Inspired by an herbal tea, this cider style features a jolt of warmth and zest sure to invite that next sip.
Ginger Turmeric will be available on tap and in 6-packs or cases in our taproom! Live music by Back South begins at 6pm!
https://www.facebook.com/events/642997422796677/
Brinehaus Food Truck will be in the Beergarden!
Brinehaus Meat + Provisions is an Asheville NC based food truck and catering company serving innovative whole animal cuisine across North Carolina and beyond.
https://www.brinehausmeatandprovisions.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1216005311883962/?event_time_id=1216005331883960
Add some pawsomeness to your family! Join us from 12-4pm at Patton Avenue Pet Co Downtown for a Cat Adoption Event. We will have 4-6 kitties eagerly waiting to meet you and become your new best friend.
https://www.facebook.com/events/469955460203713/
Come join the fun on Jan 19th on Main Street, Frog Level and Hazelwood Village in Waynesville NC. Gallery Events are from 3- 6pm with entertainment, demonstrations, art, and refreshments.
CHILI COOK OFF from 12-4 at over 35 participating merchants and restaurants. Vote for your favorite! (tasting is INSIDE the participating shops/restaurants)
Take the FREE roving shuttle provided by LEAP FROG TOURS from Main Street, Frog Level and Hazelwood Village for more shopping and Chili tasting.
Take a photo with the roving RED HOT CHILI PEPPER mascot! .
Enjoy specials and deals, great food and shopping and LIVE music on Main Street & inside galleries.
SCHOOL-AGE CLOTHING DRIVE – During the entire month of January & February we will be accepting donations for all school-aged children in partnership with Clothes to Kids. Drop off your gently used or new clothing at any Main Street Gallery.
https://www.facebook.com/events/805536146444707/
It’s time for our next clothing swap, kid edition! Newborn through middle school sizes welcome. Sift through your children’s closets and bring all their outgrown outfits along and upgrade to sizes that fit! As always, everything leftover will be sorted and donated and unusable pieces will be recycled!
Are you also overwhelmed with outgrown toys? Bring those along, too! Swap for more age appropriate toys and everything leftover will be donated to families and foster homes in need :)
https://www.facebook.com/events/2425576587670610/
Our annual month of classic anime returns on Friday, January 4th featuring the best movies from Studio Ghibli and animation legend Hayao Miyazaki!
THE MOVIES & DATES ARE…
Jan. 4 – 7: Spirited Away
Jan. 8 – 10: Kiki’s Delivery Service – 30th Anniversary
Jan. 11 – 14: Princess Mononoke
Jan. 15 – 17: Porco Rosso
Jan. 18 – 21: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind – 35th Anniversary
Jan. 22 – 24: Grave of the Fireflies (NOT FOR YOUNG VIEWERS)
Jan. 25 – 28: My Neighbor Totoro
Jan. 29 – 31: The Cat Returns
Feb. 1 – 4: Howl’s Moving Castle – 15th Anniversary
Feb. 5 – 7: Castle in the Sky
SHOWTIMES:
There will be two matinees and a 10:00 pm show every day for each movie. We’ll post specific showtimes for each movie here and on our website’s movie page.
SPECIAL BONUS… At the final 10:00 pm show of each movie we will show the original Japanese version with English subtitles! All other shows will be the English dubbed version.
TICKET INFO:
Tickets are only $3.00, and sales operate on our normal ticket policy of going on sale 24 hours before your desired show date.
For example, Friday movie tickets go on sale Thursday, the day before.
https://www.facebook.com/events/359072128006762/?event_time_id=359072184673423
Asheville Armory & Claddagh will be partnering with Sierra Nevada this Saturday for a special “Kick the Keg” event (Get it? Soccer… kick…) as Arsenal play Chelsea in the ever exciting Race for Fourth Place!
Yes, there will be SWAG for everyone and a special SWAG bucket for the lucky individual that kicks the keg! Then we can all proceed to drink beer, talk about missing Cesc (or not), and the joy he brought to our lives with fancy footwork, horrible hairstyles, and mercenary meanderings.
See you on Saturday!
https://www.facebook.com/events/135575680720014/
Highlands Ice Rink is located at Kelsey Hutchinson Founders park in Highlands, NC 28741. The Ice rink’s open hours are:
Thursdays 1-8pm
Fridays-Saturdays 1-10pm
Sundays 1-5pm
all open hours depend on weather conditions.
https://www.facebook.com/events/478232852670311/?event_time_id=478232909336972
Join Sam for an Intro to Pole Fitness 6 week series. By the end of this series, students will be all set to attend Pole 2 classes, and may also attend any Pole Dance classes on the schedule (such as Sultry Pole). Students will learn Pole Fitness Level 1 in its entirety, and will be proficient in many beginner skills upon completion. Expect a thorough yoga-inspired full body warm up followed by pole conditioning skills to help you achieve your pole fitness goals. Students will also learn basic pole combinations in addition to skills, and will have time to experiment and play at the end of class. Class will end with a brief feel-good cool down stretch session.
$60 for the full series, occurs on Saturdays at 1pm from January 5rd to February 9th. Sign up now from your student account at circusdb.org/empyrean. We only allow for 6 sign ups for the beginner series for the comfort of new students and to allow for ample time on the poles, so be sure to sign up ASAP as these series sell out QUICK!
We offer 2 hours of open studio per missed class of a series.
https://www.facebook.com/events/198844534340932/?event_time_id=198844551007597
Aaron and Crystal McIntosh have played music together in the Lake Norman area. Between the 2 together, there is nearly 30 years of musical performance history. Their style and sound is one that is described as being a blend of southern rock mixed with some blues, and the folk/bluegrass side of country music. Artist that they enjoy listening to range from Tom Petty to Robert Earl Keen, Pearl Jam to Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin to Sugarland, and that diversity shows in the music that they play. While primarily performing covers songs by some of their favorite artist, there are also some originals on the playlist as well. The song selections they perform are ones that consist of several radio favorites and a lot of obscure tracks that you don’t hear on the radio every day. Their goal is to connect with the people who come out to listen, while at the same time exposing you to songs /artist you may have never heard before.
We welcome them back to the Silver Fork stage!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2221227784864499/
Need to know how to fix your Audio mistakes in Post-Production?
Learn the essentials of this skill in an intensive seminar by experienced editor Andrew Shearer, on Saturday January 19th, 2019, from 1-5 pm.
“Post-Production Audio Editing & Workflow” will cover every step of the post-production process in relation to audio. The class will use professionally recorded media and the Adobe Suite to examine the entire workflow of audio in post. Learn how to ingest audio into digital editing software in coordination with picture. In addition learn the fundamentals of editing audio, including finessing dialogue, adding sound effects, the correction of bad sound, and mixing. And finally, learn how to successfully output a finished audio product in order to sync it successfully to the edited picture.
Any good filmmaker knows that half the picture is sound. And that bad sound can ruin a potentially amazing film. Join us to learn the process of editing your film’s sound, ensuring it will be the amazing film it deserves to be.
Cost is just $55 (or $44 for ALUMNI). Register online and pay via the “Payment” tab on our website, ashevilleschooloffilm.com.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2347831818592287/
Back By Popular Demand: Wire-Wrapped Bonsai Tree Workshop
Create a beautiful wire-wrapped bonsai tree on stone or driftwood with popular instructor Sarah Jane Oiler of Bean’s Bonsai!
Students may provide their own base or instructor will also have stone and driftwood bases for purchase at an additional $5-$15.
Register Online Now Or Call 828 859 8323!
https://www.facebook.com/events/528983224251581/
Join yogini Shaila Gupta for a gentle yoga flow focusing on grounding and intention setting for the new year.
Please bring your own mat if you have one. We will only have a few extras (DM to reserve yours.)
All levels are welcome!
Please arrive 15 minutes early to set up. We would love if you planned on staying after to sip on the daily tea and talk intentions! ?
Cost: $10 (cash, Venmo, PayPal)
https://www.facebook.com/events/402773053597107/
Visit participating businesses in Waynesville to taste chili and vote for your favorite.
https://www.facebook.com/events/632940240455848/
Join FERMENTI. founder Meg Chamberlain, for an instructional journey through the basic understanding of handcrafting your own fermented, lactic-bacteria, probiotic-rich foods. In this class you’ll learn why you need them in your diet and how this form of preservation cuts food waste, food budgets and increases nutritional value aiding in weight loss. The class will cover basic tools, techniques, and general recipes for fermenting fruits and vegetables at home. We will even cover Honey Fermentation to aid in immune support! Everyone will get to taste several Fermenti samples and will leave with an understanding of how to ferment with ease and accessibility in the comfort of your home.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2133236910264347/
Join us for our monthly BCDP Officers’ meeting. All Buncombe Democrats are invited to attend.
We will discuss the January 25 kickoff fundraiser, February 9 precinct meetings, and organizing efforts for the 2019 election.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2514224372137499/
Indulge yourself in a nourishing practice of
Prenatal Yoga & Acupuncture with Roxy Robbins & Kerry Goodwin.
After a warming prenatal yoga flow, settle into a deep restorative practice accompanied with acupuncture.
$40 per person
Roxy is a DONA certified birth & postpartum doula, (RPYT) Prenatal Yoga Instructor and trained Lamaze Childbirth Educator.
Kerry is a licensed acupuncturist and board certified Chinese herbalist specializing in the treatment of women’s health with a focus on fertility, prenatal and postpartum care.
https://www.facebook.com/events/528323917684552/
NC Songsmiths facilitates tours for songwriters in NC. Jackson Grimm marries folk pop melodies with the lonesome sound of traditional Appalachian music. In a region with a strong music culture, it is no surprise that Grimm’s songwriting is representative of his musical birthplace: Asheville, NC.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2333929023297782/
What better way to spend cold Saturday than listening to our favorite Mother Daughter duo! Join us for music by Elaine and Amber, the amazing Hunnilicious team! Warm up by the fire, enjoy your favorite Saint Paul wine!
https://www.facebook.com/events/787753371601619/
Democrats have an opportunity to present resolutions at annual precinct meetings, coming up in February 2019. But what is a resolution? How do you write one, where do they go from there? What resolutions were passed last year?
Join us after our January meeting to learn more about how to write an effective resolution to present at your February precinct meeting.
https://www.facebook.com/events/304700673491196/
Come get your F~A~I~R~Y H~A~I~R Sparkles!
?Saturday, January 19th 4:00pm-7:30pm
at
Craft Centric
100 Julian Shoals Drive, Arden, NC 28704
Sign up here to reserve your spot:
http://bit.ly/craftcentric
Tap takeover with Big Boss Brewing Co. from Raleigh, NC. Attention beer enthusiasts……come try some beer you won’t find anywhere else in Brevard. Pints and Growlers will be available and when the beer is gone…..it’s gone. We will have a rep on site to educate on their brewery and brews! Don’t miss this event! Another tap takeover will take place at the DFR on February 9th.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2323660407865239/
FLIGHT OF FAITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THE RECITAL WILL BE PERFORMED ON January 19th 2018 AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MAGGIE VALLEY, NC IN THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER! THE PERFORMANCE IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 5PM AND CONCLUDE AT 8PM. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED FLYER FOR THE DETAILS AND SPECIFICS FOR OUR EVENT. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE RECITAL, TITLED: THE GREATEST SHOWCASE, OUR WORLDS COLLIDE, PLEASE CONTACT PATRICIA FORGIONE OR STEVEN ROLEN
https://www.facebook.com/events/181170679439851/
“Asheville based, funk/soul/rock quartet, Travers Brothership announced the follow-up to 2016’s A Way To Survive. Travers Brothership will issue Let The World Decide.”
-Jambase.com
The album will feature 12-original songs and special guest, Nicky Sanders, of the Steep Canyon Rangers on one of album’s singles, “Sweet Anna Lee.” Following the album’s release, Travers Brothership will embark on the Let The World Decide Tour in support of the album. The tour begins January 2019 in Europe with 30+ dates across eight countries. The band then heads home to tour the U.S. for the remainder of 2019.
Funky, improvisational, and deep in the groove, Travers Brothership are an award-winning band bringing back the spirit of Muscle Shoals, the Allman Brothers, and the golden age of rock n roll.
“This is a band that possesses a soulful magic and heart you don’t find in many young bands. This is real art.” – Danny Harlen Mote, Lucky Trend Music
www.traversbrothership.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/549858705486169/
5Rhythms Sweat Your Prayers® Double Wave on Saturday!
Venue: Veda Studio, 853 Merrimon Ave. Asheville, NC, 28804
Time: 6-8pm, fee is sliding scale $10-20
AWAKEN THE SOUL!
Be alive in the body to move to a deep place to allow for liberation and freedom! The invitation is to move through the 5Rhythms wake up, stir the soul, move to a deeper energetic level through the body that shows your divine truth!
Join Karen, certified 5Rhythms teacher for a longer wave to move, shed skin, connect and explore through the body! Moving 2 waves will elevate, stimulate your higher conscious! Much gratitude to Gabrielle Roth for this dance practice!
Agreements for movement experience:
-bring plenty of water to drink
-wear dance shoes if needed, but otherwise we move barefoot
-arrive on time for warmup
-make a commitment to stay in motion
-turn off cell phone
-no alcohol or drugs
I look forward to our movement journey together! See ya there, love K
https://www.facebook.com/events/1216432041837327/
Back South is a power trio–a fusion of roots music genres leaning heavily on Piedmont Carolina styles mixed with the flavors of the Delta and North Mississippi, country blues along with a nasty bite of the Swamps. The music is high energy gasoline driven, shake rattle and roll, guaranteed to make ya move, boogie-woogie throw-your-glass-in-the-fire kind of music.
Join us for a cover-free show at Bold Rock Mills River January 19!
https://www.reverbnation.com/backsouth
https://www.facebook.com/events/385322865373390/
Duke vs Virginia
https://www.facebook.com/events/305816286718867/
Join us for a beautiful Sound Healing Concert inside the majestic Cave of Salt. The concert will be performed by our friend from Skinny Beats Drum Shop and Gallery- Billy Zanski. Come enjoy the sounds of singing crystal bowls, unique African instruments, and various drums.
The music will vibrate throughout the walls of the Salt Cave, reaching and healing the deepest parts of your soul.
This special event is only $38 per person. Reservations are required.
Book Now www.ashevillesaltcave.com
**This is a pre-purchased ticket to an event, you ticket is not refundable once purchase. No children under 12 allowed.
https://www.facebook.com/events/376402292897654/
EARLY SHOW: Featuring Erin Foley & Jason Dudey at The Grey Eagle
Created by national headlining comics Jason Dudey and Erin Foley, Come Out Laughing is a comedy tour that brings together LGBTQ and straight audiences who love to laugh. Every show features standup comics — gay and straight — and welcomes everyone. Come Out Laughing promotes inclusivity through laughter. At the end of the day, funny is funny!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1840010002787852/